No, it would depend on how it was designed.
Aperture and multi touch were born for each other, it would be a great combo.
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No, it would depend on how it was designed.
Aperture and multi touch were born for each other, it would be a great combo.
I see touch-screen capabilities being a little overambitious at this point. I certainly think that computers will someday become touchscreen like what Jeff Han (is that his name?) has been demonstrating. However, now is not the time for that.......yet.
There is no point in reintroducing the Mac Clone program. The geniuses running Apple in the mid-90's started it to expand the Mac market share, but it just ended up cannibalising Apple. It was doomed from the start, and Steve Jobs even said that. This will never happen again, people.
There is no point in reintroducing the Mac Clone program. The geniuses running Apple in the mid-90's started it to expand the Mac market share, but it just ended up cannibalising Apple. It was doomed from the start, and Steve Jobs even said that. This will never happen again, people.
Why the hell do some people want multi-touch iMacs so bad? Shouldn't we be discussing putting multi-touch on a Macbook? It's more viable. And My God please do not post that video of Jeff Han and his "TED Talk". It looks cool when you are looking at it, but would be totally pointless in an iMac.
don't they already have those? i would prefer that the touching stay on my ds. i've been threatening the kids daily for 5 years not to touch daddy's lcd screens, now there is talk of touch screen displays. i just hope the screens are peanut butter friendly.
Oh, I know they exist, but I mean a "Multi-Touch" Mac, basically a bigger version of the iPhone.
Aloha everyone,
I think one cool thing would be the "LCARS" type of keyboard. Seeing as how touch, or to be more precise multi-touch, will be hitting your neighborhood iPhone next month, what about a multi-touch enabled keyboard, like on Star Trek? Imagine NOT having physical keys, like not having the tiny keys on modern "smart" phones, but rather letting software design your own palette, whether the need be keys or other tools. Imagine the entirety of the space normally reserved for the keyboard, but used for ..... I may be waaaaaaaay off base here, but at least it's worth a thought.
And for those that worry about fingerprints, Steve and company have thought of that already. After all, what will they do on the iPhone? I can only imagine the same type of material/coating will be used in future multi-touch devices.
HawaiiMacAddict
I think one cool thing would be the "LCARS" type of keyboard. Seeing as how touch, or to be more precise multi-touch, will be hitting your neighborhood iPhone next month, what about a multi-touch enabled keyboard, like on Star Trek? Imagine NOT having physical keys, like not having the tiny keys on modern "smart" phones, but rather letting software design your own palette, whether the need be keys or other tools. Imagine the entirety of the space normally reserved for the keyboard, but used for ..... I may be waaaaaaaay off base here, but at least it's worth a thought.
And for those that worry about fingerprints, Steve and company have thought of that already. After all, what will they do on the iPhone? I can only imagine the same type of material/coating will be used in future multi-touch devices.
HawaiiMacAddictHow do you see this design working? To me touch screen makes sense on smaller portable screens, but not a larger screen that I need smudge free for image based work.
With a 20" or 24" LCD screen???
What you guys are asking for a totally different, new device. The iMac is intended to be a simple, minimalist, all-in-one desktop machine. For something that sits on the desk, you want a large screen--larger the better. This rules out a portable, tablet form factor.
And for multi-touch to work well, you want something that sits close to your hands, as in lying at an angle on the desk, directly above the keyboard. (See the Wacom Citinq.) Finally, a 20" touch screen is simply TOO EXPENSIVE. The 21" Citinq goes for $2500, to give you a ball park.
Again, portability + multi-touch = new device != imac.
what???
this looks sooo much nicer!
i respect your opinion but am baffled anyone would prefer more bulk over less
New iMac design without the chin:
Yeah, that's what the iMac should've looked like... now.
I hope they're not going to be lazy and just do that for the redesign.
No it's not. It's a "round rect". Steve's "pet shape".
Where are the fake mock-ups of speculated iMac shapes?
Rocketman
Agreed. It looks naked and cold without the girth down below. Like it needs a blanket. Or a hug.
Aloha everyone,
I think one cool thing would be the "LCARS" type of keyboard. Seeing as how touch, or to be more precise multi-touch, will be hitting your neighborhood iPhone next month, what about a multi-touch enabled keyboard, like on Star Trek? Imagine NOT having physical keys, like not having the tiny keys on modern "smart" phones, but rather letting software design your own palette, whether the need be keys or other tools. Imagine the entirety of the space normally reserved for the keyboard, but used for ..... I may be waaaaaaaay off base here, but at least it's worth a thought.
