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Light-weight Stylish Mac Laptops in 2006?

Quote: "Light-weight Stylish Mac Laptops in 2006?"

I just read that and though mac laptops are already lightweight and stylish, let's face it the current generation are no monsters are they??

I'm all for lighter thinner models but i dont see how they can pretty up an iBook it is already beautiful.....

SHadow
 
Photorun said:
Yes, because why run a stable OS devoid of spyware, malware, and general tomfoolery when you can run something utterly bloated and abysmal.
:rolleyes:
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Today's RM's FUD Level: Orange - Elevated levels of Hyperbole with some intentional vagueness to press home a point.
:rolleyes:
 
kingcrowing said:
the 17" Is already only 1" thin... I wouldnt want it any thinner it would feel to flimsy, but A 1" thin 12" iBook/powerbook would be kinda cool...
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I've deployed sub 1" laptops in the office I work. They don't feel flimsy as long as they are designed right and considering that Apple will prob use some sort of carbon composite or the same material found in the existing PowerBooks I wouldn't worry about it feeling flimsy. I could easily see a .75" iBook. PowerBooks are another matter. Even though the M is going to run pretty cool the dual coreness of the thing is going to put out some heat. More then what a .75" laptop could handle IMHO.
 
Cinch said:
Really? They have also tried wooden veneer on Dell laptop as well as other who have thought this is a good skin for laptop. I don't know, it may have a slim short of working. I'm sorry to say it, this idea most likely originate from a male engineer who still wear deeply acid wash jean with white tennis shoe:D . When it comes to style, do not go the route of Dell or Alienware, I'm sorry, this is not directed at you personally.

How about a laptop that is solely design for email, and for "passive" internet use? And one more thing, iTunes. Three things are all this laptop need to do, and have a 8 hour battery life. It is not hard to do! Here is a list of possible components:

a low power processor (lowest)
30 GB flash drive
Wi-Fi
1 USB ports
a battery that will last 8 hours
a lite OSX

do not include: ethernet port, modem, vga, firewire, harddisk, dvd rom

I would buy this over a 12" PB!

Cinch
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Umm so you think that a black version of the iBook wouldn't sell at least as many if not more units? Interresting. They made a black iPod and iPod nano, and they sold twice as much as the classic white models. Why stop there?
 
Hmph! I'm a woman and to me the elegant simplicity of the PB and the iBook has it all over the sticker-ridden laptops afflicted with Windoze anyday! Not to mention that yes, the size is appealing, too.... My 15" PB feels as though it is lighter than my old 12" Avertec laptop, although on paper the Averatec weighs less. I think that the difference is in the weight distribution on the PB. That said, though, I would be delighted if Apple were to produce an ultraportable lightweight coming in at around 3 pounds!

Whatever Apple does, they'd better NOT put those god-awful X-Brite (or whatever they're called) screens on their new machines. IMO that is certainly no improvement on any laptop and frankly I think it looks cheap.

OTB
 
Photorun said:
Let the rampant and, in this case, STUPID, speculation begin.

Considering I know a half dozen women that not only own, but covet, and LOVE the current Powerbook design, and have never heard any woman say she hates it, this article could easily make the top five, if not number one slot, for this years pre MWSF most erroneous and off-base dumb rumor.
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My wife prefers the look of the Powerbook to the current iBook style. Her words were "The Powerbook looks so classy whereas the iBook looks cheap and more like a toy." I think pushing rainbow colored portables could work, but I don't think it's necessary to appeal to the female market.

Perhaps the "new iBooks" will adopt a more streamlined Powerbook-esque type of look while retaining the same durability/damage resistance it currently possesses.
 
Peace said:
I'm not too sure about the "for the female" part but the natural evolution of the laptop is thinner and lighter like the iPod.

Could be Apple is going to go after the lucrative 14-25 age group with possible iPod themed iBooks..

That would be the natural evolution of the iBook.
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Would you mind expanding on this? I get the thinner and lighter idea, but how would it be "themed" for an iPod exactly?

Just curious.
 
Randall said:
Umm so you think that a black version of the iBook wouldn't sell at least as many if not more units? Interresting. They made a black iPod and iPod nano, and they sold twice as much as the classic white models. Why stop there?
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Perhaps people would be concerned about scratches on the black iBooks as some sort of bizarre carry-over from the Nano issues.

I know that sounds silly, but I'm sure it will enter some buyers mind if this evolves this way. I think a black iBook would look slick. :D
 
Geared towards women, I know my wife would rather have a Powerbook. But I will wait to see what the design is before I make the wrong decision and buy her a PB, and then she really wanted the ibook.

Hope it isn't pink, maybe colored aluminum like the old ipod minis.
 
maybe

Randall said:
Umm so you think that a black version of the iBook wouldn't sell at least as many if not more units? Interresting. They made a black iPod and iPod nano, and they sold twice as much as the classic white models. Why stop there?
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I'm not saying 100% that a black iBook wouldn't work. Although, there are laptop out there that is all black, and I don't think they are that appealing. I think you have to make a model, and carefully examine it in many settings and see. Just like you would try out clothing before you buy.

Cinch
 
Seasought said:
Would you mind expanding on this? I get the thinner and lighter idea, but how would it be "themed" for an iPod exactly?

Just curious.
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Well :)

You will be able to plug your iPod into it directly sans cable.
see the other rumor about Apple's Patent on some sort of new hardware video interface.A universal interface where,for example.One closes the lid on the iBook and plugs the iPod into a slot on the top of the lid.This would explain the universal video device patent.

And since you can plug the iPod into the iBook there would be matching themes.Which would appeal to that demographic.
 
Cinch said:
I'm not saying 100% that a black iBook wouldn't work. Although, there are laptop out there that is all black, and I don't think they are that appealing. I think you have to make a model, and carefully examine it in many settings and see. Just like you would try out clothing before you buy.

Cinch
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That's because you haven't seen a sexy "Mac in black" yet.
 
tell us what graphics card it'll use ffs, i dont care about the cpu unless it has at least a radeon x600.
 
On the Brink said:
Whatever Apple does, they'd better NOT put those god-awful X-Brite (or whatever they're called) screens on their new machines. IMO that is certainly no improvement on any laptop and frankly I think it looks cheap.
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I sit next to a person with a Vaio S360 and the screen makes the my Powerbook's screen look like crap. The images are crystal clear and despite rumors otherwise they look no worse outside in the sun.

I believe someone else said the Vaios were cheaply constructed. I doubt you've actually held one lately. The S360 is solid and very nicely constructed. I'm very much hoping Apple comes out with something similar. The Vaios and Thinkpads are much smaller and still have optical drives even in some of the smallest models. That's what a laptop should be... portable! I understand a small niche wants a desktop luggable, but if that's the case you can always get an Osbourne I. :)
 
In my opinion (and this is MY opinion, only) those shiny screens make many laptops LOOK cheap. LOOKING cheap doesn't mean that the thing is actually cheap or constructed cheaply. I've looked at and handled Vaios and other laptops in the stores and they seem solid enough. I have heard good things about Vaios through the years, too, and no, I wouldn't consider them "cheaply constructed."

I just don't like those shiny screens....

OTB
 
Sony VAIOS actually have some reliability problems according to a Sony technician I sort of know.
In any case, cheap looking, most often does actually mean cheaply made.
 
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