"To go where no PC has gone before"

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  • Reply 19 of 64
    sliceslice Posts: 10member
    "To go where no PC has gone before"



    64-bit, of course.



    (Sparcs and Itaniums are NOT PCs. They are high-end

    workstations/servers)
  • Reply 22 of 64
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    [quote]Originally posted by CosmoNut:

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    We'll forgive you. After all, you ARE Canadian, eh?



    Ouch! Did I say that?



    [ 01-04-2002: Message edited by: CosmoNut ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Just say you're "sirry"
  • Reply 22 of 64
    [quote]Originally posted by CosmoNut:

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    Try General Discussion. Read the guidelines a BIT closer. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well, one could discuss what kind of hardware this refers to. &lt;sarcasm&gt;Must be the iWalk. It's not fake after all.&lt;/sarcasm&gt;
  • Reply 24 of 64
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    [quote]Originally posted by slice:

    <strong>"To go where no PC has gone before"



    64-bit, of course.



    (Sparcs and Itaniums are NOT PCs. They are high-end

    workstations/servers)</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I'll quote you in this thread too



    We'd need a G5 to run that wouldn't we
  • Reply 25 of 64
    ybotybot Posts: 329member
    [quote]Originally posted by CosmoNut:

    <strong>



    We'll forgive you. After all, you ARE Canadian, eh?



    Ouch! Did I say that? </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Random Canada-related Simpsons Quote: "I'm from Canada, eh? And they think I'm slow eh?" (Well, that's basically how it went. It got the point across.)



    Also, without Canada you'd have no...bacon...and, um *tries to think of other exports* aha! Jim Carrey as well as all your prescious Apple advertising, which is done by us clever Canadians.



    Oh, and if you insult Canada, we'll retalliate by sending Celine Dion back south. I'm serious. We'll do it.
  • Reply 26 of 64
    tjmtjm Posts: 367member
    "To go where no PC has gone before" could imply portability or completely unique functionality - literally going somewhere that no PC has gone before, or doing something that no PC has done before.



    A tablet PC would fit the bill, as would a wearable PC running OSX (IBM even has a wristwatch running Linux, so it's not that far-fetched).



    There have been a number of threads/guesses as to what Steve is up to that could be related back to this, IMHO.
  • Reply 27 of 64
    Outer space? A satellite service specifically for Mac users?
  • Reply 28 of 64
    ybotybot Posts: 329member
    [quote]Originally posted by TJM:

    <strong>"To go where no PC has gone before" could imply portability or completely unique functionality - literally going somewhere that no PC has gone before, or doing something that no PC has done before.



    A tablet PC would fit the bill, as would a wearable PC running OSX (IBM even has a wristwatch running Linux, so it's not that far-fetched).



    There have been a number of threads/guesses as to what Steve is up to that could be related back to this, IMHO.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Am I the only person who is really, really not interested in purchasing a tablet PC, no matter how drop-dead gorgeous Mr. Ive has made it look? I have a laptop, which does everything a tablet would do AND it has a keyboard. Woohoo.
  • Reply 29 of 64
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    [quote]Originally posted by TJM:

    <strong>"To go where no PC has gone before" could imply portability or completely unique functionality - literally going somewhere that no PC has gone before, or doing something that no PC has done before.



    A tablet PC would fit the bill, as would a wearable PC running OSX (IBM even has a wristwatch running Linux, so it's not that far-fetched).



    There have been a number of threads/guesses as to what Steve is up to that could be related back to this, IMHO.</strong><hr></blockquote>





    Micorsoft and Sony both have tablets.



    IBM killed the wrist watch thing-it flopped.



    Not sure Apple would do something like the above. I think it's about either features or speed. Price-only if they sell a G3 iMac for $2000 they would be in uncharted PC territory
  • Reply 29 of 64
    i just don't get/understand this Tablet deal. whats so great about it?
  • Reply 31 of 64
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    [quote]Originally posted by apple.otaku:

    <strong>Outer space? A satellite service specifically for Mac users?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    mmm, fits with something I read in another post. Also connects to the new iTools idea and with ThinkFree (online java type office suite) at the show and doing something with Apple....intersting....
  • Reply 32 of 64
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    [quote]Originally posted by Ybot:

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    Oh, and if you insult Canada, we'll retalliate by sending Celine Dion back south. I'm serious. We'll do it. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    :eek: NOOOOOOOOOO!



    Anything but that! I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. Please, whatever you do, DON'T send her back!



    <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 33 of 64
    I could just see it...



    "Oh, and one more thing." the lights dim, and a rocket ship appears on the big screen behind Steve. A voie comes over the speakers...10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1. ..LIFTOFF of the Space Shuttle_________delivering suplies to the international spacestation and launching the Apple iSattelite.
  • Reply 34 of 64
    ybotybot Posts: 329member
    [quote]Originally posted by CosmoNut:

    <strong>



    :eek: NOOOOOOOOOO!



    Anything but that! I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. Please, whatever you do, DON'T send her back!



    <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well then you Americans will have to watch your steps because the beast is getting restless and wants to "sing" as she* calls it.



    *You can refer to her as 'she' or just 'the evil'
  • Reply 35 of 64
    ybotybot Posts: 329member
    Ooh oooh I know! I know!



    A network of satellites running Mac OS X which will be used to extend Steve Jobs' patented Reality Distortion Field to a global scale. Thus converting the global masses from Gatesian Windows users to Jobsian Mac users. Ahh, global Mac conformity. The dream becomes a reality.
  • Reply 36 of 64
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    Johnathan's on the prowl, yo.
  • Reply 37 of 64
    [quote]Originally posted by Ybot:

    <strong>



    Am I the only person who is really, really not interested in purchasing a tablet PC, no matter how drop-dead gorgeous Mr. Ive has made it look? I have a laptop, which does everything a tablet would do AND it has a keyboard. Woohoo.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I think that I have to agree on the usability factor of the tablet. It would be cool for some things, drawing, perhaps even note taking in a more discrete fashion, but in general w/o a keyboard it would be horribly inefficient for many, many staple computer uses (especially those having to do with many of the things people use laptops for..as opposed to pda's). Furthermore, tablet is too large to be a good pda. So I don't quite see the niche.



    But then again, beautiful industrial design aside (and my wife's an industrial designer who'd probably say this too), I always thought the cube was a silly idea as well, since I will never (again, after the powerbook 520c) buy a computer without some serious expandability and a reliable upgrade path.



    So the tablet would be an incredibly specialized product, unless it were part of a high-end iMac like computer (but get high end enough here and we'll be in the land of the kind of users who want all the expandability / customizability that comes with pro-level machines, so again...the big question would be where the he** does it fit).



    Sorry if I'm just unimaginative...though I'm afraid that Apple has begun fetishizing the coolness factor to the degree of forgetting about usability in a lot of situations (see OS X). <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
  • Reply 38 of 64
    My best guesses:



    The new iMac will be so small and light, that it will literally go anywhere.....of course that would make it an iBook, but like I said, I'm only guessing.



    or



    No PC has ever been on a Palm OS device......can anyone say <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000529"; target="_blank">Palm/Be/Apple</a> merger?



    SdC
  • Reply 39 of 64
    revsrevs Posts: 93member
    The whole satellite network idea is plausible - apple have or had a few pages on their site about a company called SkyCorp who were launching 54 satellites into space that contained cube's e

    with airport and were going to provide wireless airport......please let it be that apple....please!
  • Reply 40 of 64
    ybotybot Posts: 329member
    A worldwide wireless AirPort network. Mmmm. If only...
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