Monday, August 15, 2011

Prototype MacBook Pro with Rabbit-Ear Antenna Shows Up on Ebay

Prototype MacBook Pro with Rabbit-Ear Antenna Shows Up on Ebay

Remember your first cellphone. If you're old enough, that memory will include a pull-out antenna of some kind, a vestigial RF tail whose genes were passed down from walkie-talkies and field radios of old. And it seems that Apple, presumably before building its multi-zillion-dollar antenna lab, was also experimenting with pop-up antennae on its old MacBook Pros. Here's a photo of a heretofore secret prototype MacBook Pro with built-in 3G, up for sale on Ebay and currently requiring a bid of over $11,000 to win the auction.

Gadget Lab, Prototype MacBook Pro with Rabbit-Ear Antenna Shows Up on Ebay