It certainly would be good to be able to switch to a lower resolution for easier reading of text when needed, but I'd mostly be using it for film/HD visual effects and I don't have a problem with itty-bitty text in my menus as long as I can view the shots at hi res.
It certainly would be good to be able to switch to a lower resolution for easier reading of text when needed, but I'd mostly be using it for film/HD visual effects and I don't have a problem with itty-bitty text in my menus as long as I can view the shots at hi res.</strong><hr></blockquote>
what program would you be doing this in?
all of adobes palletes would be useless and FCP probably would be close to useless.
is it even possible to pack that many pixels in such a small space?
I think 1440 across is about the max I would consider usable.
If a G5 (a REAL G5, not an upgraded G4) was available today, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.
I currently have an 8600/200 so I can't wait to get a new computer. As it is, I've come close to caving in and buying one of the dual 1GHz machines on several occasions.
Replace the tacky SuperDrives and DVD-ROM/CD-RW drives with <a href="http://www.dvdforum.com/tech-dvdmulti.htm"; target="_blank">DVD-Multi Recorder drives</a>. or at least BTO DVD-RAM drives and the acknowledgement that DVD-RAM discs are perfectly compatible with all 4th generation or greater DVD players. and the great advantages in ease of use over the linear and often WORMy DVD-R/RW drives.
Although I myself wouldn't buy this right now. as I got my 733mhz QuickSilver G4 in december. I'm sure that a mirror image of myself that was still waiting on the fence would leap at the chance to get a G4 that would have more than one ZIF slot(Kinda like my brother's old <a href="http://www.umax.com/supermac/s900/"; target="_blank">Radius né UMAX SuperMac S900</a>). so that instead of being forced to either buy a single CPU machine. and throw your current CPU in the garbage bin when you want another CPU. so as to fit a new multi-CPU ZIF module. or buy a multi-CPU machine. and pay too much for one or more CPUs you won't really be able to use until several months down the road. when the going price for G4 ZIF modules is substantially lower. you could simply buy a mono-CPU machine. and add CPUs later. as your budget allows. and your needs require.
Adding two, three or five(Don't believe the lies about lack of room. the Quicksilver's motherboard is about 40% the size of the inside of it's case) extra ZIF slots to every new G4's motherboard would allow Apple to sell lots of "Multi-CPU ready" Macs immediately. without running into production delays due to not having enough CPUs on hand at the moment. as all that would be out of stock at any time would be ZIF modules. of which there are plenty on the market at this time from third parties like Sonnet, XLR8, Powerlogix and OWC(By the way. two little known facts of PowerPC multiprocessing. you can actually <a href="http://www.umax.com/supermac/knowledge/solutions.cfm?docs=KB00172"; target="_blank">mix different clock speeds and revisions of PowerPC</a> on the same motherboard. and. unlike Apple always said. G3s are <a href="http://www.appleturns.com/scene/?id=557"; target="_blank">quite capable of multiprocessing</a>). this would also allow multiple CPUs in consumer machines like the iMac. as the price of some extra ZIF slots on a motherboard can be measured in fractions of a penny.
So if I went to <a href="http://www.Apple.com/"; target="_blank">Apple's front page</a>. and it said in 200 point type: "New! the Apple (Insert one of the above). starting at $XXX.XX!" with a "Buy Now" button right next to it. I'd click without even thinking(Hmmm? maybe I should go check right now <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> ).
The main thing that I and thousands of others have been waiting for, is an Apple subnotebook. No optical drive, around 3 pounds, etc. I would seriously do whatever it took to get one of these. There seems to be quite a pent-up demand, why doesn't Apple do anything about it?
The other thing is an iPod remote control. I'd pay $50 or so if it had an LCD screen that displayed the titles and so forth (ala most MD players).
I think I would by a rack-mountable Power Mac server. I can think of some things I could do with a server, but just to have one....I'm sure that even though this sucker's probable use in a real environment means it's not going to be seen that much because it's locked up in some server farm, I bet Apple will still make it look freakin' cool. I'm thinking its going to have a black front panel with a shiny smooth surface. In the middle, a white matte Apple logo that somewhat embossed into the panel.
Hardware-wise, it will probably have multi-processors (2, 4, 6 ?????)...whatever, but you know it's going to kick some serious ass! No keyboard, mouse, or optical media drive. The entire thing will be controlled remotely.
For those who need a laptop not for their primary workstation, but for doing presentations and email, word processing, etc. Essentially, something intended as a second computer that is fully portable.
Titanium Sub-Laptop:
10" LCD.
