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#1 feature you'd like to see in G5 Powerbooks.

spercharged69

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I for one would love to see higher resolution displays. I use a PC with a UXGA LCD all day at work, and coming home to my Powerbook is like doing everything in a tiny window compared to UXGA where you have almost 4 times the room on screen. On my UXGA display I have room on screen to see my buddy list, email, IRC, a browser window, etc all at once. In SXGA on my PB everything is all stacked on top of each other. I admit that with expose it really does make managing windows a lot easier, but nothing beats a full-screen UXGA browser window.

I would crap my pants if the new powerbooks sported QXGA displays. 2048x1536 = :D :eek: :eek:

I really hope they keep in line with the size/weight of the Powerbooks as well, 1 inch thick and semi-light for their size rules.
 
Originally posted by deryk
The G5 :rolleyes:
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Dangit, when I saw the thread title, that's what I was going to say.

The one thing I would like to see is the same look and feel of the Powerbooks that is available now. I feel that if I wait too long, I may miss out on the design that I have fallen in love with.
 
I would love to see better screen resolutions too. Not extremely high res or I would go nuts with it, but a little bit higher would be perfect. Other thing I would really like is increased battery life to 6 hours of normal use. Faster HD's would also be perfect! Other then that... G5's of course! :D
 
Re: #1 feature you'd like to see in G5 Powerbooks.

Originally posted by io_burn
I for one would love to see higher resolution displays. I use a PC with a UXGA LCD all day at work, and coming home to my Powerbook is like doing everything in a tiny window compared to UXGA where you have almost 4 times the room on screen. On my UXGA display I have room on screen to see my buddy list, email, IRC, a browser window, etc all at once. In SXGA on my PB everything is all stacked on top of each other. I admit that with expose it really does make managing windows a lot easier, but nothing beats a full-screen UXGA browser window.

I would crap my pants if the new powerbooks sported QXGA displays. 2048x1536 = :D :eek: :eek:

I really hope they keep in line with the size/weight of the Powerbooks as well, 1 inch thick and semi-light for their size rules.
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On what size monitor?

2048x1536 on a 17 would be tiny, never mind a 15" ... you wouldn't be able to see anything in a 12"

What good is being able to see your 1600 x 1200 image in photoshop with all your palettes open, when you still have to zoom in 400% - 1600% to get any work done.

just get a second monitor and use the PB dual display feature ...

I'de rather work on two 15" monitors displaying at 1024 x 768 each then one displaying at 2048 x 1536
 
Re: Re: #1 feature you'd like to see in G5 Powerbooks.

Originally posted by revenuee
On what size monitor?
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My UXGA is 15 inch, wouldn't trade it for anything (Well, I'd trade for a higher resolution screen, but that's it.) I love it so much :)

As far as text being so small, that's largely a huge misunderstanding people have. Higher resolution != smaller in most cases. While it is true that a 12 point font will appear smaller on a higher resolution screen, a 16 (or higher) point font will not only appear as the same size, but will also be much crisper because of the extra pixels in the screen the video card can use to render/smooth the font. I'm not that well versed in OSX yet, but it's possible in Windows to make everything the same physical size on a UXGA screen as it is on an SXGA screen, fairly easily too.
 
Originally posted by 7on
An Apple Dock
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A dock would definately be pretty damn cool, but I'd trade a dock for a smaller/lighter Powerbook any day :)

Originally posted by Gymnut
Better vid cards!
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No crap! I was amazed when Apple didn't include the radeon m10 pro in AT LEAST the 17 inch. I bought a PC laptop a few months before they refreshed the powerbooks that has a graphics card with twice as much memory, as well as faster gpu and memory timings.

(That's my one major beef about Macs, their hardware is always technically inferior to PC's. DDR333 was cool like a year ago... And only 5400RPM drives in Powerbooks? IBM makes a Travelstar 7200 RPM 2.5" HD that absolutely SCREAMS.)
 
Re: Re: Re: #1 feature you'd like to see in G5 Powerbooks.

Originally posted by io_burn
My UXGA is 15 inch, wouldn't trade it for anything (Well, I'd trade for a higher resolution screen, but that's it.) I love it so much :)

As far as text being so small, that's largely a huge misunderstanding people have. Higher resolution != smaller in most cases. While it is true that a 12 point font will appear smaller on a higher resolution screen, a 16 (or higher) point font will not only appear as the same size, but will also be much crisper because of the extra pixels in the screen the video card can use to render/smooth the font. I'm not that well versed in OSX yet, but it's possible in Windows to make everything the same physical size on a UXGA screen as it is on an SXGA screen, fairly easily too.
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alright ... but i type in 12 point and in a word document i have to zoom on the page 150 - 200% to be able read clearly (from 3 feet away) with my 17" monitor at 1280 x 1024

as far as getting work done in Photoshop or Final Cut Pro ... i tried working at 1600 x 1600 ... and i had to constantly zoom in to get into the detail ... more so then i do under lower res
 
Originally posted by Phatpat
6 hour battery life
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With the fuel cell tech discovered by toshiba (I think), this may be entirely possible. I've heard estimates as high as 15+ hours.

It's time for apple to throw the trump card on the whole product line.

My specs:
single 2.0 Ghz+ G5 at 90 nm
17 inch w/ dualie's
250 gig HDD
128 mb graphics stock, 256 upgrade option
1 gig ddr 400 standard
blue laser superdrive standard
OS 10.4 (the world's first 64-bit OS)
better voice integration
flipable screen for tablet mac use
drawing pad next to trackpad
two click buttons
and a partridge in a pear tree
:)
 
Originally posted by HasanDaddy
1. G5

2. a 20" display --- just like the one on the iMac
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And that would make it as portable as the 20" iMac ... LOL


Hmm ... what would i like

MWSF release

G5 1.6 - 2.0
40 - 60 gig 7200 rpm drive
expandable to at least 4 gigs of ram
Firewire 800 across the board
Bluetooth, airport extreme
128 MB video card
superdrive as the only option
 
I'd like a G5 that wouldn't melt the whole machine. A 12 inch display would be good but bigger would probably be necessary to help with heat. It definitely has to be portable...no 17 inch displays.
 
although its highly unlikely i would like apple to include replaceable video card slots, dell and voodoo and some other makers have started doing. but on the other hand, that would extend the life of the mac, and apple wants you to get a new machine.

iJon
 
REPLACE THE "ENTER" KEY WITH A "CTRL" KEY!!!

Sorry for yelling, I just wanted to make sure Apple heard. :D

Oh - And replace the right command key with a "Fn" key (so the function cursor keys become one-handed)
 
Originally posted by x86isslow
i liked the swappable drives on the old powerbooks.. you could get, what, 10 hours on two batteries?
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I'll second this one. I loved the fact that when I bought my G3/333 in 99 that I could "upgrade" it somewhat by adding a second battery, zip drive, or even a CD-RW!!!

Man, those were the days and by doing so companies like VST could thrive again!
 
I'd rather like the 2nd enter key to be an Fn key as well. Who the hell needs 2 enter keys on the same side of the keyboard? Or even at all?
 
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