The next big design thing?

[The Grood]

With aluminium 2G nanos little more than a (sweet) rehash of the mini and the white plastic iMac look a little long in the tooth (IMHO), what's the next big design WOW we can expect from Mr Ive and his team?

Wood? Glass? Kevlar? Plutonium?

Or have we reached the end of the line design wise?

 

[Foggy]

Carbon fibre would be sweet

 

[bartelby]

Carbon fibre would be sweet

Just what I was thinking!

Raw carbon fibre too!

 

[MacBoobsPro]

Carbon fibre would be sweet

The price wouldnt be

 

[Allotriophagy]

A return to titanium!

Also, diamonds.

 

[mad jew]

Bear skin?

 

[bartelby]

Slate.

 

[JDN]

Keep the aluminium look, or titanium, and then offer free lazer engraving for them. Not just writting but patterns, shapes, all sorts. Fully customize the exterior of your Mac. That would be sweet.

 

[Chundles]

Quilted.

Ive teams up with the Amish folk to come up with a good looking but soft and downy exterior to the new iMac.

 

[enda1]

Maybe magnesium macbooks. Bet the teerists would buy a load then!!!

 

[Abstract]

A limited edition leopard skinned MacBook Pro for the release of OSX Leopard. Made of real leopard. "LEPPERD."

 

[MacBoobsPro]

Dairylea Cheese Slices

 

[Chundles]

A limited edition leopard skinned MacBook Pro for the release of OSX Leopard. Made of real leopard. "LEPPERD."

To go with the one from 10.3 - The Apple "Sex Panther" PowerMac. It's made from bits of real panther, so you know it's good.

 

[MisterEd]

Yep, fake fur is definitely the next big thing. Bearskin BlackBook anyone?

 

[Allotriophagy]

Ideally some kind of non-flammable, non-stainable, non-corroding, non-flaking material.

 

[iMeowbot]

ALON. Because.

 

[MisterEd]

Ideally some kind of non-flammable, non-stainable, non-corroding, non-flaking material.

LOL nice one

I haven't seen that staining pic before, that really IS bad

 

[The Grood]

ALON. Because.

Ooooh! I like ALON. Is it expensive?

Teak might be good. It floats. Needs a little oiling evey now and then, but is otherwise hard wearing and low maintenance.

Not very portable though.

 

[iMeowbot]

Ooooh! I like ALON. Is it expensive?

All I have found for pricing is ~US$10/square inch, but that's for military applications. A notebook case could do without the optical polish and wouldn't need to be so thick, but it should still be exorbitant enough to keep Apple interested.

 

[Chundles]

ALON. Because.

Aluminium Oxynitride...

Transparent Aluminium. I'll be buggered...

Hello computer?

 

[MisterEd]

Ooooh! I like ALON. Is it expensive?

Teak might be good. It floats. Needs a little oiling evey now and then, but is otherwise hard wearing and low maintenance.

Not very portable though.

Hehe I just had an image of oiling my iMac every now and then very practical!

 

[CrackedButter]

Aluminium Oxynitride...

Transparent Aluminium. I'll be buggered...

Hello computer?

Just remember, it was made on a mac!

 

[Chundles]

Just remember, it was made on a mac!

Really? Sweet...

 

[apachie2k]

i would like a disposable computer....like one you don't care if it breaks, you can take on trips...

 

[miles01110]

Plutonium?

Hmm....a single plutonium nano would be radioactive enough to kill a good-size city.