Not to knock talent but the actual product side of it I think it's boring. It's a big square with a monitor in it. No style, no awe factor, nothing really to make someone say 'wow, that's sweet". Like the studio displays have 2 textures the clear plastic and the silver pin striped interior border. And it has openess with the legs and the 3rd leg gives it more depth.
I am not impressed. Apart from the G5 SPHERE there is nothing even close to Mr. Ives' radical designs. Why doesn't anyone make the thing liquid, and in a bag? So that you can actually morph it the way you want it to be on (or under) the desktop? Deluded greetings, SK
the HiMac doesn't make much sense... all of the expense of a laptop with half of the convenience.
A modified studio display makes more sense, but they are already pretty expensive without little niceties such as CDWRs, harddrives, Firewire ports, ethernet, Motherboards, speakers, keyboards and all that other clutter.
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!!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Dude's you aren't going to believe this. Like I have this friend who works for Apple and after I hit him over the head with a Baseball bat I was able to swipe this off of his Powerbook. Obviously it's a mockup of an ad for the next iMac, including a drawing of the next iMac. Oh, I am so excited. Don't worry, when my friend woke up I told him there was a mosquito on his head and I tried to swat it.No one tell him I swiped this, OK?
<strong>Dude's you aren't going to believe this. Like I have this friend who works for Apple and after I hit him over the head with a Baseball bat I was able to swipe this off of his Powerbook. Obviously it's a mockup of an ad for the next iMac, including a drawing of the next iMac. Oh, I am so excited. Don't worry, when my friend woke up I told him there was a mosquito on his head and I tried to swat it.No one tell him I swiped this, OK?
Frontloading cdr/dvd is possible if the next iMac has an "L" shape: A base with all the hardware which also serves as a base for the LCD screen on top.
tounge loading -- front loading, but slim enclosure.
But how? What is Matsu smoking?
Easy. Mount the slot loader behind the LCD on an angle of about 30 degrees from parallel with the screen. The disc ejects from a front firing, yet severely down-angled slot -- Like the iMac sticking out it's tounge. The whole mechanism is designed so that the back of the case remains about 3-3.5 inches thick. The slot is shaped so as to guide disc insertion, and keep, especially kids, from trying to insert the disc at a right angle to the screen. The feet are high enough to provide adequate clearance when inserting or ejecting a disc.
[quote]perhaps people should imagine a 20th Anniversary Mac brought up to today's Apple look and standards.<hr></blockquote>
That is really what ajprice's design is. It might work. And instead of a slot loading optical, if could be front mounted vertical, like the 20th anniversary. Granted, that's rehashing old stuff, but it could be done. I was also thinking along the lines of Matsu's "tongue-loading" drive. whio knows...
It could be like the TAM design, but Apple likes the uncomplicated nature of the slot loader? If the drive was mounted verticaly below the screen and poped out when the eject button is presed (sort of like a tape deck).
IMHO I don't think apple will do anything like the TAM design, they have 'been there' so to speak.
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Tell me what you think.
Here's a link to some details about it.
<a href="http://www.lowendmac.com/rumormill/01/0709.html"; target="_blank">http://www.lowendmac.com/rumormill/01/0709.html</a>;
Derrick
I just see more to it then a closed ibook look.
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Tell me what you think.
Here's a link to some details about it.
<a href="http://www.lowendmac.com/rumormill/01/0709.html"; target="_blank">http://www.lowendmac.com/rumormill/01/0709.html</a>;
Derrick
A modified studio display makes more sense, but they are already pretty expensive without little niceties such as CDWRs, harddrives, Firewire ports, ethernet, Motherboards, speakers, keyboards and all that other clutter.
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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!!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Agree... that thing is awesome
<strong>Dude's you aren't going to believe this. Like I have this friend who works for Apple and after I hit him over the head with a Baseball bat I was able to swipe this off of his Powerbook. Obviously it's a mockup of an ad for the next iMac, including a drawing of the next iMac. Oh, I am so excited. Don't worry, when my friend woke up I told him there was a mosquito on his head and I tried to swat it.No one tell him I swiped this, OK?
Sounds like something Junkyard Dawg would post.
1) slim with side loading optical
2) fat or L-shaped with front loading optical
3) TAM style
I propose a fourth style:
tounge loading -- front loading, but slim enclosure.
But how? What is Matsu smoking?
Easy. Mount the slot loader behind the LCD on an angle of about 30 degrees from parallel with the screen. The disc ejects from a front firing, yet severely down-angled slot -- Like the iMac sticking out it's tounge. The whole mechanism is designed so that the back of the case remains about 3-3.5 inches thick. The slot is shaped so as to guide disc insertion, and keep, especially kids, from trying to insert the disc at a right angle to the screen. The feet are high enough to provide adequate clearance when inserting or ejecting a disc.
Dynamically Stabilized LCD iMac....
the wheels could also be the speakers...
you would just place it there...
And it would balance...
lol....
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[QB]thats funny...
Dynamically Stabilized LCD iMac....
the wheels could also be the speakers...
you would just place it there...
And it would balance...
lol....
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Actually... that is one HECK of an idea....
If Steve was so blown away by ginger, what would stop him from using the gyro concept to come up with a self balancing Mac! LOL
That is really what ajprice's design is. It might work. And instead of a slot loading optical, if could be front mounted vertical, like the 20th anniversary. Granted, that's rehashing old stuff, but it could be done. I was also thinking along the lines of Matsu's "tongue-loading" drive. whio knows...
IMHO I don't think apple will do anything like the TAM design, they have 'been there' so to speak.
Pretty cool considering he was just an AI member 5 years ago.