Did Intel Just Leak the New MacBook Pro Design?

I think Apple's on the verge of updating its MacBook Pro line of notebooks, but Intel may have let the cat out of the bag early with an image in an ad. 

Intel's just popped up with a new advert for "the 2nd generation of Intel Core processors" and among the visuals is a much slimmer notebook that has an unmistakable Apple-esque design. Last year Intel did something very similar, teasing the upcoming release of Core i5 chips with an ad that included a MacBook:Intel quickly adjusted the ad, but it was actually indicative of an imminent MacBook refresh. In early 2010 the tweak was merely a processor upgrade.

So what does the advert show? It seems to display a super-slim laptop that has a flat-rectangular profile, not like the wedge-profile of the Air. See that IR port on the front right of the keyboard segment? Classic Apple design, and similar to the placement on existing Pros. See the lid with its glossy black bezel, and the radius of the curves that provide a more elegant visual.  I'm not saying this definitely is a new MacBook... but I believe it to be the case.

We also know that rumors say an Intel Sandy Bridge-powered MacBook is en route in around "two weeks" and there are "additional" adjustments to the design that go beyond a new powerful CPU. Apple's even thought to be ramping up orders from manufacturers despite the chip manufacturing error that plagued Sandy Bridge's arrival on the market.

The one thing that makes us doubt this is a new MacBook is its color: Black. Apple's been focusing on aluminum unibody design a lot, touting its advantages, and left black plastic casings for its MacBooks behind a while ago. But another MacBook Pro-related rumorsuggests that along with an innovative new battery tech for longer life, the Pros will get a "stronger, lighter, more scratch resistant" aluminum material. Could this new alloy be colored too? Apple did license advanced alloy "liquid metal" tech from the Liquidmetal company just last year, so ...