I bought my 65" LCD two years ago. It was an absolute pain to hang above my (gas) fireplace, so I am not touching it until it absolutely dies.
The AppleTV does not need a monitor attached to it. It needs to assimilate TiVo.
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Apple Planning Entirely New Mac Product Line?
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I bought my 65" LCD two years ago. It was an absolute pain to hang above my (gas) fireplace, so I am not touching it until it absolutely dies.
The AppleTV does not need a monitor attached to it. It needs to assimilate TiVo.
New oroduct
Remember the new patent filing last year I think... It showed an iMac like device with a neat swivel stand so the screen could rotate down to have a tablet firm factor for touch... Or rotate up to be a conventional screen fir keyboard entry etc
Remember the new patent filing last year I think... It showed an iMac like device with a neat swivel stand so the screen could rotate down to have a tablet firm factor for touch... Or rotate up to be a conventional screen fir keyboard entry etc
I hear ya loud and clear, change can be difficult for many.
However the idea that Apple is introducing a new language (hand gestures) to communicate through innovative interfaces (technology) is pretty darn cool and edgy. So edgy that other companies will get left in the dust if they don't do something similar and Apple will have a Staple on this new way to communicate. After all, it is meant to help you work efficiently and not just to be cool.
hmmmm...i'm guessing the rumoured TVs from a few weeks ago?
makes sense as it would be an entirely new product line.
and maybe just in time for the Christmas buying rush?
but i don't care, i'm waiting for the iphone 5 or 4s or whatever it will be called
makes sense as it would be an entirely new product line.
and maybe just in time for the Christmas buying rush?
but i don't care, i'm waiting for the iphone 5 or 4s or whatever it will be called
If they did redesign their product line, I'd expect them to focus on making even simpler products focused on the consumer, perhaps even dropping the Mac Pro from their lineup and telling people to buy iMacs instead.
No more iMac. No more Mac Mini.
Only portable units like iPad and MB/MBA from small to large to be connected to Apple Cinema Displays of different sizes using Thunderbolt.
Ultralite portable solution. Only one cable needed to connect it to the big station at home where additional things like Apple TV, mouse, keyboard, BluRay drive, external soundcard etc are attached.
Only portable units like iPad and MB/MBA from small to large to be connected to Apple Cinema Displays of different sizes using Thunderbolt.
Ultralite portable solution. Only one cable needed to connect it to the big station at home where additional things like Apple TV, mouse, keyboard, BluRay drive, external soundcard etc are attached.
I was actually thinking about it...
But then in the MacBooks...
I mean, if you think about it,a glass touchscreen for the keys is thinner than real keys...
Well, here's the quote, let's look at it:
So...you're absolutely sure that "Mac" is correct in this rumor? Probably all of the words are wrong, why not that one. If the "absolutely different" is correct, all bets are off.
Maybe you will change your mind when you see the new Apple iTV
but ATV is only for watching movies and playing music. You cannot run other internet apps, like safari, skype etc.
I'm pretty sure there will be a design revision. Mainly because its been a while since they have changed the body style, and Apple has removed the optical drive on everything but the pros yet.
It's pretty safe to assume that they will also remove the CD drive on the next pros. I would not mind if they kept the unibody design it is very efficient since it works as a ground and a heat spread, but if they have something better I aint complaining.
The computer may be thinner or at least lighter. Since they will still use 15in space we may see a larger battery.
Apple still has that thin keyboard, we may be seeing that coming up soon, and then there is also OLED screens, would make the screen even slimmer then the current LED, hopefully save some power there too.
As much as I would like integrated flash, as the air does, the pro is still tailored for a different audience and may keep its hard drive or have a hybrid of integrated flash along with a hard drive, its difficult to tell with pricing and performance.
If they save enough battery life from such cuts, they will be able to allow for less under clocked processors, which means more performance. Those necked 22nm ivy-bridge processors are supposed to be more efficient with their 3D gate design, so we can see a good leap in computational performance
It's pretty safe to assume that they will also remove the CD drive on the next pros. I would not mind if they kept the unibody design it is very efficient since it works as a ground and a heat spread, but if they have something better I aint complaining.
The computer may be thinner or at least lighter. Since they will still use 15in space we may see a larger battery.
