1) A TiBook G4 with at least a 106 ppi screen and 7500 Radeon. Superdrive would be nice, at current or lower prices, of course. I'd buy that today, but am content to wait until Autumn.
[quote]TiBook with a higher resolution screen. Period.
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Once using the little iBook, or the new iMac 15" screen, the TiBook screen, despite its shape, just does not meet the standards.
That has to be the rev at Tokyo: not a new CPU, but a better version. I even suspect that Tokyo may give us that. In fact, I would really prefer a G4 iBook 12"!!
Any of the current Macintosh range if it was finished in a lush black colour... and if it was different textures like the iBook is so u have matt black, then a glossy black... yeah, that'd be lush, I'd order that tomorrow if it was released.
4.) An Apple set top box that et you use iDVD 2, iMovie 2, iTunes and iPhoto on your television, synced wirelessly or through ethernet with your various macs and acted as the true digital hub for all your entertainment and productive devices. I would pay up to $1000. Maybe more depending on features
<strong>4.) An Apple set top box that et you use iDVD 2, iMovie 2, iTunes and iPhoto on your television, synced wirelessly or through ethernet with your various macs and acted as the true digital hub for all your entertainment and productive devices. I would pay up to $1000. Maybe more depending on features</strong><hr></blockquote>
It would make more sense to have your macintosh as the hub, rather than the set-top, since that is the marketing ploy of Apple. But what would be cool, is to have the set-top sync itself with something like iMovie so you could watch your movies directly on your tv, without an "in-between cable;" all wirelessly. And a sort-of home mp3 jukebox, i dunno. I would not spend money on an mp3 jukebox that is that huge without a better feature. an A3C thing would be nifty, or even better, something that was hooked to broadband that you could watch high-q QTV full screen on your TV. That would be content dist. at its best. But who ever said XM on iPod, that is a great idea.
A G4 tower, could be 700mhz which is fine, could have a DVD drive only and no CDRW, for $999. Thats all I want is a $999 tower. My credit card would be out in a second.....................................
It would make more sense to have your macintosh as the hub, rather than the set-top, since that is the marketing ploy of Apple. But what would be cool, is to have the set-top sync itself with something like iMovie so you could watch your movies directly on your tv, without an "in-between cable;" all wirelessly. And a sort-of home mp3 jukebox, i dunno. I would not spend money on an mp3 jukebox that is that huge without a better feature. an A3C thing would be nifty, or even better, something that was hooked to broadband that you could watch high-q QTV full screen on your TV. That would be content dist. at its best. But who ever said XM on iPod, that is a great idea.
Josh</strong><hr></blockquote>
the fullscreen single window interfaces of Apple's iApps lends itself well to the television. The computer is not the center of the entertainment hub. the TV is. If I could take my DV camera plug into the apple box, edit the video on my tv in iMovie, export to iDVD and then burn it would be awesome.
Of course DVD Playback, internet access, streaming from other computers, could all be possible as well.
The "Set-Top Box" is probably one of the dumbest ideas to survive the 90s...excluding DVRs like TiVo and ReplayTV.
1) HDTV is not popular at all here.
2) Traditional NTSC is not good enough to edit things like digital photos and movies.
3) I hate putting my keyboard on my lap, and I don't have a desk in front of my couch.
4) You lose one TV or one computer. Oops, daddy wants to watch TV but mommy wants to edit a home video...
This is not golden convergence as I see it. Golden Convergence is wired or wireless inteoperability between TVs, computers, other consumer electronics, and even appliances. Golden convergence is not half-way in-between crippleware.
#1 Sub notebook - specs roughly like an iBook, maybe a faster G3 (Sahara!), DVD/CD is good enough. 12.1 inch screen. Most important thing is to get the weight under 3 pounds. I'd pay about $1,500 for this.
I'd take one of these without an optical drive (for lower weight and smaller size) for up to $2000 right this instant.
[quote]Originally posted by Aries 1B:
<strong>The i****v1, the i****v2, and Kormac76 a beer <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
In all seriousness, I would buy kormac76 a beer or other beverage of his choice any day. But I would rather have the e**** than any version of the i****.
Octal core, octal processor TiBook, 21in, 5GB DDR RAM, 1TB HD, FW 2, Gigawire, USB 2, backwards compatability, absorbs heat, does the dishes, explodes wintels, takes out the dog, does your work, and zaps the commercials.
a Ford Cobra with a 255 cu. in. V-8. The 6-Weber 2 barrel version.
Oh, and a 1 Ghz TiBook with 133 FSB and higher screen resolution (My Ti 500 LCD looks horrible compared to my Cinema and the 500 Mhz ain't close to my dual gig).
I'd buy a Quad (4-way) 2Ghz G5 powermac delivering 60 GigaFlops. Why have a supercomputer on your desk when you can have 60 supercomputers on your desk!
Comments
A 3Ghz G5
2Gb 333Mhz DDR RAM
22" LCD
GeForce ti4600 8x AGP
200Gb ATA 133 HD
all for $7000
[ 02-16-2002: Message edited by: mattyj ]</p>
1) A GHz Apollo or Dual 7410 TiBook
2) A Cube with GHz Apollo, or Duals at any speed.
