Hi all. I've been surfing the internet, and i came up with this. I don't know if it's true or not, but it would sure be cool. What are your reviews on it?
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Apple to make iMac "Dock" for Macbook
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That would be cool, but would make the imac fat and ugly, not to mention completely useless to everyone who doesn't have a macbook as well
If they ever do anything like that, it WILL NOT be an iMac. It will be a special ACD for this purpose.
Plus, it will need to be able to hold the 17" MBP while the other sizes will need adapters to fit into it properly.
Cool idea with some practicality for a small number, but not worth the cost at the moment.
Plus, it will need to be able to hold the 17" MBP while the other sizes will need adapters to fit into it properly.
Cool idea with some practicality for a small number, but not worth the cost at the moment.
The Aluminum images are just someone idea of how it would look, not part of the patent. Apples patent images are always hand drawn and child like, much like in the patent we see here. (the lower images)
So essentially you are buying a ACD with a built in dock? I would totally buy one even if it means an extra $100-200, but as long as I can also use it as a regular external monitor. All those docks for Thinkpads and Dells are like $100-200, so having an integrated one on a monitor, I like.
Bu!!$h!t consumerist view of technology if you ask me.
Makes no sense and will never work. People who think it will have never seen the inside of an iMac (old or new) nor the ACD. It's tight as is and making a working dock unit out of the iMac that allows a 1" thin MacBook to fit would be REALLY THICK.
Not to mention having an Apple flamebook running inside or an enclosed space next to a bright and HOT H-IPS panel wouldn't work to well either.
No way it'd be $100-$200. More like $700 for the 20" fat version and $1200 for the 24" ultra fat, heavy, useless model.
And yes, just hooking up a monitor is a lot easier and simpler. Stick it in the pile of garbage along with the iTablet (big @$$ iPhone) and MBP with square keys.
Makes no sense and will never work. People who think it will have never seen the inside of an iMac (old or new) nor the ACD. It's tight as is and making a working dock unit out of the iMac that allows a 1" thin MacBook to fit would be REALLY THICK.
Not to mention having an Apple flamebook running inside or an enclosed space next to a bright and HOT H-IPS panel wouldn't work to well either.
No way it'd be $100-$200. More like $700 for the 20" fat version and $1200 for the 24" ultra fat, heavy, useless model.
And yes, just hooking up a monitor is a lot easier and simpler. Stick it in the pile of garbage along with the iTablet (big @$$ iPhone) and MBP with square keys.
It may be hot, but then you can put a cooling fan to extract the heat.
And I didn't say $100-200 for the monitor; I said $100-$200 extra
But that would just make it thicker and louder. And as it stands, the iMac "Macbook dock" is still very undefined.
Is it a monitor with ports and cooling inside, but no CPU/GPU/RAM/HDD? Or is is a monitor with ports and nothing else, basically making it an iMac with the laptops parts stuffed into a real laptop?
And I didn't say $100-200 for the monitor; I said $100-$200 extra
Oh, sorry.