All Apple images on their website, in print advertising and brochures are photoshopped. Standard procedure in advertising now. However, if that Tower is legit I suspect it is much smaller then we think. Perhaps half the size of the current Quicksilver.
It is quite obviously a fake. You only need look closely at the firewire ports to see that they are simply cut from the xserve, pasted and rotated onto the spoof case. And why on earth would Apple 'advertise' the fact that this machine has a GF4MX when the equivalent selling powermac already has this feature. The things that get advertised on the front page are almost always changes from the previous model.
I like it, although it looks a bit too anonymous for Apple (and for my taste for that matter...I love the curves and the big Apple logos on the current case). Anyway, if this design was in fact something to go by, what would it mean for the lcd displays? A new more angular design? Just wondering...
I don't like it. And it isn't real anyway, so some of you need to grab the reins a bit.
It is good Photoshop work, no doubt. But the design/look of it is simply below Apple's abilities and style. It looks cluttered, crowded and too much going on. I prefer the sleek, "nothing there" look of Apple's stuff, as opposed to seam lines, vents, buttons, inputs, etc. all over the place.
Again, nice mockup. Just looks like anyone else's computer but Apple's.
Here's the thing (and we all do it...Lord knows I have on many occasions): when Apple comes out with a new piece of hardware that looks different than other stuff in the line (aluminum Xserve or whatever), we all start applying that look to EVERYTHING in Apple's lineup, assuming "okay, the next PowerBook/iBook/iMac/iPod will look this way...".
But think about it: how many times has Apple completely gone the other way and surprised (or shocked) us?
When the colors were all hot and the fruit flavors were retired in favor of more professional, sedate hues in July 2000 (Indigo, Sage, Ruby, etc.), we all couldn't WAIT for the sage, ruby, etc. iBooks, right?
What did Apple do? Key Lime! Did ANYONE see that one coming?
:eek:
Same with the iMac patterns. We all just KNEW that a flower power iBook was on the way eventually.
Nope.
And no Titanium towers, even though the new PowerBook unveiled in January 2001 looked awesome.
And I would've bet the farm that any new flat panel iMac would surely sport the glossy white dual-USB iBook/iPod casing.
Nope again. Flat matte white.
Although, that eMac thing...
I don't think that rack mount server particularly points to any surefire direction Apple will take with any of their other hardware. It's probably aluminum for a reason, just as the PowerBook is Titanium for a reason (I guess).
I think Apple has the nicest looking towers out there. Period. I'd had to see them get all squared-up and clunky-looking.
Sweet! Masker, cut the case depth down by 1/3 and add illuminated apple logos on the side (ala Powerbook) and we have one kick a** machine (or if you prefer, a machine that prods serious buttock). Great job done on the picture (the apple logo needs to be centered, it looks off).
<strong>All Apple images on their website, in print advertising and brochures are photoshopped. Standard procedure in advertising now. However, if that Tower is legit I suspect it is much smaller then we think. Perhaps half the size of the current Quicksilver.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I cannot believe people still think that tower is legit or even considering it. It's a photoshopped xServe!
<strong>Design is not as easy as you think....being a critic is.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yeah, except this isn't design. It's cutting and pasting. There's a difference. I did the same damn thing the day the Xserve came out. Thought the "design" sucked and scrapped it.
this is not real. What it looks like I do not know maybe that is right. What it says about inside is wrong.
a little birdie told me
No G5, G4 made better
running at 1.1, 1.3, 1.5 GHz, all single,
166 Mhz bus about 1.2 GB/s bandwidth to the Apple designed ASIC which controls 3 DDR333 memory slots.
3x64 bit 66 Mhz PCI slots
1x4x AGP (won't tell you what is in there but I think the Nvidia guy may have spoke too soon about growing their market share). There is more than one slot filler floating around (they catch spies many ways)
No idea cost, no idea what they will put around or on our baby.
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MSKR
<strong>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.</strong><hr></blockquote>
take it like a man! if someone says it's boring or ugly, at least they're being honest.
suck it up and learn from it.... if not, your design is gonna keep get worse because you aren't open to people's opinions.
i'm not a fan of the design, but props for doing it.
Good work whoever did it!
<strong>
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.</strong><hr></blockquote>
No, design is not an easy thing. That's why I prefer to leave it to Jonathan Ive to come up with something tasteful.
One must accept criticism along with some of the many favorable comments.
But voicing my opinions is something I'll do freely. Better that, than sitting on the fence and simply commenting on others opinions.
Never criticize a critic, it's like playing with fire, and the reason critics never create... well that 's just an excercise in ugliness.
Critics are the yang the designer ying, I like to think of critics as negative space.
Necessary to accentuate the positive.
(But us designers/creative thinkers still get to look down on them)
MSKR
Lemon Bon Bon
It is good Photoshop work, no doubt. But the design/look of it is simply below Apple's abilities and style. It looks cluttered, crowded and too much going on. I prefer the sleek, "nothing there" look of Apple's stuff, as opposed to seam lines, vents, buttons, inputs, etc. all over the place.
Again, nice mockup. Just looks like anyone else's computer but Apple's.
Here's the thing (and we all do it...Lord knows I have on many occasions): when Apple comes out with a new piece of hardware that looks different than other stuff in the line (aluminum Xserve or whatever), we all start applying that look to EVERYTHING in Apple's lineup, assuming "okay, the next PowerBook/iBook/iMac/iPod will look this way...".
But think about it: how many times has Apple completely gone the other way and surprised (or shocked) us?
When the colors were all hot and the fruit flavors were retired in favor of more professional, sedate hues in July 2000 (Indigo, Sage, Ruby, etc.), we all couldn't WAIT for the sage, ruby, etc. iBooks, right?
What did Apple do? Key Lime! Did ANYONE see that one coming?
:eek:
Same with the iMac patterns. We all just KNEW that a flower power iBook was on the way eventually.
Nope.
And no Titanium towers, even though the new PowerBook unveiled in January 2001 looked awesome.
And I would've bet the farm that any new flat panel iMac would surely sport the glossy white dual-USB iBook/iPod casing.
Nope again. Flat matte white.
Although, that eMac thing...
I don't think that rack mount server particularly points to any surefire direction Apple will take with any of their other hardware. It's probably aluminum for a reason, just as the PowerBook is Titanium for a reason (I guess).
I think Apple has the nicest looking towers out there. Period. I'd had to see them get all squared-up and clunky-looking.
Nice
Xserve, unlike any other Mac form factor absolutely must conform to a set of specific guidelines. 1U
I do think the sentiment will be echoed and that aluminum/metal will be a major part of the design, but this is tool limited.
But, would I be disappointed this design? No.
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<strong>All Apple images on their website, in print advertising and brochures are photoshopped. Standard procedure in advertising now. However, if that Tower is legit I suspect it is much smaller then we think. Perhaps half the size of the current Quicksilver.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I cannot believe people still think that tower is legit or even considering it. It's a photoshopped xServe!
<strong>Design is not as easy as you think....being a critic is.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yeah, except this isn't design. It's cutting and pasting. There's a difference. I did the same damn thing the day the Xserve came out. Thought the "design" sucked and scrapped it.
a little birdie told me
No G5, G4 made better
running at 1.1, 1.3, 1.5 GHz, all single,
166 Mhz bus about 1.2 GB/s bandwidth to the Apple designed ASIC which controls 3 DDR333 memory slots.
3x64 bit 66 Mhz PCI slots
1x4x AGP (won't tell you what is in there but I think the Nvidia guy may have spoke too soon about growing their market share). There is more than one slot filler floating around (they catch spies many ways)
No idea cost, no idea what they will put around or on our baby.