I agree. The reason for using an old picture was for the colours - nVidia. The other stuff is just to throw people off, but the colours are perfect for nVidia really.
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I agree. The reason for using an old picture was for the colours - nVidia. The other stuff is just to throw people off, but the colours are perfect for nVidia really.
Some people seem to think that Brick is something that's designed to "smash" Windows. (get it, brick through a window?) Like maybe a low-cost desktop computer. I'd like to see that.
Personally, I think Apple's next computer will be a seamless white (or possibly brushed aluminum) sphere. It will do all of its communication wirelessly, and it will be powered either by an induction cradle, or by setting it in a dish of hot water.
Personally, I think Apple's next computer will be a seamless white (or possibly brushed aluminum) sphere. It will do all of its communication wirelessly, and it will be powered either by an induction cradle, or by setting it in a dish of hot water.
It's also possible that the things that never happened were actually projects that were in Apple at one time but were quietly cancelled some time after the rumor.
iPhone = iPod + phone + Internet.
"iWrite" mini-tablet = iPod + eBooks + tablet Mac (with the software that would come with one like iLife and iWork).
As long as Mac OS X is primarily keyboard-and-mouse-based, I don't see a tablet. As long as Mac OS X and its apps need a certain set of recommended requirements to run well enough (not just to run), I don't see a small and cheap mini-laptop.
I want my graphing calculator to be a music player and a picture viewer too.
I didn't see this posted earlier (which was kind of surprising considering it's been on the site for a couple of hours now).
Clue #3 is up (http://9to5mac.com/):
Clue #3 is up (http://9to5mac.com/):
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Or maybe an external device with a CPU, RAM and VGA Card which when connected to a MacBook, the Macbook uses the additional processing power of the brick.
The book is Cryptonomicon.
The following is from jozero at http://9to5mac.com/brick-clue-number-two. I think he has it.
"Cryptonomicon talked of a secure data storage facility. Imagine a localized .Mac, with a media server as the brick. Smaller devices come out at a cheaper price, but along with them everyone buys the 'brick' as well to store and sync their data and media. Or combine the mac mini with the AppleTV , with some smart syncing (hopefully over wifi or 3G), and you get the brick."
Or maybe it's an external drive, Blueray (laser) maybe?
The following is from jozero at http://9to5mac.com/brick-clue-number-two. I think he has it.
"Cryptonomicon talked of a secure data storage facility. Imagine a localized .Mac, with a media server as the brick. Smaller devices come out at a cheaper price, but along with them everyone buys the 'brick' as well to store and sync their data and media. Or combine the mac mini with the AppleTV , with some smart syncing (hopefully over wifi or 3G), and you get the brick."
Or maybe it's an external drive, Blueray (laser) maybe?
OK- I'll bite.
Here's my thought / dream...
Combo cable modem / apple TV / Time capsule / DVR / HD IPTV cable box with a la carte channel offering with live and on demand viewing, pricing determined by the networks.
Oh, and also runs iPod touch / iPhone apps and games. Accelerometer dependent apps controlled over bluetooth from your iphone / ipod touch. The iphone / touch essentially becomes a Wiimote.
I can dream, cant I?
Here's my thought / dream...
Combo cable modem / apple TV / Time capsule / DVR / HD IPTV cable box with a la carte channel offering with live and on demand viewing, pricing determined by the networks.
Oh, and also runs iPod touch / iPhone apps and games. Accelerometer dependent apps controlled over bluetooth from your iphone / ipod touch. The iphone / touch essentially becomes a Wiimote.
I can dream, cant I?
So, pure speculation here, but has anybody entertained the idea of the laser/block clues meaning Apple will now offer laser engraving on the macbooks/pros? The whole line will be aluminum, after all, and custom skins are more than slightly common now. What do you think? I mean, I'd jump on that wagon.
Why do people keep mentioning the book? The post says the book has NOTHING to do with it, as the picture came from a news story and wasn't made SPECIFICALLY for this riddle.
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Originally Posted by shadowmoses
Its surely going to be the ability to plug alternate things into a slot on the bottom of Macbook's and macbook pro's. For instance extra ports, drives, dual batteries and future upgrades or options like Blue-Ray.
ShadoW
Or it could be the Dreamcast! LOL
Hugh
Originally Posted by shadowmoses
Its surely going to be the ability to plug alternate things into a slot on the bottom of Macbook's and macbook pro's. For instance extra ports, drives, dual batteries and future upgrades or options like Blue-Ray.
ShadoW
Or it could be the Dreamcast! LOL
Hugh
occam's razor
The explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory.
