OQO - A Nice Looking Mini PC Is Coming

farfar
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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
This has nothing in common with Apple, but it looks very nice.



Check this: <a href="http://www.oqo.com/"; target="_blank">http://www.oqo.com/</a>;
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  • Reply 1 of 39
    nostradamusnostradamus Posts: 397member
    [quote]Originally posted by Far:

    <strong>This has nothing in common with Apple, but it looks very nice.

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    It has more in common with Apple than you think.



    [ 06-08-2002: Message edited by: Nostradamus ]</p>
  • Reply 2 of 39
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    Are a bunch of the people responsible for the little brick former Apple employees?



    Nostradamus, I've noticed a distinctly less enthusiastic version of you in the past couple of weeks. Finally coming down off that Kormac fantasy, plastic-sniffing, high***, huh?



    ***I know the plastics are the signature of KKS, but they were essentially the same creature, one was just a better bullshiater, that's all.



    Have you fully defected to PC's yet?
  • Reply 3 of 39
    bigcbigc Posts: 1,224member
    [quote]Originally posted by Far:

    <strong>This has nothing in common with Apple, but it looks very nice.



    Check this: <a href="http://www.oqo.com/"; target="_blank">http://www.oqo.com/</a></strong><hr></blockquote>;



    try this one also



    <a href="http://www.tiqit.com/"; target="_blank">http://www.tiqit.com/</a>;
  • Reply 4 of 39
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    The display is problematic.
  • Reply 5 of 39
    bellebelle Posts: 1,574member
    Perfect examples of engineers left to run free in the wild. Without the controlling influence of good designers and marketers you're left with completely unusable products.
  • Reply 6 of 39
    frawgzfrawgz Posts: 547member
    OQO was formed by the former head of the Apple PowerBook design team. Before leaving, he ran his idea of an ultraportable computer by Steve, looking for Apple's support through licensing the Mac OS to them, IIRC. Jobs didn't go for it.
  • Reply 7 of 39
    sc_marktsc_markt Posts: 1,402member
    IMO, these things are becoming too small to be useful. However, if you could plug in a full sized keyboard and mouse and connect the output to an external monitor, then I could see where the small size could be an advantage.
  • Reply 8 of 39
    xmogerxmoger Posts: 242member
    [quote]IMO, these things are becoming too small to be useful. However, if you could plug in a full sized keyboard and mouse and connect the output to an external monitor, then I could see where the small size could be an advantage. <hr></blockquote>

    Like this:

    <a href="http://www.saintsong.com.tw/"; target="_blank">saint song</a>
  • Reply 9 of 39
    resres Posts: 711member
    If apple made one I'd buy it in a second -- But I also bought the Newton 110.
  • Reply 10 of 39
    dhagan4755dhagan4755 Posts: 2,152member
    Long live the Newton! Maybe a new iteration of this is coming at MWNY?
  • Reply 11 of 39
    applecelloapplecello Posts: 58member
    Ya, maybe when this was pitched to Steve and Co, he told the guys "no way" but the gears were turning saying, "Hell ya."



    I bet he thought it was a good idea that could be done better by Apple. something like that...
  • Reply 12 of 39
    sushiismsushiism Posts: 131member
    <a href="http://www.worldssmallestpc.com/"; target="_blank">http://www.worldssmallestpc.com/</a>; nice ripoff tabs
  • Reply 13 of 39
    blackcatblackcat Posts: 697member
    How would you use WinXP on a screen that size? Adding an external monitor defeats the whole point of the thing really.



    Clever engineering but not that useful.
  • Reply 14 of 39
    spillerspiller Posts: 5member
    Sorry to revive an old thread...



    http://www.oqo.com/



    http://www.handtops.com/show/news/46



    The OQO is out of the stalls at last. The question is, if this device, at the given price point ($1,899), had a G3/G4 chip in it, and ran OS X, would there be any takers?
  • Reply 15 of 39
    newnew Posts: 3,244member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Spiller

    Sorry to revive an old thread...



    http://www.oqo.com/



    http://www.handtops.com/show/news/46



    The OQO is out of the stalls at last. The question is, if this device, at the given price point ($1,899), had a G3/G4 chip in it, and ran OS X, would there be any takers?



    I think I would. If it has wifi... I really think Apple should have something smaller than a 12". Saw a ultraslim Vaio the other day, close to one centimeter thick and very elegant.
  • Reply 16 of 39
    newnew Posts: 3,244member
    Actually it's so nice I might switch...



    no, just joking.



    But I really like it. funny how they show so many pictures of mac's in their movie.
  • Reply 17 of 39
    talksense101talksense101 Posts: 1,738member
    I am going to wait for the pricing before examining it in detail.
  • Reply 18 of 39
    jbljbl Posts: 555member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Spiller

    The question is, if this device, at the given price point ($1,899), had a G3/G4 chip in it, and ran OS X, would there be any takers?



    Me! Me! Me!
  • Reply 19 of 39
    chagichagi Posts: 284member
    And this is why I'm currently invested in Transmeta stock, ought to be a nice little spike once this puppy gets publicly launched. :P



    I'm honestly a bit suprised at the pricepoint though. Basically this type of device should ideally be priced somewhere between a PDA and a low-end laptop, not in line with a high-end laptop, at least in my opinion. As nice as an ultra, ultra portable PC might be, it's a pretty tough pricepoint to put it at, why not just buy a laptop?
  • Reply 20 of 39
    jousterjouster Posts: 460member
    I'd rather have one of these:



    http://www.dynamism.com/u70/gallery.shtml



    Side note: embedding a URL seems to be broken for me. Hmmmm....
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