And for those that worry about fingerprints, Steve and company have thought of that already. After all, what will they do on the iPhone? I can only imagine the same type of material/coating will be used in future multi-touch devices.
I agree very much with this idea.. if multitouch was gonna come with iMac, it wouldn't be on an upright monitor that we use with PC or iMac. It just doesn't make much sense on the user-experience aspect. Before reading the quoted post, I was thinking more along the lines of reinventing the screen so it doesn't best sit as upright but rather on an angle tilted from being flat on the desk. that way the arms can sit on the desk as you touch-screen ur new iMac. HawaiiMacAddict's idea is awesome too.. actually it's similar to the DoCoMo vision video that company made a decade ago.
Anyway, if multitouch touchscreen comes, it won't be on an iMac design that comes with an upright screen in my opinion. I just can't imagine them telling people to reach across the desk with arms hanging in the air for hours working on the computer.
I so want an iMac, but only if:
1) NO BLACK. I've never liked black hardware
2) NO CHIN! Unless they find a way to add a 2nd screen about 2 inches high that runs the whole width of the monitor just underneath the main screen so that the dock/dashboard could sit snuggled in and not get in the way of the main work area (ie: the main screen). I know I'm dreaming, but whatever.
I like the white, but I think the metal look of the MBP would look even better on an iMac. An aluminum casing with a nicely sculpted aluminum stand would look a lot better than the IKEA looking plasic stand they use now.
I know I'll buy one no matter how it looks though.
1) NO BLACK. I've never liked black hardware
2) NO CHIN! Unless they find a way to add a 2nd screen about 2 inches high that runs the whole width of the monitor just underneath the main screen so that the dock/dashboard could sit snuggled in and not get in the way of the main work area (ie: the main screen). I know I'm dreaming, but whatever.
I like the white, but I think the metal look of the MBP would look even better on an iMac. An aluminum casing with a nicely sculpted aluminum stand would look a lot better than the IKEA looking plasic stand they use now.
I know I'll buy one no matter how it looks though.
Agreed. It probably should have two lamp iMac bases (
) with a screen between them both at an adjustable angle from 15 degrees off flat to vertical. A bluetooth keyboard and mouse and/or perhaps a "remote" which is both a iPhone like keyboard and a scrolling device.Any other base shape would be a compromise.
Rocketman
If you remember from the MW '07 keynote, Steve said that Multi-Touch was the 3rd & next step in the progression of the user interface. The mouse>the scroll-wheel>multi-touch. And he made it a point to tell us they patented the hell out of it.
With iPhone running Leopard, you can bet your a$$ they will be bringing multi-touch to their Macs as well. Dont know how they're gonna do a "touch" iMac, but if anyone can do it, its Steve & Apple.
With iPhone running Leopard, you can bet your a$$ they will be bringing multi-touch to their Macs as well. Dont know how they're gonna do a "touch" iMac, but if anyone can do it, its Steve & Apple.
Great. another "Dell" idea. you can keep your extra inch(es) if it's the same res. the imac 24", and both the Dell 24" and Dell 27" all use the same res as the ACD 23".
See, the chin is there for a reason. They need to house the iMac's innards somewhere. The only other option with the current design would have been to fatten up the unit.
I've always been a little partial to the iMac G4 design, personally.
I've always been a little partial to the iMac G4 design, personally.
I hope the word smitten is the archaic noun meaning "a heavy blow or stroke with a weapon". I'd pay to see an
hunt down and destroy lesser machines.I predict: Smooth Black glass front (with no apparent bezel) when turned off. Will still be in the form factor having a chin, but the area of the chin will carry a second small screen (about 3" X width of imac) that will house the dock, and a bunch of widgets. the small screen might be touch sensative. It will also have a heavy chrome stand, with adjustable height. and maybe a totally new "touchable" pointing device, shaped like a iphone (i'm betting there are already a lot of them made), which sits flat on the desk top (the wooden one, not the computer desktop)
I do hope this turns out to be correct as the GF is buying an iMac at the end of June so i can play with it
"it"
iMac?
GF?
Both?
LOL.
Things are annoyingly slow out of camp Apple...
Seems we in for an active summer/fall.