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Is Apple ever going to bring out any groundbreaking and amazing computers ever again?
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Yeah I know how it feels, I got my first Mac last year, and it was amazing for the first 6 months, they are great computers anyway.
But I just don't see Apple ever bringing out any computers again that make you go WOW as a Mac user. And I can't see any hype or huge queues outside stores happening ever again for a new Mac release. Ah well, this is 2010 now, I suppose it's all about weak touch screen tablets and not proper computers any more.
Touch screen iMacs as rumored would be a major change (although I have a feeling it might run iOS).
On the hardware side, if Apple goes to AMD, they might be able to pull something off with Llano in the notebooks.
On the hardware side, if Apple goes to AMD, they might be able to pull something off with Llano in the notebooks.
I really think Apple make groundbreaking and amazing computers, really reliable and durable.
Pro market didn't really buy technology like consumers, one of my best friends is still editing professional video on a late 2005 2,5 G5 Mac Pro running leopard, very very strong....
So this speed/core madness really only affect consumers, who are really impressed by numbers, and that buy really expensive machines that will never use at full power.
For the average consumer a MBP with C2D and 320 GPU is great, or a new unibody MacMini if you want a desktop pc.
For people with a bit of more demanding needs a MBP with i5 or i7 is more than enough.
Want to play? then make a custom machine for our needs or buy a console...
Pro market didn't really buy technology like consumers, one of my best friends is still editing professional video on a late 2005 2,5 G5 Mac Pro running leopard, very very strong....
So this speed/core madness really only affect consumers, who are really impressed by numbers, and that buy really expensive machines that will never use at full power.
For the average consumer a MBP with C2D and 320 GPU is great, or a new unibody MacMini if you want a desktop pc.
For people with a bit of more demanding needs a MBP with i5 or i7 is more than enough.
Want to play? then make a custom machine for our needs or buy a console...
I just upgraded from a MBP to a VAIO Z. I would say that is a groundbreaking and amazing computer.
I'm actually coming from a Vaio SZ VGN. Probably not as good as the Vaio Z but it was $1800 none the less. I must've bought a lemon. Lasted barely 2 years.
Anybody who can proclaim that laptops are 'dead' is either lying or completely ignorant to the majority of the computer using population.
Tablets might be great for entertainment purposes or wasting time on facebook, but as far as any kind of productivity goes, they are nowhere near laptops.
Tablets might be great for entertainment purposes or wasting time on facebook, but as far as any kind of productivity goes, they are nowhere near laptops.
I think apple's groundbreaking future has no laptops, I could imagine that the Mac OS11 would get to be a blend between iOS and OSX, it's hard for me to think about having a tablet like the ipad with a better OS instead of a Laptop, but It's Steve's dream probably
The retina display is just marketing for the iPhone, actually, you already have a uberRetina Display on your computer (even higher res than the iPhone), and if you mean a huge DPI, it would be crazy for graphic cards, a 13" MacBook Pro would be like 4000x3200 or something, and i guess you don't need it a lot atm
Games are great with the iPad, but some more advanced ones might not work, but i guess apple will figure it out, and i Imagine a near future without the 13 MacBook / MacBook Pro and just 3 sizes of ipads, 15" and 17" MacBook Pros for prosumers and the iMac for the rest, it's an odd future, but we'll see
The retina display is just marketing for the iPhone, actually, you already have a uberRetina Display on your computer (even higher res than the iPhone), and if you mean a huge DPI, it would be crazy for graphic cards, a 13" MacBook Pro would be like 4000x3200 or something, and i guess you don't need it a lot atm
Games are great with the iPad, but some more advanced ones might not work, but i guess apple will figure it out, and i Imagine a near future without the 13 MacBook / MacBook Pro and just 3 sizes of ipads, 15" and 17" MacBook Pros for prosumers and the iMac for the rest, it's an odd future, but we'll see
No, that would be the worst mistake ever, it means incompatibility, program rewriting, and the A4 is superfast for iOS but slow for OSX
Maybe this, but iMac are Macs, not iOS Devices, i don't see iOS on an iMac in at least 5 years, a touchscreen might be possible, but not sure why you would need one, yes the Touch Smart HP's are sexy, but i ever hate touching my display to not fill it with fingerprints, and it's not comfortable
+1 but if it works well (which i just can't imagine) I'd like it
I think instant-on and instant-off would be pretty groundbreaking.
And I bet Apple will do it first.
And I bet Apple will do it first.
WARNING: I'm talking out of my ass...
I say, use your imagination- this apples first attempt at a modern tablet device, most developers don't even know what to write for it yet, just wait, the real magic apple does is implement technologies in ways no one else could imagine, we are at a kind of lull in the tech rollercoaster, but there is a lot of stuff on the horizon, Internet speeds will probably be as fast as sata wirelessly and capable of sending realtime complex info, like using the ipad as a KVM switch for a supercomputer, ever see that iPhone playing crysis? then wait for computer human interfacing, bypassing your physical senses and going directly to your raw sensory inputs, if you read in between the lines it looks like apple is positioning itself to be a giant in these fields when the time is right, if you were to go to their r&d labs you'd prolly ****.
I say, use your imagination- this apples first attempt at a modern tablet device, most developers don't even know what to write for it yet, just wait, the real magic apple does is implement technologies in ways no one else could imagine, we are at a kind of lull in the tech rollercoaster, but there is a lot of stuff on the horizon, Internet speeds will probably be as fast as sata wirelessly and capable of sending realtime complex info, like using the ipad as a KVM switch for a supercomputer, ever see that iPhone playing crysis? then wait for computer human interfacing, bypassing your physical senses and going directly to your raw sensory inputs, if you read in between the lines it looks like apple is positioning itself to be a giant in these fields when the time is right, if you were to go to their r&d labs you'd prolly ****.
hopefully one day Apple will release iOS with full desktop capabilities, like the command line and a file system. I'd count that as a groundbreaking computer.
Until then it will just be incremental OS updates and hardware spec increases for the Mac line.
Until then it will just be incremental OS updates and hardware spec increases for the Mac line.