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CES 2012: Lenovo Brings Apple's Touchscreen iMac Concept to Life
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I wonder if the screen is plastic or glass. Usually the copies are plastic. Also I wonder if the rest is plastic or aluminium. Usually the copies are plastic. I wonder if they copied the Snow Leopard wallpaper or they went to space and took a photo of it. Usually no one copies Apple wallpapers.. until now.
I also think imagine if there was no Apple around. The innovation of today would definitely be the innovation of tomorrow. Apple is without a doubt the first to the ideas that work and sure other companies could do it but not before Apple thinks of it.
I wonder if I will get downrated for stating obvious things. I wonder...
I also think imagine if there was no Apple around. The innovation of today would definitely be the innovation of tomorrow. Apple is without a doubt the first to the ideas that work and sure other companies could do it but not before Apple thinks of it.
I wonder if I will get downrated for stating obvious things. I wonder...
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This has got to be the worst thing I have seen didnt even work properly. Other tech company so dont get design and making like apple do. I love how they like to copy Apple's design, then try there absolute best at being better and then just FAIL!!!. Give up the get go now lenovo your RUBBISH!!!. Once a black suit always a black suit. Innovative my ass.
This has got to be the worst thing I have seen didnt even work properly. Other tech company so dont get design and making like apple do. I love how they like to copy Apple's design, then try there absolute best at being better and then just FAIL!!!. Give up the get go now lenovo your RUBBISH!!!. Once a black suit always a black suit. Innovative my ass.
I have enough trouble cleaning my 27" iMacs screen. The idea of a touchscreen iMac really doesn't appeal at all. For that I have my phone and my iPad.
I would guess that Apple have probably abandoned this idea. If they do produce one, I hope they retain the present format as well. Come upgrade time, I don't want to have buy a touchscreen model!
I would guess that Apple have probably abandoned this idea. If they do produce one, I hope they retain the present format as well. Come upgrade time, I don't want to have buy a touchscreen model!
haha exactly. I doubt apple will make the iMac touch screen. No one wants to use touch on a 27" screen plus it would add more price to the cost for something probably not going to be used. They have the iPad for this so that is another reason why they wouldn't do it. Cleaning would be a major issue. Apple wants their products to look clean and sparkling on and off shelf (consumer office) for marketing purposes. A finger printed screen would not give an Apple computer the clean association.
Funny though, as soon as a rumor pops up about Apple going for touch screen iMac(2 years ago I think) everyone immediately jumps on it. It is as if everyone has been proven wrong the in the last few years thinking that Apple won't make it and it is just a useless unwanted gimmick especially with the iPad approach. A lot of people were calling it a useless oversized iPod and then when everyone started buying, all of the competitors had a heart attack and started work on their own tablet devices immediately. You always get the people who love to fight the obvious but you cannot say that iPad didn't start the tablet revolution. Before iPad, 1 in 100,000 computers were a tablet. Now it is 1 in 20.
Poor competitors for jumping on this rumor. It is not going to work out well and most likely Apple will not follow through with the rumor then all the laughs will be pointed at the sheep competitors and oletros.
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when their hardware can run the software without lag and missclicks
and develop their own keyboard instead of Apple's keyboard And how exactly do they not? They use a hinge on the back of the monitor, which is basically what the Apple patent covers. Its so pathetically generic that they wouldn't stand a chance.
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Copies of what exactly? Please point us in the direction of another computer that goes horizontal that looks almost identical.Newsflash: Apple has no rights or trademark on using aluminum to make a computer. If another company uses the same materials, that does not automatically mean that the product was first thought of by Apple.
If someone came out with a toaster made out of brushed aluminum with a black 'bezel' (BORDER!!!) around the top, does that mean Apple thought of that toaster design first? No.
And how exactly do they not? They use a hinge on the back of the monitor, which is basically what the Apple patent covers. Its so pathetically generic that they wouldn't stand a chance.
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Newsflash: Apple has no rights or trademark on using aluminum to make a computer. If another company uses the same materials, that does not automatically mean that the product was first thought of by Apple.
