I like the aluminum look. Personally I wouldn't miss the speaker, I always use a good set of external speakers, therefore it is something they wouldn't need to add and didn't have to engineer for = a few less $. 3-4 hot-swap bays would be really nice, but would be sweeter if they used hardware RAID, perhaps RAID 5, I am not a professional here but doesn't software raid use your processor a bit or is that negligible? If figures are assumed in whole numbers (based on 133) it should look something like this...
x8 = 1.066 GHz
x9 = 1.2 GHz
x10 = 1.33 GHz
x11 = 1.466 GHz
x12 = 1.6 GHz
I'd snatch one if I had the dough handy and they were available.
(Oh and those LED's, YUM! )
[ 05-31-2002: Message edited by: The Power of X ]</p>
Why do people want hot-swap drive bays in a tower. It makes no sense to me.
First off, Apple won't sell the drive sleds by themselves, nor would it be compatible with anyone else's drive sled. Therefore, you are stuck buying HDs and drive sleds from Apple, along with the premium that accompanies that. Ouch!
Secondly, what would you use the removability/hot-swappability for? If you need a portable HD, it makes much more sense to buy a Firewire drive. 100% uptime isn't necessary in a workstation like it is in a server. If you can't afford 10 minutes of power-down to replace an internal HD when it dies, you should go out and get an XServe for use as a workstation.
Just curious how many people think that the next Apple tower will be aluminum? The reason I ask is that Jobs and Ives have a reputation for cutting-edge design, but high end PC makers have used aluminum cases (similar to the mock-up) for a while now. Don't you think that there's something more inspiring than that in Steve's garden?
<strong>Just curious how many people think that the next Apple tower will be aluminum? The reason I ask is that Jobs and Ives have a reputation for cutting-edge design, but high end PC makers have used aluminum cases (similar to the mock-up) for a while now. Don't you think that there's something more inspiring than that in Steve's garden?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Maybe that for consumers they will still innovate with COOL designs, but i think that for the pro stuffs they must go with a PRO design. Ideal for designer, business,etc.
Imagine this kind of tower on a desk... you will look immediately serious about the 95%
I'm betting that it's fake, but I actually like the design, especially given what it implies: Three 5 1/4" hot swappable drive bays. Yes, they're wider than the XServe's. But then, you could broaden the drive types to include opticals, and have three HDDs, or one HDD and a combo drive and a CD-R, or...
The only downside would be the cost of the drives plus brackets, and the distinct possibility (given XServe) that you couldn't just buy a bracket and put the drive of your choice in. Even then, it would be pretty sweet.
The front-mounted FW ports are a nice touch, and I like the idea of trying to integrate them into the design rather than hiding them behind a panel. After all, the whole point of putting them in the front is ease of access.
I'd like to see how the designer would deal with the vast expanse of space on the sides. The current case uses the curve of the plastic, but that's not an option here, and two big slabs of brushed aluminum would look pretty stark.
i find it quite striking. nice concept and try for a quick sketch. will be interesting to see how similar (if at all) the actual unit will be. good job.
If Apple comes out with something like that I'm going to have to shoot myself. A boring, monotone color in a box design, if I wanted that I would build a Wintel. <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
Actually I think this Photoshop job takes the cake out of the rest. I really like its metallic features which make it visibly clear that it belongs to the same family as the XServe. I hope Apple will release a more serious looking PowerMac. The looks of this one makes it seem like it can handle anything, and just begs the eyes to see what's under the hood of this baby.
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I don't think the artist meant to put LED's on the front. They are probably vent openings.
x8 = 1.066 GHz
x9 = 1.2 GHz
x10 = 1.33 GHz
x11 = 1.466 GHz
x12 = 1.6 GHz
I'd snatch one if I had the dough handy and they were available.
(Oh and those LED's, YUM! )
[ 05-31-2002: Message edited by: The Power of X ]</p>
First off, Apple won't sell the drive sleds by themselves, nor would it be compatible with anyone else's drive sled. Therefore, you are stuck buying HDs and drive sleds from Apple, along with the premium that accompanies that. Ouch!
Secondly, what would you use the removability/hot-swappability for? If you need a portable HD, it makes much more sense to buy a Firewire drive. 100% uptime isn't necessary in a workstation like it is in a server. If you can't afford 10 minutes of power-down to replace an internal HD when it dies, you should go out and get an XServe for use as a workstation.
<strong>Just curious how many people think that the next Apple tower will be aluminum? The reason I ask is that Jobs and Ives have a reputation for cutting-edge design, but high end PC makers have used aluminum cases (similar to the mock-up) for a while now. Don't you think that there's something more inspiring than that in Steve's garden?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Maybe that for consumers they will still innovate with COOL designs, but i think that for the pro stuffs they must go with a PRO design. Ideal for designer, business,etc.
Imagine this kind of tower on a desk... you will look immediately serious about the 95%
users to go.
I was wondering.. what if the sides were black????
MSKR
<strong>Have you seen this
[ 05-31-2002: Message edited by: warria ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
<strong>A boring lunch...
I was wondering.. what if the sides were black????
MSKR</strong><hr></blockquote>
Why not make it Beige and call it a Perfoma
I agree the next Tower will be ala xServe but not this close.
Good work.
<strong>Fake, Ugly and Boring.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Funny how we have the biggest critics...yet they never show mockups of what THEY think would work.
You detractors need to show us what is the ideal case. Design is not as easy as you think....being a critic is.
The only downside would be the cost of the drives plus brackets, and the distinct possibility (given XServe) that you couldn't just buy a bracket and put the drive of your choice in. Even then, it would be pretty sweet.
The front-mounted FW ports are a nice touch, and I like the idea of trying to integrate them into the design rather than hiding them behind a panel. After all, the whole point of putting them in the front is ease of access.
I'd like to see how the designer would deal with the vast expanse of space on the sides. The current case uses the curve of the plastic, but that's not an option here, and two big slabs of brushed aluminum would look pretty stark.
[ 05-31-2002: Message edited by: Amorph ]</p>
-CFPC