I don't like the idea of touchscreen personally. Too messy and I do want to sit back a bit when I am working, not having to sit too close to the screen. Touch on iPhone great, makes sense...I'm not so convinced on a computer.
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I had originally planned to buy a new iMac this year. I was all ready for January, Leopard, iLife and MacWorld 07. It's been way too long without any updates. I'll probably now just give up and just wait for MacWorld '08 for the same items. My G4 is still running OK for now.
Is there something I'm not understanding here? All I'm reading about is how Apple doesn't care about computers anymore and bitching about a supposed drift to becoming a gadget orientated company.
Did everybody just completely miss the MacBook Pro launch we just had? What about the MacBook speed bump? If it's speed of the updates that is annoying people, does anyone remember the almost glacial rate of updates for PowerPC just before that godforsaken line of processors were thankfully put out of their misery. How long did we wait for the G5 Powerbook that, well, didn't actually ever get released at all. Oh and Apple have always been known for using graphics cards a generation lower than state of the art - this isn't exactly a recent phenomenon.
If the iPhone and iPod didn't exist at all, I'm convinced we wouldn't have the amount of moaning we do about Apple computers. It's just the very existance of these products that seem to annoy so many people. I read somebody confidently predict that Apple will terminate all of their desktop computers shortly. Please. Get...a...grip.
Did everybody just completely miss the MacBook Pro launch we just had? What about the MacBook speed bump? If it's speed of the updates that is annoying people, does anyone remember the almost glacial rate of updates for PowerPC just before that godforsaken line of processors were thankfully put out of their misery. How long did we wait for the G5 Powerbook that, well, didn't actually ever get released at all. Oh and Apple have always been known for using graphics cards a generation lower than state of the art - this isn't exactly a recent phenomenon.
If the iPhone and iPod didn't exist at all, I'm convinced we wouldn't have the amount of moaning we do about Apple computers. It's just the very existance of these products that seem to annoy so many people. I read somebody confidently predict that Apple will terminate all of their desktop computers shortly. Please. Get...a...grip.
I think a slight chin will still be there. However, it'll have iPod Nano looks and will be available in several colours.
i have strong reason to believe that all this about a touch screen imac could very well be true, in fact i think they might also be attempting to move into the tv display industry, only you get a computer along w/ your television, all in the new imac. only reason why i think this is they're transition into the tv business w/ itunes and then apple tv. apple tv inevitably will displace the mac mini probably by the end of the year, the new mac mini will be apple tv w/ a disc drive, also w/ total access to osx and what not, and possibly even dvr recording. probably not yet w/ dvr, but most certainly that's where they're heading. and the reason why i say this is b/c apple's first announcements at macworld were gaming related, and now they've just openly announced (and yet not announced) that they're now directly competing w/ ps3 and xbox w/ they're higher ended versions of the apple tv. it just will so happen that the higher ended versions of apple tv will have a dvd drive (highest version will definitely have blue ray), probably next version will cost 499 (current 160GB costs 399), and will have more room in the box b/c of the disc drive that they'll be able to add more cards and what not (probably a tv tuner card), and they'll justify all this that the 500 dollar apple tv (compared to the 299 xbox) is a good investment b/c, besides gaming, it does dvr, hd dvd, easy ipod sync, osx, and possibly tons of other ****, like virtual jerk offs and stuff. am i the only one who thinks this? it's 2:49 am, i'm kind of drunk.
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Perhaps those extra large Leopard on screen icons and buttons we saw in the WWDC demos were not developed only for finger tapping on a touch screen device.
Think of a wireless gyroscopic mouse (I have a PC version so they already exist) that mimics the touch of a fingertip to the iMac screen allowing the user to manipulate windows, select buttons and do swipe movements. There are ways to let this type of device mimic two finger photo resizing too. One advantage of such a hand held (wii) type gizmo is that the screen can be bigger and further away like a media display (TV).
If Apple offered this gizmo first as an upgrade to the traditional mouse for Leopard users then we could wean ourselves away from our desk-bound and sometimes inefficient mice as applications were upgraded.
I say this remote-finger-control device would work great with the next generation 24" to 50" iMac / Apple TV / HD media displays.
Perhaps those extra large Leopard on screen icons and buttons we saw in the WWDC demos were not developed only for finger tapping on a touch screen device.
Think of a wireless gyroscopic mouse (I have a PC version so they already exist) that mimics the touch of a fingertip to the iMac screen allowing the user to manipulate windows, select buttons and do swipe movements. There are ways to let this type of device mimic two finger photo resizing too. One advantage of such a hand held (wii) type gizmo is that the screen can be bigger and further away like a media display (TV).
If Apple offered this gizmo first as an upgrade to the traditional mouse for Leopard users then we could wean ourselves away from our desk-bound and sometimes inefficient mice as applications were upgraded.
I say this remote-finger-control device would work great with the next generation 24" to 50" iMac / Apple TV / HD media displays.
Then don't use it. I really can't see them offering touchscreen as the only way to interact with the computer. It would be an addition to what we have today. Don't like it? Then don't use it. Problem solved.
I really doubt that it would "HAVE" to be controlled by touch screen... I'm sure the keyboard and mouse would work just fine as it was before... Perhaps even with an option to turn off touchscreen if it really bothers you that much (accidental clicks when someone over your shoulder is pointing something out and touches the screen, for instance).