If someone came out with a toaster made out of brushed aluminum with a black 'bezel' (BORDER!!!) around the top, does that mean Apple thought of that toaster design first? No.
I think you misinterpreted my post. I was implying that knockoffs are usually made of plastic and the build quality is less. If I was to develop a tech product I would shoot for the aluminium and glass.
A screen that goes horizontal would be a cintiq and also my 7 year old 24" HP w2408H
I gave them somewhat of an explanation below. I don't know why they believe you can patent an unoriginal idea with no prototype simply because it bears Steve's signature. Also I found it amusing that anytime someone in an internet video talks about playing games via a touch screen UI, it always ends up on Angry Birds
.Guys....you don't need to be hateful here. I (and a couple others) posted that the concept has been around for some time in actual use, so prior art + prior products. This is just one of those fuzzy vague patent applications, and I can't find any info on if it was just a patent application or if it was ever granted. No one is copying an Apple product here, and the idea was already out there. Seeing as there's no actual product, no claims of reverse engineering can be made. They can't copy code, gestures, or physical engineering of a product. At most you can claim that they built something in anticipation of the competition, which is not grounds for a lawsuit.
Even that hinge design is seen on Cintiq + a few Cintiq accessories. That line came out in the 1990s. The design which more resembles the Apple setup came out around a decade ago. It's used on the 21 and 23" models which didn't come out until later due to the cost of panels (first one was 15").
umm... people looked down at a desktop to work for.... well... at least 2000 years (probably a lot longer) before desktop computers and monitors were invented...
I'm willing to bet that I'll never face being forced to work in a non-ergonomic job environment. I'm just lucky to live in the US, and California, where we have laws to protect us at work.
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It's nowhere near the first meaning they can patent theirs, but they cannot patent the actual concept. Even if they did, it would be a worthless patent. They'd have to patent something new. Patent laws aren't just there to go back and lay claim to backdated items.
Usually copies use Gorilla Glass screens. Apple does not.
Also Apple does not "think", people at Apple do. And those are the same people that work at other companies (and they change employers frequently too)
It's an HD display... how can it not be pretty?
1920x1080 = HD
Most desktop displays are much lower resolution.
No, they don't.
They have a patent for how the sensors in the hinges and behind the display work in conjunction with the OS to change input methods based on the position of the display.
The patent is very specific and there are other ways to achieve the same results without infringing this patent.
IOS and OSX are the same DNA though. I too agree, that Apple would probably want a more elegant solution than switching between... but, even having an imac switch between the two is a big difference than what MS is trying to do with Windows 8, which really is two different operating systems.
I actually think the next desktop version for the Mac (and almost wondering if it won't finally be OSX11) might be more hyrbid. Lion, really was just IOS like lip stick. It shows where Apple is heading, but I really think it was poorly done and not Apple's best showing. I think it was a baby step though.
Touch input does have a place in the near future... but I wonder if the sluggishness of some of these pc systems isn't that they had to shortcut with the screen to make them affordable. I imagine that the only reason Apple hasn't done this themselves yet (especially with Lion being a perfect time) would be how expensive and limited a quality touch screen of that size would be to stick in a machine. HP's touch computers are all garbage.
It has nothing to do with the screen quality, it's all about hardware acceleration.
The problem with the HP touchscreen computers is not the quality of the screen's touch sensor, it's the OS behind it.
Windows 7 is not a touch friendly OS and not optimized to be used in that manner.
It simply sucks for touch based input.
Windows 8 on the other hand, is developed from the ground up with touch as the primary form of interaction while still supporting standard input devices.
These vendors have the hardware ready... they're using W7 as a band-aid until W8 is ready to go.
I hate to burst anyones bubble but this product has been on the market for a few years now, although the computer isn't built in you simply plug it into one.
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The whole ios and osx being the same thing is no more similar than how linux and android are the same thing. Very little between the two are actually similar other than the kernel.
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The whole ios and osx being the same thing is no more similar than how linux and android are the same thing. Very little between the two are actually similar other than the kernel.