3) Apple set top box with record to disk, SuperDive, & HDTV tuner
$900-1,000 (more likely)
600 Mhz/ 100 Mhz bus
20 GB hard drive
256 MB RAM
CD-RW
(high speed internet access via cell phone tech for $20.95 per month
[ 02-17-2002: Message edited by: imacSE ]</p>
[quote]TiBook with a higher resolution screen. Period.
<hr></blockquote>
Once using the little iBook, or the new iMac 15" screen, the TiBook screen, despite its shape, just does not meet the standards.
That has to be the rev at Tokyo: not a new CPU, but a better version. I even suspect that Tokyo may give us that. In fact, I would really prefer a G4 iBook 12"!!
2.) a PowerMac G4 dual 733 (or 800) for 1999
3.) a 17 inch LCD iMac with 120GB HD for $1999
4.) An Apple set top box that et you use iDVD 2, iMovie 2, iTunes and iPhoto on your television, synced wirelessly or through ethernet with your various macs and acted as the true digital hub for all your entertainment and productive devices. I would pay up to $1000. Maybe more depending on features
<strong>4.) An Apple set top box that et you use iDVD 2, iMovie 2, iTunes and iPhoto on your television, synced wirelessly or through ethernet with your various macs and acted as the true digital hub for all your entertainment and productive devices. I would pay up to $1000. Maybe more depending on features</strong><hr></blockquote>
It would make more sense to have your macintosh as the hub, rather than the set-top, since that is the marketing ploy of Apple. But what would be cool, is to have the set-top sync itself with something like iMovie so you could watch your movies directly on your tv, without an "in-between cable;" all wirelessly. And a sort-of home mp3 jukebox, i dunno. I would not spend money on an mp3 jukebox that is that huge without a better feature. an A3C thing would be nifty, or even better, something that was hooked to broadband that you could watch high-q QTV full screen on your TV. That would be content dist. at its best. But who ever said XM on iPod, that is a great idea.
Josh
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It would make more sense to have your macintosh as the hub, rather than the set-top, since that is the marketing ploy of Apple. But what would be cool, is to have the set-top sync itself with something like iMovie so you could watch your movies directly on your tv, without an "in-between cable;" all wirelessly. And a sort-of home mp3 jukebox, i dunno. I would not spend money on an mp3 jukebox that is that huge without a better feature. an A3C thing would be nifty, or even better, something that was hooked to broadband that you could watch high-q QTV full screen on your TV. That would be content dist. at its best. But who ever said XM on iPod, that is a great idea.
Josh</strong><hr></blockquote>
the fullscreen single window interfaces of Apple's iApps lends itself well to the television. The computer is not the center of the entertainment hub. the TV is. If I could take my DV camera plug into the apple box, edit the video on my tv in iMovie, export to iDVD and then burn it would be awesome.
Of course DVD Playback, internet access, streaming from other computers, could all be possible as well.
1) HDTV is not popular at all here.
2) Traditional NTSC is not good enough to edit things like digital photos and movies.
3) I hate putting my keyboard on my lap, and I don't have a desk in front of my couch.
4) You lose one TV or one computer. Oops, daddy wants to watch TV but mommy wants to edit a home video...
This is not golden convergence as I see it. Golden Convergence is wired or wireless inteoperability between TVs, computers, other consumer electronics, and even appliances. Golden convergence is not half-way in-between crippleware.
[ 02-17-2002: Message edited by: Eugene ]</p>
1 GHz G4
133 MHz system bus
Combo drive
7200 rpm HD
GeForce 4 Titanium
$1800
This is the high end iMac I'd like to see!
#2 Pocket-PowerPC
checkbook size screen, runs OS X but maybe with a lot of the eye candy turned off. 10GB drive is enough.
Touch screen that I can write on with a stylus a la Newton.
<strong>12" iBook
733Mhz G4
256k L2
Ram expandable to 1GB
Airport card installed
6 (not 4 1/2 or 3) hour battery life.
Combo Drive</strong><hr></blockquote>
I'd take one of these without an optical drive (for lower weight and smaller size) for up to $2000 right this instant.
[quote]Originally posted by Aries 1B:
<strong>The i****v1, the i****v2, and Kormac76 a beer <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
In all seriousness, I would buy kormac76 a beer or other beverage of his choice any day. But I would rather have the e**** than any version of the i****.
Escher
all for $75.45 (how much i have in my wallet).
*1Ghz TiBook
*increased resolution display (1600 minimum - 1920 preferred)
*SuperDrive
I expect my credit card is safe, for the moment.
Oh, and a 1 Ghz TiBook with 133 FSB and higher screen resolution (My Ti 500 LCD looks horrible compared to my Cinema and the 500 Mhz ain't close to my dual gig).
<strong>I would immediately reach for the credit card if Apple announced:
*1Ghz TiBook
*increased resolution display (1600 minimum - 1920 preferred)
*SuperDrive
I expect my credit card is safe, for the moment.</strong><hr></blockquote>
HA. do you realize how small a 12pt font would be at that resolution (1920 or even 1600) on a 15.2 inch 3:2 display.
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />