Can someone post that japan mock up site? Like <a href="http://www.applele.jp"; target="_blank">www.applele.jp</a> or something, they have some nice mock ups of everything Apple.
1. The disc slides in at the top? It's too hard to reach up there and slip it in at the right angle. Bad design. Remember, grannys and children need to be able to use this along with the 7' tall basketball stars.
2. The iMac wouldn't have separate speakers, because they cost more. Built-in speakers are cheaper and that's what the iMac is about: economy.
3. That base is not even close to being large enough to support the display/mobo unit. For moving it around or plugging and unplugging items, it would be too easy to topple it over.
4. The way you have it designed, it would require components to be "miniaturized" to fit in the display housing. This would be too expensive for an iMac--remember that it isn't a laptop or a portable, it's a desktop. Your design would also be difficult to cool, because of how thin it is, all the components would be crammed in together with little room for air circulation . Sure, it could be done, but it would cost too much to engineer and build. The iMac must be cheap to make.
I suspect that an LCD iMac would have the motherboard and optical drive housed in a base unit, with the LCD display consisting only of the LCD, nothing more. This would be easier to cool, cheaper to produce, and it would still be small.
Remember that Apple still has the technology from the cube sitting around, so they could easily make the iMac base unit quite small using off the shelf technology, without pushing the limits as much as the cube did.
I doubt Apple would make it, because it would be too expensive to make, but I'd really like to see an iMac with modular displays. This way you could buy a base unit, then pair it with a display of choice that just "plugged in" to the base unit. Apple wouldn't lose display sales because this design would use a proprietary port/slot for the display to mount it on the base. This would silence the most common criticism of the iMac, being that it's display was too small. Plus, a modular display would allow Apple to update the display periodically without having to change the entire iMac form factor.
Imagine buying a cheap base and then matching it to a sweet 17" LCD display! That would be so cool. Apple could even market the iMac as <gasp> a GAMING MACHINE!
I suspect that an LCD iMac would have the motherboard and optical drive housed in a base unit, with the LCD display consisting only of the LCD, nothing more. This would be easier to cool, cheaper to produce, and it would still be small.
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Exactly right and Apple could use much of the current iMac base in the design. From the front both iMacs woud look much alike, but the LCD one would not be egg shaped and the base would not ride up in the back. Anybody want to take a crack at drawing this?
[quote] I doubt Apple would make it, because it would be too expensive to make, but I'd really like to see an iMac with modular displays. <hr></blockquote>
This would be a good idea, but your'e right about it costing more. Shame though.
Here's something I posted to Go2Mac a while ago. The doors contain speakers, the logo is clear plastic so that iTunes type visuals can show through when it's asleep with the doors closed.
The above without the door thing, which I think is silly and unpractical in a school environment, could be close. I heard one rumor of the speakerrs being in the legs of the monitor and is basically a beefier lcd studio display.
I like it already!!! And with what looks to be a colored metal outside, it really looks sharp!! I do think that if they went this route, they would have to make the base bigger to accomidate the CPU and full size RAM chips. But other than that, that is one of the BEST mock-ups I have seen!!
Your mockup looks awfully nice, ajprice! Minor details aside, it's the best next-generation iMac I've seen. I assume the optical drive is mounted TAM-style? Those fold-in flat speakers remind me of a "domestic Mac" design that was in Macworld magazine about five years ago?it looked like a modernised Classic with doors, standing on three little feet.
[quote]A Reuters article discussing the much-anticipated introduction of "IT," or Ginger as it is commonly known, states that Apple may be a possible beneficiary of the device. The report says that Steve Jobs was "enthralled" by the device during a prototype demonstration<hr></blockquote>
OK, I'll post it here too since no one even coments in the other thread, I figured it would have been killed quickly there. This was made quickly and isn't that good though. I'll include my info from the other thread too.
It has four legs so it should be stable. The optical drive is in an area that drops down from behind the screen, I think the clear plastics of Apple's monitors looks really nice and I didn't want to break it. Instead, the drive is in the, for lack of a better word, belly of the machine and only slightly recessed (less than an inch). It would take on the color and plastic styles of the iBook.
I'd have the power cord and all the ports on the right side much like they are now, easy to reach and yet still out of the way.