OR
All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best.
So,
I will use that to say we will get macbooks that are laser cut from a single brick of Aluminum.
The explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory.
OR
All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best.
So,
I will use that to say we will get macbooks that are laser cut from a single brick of Aluminum.
That's what I'm sayin'! I doubt it would look like that, but that was my quick attempt at Photo... uh, Previewshop.
Maybe you nailed it...
Check out this company Zecotek.
Well, they have a prototype of a 3D Display System working...and...they also produce green fibre lasers (check their Laser Products) for medical applications.
I so hope for a 3D display.
Check out this company Zecotek.
Well, they have a prototype of a 3D Display System working...and...they also produce green fibre lasers (check their Laser Products) for medical applications.
I so hope for a 3D display.
I would love a Blu-ray drive, or updated mini/AppleTV combo with Blu-ray.
On formats like VHS, Laserdisc and DVD, PAL/NTSC frame-rate issues were indeed ridiculous. However, one of the nice (and under-appreciated) features of Blu-ray discs is their ability to store 1080p, 24fps video that plays back at 24fps, 1080p on suitable players and TVs, thus eliminating the effects of speed-up (that affected PAL releases being sped up to 25fps) or the jerkiness associated with pans due to pulldown (on NTSC releases being forced into 30fps).
On formats like VHS, Laserdisc and DVD, PAL/NTSC frame-rate issues were indeed ridiculous. However, one of the nice (and under-appreciated) features of Blu-ray discs is their ability to store 1080p, 24fps video that plays back at 24fps, 1080p on suitable players and TVs, thus eliminating the effects of speed-up (that affected PAL releases being sped up to 25fps) or the jerkiness associated with pans due to pulldown (on NTSC releases being forced into 30fps).
This is a long shot, but my take is that "Brick" is the Windows-killer in the form of native ability to run Windows apps under OSX. I remember reading somewhere that the underpinnings for this were present in Leopard, so perhaps they have advanced it a bit more. In particular, if they had native DirectX support, perhaps as a result of work with NVidia, then they could definitely take a chunk out of the Windows gaming market.
Bingo. That looks an awful lot like a chunk of "ready to go" industrial aluminum block, used as a starting point for computer-assisted shaping, cutting, and smoothing in industrial applications. Many automotive parts are made this way, beginning as solid pieces that are whittled and filed away progressively by automated machines into the final product.
I bet 9to5 has gotten some inside info on the way the new Macbooks/Pros are being manufactured. Logically, we are pretty confident they are going to all-aluminum clad, so it would make sense to have them be robust as a single piece (it also cuts down on materials costs to engineer and produce fewer parts).
That's my theory. We'll see before long.
Prediction: eBook reader
In my opinion, the new product is an Apple E-book reader:
1) Look at the left-hand side of the image. The words "Bestseller" can easily be seen.
2) The green laser, which could indicate nVidia involvement, seems to be balancing on what appears to be a book. Look at the furled page edges to the left and right of the laser.
3) "Brick" could simply be a visual reference for the shape of what a typical paperback looks like.
Commentary: While I would love to see a MacTablet, Mac Mini Pro, or a "Windows smashing" device, based on the evidence within the image, unfortunately, I just don't think it's in the cards this time around
In my opinion, the new product is an Apple E-book reader:
1) Look at the left-hand side of the image. The words "Bestseller" can easily be seen.
2) The green laser, which could indicate nVidia involvement, seems to be balancing on what appears to be a book. Look at the furled page edges to the left and right of the laser.
3) "Brick" could simply be a visual reference for the shape of what a typical paperback looks like.
Commentary: While I would love to see a MacTablet, Mac Mini Pro, or a "Windows smashing" device, based on the evidence within the image, unfortunately, I just don't think it's in the cards this time around
I'd have to agree with that. Everyone is proposing these crazy theories, while, although interesting, are not very probable. Of course, laser cut notebooks don't really fit with 9to5's claim that "this will be huge." We've known for some time that the new MB would be aluminum, so just telling us that they will be cut from one solid piece of aluminum is by no means "huge." People seem to trust 9to5 around here, but that would be pretty sad if that's all they have for us.
Imho, this "riddle" game is lame. Whatever Steve will present on October 14, 9to5 staff will say "I told you so" since this "specific" clues cover all range of possibilities (green for nVidia, aluminum for new MacBook case).
Btw, forget wireless charging unless we are speaking about 2 surfaces touching each other, technology is too immature and with ridiculously inefficiency.
Btw, forget wireless charging unless we are speaking about 2 surfaces touching each other, technology is too immature and with ridiculously inefficiency.