Just because some of you don't want to use touch screen doesn't mean that nobody else wants to. I think it would be cool for the coverflow views, at least.
And I have a piece of software that I'm writing that just cries for a touch screen. Different strokes for different folks, ya know.
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Great News for me. Been waiting for the redesign and until Leopard ships. October is fine. Some thing must be going right stock up over 2.5%
Great News for me. Been waiting for the redesign and until Leopard ships. October is fine. Some thing must be going right stock up over 2.5%
I must be one of the only people around here that couldn't care less about a touch screen iMac. As a matter of fact, that would definitely make me NOT want a new iMac.
Unless it is a super secret feature that they chose to not show at WWDC, I don't see touch input being part of Leopard (thankfully) anyway.
Unless it is a super secret feature that they chose to not show at WWDC, I don't see touch input being part of Leopard (thankfully) anyway.
Wow, well this really caught me by surprise. I just wasn't expecting Apple to keep updating the iMac, since it's so obviously moving out of the desktop computing industry. In fact, I've heard Apple is planning to go completely to an accessory driven model with complimentary laptops (MacBooks) within 3-5 years: iPods, phones, GPS systems, PDAs, and so forth. Small wonder we'll have Leopard at all when October rolls around - that could very well be the last revision to OS X for a long while, especially with all of it's resources being pulled in so many other new directions. I'm really grateful Apple spent at least a little time to give everyone in the desktop market a last hurrah before pulling the plug.
Foxie: I know you are just trying to start a riot with statements like this.
That's not solved at all coz I don't even want to pay for it. If you like it you can have it as an extra and pay more. That's solved now
Same here. I think TS is quite good for railway stations, airports, shopping centres etc. but my desk
Mala tempora currunt!
Is a mid-range desktop good for anybody besides gamers?
I have a iMac G5 which I only use for watching animes and a MBP G4 that I use for surfing, writing, and music. The most sophisticated software I use is Logic Express and — even though the iMac has a better processor, even though the MBP screen get cluttered faster — I prefer to compose on my laptop because it's more convenient.
I see more and more of the education purchases going for economical laptops and more of the family entertainment purchases going into stuff like HDTV and PS3. Laptops make more sense for music hobbyists like myself and, with the rise of wireless internet, I see more and more small business owners that would rather spend their time at internet cafes than at their desk.
I love Macs, but I could care less when the next iMac is coming out because I'm drooling over the new MBP's and maybe a cinema display for editing and entertainment.
If you think about it... now that you can do just about anything with a portable, the only people who will want to spend hours and hours at a desk are Arts & Science professionals and hardcore gamers.
If the new iMac doesn't have hardcore gaming potential, what's the point of buying one? Beautiful design? Gimme a break.
I have a iMac G5 which I only use for watching animes and a MBP G4 that I use for surfing, writing, and music. The most sophisticated software I use is Logic Express and — even though the iMac has a better processor, even though the MBP screen get cluttered faster — I prefer to compose on my laptop because it's more convenient.
I see more and more of the education purchases going for economical laptops and more of the family entertainment purchases going into stuff like HDTV and PS3. Laptops make more sense for music hobbyists like myself and, with the rise of wireless internet, I see more and more small business owners that would rather spend their time at internet cafes than at their desk.
I love Macs, but I could care less when the next iMac is coming out because I'm drooling over the new MBP's and maybe a cinema display for editing and entertainment.
If you think about it... now that you can do just about anything with a portable, the only people who will want to spend hours and hours at a desk are Arts & Science professionals and hardcore gamers.
If the new iMac doesn't have hardcore gaming potential, what's the point of buying one? Beautiful design? Gimme a break.
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Maybe they will release the new iMacs with Leopard already installed in August. Now that REALLY would get people reaching for their credit cards faster than Clint Eastwood.
Maybe they will release the new iMacs with Leopard already installed in August. Now that REALLY would get people reaching for their credit cards faster than Clint Eastwood.
I'd really like to see a Mac Pro style hard drive cage on the side that I could screw in a larger internal hard drive & slide the cage back into the side. it would be nice to have the option of having a bigger hard drive w/o having a firewire/usb hard drive sitting on the desk. iMac is supposed to be about all in one. Not having a cluster of cables & pereferials (sp?) (the treo doesn't have spell check like safari).
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It will also have Santa Rosa platform, correct? That means in August we are going to buy a new system that is already 3 months old
"The code-name Santa Rosa refers to the fourth-generation Centrino platform, which was released on Wednesday 9 May 2007."
It will also have Santa Rosa platform, correct? That means in August we are going to buy a new system that is already 3 months old
"The code-name Santa Rosa refers to the fourth-generation Centrino platform, which was released on Wednesday 9 May 2007."
It will also have Santa Rosa platform, correct? That means in August we are going to buy a new system that is already 3 months old
So? It isn't like there will be anything newer out there by then.
Any form of touch screen on a desktop computer should be in the form of an input device, not the main screen. Having to reach out to touch the screen, messing it up would be extremely stupid. Having a small, keyboard size, device in front of you, with an integrated screen and multitouch could be very nice though, provided that it is very well integrated into the OS. Think of the new desktop stacks, beeing able to actually manipulate them with your fingers etc etc.
