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Apple Planning Entirely New Mac Product Line?
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To wit: Microsoft Surface, done right. (looks around at many square feet of unused desk space which would be very useful a la giant iPad)
Not quite right .. Mac Mini is a desktop non portable Macbook Pro
Headless iMac should be excellent for me. An upgradeability of a MacPro .. but using consumer class component like in iMac .. and the most important is .. using desktop GPU for extra performance.
I'd sell my iMac for that kind of Mac .. if it's ever to be real though.
Frankly I doubt it .. Apple love to make things smaller and slimmer ... they wouldn't care too much about desktop computer anymore for sure
The current iMac's have desktop processors.
I think the way some Apple Pro lines are moving towards Prosumer, I think they could engineer a lot of the cost out of the Mac Pro chassis and make it viable to put in i5 and i7 processors and other similar level components.
So rather than creating a new mid-range headless Mac, the reach of the Mac Pro will extend from mid range to top end.
So rather than creating a new mid-range headless Mac, the reach of the Mac Pro will extend from mid range to top end.
Entire Mac line replaced with one-piece tablets;
All tablets feature closed systems with apps available only through the App Store to registered customers.
The 9 inch, 13 inch and 15 inch run iOS, have ARM processors, and SSD cards. They have long battery life and are considered to be portable. Bluetooth keyboards and mice are supported. Data can be transfered via a single USB port.
The 17 inch, 21 inch and 27 inch run iOS Lion, have Intel Core processors, 2.5 inch SSD(s) and upgradeable RAM. Battery life on the 21 and 27 inch models is short so they are considered occasionally portable. External power bricks are included. Data can be transfered via T-bolt or using USB or FW dongles. Bluetooth keyboards and mice are supported. Like the 15 inch they have a built-in aluminum stand.
That's my nightmare
(All are jailbroken within 24 hours of becoming available.)
I'm not sure, but Steve Jobs did say we are in the "post PC era" right now so it would not surprise me if they didn't do something radical like this and move the Mac away from being a traditional Personal Computer. I'm not sure if it would be that radical, however I could see them moving in that direction.
You might be right, especially about a younger demographic. But my Mom had her last TV for nearly 20 years. She has a nice big Samsung HD one now. I can't see her replacing it until it fails. And these TVs should last 10 years. But my point is still valid if you think these TVs only have 5 year lifespan for the initial buyer. That is still way longer than iPhones, iPads or iPods. Once you have a HD TV that is good quality and as big as you want, there really isn't much incentive to replace it. In fact, I don't think I know anyone who has bought a large top of the line LCD HD TV who has since gone on and replaced it. Granted I think my friends started buying those only about five years ago. But they don't seem to be in any hurry to replace them. And some of those buddies have plenty of money for gadgets (they get new iPhone every year, for example).
The fact is that you can get iOS on your TV for $100 and that product doesn't sell in high volume. Apple could make Apple TV better but I don't think sticking the little black box into the TV is really going to allow them to charge the type of premium and margins that Apple likes to get.
I knew it!
THE CUBE IS BACK!
Party on!
After all, the Cube was left in limbo, it wasn't really properly discontinued was it.
Its been sitting in Steve's mind for 10 years, now its back
CUBE II
That is only because ATV is gimped a bit on the software side. The hardware is powerful enough. iOS 5 should allow us to output any Mac or iOS device to ATV and therefor onto our TVs. We can already sort of do that. As that gets better and better doing stuff like safari on your TV with an iOS device in your hands as the control should be fairly easy. It won't really be a great experience, but the hardware already exists to do it.
Unless people are rich in these tough economic times I just can't see them switching out TVs like they do iPods, etc. I don't know maybe things aren't as bad as the media tells us and people are buying this stuff up left and right, but I honestly don't think that is the case.
Why would anyone buy a TV with something that will just become outdated built into it? If you buy a good quality 1080p large screen TV you are probably going to own it for a few years and things like Apple TV or computers change and become outdated quite quickly.
Sure you could do software updates, but what happens when Apple introduces a new Apple TV or a new processor into it and your TV will no longer accept updates? Toss the TV? That sounds wasteful. I know it is not a whole lot different then an iMac, but at least with the iMac a lot of people also buy a new monitor along with a new computer. I'd rather buy a good quality TV and attach updated components to it. It makes sense to me.
Plus Apple has no history as a TV manufacturer so I would assume they would re-badge one from another company, re-style it a little bit and stick an Apple TV into it. Last you know darn well you would be paying a premium for that Apple logo on it. In the end it would not sell well and people would rather have a TV that could be used as a normal monitor with a tuner and just hook up components to it.
Pardon the poor taste
I didn't think of it, just passing it on...
http://webtablab.com/apple/wacky-apple-products/attachment/iafterlife/
I didn't think of it, just passing it on...
http://webtablab.com/apple/wacky-apple-products/attachment/iafterlife/
I do too, but Steve directs the company and if he declares Post PC era then that is where they are going even if us customers are kicking and screaming all the way to wherever Apple takes us next.
I agree with you. I've always thought actual "PCs" were much more interesting than this consumer stuff that seems to be becoming very mainstream.
It is ok to dream, however with the age of the PC over I'd say seeing any new desktops from Apple at this point other then what they are already building is probably a dream. If anything I'd expect Apple to trim the desktop line down.
An apple TV (with screen) with a mini built in. running osx and ios.
A mac pro server type computer with multiple ipad like devices for each family member that uses the server for computing.
Personally, I always wanted a folding screen with keyboard on my desk and the actual computer somewhere else. That way I could fold it down or set it aside when not in use.
A mac pro server type computer with multiple ipad like devices for each family member that uses the server for computing.
Personally, I always wanted a folding screen with keyboard on my desk and the actual computer somewhere else. That way I could fold it down or set it aside when not in use.
If the customers disagreed with Uncle Steve and purchased elsewhere, he'd change in a hurry.
My guess is a new Mac desktop, something in between a Mini and Pro OR a touch screen Macbook type laptop Lion thingie.