Also, with the design I don't think it would be hard to make it so the monitor "snapped" on to the rest of the machine so users could select their iMac monitor size and still ship it as an all-in-one from the factory. I don't see this happening but it is an idea.
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I knew it had a '.jp' extension, lol. Thanks!
1. The disc slides in at the top? It's too hard to reach up there and slip it in at the right angle. Bad design. Remember, grannys and children need to be able to use this along with the 7' tall basketball stars.
2. The iMac wouldn't have separate speakers, because they cost more. Built-in speakers are cheaper and that's what the iMac is about: economy.
3. That base is not even close to being large enough to support the display/mobo unit. For moving it around or plugging and unplugging items, it would be too easy to topple it over.
4. The way you have it designed, it would require components to be "miniaturized" to fit in the display housing. This would be too expensive for an iMac--remember that it isn't a laptop or a portable, it's a desktop. Your design would also be difficult to cool, because of how thin it is, all the components would be crammed in together with little room for air circulation . Sure, it could be done, but it would cost too much to engineer and build. The iMac must be cheap to make.
I suspect that an LCD iMac would have the motherboard and optical drive housed in a base unit, with the LCD display consisting only of the LCD, nothing more. This would be easier to cool, cheaper to produce, and it would still be small.
Remember that Apple still has the technology from the cube sitting around, so they could easily make the iMac base unit quite small using off the shelf technology, without pushing the limits as much as the cube did.
I doubt Apple would make it, because it would be too expensive to make, but I'd really like to see an iMac with modular displays. This way you could buy a base unit, then pair it with a display of choice that just "plugged in" to the base unit. Apple wouldn't lose display sales because this design would use a proprietary port/slot for the display to mount it on the base. This would silence the most common criticism of the iMac, being that it's display was too small. Plus, a modular display would allow Apple to update the display periodically without having to change the entire iMac form factor.
Imagine buying a cheap base and then matching it to a sweet 17" LCD display! That would be so cool. Apple could even market the iMac as <gasp> a GAMING MACHINE!
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I suspect that an LCD iMac would have the motherboard and optical drive housed in a base unit, with the LCD display consisting only of the LCD, nothing more. This would be easier to cool, cheaper to produce, and it would still be small.
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Exactly right and Apple could use much of the current iMac base in the design. From the front both iMacs woud look much alike, but the LCD one would not be egg shaped and the base would not ride up in the back. Anybody want to take a crack at drawing this?
[quote] I doubt Apple would make it, because it would be too expensive to make, but I'd really like to see an iMac with modular displays. <hr></blockquote>
This would be a good idea, but your'e right about it costing more. Shame though.
J :cool:
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hey whatch it "iCon" is already trademarked
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Where do you look to see if iCon is regisered?
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<strong>Let's get some mock ups in here people!
I like it already!!! And with what looks to be a colored metal outside, it really looks sharp!! I do think that if they went this route, they would have to make the base bigger to accomidate the CPU and full size RAM chips. But other than that, that is one of the BEST mock-ups I have seen!!
Its gyroscopically stabilized...<hr></blockquote>
and today from macnn:
[quote]A Reuters article discussing the much-anticipated introduction of "IT," or Ginger as it is commonly known, states that Apple may be a possible beneficiary of the device. The report says that Steve Jobs was "enthralled" by the device during a prototype demonstration<hr></blockquote>
coincidence?
I think not.
It has four legs so it should be stable. The optical drive is in an area that drops down from behind the screen, I think the clear plastics of Apple's monitors looks really nice and I didn't want to break it. Instead, the drive is in the, for lack of a better word, belly of the machine and only slightly recessed (less than an inch). It would take on the color and plastic styles of the iBook.
I'd have the power cord and all the ports on the right side much like they are now, easy to reach and yet still out of the way.
Also, with the design I don't think it would be hard to make it so the monitor "snapped" on to the rest of the machine so users could select their iMac monitor size and still ship it as an all-in-one from the factory. I don't see this happening but it is an idea.
So, for simple work what do you think?
It has loads of really good mock-ups!
Here it is again, encase you missed it when first I posted back when we all originally thought we would get a flat panel iMac.
Derrick