Imagine two of those suckers in every laptop, and with RAID (striped to combine capacity AND almost double throughput (mwa ha ha)). That should be no problem with ZFS.
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Apple Sub Notebook Hints: External Optical Drive, MultiTouch Trackpad?
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Imagine two of those suckers in every laptop, and with RAID (striped to combine capacity AND almost double throughput (mwa ha ha)). That should be no problem with ZFS.
The subnotebook will be a 13inch that is no thicker than the current macbook pro screen. It's about the size of the iPod touch in thickness... and is ultralight. Apple's not planning to go solid state do to price, there are literally thousands of uber small drives.
You shall see.
You shall see.
A 1.8" SSD drive will work fine. Or a combination of the two: SSD and Flash memory.
I think there will be a price premium for the ultra-portable and it will be a bit more expensive. Sony's attempt comes in around $3,300!
We are looking at a laptop that augments the desktop and not replace it.
Yep!I am pretty sure it is not too far fetched to think it will include 32 gigs of solid state considering a 32 gig 1.8" drive was already released a year ago. I am sure by now the cost is down and buying it bulk and Apple's history of getting a good deal on parts, they should be able to get something like this in the touch book.
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=6938
Or they may just have them surface mounted to save space.
How do you know this?
I can get 4GB USB sticks for £17.95. On the other hand, I wouldn't want to use the DVDs that you bought "100 for $17" for anything that could be called "permanent storage"
To the guy who was worried about buying DVDs at an airport: It would be easy to sell movies in h.264 format in better than DVD quality on a 1GB USB stick. You can buy audio books on USB sticks already, very handy for the car (just plug them in, at least in my car). I bet your battery will prefer playing from a USB stick to playing from a DVD player.
Unless the new C2D chips have a TDP of less than 20 Watts, you are going to need a fan. Which again makes the size of the up larger than .5 inches thick (closed).
Xeon isn't made specifically for Apple. Never has and never will.
Yeah maybe a 1 Ghz chip (if that).
That drive is PATA not SATA. The SATA drives are super expensive (and I am not sure why).I am pretty sure it is not too far fetched to think it will include 32 gigs of solid state considering a 32 gig 1.8" drive was already released a year ago. I am sure by now the cost is down and buying it bulk and Apple's history of getting a good deal on parts, they should be able to get something like this in the touch book.
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=6938
Thanks for the link. Not too sure we'll actually see this one, but very interesting none the less.
Now that is hot. I would probably score an iMac if that was the case.
Don't you see? You can know anything at all if you don't understand the laws of thermodynamics. Thickness of an iPod touch for the whole thing? I beg to differ.
The keyboard may have been already done. Not sure if it will come out before Apple's version, but they do have the Mini available for sale. Both are slightly expensive so if Apple were to do it I hope they could get economy of scale on their side quickly. I am not interested in paying 400USD for a keyboard (well I am resisting...).
well that for sure is more interesting than a stand alone sub notebook ... personally i would like a notebook but prefer working on a desktop while at home so it at least would create an option
i wonder how it will be priced ... i hope they don't price it like it is made from moon rocks
There is no way Apple would release a sub-notebook with a trackpad like that. As mentioned earlier in this thread, where would you place the palms of your hands when typing?!
That's old idea
Thats a VERY old idea... way back to first Toshiba Qosmio!
Loved the idea though!
Thats a VERY old idea... way back to first Toshiba Qosmio!
Loved the idea though!
That picture is a confirmed fake, as stated earlier in this thread. Confirmed by MacRumors sources, so, trust them
I really like this concept, and, perhaps oddly, I like it even more if the subnotebook is actually a leach of sorts on a more powerful CPU. In other words, if I could use my regular Mac - a decent iMac, a Mac Pro, etc., with a subnotebook in the monitor constantly being kept up-to-date with everything in my home folder, then I could pop out the subnotebook, take it wherever, keep working on my files, and have them automatically synched when I return.
Done properly, it'd all be seemless, and I could use Back to My Mac to fetch larger files stored elsewhere.
And it would overcome the issues of a subnotebook having inferior capabilities - a dock with an HD is nice, but a whole other, faster Mac is even better.
Done properly, it'd all be seemless, and I could use Back to My Mac to fetch larger files stored elsewhere.
And it would overcome the issues of a subnotebook having inferior capabilities - a dock with an HD is nice, but a whole other, faster Mac is even better.
That is what I was thinking - a Mac Tablet with a full multi-touch display that docs into an iMac style case.
Just as an FYI...
This might help address that problem.
http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.p...s_new_patent_for_wide_touchpad_for_notebooks/
The pictures look eerily like what we may be seeing at Macworld.
This might help address that problem.
http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.p...s_new_patent_for_wide_touchpad_for_notebooks/
The pictures look eerily like what we may be seeing at Macworld.
Agreed - I think they can solve the "where would you put your hands" issue with smart software - palms "look" a lot different than fingertips.
To me, the biggest thing screaming "fake" in that pic wasn't the trackpad, it was the mouse button.
That picture is a confirmed fake, as stated earlier in this thread. Confirmed by MacRumors sources, so, trust them
Oh, sorry. Didn't exactly read the whole thread. So I am better off to trust another rumor source?
What's the point in a docking station with an 11" or 12" screen?
Enlighten me please...