1 GHz G4 (because the Powermacs will already have 1.4, 1.6, 1.8 GHz G5s).
Combo drive
30 GB HD, 5400 RPM
512 MB RAM
Full sized keyboard
S-video out, VGA out.
Nvidia Geforce 4 mobility or whatever, w/ 32 MB vRAM.
Full gamut of ports, including audio input for those of us who like to record music (take the sub notebook to a jam session or a gig).
Of course, a battery w/6-8 hrs real life.
Lightweight, small, and fully portable.
$1800
Ultra thin, ultra light, and ultra portable. Because some people already have a desktop and don't need a laptop w/ a cinema display.
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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]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
Maybe he meant that he wants a 26" TiBook.
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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]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
It certainly would be good to be able to switch to a lower resolution for easier reading of text when needed, but I'd mostly be using it for film/HD visual effects and I don't have a problem with itty-bitty text in my menus as long as I can view the shots at hi res.
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It certainly would be good to be able to switch to a lower resolution for easier reading of text when needed, but I'd mostly be using it for film/HD visual effects and I don't have a problem with itty-bitty text in my menus as long as I can view the shots at hi res.</strong><hr></blockquote>
what program would you be doing this in?
all of adobes palletes would be useless and FCP probably would be close to useless.
is it even possible to pack that many pixels in such a small space?
I think 1440 across is about the max I would consider usable.
running at 3 ghz each,
in a cube for $200.75(witch would fit in my wallet)
with a complimentary 26in lcd
[ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: little mouse ]
[ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: little mouse ]</p>
I currently have an 8600/200 so I can't wait to get a new computer. As it is, I've come close to caving in and buying one of the dual 1GHz machines on several occasions.
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prosumer/gamers iMac SE
17" LCD
133 bus
7200 rpm HD (80gigs?)
Geforce 4
superdrive
extra usb port and firewire port on side (no must have for me)
make the body a different color (quicksilver? smoke?) to signify it as a S.E.
$2299 (same price and specs as PM line, but not upgradible...but with lcd....)
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me too, at once.
2# iPod 10 or 20 GB HD + mic @ 449$
[ 02-20-2002: Message edited by: SemiConductor ]</p>
- Some PCI card to allow Macs to catch up with the <a href="http://www.americas.creative.com/products/category.asp?category=165&maincategory=1"; target="_blank">Creative Labs SoundBlaster Audigies</a> of the world
.
- A hybrid <a href="http://www.cbandtv.com/"; target="_blank">C-Band</a>/KU-Band/SECAM/PAL/NTSC/<a href="http://www.4dtv.com/"; target="_blank">4DTV</a>/<a href="http://www.DVB.org/"; target="_blank">DVB</a>/<a href="http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/prd/dtv/#FAQ"; target="_blank">HDTV</a>/DBS TV and AM/FM/<a href="http://www.XMradio.com/"; target="_blank">XM</a> radio tuner with included PVR and VDR(Video Disc Recorder. You know. DVDs and CDs) software. or just get ATI and nVidia to cough up the coax jacks and pin-outs on the <a href="http://www.ati.com/na/pages/technology/hardware/radeon_8500/"; target="_blank">Radeon 8500</a> and <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/Pages.nsf/Lookup/hdtv/$file/hdtv.PDF"; target="_blank">GeForce 2 GTS</a>'s hidden HDTV decoders and make Mac drivers.
- Replace the tacky SuperDrives and DVD-ROM/CD-RW drives with <a href="http://www.dvdforum.com/tech-dvdmulti.htm"; target="_blank">DVD-Multi Recorder drives</a>. or at least BTO DVD-RAM drives and the acknowledgement that DVD-RAM discs are perfectly compatible with all 4th generation or greater DVD players. and the great advantages in ease of use over the linear and often WORMy DVD-R/RW drives.
- Although I myself wouldn't buy this right now. as I got my 733mhz QuickSilver G4 in december. I'm sure that a mirror image of myself that was still waiting on the fence would leap at the chance to get a G4 that would have more than one ZIF slot(Kinda like my brother's old <a href="http://www.umax.com/supermac/s900/"; target="_blank">Radius né UMAX SuperMac S900</a>). so that instead of being forced to either buy a single CPU machine. and throw your current CPU in the garbage bin when you want another CPU. so as to fit a new multi-CPU ZIF module. or buy a multi-CPU machine. and pay too much for one or more CPUs you won't really be able to use until several months down the road. when the going price for G4 ZIF modules is substantially lower. you could simply buy a mono-CPU machine. and add CPUs later. as your budget allows. and your needs require.
