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Apple plans ultra-portable PC

sushi said:
There are 5 versions of XP:
- Home Edition
- Professional
- Media Center Edition
- Tablet PC Edition
- Professional x64 Edition

You can see more here on XP:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/default.mspx

There will be 5 versions of Vista:
- Windows Vista Business
- Windows Vista Enterprise
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- Windows Vista Home Basic
- Windows Vista Ultimate

You can see more info here on Vista:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/default.mspx

Note, there will actually be more Vista versions for European market.

Microsoft tents to make things complicated compared to Apple who basically has one version.
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You have missed out the N versions which are a legal requirement in Europe.
 
i'm new to the forum and being a mac fanboy i tend to get carried like most in this thread
below are my ideas
posted before i actually finished specs, so had to change this post enjoy
 
11.1" Glossy Widescreen display, native resolutuion of 1280x720
Three colour options:

MacBook mini weight: 3.5lbs max
White - Good
1.5GHz Core Solo
512MB DDR2 Ram
16GB NAND flash
2 USB 2.0 ports
Mini-DVI video out
£600

Black - Better
1.67GHz Core Solo
512MB DDR2 Ram
32GB NAND flash
£750

Aluminium - Best - MacBook mini pro (3lbs)
1.67GHz Core Duo
1GB DDR2 Ram
32GB NAND Flash
1 FireWire 400 port
£900

wishful thinking :D
of course i'd buy the Best option
 
xPismo said:
I just spilled my beer. I can't believe this isn't a joke - but nobody said anything to counter this. OMG. What a great piece of crippleware. :rolleyes:
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Obviously they would hate to join the words "Vista" and "crippled" in the same sentence...worse, MS says that those "starter editions" are supposed to be sold in "developing" markets to cut on piracy and improve access to a great OS...what a joke..!

Right now I have 6 open windows, and this is just with Mail, Safari and Adium...ridiculous..!
 
BRLawyer said:
Obviously they would hate to join the words "Vista" and "crippled" in the same sentence...worse, MS says that those "starter editions" are supposed to be sold in "developing" markets to cut on piracy and improve access to a great OS...what a joke..!

Right now I have 6 open windows, and this is just with Mail, Safari and Adium...ridiculous..!
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Don't forget that Windows users think in boxes: one program at a time, just look at maximising windows. It's not that they have only one program running, but they are much more focused on the one open window than Mac users, plus, closing a windows window means exiting a program, in OS X the program continues to run, so I think that an average Mac users has more programs running than a Windows counterpart
 
anonicon said:
Depending on how they do it and if it's less than $1500 (preferably less than $1000), I'd get one in a heartbeat.

I've completely fallen in love with my 30gb iPod Photo's UI. The fact that it's not only ultra-portable, but also needs nothing more than a thumb to use for all its features, has completely spoiled me to the point where I won't consider buying *any* laptop for mobile computing - they're all too big.

Besides price, the sweet spots for me are:
A) Low power-consumption CPU a la Core Solo at 1.67ghz with 1GB RAM(?possible?)
B) OS X version for handhelds
C) Can fit comfortably inside a shirt or jacket pocket
D) Supports bluetooth and video-out for those moments when you do hook it up to a keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

Oh well, we'll see.
Chuck
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So let me get this straight... you would rather have bluetooth over WiFi? :rolleyes:
 
mr.suff said:
11.1" Glossy Widescreen display, native resolutuion of 1280x720
Three colour options:

MacBook mini weight: 3.5lbs max
White - Good
1.5GHz Core Solo
512MB DDR2 Ram
16GB NAND flash
2 USB 2.0 ports
Mini-DVI video out
£600

Black - Better
1.67GHz Core Solo
512MB DDR2 Ram
32GB NAND flash
£750

Aluminium - Best - MacBook mini pro (3lbs)
1.67GHz Core Duo
1GB DDR2 Ram
32GB NAND Flash
1 FireWire 400 port
£900

wishful thinking :D
of course i'd buy the Best option
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I really wish Apple would offer aluminum on the MacBooks.
 
Since everyone put in their thoughts, here's what I want to see:

Traditional "book" format - not a tablet!
11" widescreen display
Built-in bluetooth and wifi
1.5 ghz solo
1 GB on board
40 gig HD
no optical.. no display output
3.2 pounds, $1699

Oh... and a pink Madonna edition for $100 more.
 
StarbucksSam said:
Since everyone put in their thoughts, here's what I want to see:

Traditional "book" format - not a tablet!
11" widescreen display
Built-in bluetooth and wifi
1.5 ghz solo
1 GB on board
40 gig HD
no optical.. no display output
3.2 pounds, $1699

Oh... and a pink Madonna edition for $100 more.
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I'd say lower the price for those specs. Maybe add mini-DVI for on the go keynote speeches and such
 
I would love something about the size of my Epson P-2000 (or a bit larger) that allowed for web surfing, email, contact management - that could iSync to my desktop Mac.
 
mr.suff said:
11.1" Glossy Widescreen display, native resolutuion of 1280x720
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Are you nuts? On 11 inch screen @ 1280x720 you'd have to use a loupe to see anything!!! Not to mention APple wont make 16:9 screen when all their computers/displays have 16:10
 
eXan said:
Are you nuts? On 11 inch screen @ 1280x720 you'd have to use a loupe to see anything!!! Not to mention APple wont make 16:9 screen when all their computers/displays have 16:10
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Isn't 10.5 going to be resolution independent (ie. you can choose what size everything looks independently of actual panel resolution)....
 
emotion said:
Isn't 10.5 going to be resolution independent (ie. you can choose what size everything looks independently of actual panel resolution)....
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Who knows? ;)
 
thejadedmonkey said:
From what I remember reading (I still use Panther) they didn't get it finished in time for Tiger to ship, so they just hid it away.
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Still a better solution than moving it to the next OS, five years later
 
howesey said:
You have missed out the N versions which are a legal requirement in Europe.
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Uh, granted I didn't list them specifically, since they were not on the Microsoft page, I did say below my listing the following:

Note, there will actually be more Vista versions for European market.

Anyhow, I sometimes wonder why Microsoft makes it so difficult at times. The more versions you have, the harder it is to support them.
 
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