These are all the same rumors they had for this 2011 refresh.
Let's say the rumor mill is true.
First, they have to let go of the square aluminum thing. It looks cheap and dated and it cuts your wrists when you type.
The money you pay has to be backed up by what is inside the computer. It has to be premium. No less than 1GB of dedicated Video Ram for the BASE MODEL and then go up from there. That way it will be just about right for a PC of the same caliber and price.
Ive needs to go. Steve needs to go. Apple needs to go to people without egos the size of Mt. Rushmore.
Macs should be able to come in glossy or matte without you being charged extra for it. You should be able to order the way you want it.
They also need to go with INDUSTRY STANDARDS, instead of going for what Steve thinks is cool. Like this stupid Lightpeak and No DVD drive. Are you joking?
Also, they should include a free Apple carry case. A simple one. Even a sleeve with a handle would be fine.
If they do these things, I might consider a Mac.
'Till then, I will be an iPhone user. iPhone is the best smartphone out there. Too bad I can't say the same for the computers.
So you've been leaving yet another trail of inflammatory and ignorant comments. I'd advise you to stop. If you don't know what you're talking about, you're better off saying nothing at all.
Aluminum chassis are exceptional from an engineering and aesthetic standpoint. If you don't like them, that is your business. However, there is a reason the basic configuration is cloned frequently across the PC landscape.
Your argument on price and features is not valid. Just because you feel it should be a certain way doesn't make it so. It is very clear what market Apple is targeting, with all of their machines. They are able to sell to those markets exceptionally well. Specification thumpers like yourself do not make up even a tiny fraction of the PC market. There is no reason for them to listen to you.
Ive is one of the most brilliant industrial designers of our generation. There is a reason his products are some of the most iconic in the world, and have earned places in museums. Who are some nobody like you to judge his work in that way? That's pathetic, insulting even. Create something, just one thing, that bears a mention in the same breath, and maybe somebody will actually care about anything you say.
As for Steve... well. That's rich. Steve has had an extraordinary life. Certainly he is not the most humble, or the most affable character. Somehow, I think he's earned that callousness though. Steve created the Personal Computer. Then he created the mobile PC. Then animated feature films. Then he solved our music problem. Now he's slowly discarding the PC and moving on once more. As I said above, if you can do ONE thing in your life worth mentioning, maybe you can have an opinion. Until then, you can shut up and sit down. These men know more than you, a lot more.
It is easy to criticize. Pundits sit back in their chair and gawk and croon about technology. Most of them have never done anything, most of them have no right to pass flippant judgement. Creating, though... that is hard. Focus is hard. Design and engineering is hard. Do one hard thing before you take to punditry.
I don't disagree that a matte option would be nice.
Industry standards are monolithic. What is the industry standard for external high-bandwidth I/O? It isn't Firewire or USB2 or eSATA or USB3... what is it? Well there actually really isn't one. People use what they happen to have access to. Thunderbolt has the potential to radically change peripheral interconnect, and make notebooks hugely more capable. It is a technology built on a preexisting standard, by the company who has created the last few standards for us. If you are mocking Thunderbolt, you are hopelessly stupid.
A sleeve? That's a weird request... I guess a sleeve would be okay... isn't it nicer to be able to select your own carrier though?
You know what, I'd prefer it if you never bought a Mac. You should keep your ludicrous hypercritical retardation from infecting the gene pool. We don't want you here, or your unstructured pointless punditry. Go away.
