A CineMac Makes So Much Sense ...

[thedude110]

So, it seems to me Wednesday has to be all about a new Mac -- a CineMac!

Assuming Apple has struck a deal and is poised to sell movies through iTunes, it seems obvious that users are going to demand significant hard drive capacity and a suitably sweet LCD screen. So maybe Apple is going to release a new super-sexy computer -- a computer with half a terabyte of storage, a Tivo like piece of software, blu-ray support, -- maybe even Final Cut installed. It would cash in on the iPod halo effect (making investors happy), especially if a video iPod is on the way, too. And if Apple were to package it with a 17" cinema display (a cinema display mini, if you will) and a way to beam movies from the computer to your TV - well. My goodness.

So, which of you rumor mongers are with me? A CineMac, in this, the year of our Steve, HD?

 

[pdpfilms]

So, it seems to me Wednesday has to be all about a new Mac -- a CineMac!

Assuming Apple has struck a deal and is poised to sell movies through iTunes, it seems obvious that users are going to demand significant hard drive capacity and a suitably sweet LCD screen. So maybe Apple is going to release a new super-sexy computer -- a computer with half a terabyte of storage, a Tivo like piece of software, blu-ray support, -- maybe even Final Cut installed. It would cash in on the iPod halo effect (making investors happy), especially if a video iPod is on the way, too. And if Apple were to package it with a 17" cinema display (a cinema display mini, if you will) and a way to beam movies from the computer to your TV - well. My goodness.

So, which of you rumor mongers are with me? A CineMac, in this, the year of our Steve, HD?

mmm... i'm not. Sorry. I just don't think apple's interested in going there, as there are still too many ways to make this product confusing, and fewer to make it reasonable for the average user.

 

[Demon Hunter]

Hmm... interesting but that would cannibalize Mac sales. A family that would normally buy a G5 and a sweet display would just buy that. Apple wouldn't opt for a subscription revenue stream over its comptuers, not for a nanosecond.

 

[wongulous]

Steve hates TV too much.

The only thing I can see Apple doing close to this is a DV camera with an iPod-like interface and an 80GB micro-HD in it. Apple could revolutionize digital video cameras just as it did mp3 players.

 

[thedude110]

So, not exactly what I predicted.

But tell that new iMac isn't a CineMac!

*stares into screen of Powerbook narcissistically*

 

[Demon Hunter]

So, not exactly what I predicted.

But tell that new iMac isn't a CineMac!

*stares into screen of Powerbook narcissistically*

Touche. It appears you were right at least on one level.