Apple still has that thin keyboard, we may be seeing that coming up soon, and then there is also OLED screens, would make the screen even slimmer then the current LED, hopefully save some power there too.
As much as I would like integrated flash, as the air does, the pro is still tailored for a different audience and may keep its hard drive or have a hybrid of integrated flash along with a hard drive, its difficult to tell with pricing and performance.
If they save enough battery life from such cuts, they will be able to allow for less under clocked processors, which means more performance. Those necked 22nm ivy-bridge processors are supposed to be more efficient with their 3D gate design, so we can see a good leap in computational performance
I think you guys are all thinking too small. If it's so radically different, it's not going to be an upgraded this, or smaller that. It's going to be something really different. Maybe they'll get rid of the screen and have a projector, or maybe they'll get rid of the mouse and you track around the screen with your eyes and blink to click. Okay, obviously not, but you get the idea.
Think BIG!
Think BIG!
Hmmmm....
Well, I'm pretty good at coming up with "new" stuff. Just by thinking new and different than any other....., My guess is: a Large iMac with a really low mount. almost an iPad on steroids. Multi-touch screen, but large and comfortable enough to use both hands on it. Maybe even gesture recognition too. (in the camera/iSight). this also stream-lines the need for magic trackpad.
Imagine the gestures you could come up with, not with 1-2-3-4 fingers, but two hands moving and rotating. You'd really be able to intuitively move things around and navigate your work space. Almost like from the movies Minority Report and Ironman, but 2D vice 3D.
This would also be a logical next step for lion.
I can already see the keynote; Steve Jobs grabs a window a slings it into the corner of the desktop to get it out of the way.
Well, I'm pretty good at coming up with "new" stuff. Just by thinking new and different than any other....., My guess is: a Large iMac with a really low mount. almost an iPad on steroids. Multi-touch screen, but large and comfortable enough to use both hands on it. Maybe even gesture recognition too. (in the camera/iSight). this also stream-lines the need for magic trackpad.
Imagine the gestures you could come up with, not with 1-2-3-4 fingers, but two hands moving and rotating. You'd really be able to intuitively move things around and navigate your work space. Almost like from the movies Minority Report and Ironman, but 2D vice 3D.
This would also be a logical next step for lion.
I can already see the keynote; Steve Jobs grabs a window a slings it into the corner of the desktop to get it out of the way.
I'm not convinced on a TV line.
A TV line is very much reliant on producing TV's of varying sizes to accommodate peoples homes.
Unless Apple plan of releasing one in varying sizes - I can't see how it would succeed or become 'mass market'.
Also given the very highly competitive market that already exists - again price wise and feature wise I'm not sure how it will succeed, when ANY TV can be turned into an almost Apple TV with the help of small discrete AppleTV box.
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I still put my money on a mid MAC desktop line - with the possibility of more standard configurable parts - priced at around $1200-1800 (significantly higher than mini - a lot less than the MacPro).
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Alternatively it could all end up being just the new mouse that was rumored.
A TV line is very much reliant on producing TV's of varying sizes to accommodate peoples homes.
Unless Apple plan of releasing one in varying sizes - I can't see how it would succeed or become 'mass market'.
Also given the very highly competitive market that already exists - again price wise and feature wise I'm not sure how it will succeed, when ANY TV can be turned into an almost Apple TV with the help of small discrete AppleTV box.
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I still put my money on a mid MAC desktop line - with the possibility of more standard configurable parts - priced at around $1200-1800 (significantly higher than mini - a lot less than the MacPro).
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Alternatively it could all end up being just the new mouse that was rumored.
Well...it is. My only use for optical drives now is to check & copy legacy discs before tossing them in the trash or deep storage. Don't use the drive much at all; one good USB-powered portable DVD reader kept in a drawer would be enough, alongside the for-freak-discoveries-only USB 3.5" floppy drive.
Mac TV
I'm going for the big brother of the apple tv... Mac TV
For all intensive purposes, it'll be an LCD TV with all that an iMac can do (i.e. OS X Lion) and all the apple TV can do built in. Think about it, there must be a reason they got rid of Front Row!
I'm going for the big brother of the apple tv... Mac TV
For all intensive purposes, it'll be an LCD TV with all that an iMac can do (i.e. OS X Lion) and all the apple TV can do built in. Think about it, there must be a reason they got rid of Front Row!