imacman287
Jan 3, 2002, 05:06 PM
I am a longtime reader but never post, so here is my first....
An iMac with detachable flat screen which also could be used as a wireless touch screen tablet. The base (or hub...) of the unit would be the wired connection point of everything. Your Processor, Ram, Ethernet, ect would be stroed in this thing. The base would also act as the recharging point of the screen and various iWhatever devices.This would be perfect for the educational market, especially if they use a wireless gigawire screen.....
I feel that Gigawire is a long distance version of Airport. My school district, the one that was seen in the latest iBook intro video (not telling because I don't want anyone to be fired or anything), has been working with Apple on a Digital Backpack style device. Basically a long range wireless web tablet that students could bring home and do there work on. The Gigawire trademark mentions networking and other communication forms. Apple has also been talking to the FCC about opening up some more public frequencies.... could this be a "Backstage Pass to the Future"?
Just think... cheap and small a web tablet the would have a long distance wireless connection (1 to 10 miles or more). Very little processing power would be needed, which consumes a very small amount of power, after all most of the processing could take place at the "hub" or a server. This would definately qualify as beyond the rumor sites.
Rack Mounted G4/G5 Servers could provide plenty of power to these devices from a school or office. Buy a classroom set of say 30 and then a central G4/G5 Hub for the entire class. A OSX Server can boot atleast 50 iMacs off of it (is true, shown at a previous keynote) so why not the capibility to run 30 or even hundreds of iTablet style devices!!
The Raycer deal was for the graphics technology to run on of these these things...
I haven't even begain with the thousands of other places this stuff could be used!!!
The product matrix will grow from 4 to 6 very soon i think...
Tablet | iBook | Powermac G4/G5
Hub | iMac | Powerbook G4
This is TRUELY what I think will happen!
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iMac with detachable web tablet style screen
G5 Server/Pro Desktop
G3/G4/G5 hub for standalone tablets
Various i Devices
Lots of Programs for these devices
No Powerbook/iBook Updates
I am kind of ranting now because I think I solved the puzzle ;-)
Please feel free to respond or ask questions.
Also posted here:
http://tsforums.loamic.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=3c34e1e9056dffff;act=ST;f=2;t=22
An iMac with detachable flat screen which also could be used as a wireless touch screen tablet. The base (or hub...) of the unit would be the wired connection point of everything. Your Processor, Ram, Ethernet, ect would be stroed in this thing. The base would also act as the recharging point of the screen and various iWhatever devices.This would be perfect for the educational market, especially if they use a wireless gigawire screen.....
I feel that Gigawire is a long distance version of Airport. My school district, the one that was seen in the latest iBook intro video (not telling because I don't want anyone to be fired or anything), has been working with Apple on a Digital Backpack style device. Basically a long range wireless web tablet that students could bring home and do there work on. The Gigawire trademark mentions networking and other communication forms. Apple has also been talking to the FCC about opening up some more public frequencies.... could this be a "Backstage Pass to the Future"?
Just think... cheap and small a web tablet the would have a long distance wireless connection (1 to 10 miles or more). Very little processing power would be needed, which consumes a very small amount of power, after all most of the processing could take place at the "hub" or a server. This would definately qualify as beyond the rumor sites.
Rack Mounted G4/G5 Servers could provide plenty of power to these devices from a school or office. Buy a classroom set of say 30 and then a central G4/G5 Hub for the entire class. A OSX Server can boot atleast 50 iMacs off of it (is true, shown at a previous keynote) so why not the capibility to run 30 or even hundreds of iTablet style devices!!
The Raycer deal was for the graphics technology to run on of these these things...
I haven't even begain with the thousands of other places this stuff could be used!!!
The product matrix will grow from 4 to 6 very soon i think...
Tablet | iBook | Powermac G4/G5
Hub | iMac | Powerbook G4
This is TRUELY what I think will happen!
------------------------------------
iMac with detachable web tablet style screen
G5 Server/Pro Desktop
G3/G4/G5 hub for standalone tablets
Various i Devices
Lots of Programs for these devices
No Powerbook/iBook Updates
I am kind of ranting now because I think I solved the puzzle ;-)
Please feel free to respond or ask questions.
Also posted here:
http://tsforums.loamic.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=3c34e1e9056dffff;act=ST;f=2;t=22
