G4scott
Feb 18, 2003, 09:45 PM
check out this article from the register.co.uk
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/29377.html
Newport is based on Centrino and introduces the concept of what Intel dubs "closed lid computing". In other words, there's a little LCD featuring a greatly simplified UI incorporated onto the outside of the notebook casing. This enables the user to, say, answer his or her emails, even when the notebook is closed.
It's funny how people say that Macs aren't innovative compared to "concept pee-cee's". Although this is an improvement from past concept pee-cee's, which only featured weird designs and cases, it's still not much of a 'concept'.
If I want to check my mail, I'll open my iBook, and open up Mail.app, and check my mail. If my iBook had a screen on the outside, I'd see I have mail, try to check it outside, and find that i'd be better off looking it with the mail program in the computer, so I'd inevitably end up opening the computer, completely defeating the purpose of this feature... Come on guys, is this all that the pee-cee world can come up with? It's bad enough that you have to use the worst designed operating system in the world, but now with badly designed hardware, there seems to be no end...
Concept PC's are a niche market. Few need them, and fewer even buy them. Besides, the majority of people can get by with peripherals and software that do what these computers do.
Another thing about concept pee-cee's that I've noticed, is that I've never seen any of them put on the market. I guess they make an appearance, and then go on to die. Kinda like concept cars- you see them, and they look cool, and they have some weird features that you could hardly imagine using, but you never see them on the road. That's what's cool about Apple. They are putting out hot new designs and technology now while the rest of the pee-cee world says "our concept pee-cee can do that too..." It's truly hilarious. Yet another reason to own a Mac.
Keep it up Intel... Maybe next year, you'll have something that finally catches up with the 20th Anniversary Mac...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/29377.html
Newport is based on Centrino and introduces the concept of what Intel dubs "closed lid computing". In other words, there's a little LCD featuring a greatly simplified UI incorporated onto the outside of the notebook casing. This enables the user to, say, answer his or her emails, even when the notebook is closed.
It's funny how people say that Macs aren't innovative compared to "concept pee-cee's". Although this is an improvement from past concept pee-cee's, which only featured weird designs and cases, it's still not much of a 'concept'.
If I want to check my mail, I'll open my iBook, and open up Mail.app, and check my mail. If my iBook had a screen on the outside, I'd see I have mail, try to check it outside, and find that i'd be better off looking it with the mail program in the computer, so I'd inevitably end up opening the computer, completely defeating the purpose of this feature... Come on guys, is this all that the pee-cee world can come up with? It's bad enough that you have to use the worst designed operating system in the world, but now with badly designed hardware, there seems to be no end...
Concept PC's are a niche market. Few need them, and fewer even buy them. Besides, the majority of people can get by with peripherals and software that do what these computers do.
Another thing about concept pee-cee's that I've noticed, is that I've never seen any of them put on the market. I guess they make an appearance, and then go on to die. Kinda like concept cars- you see them, and they look cool, and they have some weird features that you could hardly imagine using, but you never see them on the road. That's what's cool about Apple. They are putting out hot new designs and technology now while the rest of the pee-cee world says "our concept pee-cee can do that too..." It's truly hilarious. Yet another reason to own a Mac.
Keep it up Intel... Maybe next year, you'll have something that finally catches up with the 20th Anniversary Mac...
