La-d-da said:
How about metallic silver...good enough?
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProd..._Id=&Section_Id=100&pcount=&Product_Id=168693
Looks like it might be the ticket, and a nicer price
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Dual PowerMacs and Aluminum Displays?
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How about metallic silver...good enough?
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProd..._Id=&Section_Id=100&pcount=&Product_Id=168693
Looks like it might be the ticket, and a nicer price
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Finally the drought appears to be coming to an end...
I hope the artist is ready to put usb, firewire etc ports in the monitor pic
I hope the artist is ready to put usb, firewire etc ports in the monitor pic
I really don't think Apple needs to adjust the displays too much. Theyre very much a premium product even by apples standard and I think they'll stay that way. If Apple could just change the form factor and maybe up the specs a little, like the response times, then I think they can keep the prices where they are.
More adjustability would be good though. An iMac style screen would be awesome.
More adjustability would be good though. An iMac style screen would be awesome.
Unusually for Apple, there is a horrible typo in the quoted text. "assitant" instead of "assistant"... (the John Fortt quote)*tsk* The last mistake I spotted was when they mixed up the SPDIF interface labels when the G5's first launched.
Still, getting ready to drop a dime to Apple and get a new machine...
Still, getting ready to drop a dime to Apple and get a new machine...
Hopefully, soemthing a bit more elegant
The artist's endition is probably a reasonable start, but hopefully they'll thin up the bezel and make it a little "lighter" in character.
The artist's endition is probably a reasonable start, but hopefully they'll thin up the bezel and make it a little "lighter" in character.
trilogic said:
Err what resolution?
and what response time?
Contrast?
Brightness?
Give me the specs.
What I want
1900x1200 minimum
500:1 contrast ratio
250-300cd
then and only then is the 30" viable for me.
10-16ms response time minimum, for a 30" IMO this display will strugle at anything lower than 40-80ms.
Great news, and it's about bloody time!!!
...but, as others have said, they really need to make the display adjustable, paying all that money for a screen that can't even be adjusted is a bit silly...I'd still want one though
...but, as others have said, they really need to make the display adjustable, paying all that money for a screen that can't even be adjusted is a bit silly...I'd still want one though
ryanw said:
The thing holding them back from that is their xServe initiative. I think it's safe to say Apple isn't going to have a 3 or 4 processor system for pretty obvious reasons. They want users to buy xServes to plug into grid computing.
Noooooo Please dont
I really hope and don't think Apple will bring Alum display. Why?
Firstly it will not go with anything else in the product range other than the G5 tower. Apple mice/keyboard/imac/airport none of it will match. Apple is obviously heavily interested in design.
Also, there is no need to update them other than to perhaps make them larger, brighter and better quality. All of these would increase price and not really change anything for Apple. Plus their display are some of the industry's finest, so I doubt they would change them just yet.
Apple's design seems to be Alum mixed with clear plasticy-thingy. I hope they dont go all metal yet, not unless they plan on changing the entire product range.
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I really hope and don't think Apple will bring Alum display. Why?
Firstly it will not go with anything else in the product range other than the G5 tower. Apple mice/keyboard/imac/airport none of it will match. Apple is obviously heavily interested in design.
Also, there is no need to update them other than to perhaps make them larger, brighter and better quality. All of these would increase price and not really change anything for Apple. Plus their display are some of the industry's finest, so I doubt they would change them just yet.
Apple's design seems to be Alum mixed with clear plasticy-thingy. I hope they dont go all metal yet, not unless they plan on changing the entire product range.
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hurry up
Please Apple , bring something new!!!!!!!!!!
the last announcement was the iPod mini, and after such a long time you hardly find it, even in the US, so I do not want to imagine in Europe, it was planned to be 2-3 month later than in the US, now with more than 100,000 iPod mini ordered, I can expect them in Europe by end of 2004.....
eventhough I coming to the US for business, I will not buy an iPod mini due to the non-international Apple care on those products....it s***s
Apple bring the new PMG5 at 3GHz and you will put Intel on their knees!!
Please Apple , bring something new!!!!!!!!!!
the last announcement was the iPod mini, and after such a long time you hardly find it, even in the US, so I do not want to imagine in Europe, it was planned to be 2-3 month later than in the US, now with more than 100,000 iPod mini ordered, I can expect them in Europe by end of 2004.....
eventhough I coming to the US for business, I will not buy an iPod mini due to the non-international Apple care on those products....it s***s
Apple bring the new PMG5 at 3GHz and you will put Intel on their knees!!
the top model won't be 3ghz, as this would be launched together with a huge presentation and marketing event.. and he said by the summer, don't expect it to be here that soon, they are having difficulties enough having to meet their shipping dates as it is..
don't push it, i'd say
don't push it, i'd say
klaus said:
I agree. Once Apple can demonstrate the power of a Dual 3 GHz G5, you can bet your a$$ that Apple will.
Maybe one of those good ol' Steve (on Mac) vs Phil (on Xeon)....
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... DOOM 3 shoot out!
Calebj14 said:
I went to the page and didn't see anything new. What did you see? Was there a leak?
nicely said:
and my credit cardd has your name on it.. oops
no seriously, my credit card has a label on it says "do not use until PowerBook G5"
Quad Systems
Agreed. I believe that there would be enough interest in quad systems to justify R&D. Lots of people might want it for scientific research, video editing, etc.
ryanw said:
Agreed. I believe that there would be enough interest in quad systems to justify R&D. Lots of people might want it for scientific research, video editing, etc.