So if I went to <a href="http://www.Apple.com/"; target="_blank">Apple's front page</a>. and it said in 200 point type: "New! the Apple (Insert one of the above). starting at $XXX.XX!" with a "Buy Now" button right next to it. I'd click without even thinking(Hmmm? maybe I should go check right now <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> ).Adding two, three or five(Don't believe the lies about lack of room. the Quicksilver's motherboard is about 40% the size of the inside of it's case) extra ZIF slots to every new G4's motherboard would allow Apple to sell lots of "Multi-CPU ready" Macs immediately. without running into production delays due to not having enough CPUs on hand at the moment. as all that would be out of stock at any time would be ZIF modules. of which there are plenty on the market at this time from third parties like Sonnet, XLR8, Powerlogix and OWC(By the way. two little known facts of PowerPC multiprocessing. you can actually <a href="http://www.umax.com/supermac/knowledge/solutions.cfm?docs=KB00172"; target="_blank">mix different clock speeds and revisions of PowerPC</a> on the same motherboard. and. unlike Apple always said. G3s are <a href="http://www.appleturns.com/scene/?id=557"; target="_blank">quite capable of multiprocessing</a>). this would also allow multiple CPUs in consumer machines like the iMac. as the price of some extra ZIF slots on a motherboard can be measured in fractions of a penny.
Eric,
[ 02-25-2002: Message edited by: Eric D.V.H ]</p>
Apple PowerMac G8 Workstation
Quad 85GHz G8 CPUs
14MB on-die L1 cache per CPU
25MB on-die L2 cache per CPU
234MB on-die L3 cache per CPU
6TB PC9200 DDR RDRAM
SuperDrive3 (DVD-R/34x CD-R(W)72x Read 256x
UltraEATA562 RAIDm array (8 @ 460GB/56000rpm HDDs)
AGP ProX 420 11x graphics slot
GeForce7 w/512MB DDR RAM & dual ADC ports/ Dual Monitor
Seven (7) PCI X expansion slots; 256bit/566MHz
SIX (6) FireWire2 ports; 2600Mbps
SIX (6) USB3 ports; 1200Mbps
MacOS 15.2
XBlaster Trinitron 5.1 Sound Card
10/100/1000/10000TX Ethernet
Dual 30" Apple Cinema Displays; 4600- 2954/128bit
e(Where going to be kicking *&%)- Steve Jobs
PB G4 Ti with :
- high res screen with 1536 X 1024
- ati radeon 7500 mobility
- 800 and 933 Mhz CPU with 133 Mhz bus
- faster combo (8x8X...)
- better cooling system (fan not needing to kick in so often)
- 30 GB HD at low end
unrelistic predictions :
PB G4 apollo Ti with :
- high res screen with 1536 X 1024, able to sport another external high res (Apple) flat display thanks to dvi/ adc + adapter ports
- ATI Radeon Mobility 2
- 1 Ghz CPU or twin 800 Mhz CPU with 200 Mhz bus (new cooling system)
- superdrive
- 2 Firewire port s or Firewire 2 ports
- DDR Memory up to 2 ghz
- Blue tooth & Airport 2 cards
- 48 or 60 GB at 5400 tr/m HD
- reinforced framing with colored (black) coated Titanium
- new AC adapter (less easy to break the pins)
The other thing is an iPod remote control. I'd pay $50 or so if it had an LCD screen that displayed the titles and so forth (ala most MD players).
Hardware-wise, it will probably have multi-processors (2, 4, 6 ?????)...whatever, but you know it's going to kick some serious ass! No keyboard, mouse, or optical media drive. The entire thing will be controlled remotely.
[ 03-09-2002: Message edited by: Dave Hagan ]</p>
For those who need a laptop not for their primary workstation, but for doing presentations and email, word processing, etc. Essentially, something intended as a second computer that is fully portable.
Titanium Sub-Laptop:
10" LCD.
1 GHz G4 (because the Powermacs will already have 1.4, 1.6, 1.8 GHz G5s).
Combo drive
30 GB HD, 5400 RPM
512 MB RAM
Full sized keyboard
S-video out, VGA out.
Nvidia Geforce 4 mobility or whatever, w/ 32 MB vRAM.
Full gamut of ports, including audio input for those of us who like to record music (take the sub notebook to a jam session or a gig).
Of course, a battery w/6-8 hrs real life.
Lightweight, small, and fully portable.
$1800
Ultra thin, ultra light, and ultra portable. Because some people already have a desktop and don't need a laptop w/ a cinema display.
...although applenut's 5gb iPod for $249 looks tempting...