Xerxes248 said:
The eMac and iMac have built-in monitors. The LCDs only have to match the PowerMacs and PowerBooks, which are all aluminum, and maybe the iBook which has PowerBook-like styling anyway. Mice/keyboards etc are relatively trivial to redesign, and these metal cases certainly have RF advantages.
I suspect the went to the aluminum cases so the G5 microwave emissions didn't render the customer base sterile and doom Apple!
Besides, there are a lot of other applications where having a nice SMP box (even just 4 processors) is an order of magnitude easier and faster than having a cluster---- of smaller machines. Database servers are the easiest example.fluidinclusion said:
March 23 vs. 24.
True. I got mine on March 24th too. However, didn't some people get theirs delivered early (23rd)?
NNO-Stephen said:
True. I got mine on March 24th too. However, didn't some people get theirs delivered early (23rd)?
Sony Display
Sorry, but I agree with Legion. I have a Sony 23" SDM-P232W Flat Pannel which I got a year ago for much less than a comparable Apple product, and it's a better display. If you want a good LCD display, you don't have to wait for Apple to get around to releasing one. Same goes for multi-button mouse. There are plenty of other options out there, and they all work with your Mac.
theHelix said:
Sorry, but I agree with Legion. I have a Sony 23" SDM-P232W Flat Pannel which I got a year ago for much less than a comparable Apple product, and it's a better display. If you want a good LCD display, you don't have to wait for Apple to get around to releasing one. Same goes for multi-button mouse. There are plenty of other options out there, and they all work with your Mac.
Let's see if this resonates
Regarding Mac monitors, I'd like to know if anyone else has been thinking along the following lines. Chances are anyone who has or will get a G5 has used an iMac. You take for granted the way those monitors adjust themselves to you. Sitting up straight, slumping, showing something to nearby collegues, standing... the monitor works with you all day/night. It gets out of your way, even, when you need that.
This is a feature I'd want in a big monitor, even more than in a small monitor. I have a 20" iMac. It's a pleasure to use.
OK, so you see where I'm going with this. I'd like a line of future monitors that has this capability. But there's more. You have to have a big base under that montior as a counterbalance. On an iMac, the base holds the guts of the machine. That's irrelevant on a monitor that will be attached to a G5. But that base could ship with removable weights that could hold build-to-order optional drives (Who has enough hard drive space? Nobody, right?). Or DVD burners or whatever. The base would also hold as much of the electronics for the monitor as possible, so it could be made as thin as possible. It would also make handy ports available at easy reach (not on the floor with the G5). There are probably many things that could be done with the base.
To eliminate confusion with an iMac, the base and monitor could compliment the G5's aluminum styling. I like the monitor design being passed around in this forum, it could resemble that sans the little feet. It would essentially look like an aluminum iMac.
It's got what Apple wants in a product these days: it riffs off already successful designs, it's something the PC side doesn't have (I think) and it provides an opportunity to sell marked-up hard drives (like the iPod).
And sure, make a 30" version as well. I'll take one. Any other takers?
Jeff
Regarding Mac monitors, I'd like to know if anyone else has been thinking along the following lines. Chances are anyone who has or will get a G5 has used an iMac. You take for granted the way those monitors adjust themselves to you. Sitting up straight, slumping, showing something to nearby collegues, standing... the monitor works with you all day/night. It gets out of your way, even, when you need that.
This is a feature I'd want in a big monitor, even more than in a small monitor. I have a 20" iMac. It's a pleasure to use.
OK, so you see where I'm going with this. I'd like a line of future monitors that has this capability. But there's more. You have to have a big base under that montior as a counterbalance. On an iMac, the base holds the guts of the machine. That's irrelevant on a monitor that will be attached to a G5. But that base could ship with removable weights that could hold build-to-order optional drives (Who has enough hard drive space? Nobody, right?). Or DVD burners or whatever. The base would also hold as much of the electronics for the monitor as possible, so it could be made as thin as possible. It would also make handy ports available at easy reach (not on the floor with the G5). There are probably many things that could be done with the base.
To eliminate confusion with an iMac, the base and monitor could compliment the G5's aluminum styling. I like the monitor design being passed around in this forum, it could resemble that sans the little feet. It would essentially look like an aluminum iMac.
It's got what Apple wants in a product these days: it riffs off already successful designs, it's something the PC side doesn't have (I think) and it provides an opportunity to sell marked-up hard drives (like the iPod).
And sure, make a 30" version as well. I'll take one. Any other takers?
Jeff
Xerxes248 said:
the G5 is not the only aluminum product in apple's lineup, you also have: 12" powerbook, 15" powerbook, 17" powerbook, iSight, iPod mini. not to mention the questionable use of "brushed aluminum" in the OS itself.
furthermore up until recently there was a pretty clear visual distinction for apple products. consumer products were white: imac, emac, ipod. pro products were grey or metal: tibook, g4, g5, aibooks. then you had crossover products, which seemed to bow in favor of the consumer products, airport, keyboards, mice, etc... mostly logical, consumers more so than businesses are going to be concerned with aesthetics so apple defers to that market when a choice has to be made. curious though that the two newest consumer based products (ipod mini and isight) are using aluminum.