New Powerbook ideas
Heres what i would like to see in a
g4 powerbook
1.keep the same form factor (ie titanium)
2.increase screen res or make it slightly larger
this wouldnt really affect portability
3.bus speed to 167 or 200
4.80gb hdd
5.max ram size now at 2gb
6.dual cpus 1ghz
7.airport built in with the antenna move to the lcd where the logo is to minimize interference
8.bluetooth built in
9.2 firewire alongside 2 usb
10.audio in/out jacks
11.slot load dvdrw/cdrw
12.better keyboard layout (ie increase the arrow key sizes)
13.some kind of coolant (water ?) for an active
cooling system
14.64mb vid card again with better cooling.
nb.i havent had any paint issues as yet so i cant
comment on it.heat is still an issue
this is simply a wish list so feel free to add
in your wishes
its simply an engineering issue and could be pulled off. The price point would be an issue but
people would buy it because it would give them
a killer workstation class portable.
g4 powerbook
1.keep the same form factor (ie titanium)
2.increase screen res or make it slightly larger
this wouldnt really affect portability
3.bus speed to 167 or 200
4.80gb hdd
5.max ram size now at 2gb
6.dual cpus 1ghz
7.airport built in with the antenna move to the lcd where the logo is to minimize interference
8.bluetooth built in
9.2 firewire alongside 2 usb
10.audio in/out jacks
11.slot load dvdrw/cdrw
12.better keyboard layout (ie increase the arrow key sizes)
13.some kind of coolant (water ?) for an active
cooling system
14.64mb vid card again with better cooling.
nb.i havent had any paint issues as yet so i cant
comment on it.heat is still an issue
this is simply a wish list so feel free to add
in your wishes
its simply an engineering issue and could be pulled off. The price point would be an issue but
people would buy it because it would give them
a killer workstation class portable.
Comments
<strong>
its simply an engineering issue</strong><hr></blockquote>
Understatement of the year award goes to...
J :cool:
A@ron
Edit: spelling
[ 11-02-2002: Message edited by: A@ron ]</p>
<strong>Ok I came up with a neat idea... I like silent computers and to go along with that... Has anyone seen the Sharper Image air cleaner that has no fan and uses very little electricity. I was thinking since that moves air without fans and is silent why not add one to each side of the TiBook, increase the size of the screen to match. This would allow air to flow right through the case of the TiBook. I have no idea if it would be harmful to circutry or not praticle in this application it was just an idea.
A@ron
Edit: spelling
[ 11-02-2002: Message edited by: A@ron ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
haha...a deionizer in a laptop?! this uses little electricity compared to regular filters but as opposed to a laptop battery i'm not sure. Also I think that they would have to figure out a better way because i think haveing enough electricity benig pumped through metal to deionize the air (thus it being pulled in to a different grate) would cause magnetic issues, but perhaps not. This would be interesting though...just probably not possible
A 167 MHz bus might be in the cards, but not a 200. Neigher is a dual CPU laptop. A water cooled laptop would be big and heavy. But yeah, of course we'll se some of that stuff *someday*.
[ 11-02-2002: Message edited by: smithjoel ]</p>
im sure most them are possible if not
already prototyped somewhere by some company
apple or otherwise
There was a rumour of a dual pb prototype
some time ago but they may have had battery
issues with that.
the deionizer idea was funny nearly
fell off my chair when i read that
..but then again why not, ideas have to start
somewhere.
the fluid exchange mechanism is possible,
not necesarily using water. how about using freon
and using the heat to drive the exchanger instead
of using battery life.
or have a heat exchanger drive a powerless fan
you know they could make ridges or bumps on the
inside of the casing to increase the surface area
& thereby reduce heat.
the ti's have lousy reception for wifi, so well
why not have the whole casing act as large reception unit.Heck go one better & bake the circuitry for the airport case into the inside of the case.
keep posting theres some good responses
pete
1) A larger trackpad that can double as a tablet like input device ( or even a thumb print identifier for security )
2) touch sensitive screen
3) how about the top of the case made of solar panels
<strong>also as far as dream options go:
1) A larger trackpad that can double as a tablet like input device ( or even a thumb print identifier for security )
2) touch sensitive screen
3) how about the top of the case made of solar panels </strong><hr></blockquote>
haha i actually thought about the case made of solar panels reflectors, but um...you are away the price would increase by...maybe 200 bucks...solar panels are expensive i believe
<strong>And I wanna toilet made of solid gold but it's just not in the cards, now is it?</strong><hr></blockquote>
G4Dude,
There are solid gold toilets. It was in my Guinness WB of records
<a href="http://www.tokenasians.com/archives/news/goldtoilet.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.tokenasians.com/archives/news/goldtoilet.jpg</a>
Croaton
[ 11-03-2002: Message edited by: Croaton ]</p>
2. Fix the paint process
3. CLock speed to 1GHZ+ is a necessity
4. Bluetooth
5. SuperDrive
6. A 64MB video card is a must.
7. Fix the flexibility problem in the case
What do you mean, a larger screen? 15.2 inches isn't big enough in a laptop? Come on.
on the inside of the case ie the part below
the keyboard to increase surface area & hence
increase thermal conductivity
i agree on the flex & the marks issue
i use a thin cloth over the keyboard to prevent
marks on the screen, but thats a bad design flaw
that needs to be fixed.
interestingly my ti800 fan only comes on when
the gfx card is being taxed....
i believe having a better optimized aqua layer
would fix some of the cpu usage & speed issues
full 2MB L3 cache
64MB Radeon9000, this is afetrall a very expensive notebook and it deserves the best videochipset.
DDR, even hackserve style, it's supposed to draw less power, so that's good.
40GB minimum HDD.
1440x960 screen resolution (not essential, mebbe as an option)
Entry level drops to 2000-2200 range.
Bluetooth/airport card.
Firewire 2 and USB2.0 (2 ports each)
2. Faster Bus (Like the Sony Laptop 400mhz bus)
3. DDR memory (Like the Sony Laptop)
4. DVD-RW/CD-RW (Again, Like Sony Laptop)
5. Better Screen Resolution (Like Sony Laptop)
6. 4X AGP (maybe Apple already has this feature, but i know Sony has this feature).
7. Lower Price (Like Sony Laptop)
Sony 2 Ghz with the above specs costs 2499.99 and the 800Mhz apple costs 3,199. Apple costs 1,300.99 dollars more and we get less advanced hardware. Apple has great software but until they can give me equal or better hardware specification at a fair price, then i will NOT be buying a laptop any times soon. I have had 7 Apple Desktop systems in the last 10 years and stopped updating when i bought my last dual 533Mhz. Why, becaues apple's hardware continues to lag behind the specification of the PC world. This is the reason i now have a PC on my desk along side my Apple. I hope Apple will make the needed changes soon.
<strong>
G4Dude,
There are solid gold toilets. It was in my Guinness WB of records
<a href="http://www.tokenasians.com/archives/news/goldtoilet.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.tokenasians.com/archives/news/goldtoilet.jpg</a>
Croaton
[ 11-03-2002: Message edited by: Croaton ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Sh!t
- integrated wireless
- same screen size, or else a very dense screen that I can run at 1/2 the rest (1 pixel --> 4 pixels) More importantly, though, I want OS X to handle resolution universally so that I can read the damn text on a high res screen.
- A video card that allows me to run the built in display plus a 1280x1024 17" DVI flat panel, non mirrored. Maybe this already exists, but I'm not good at paying attention.
- Firewire 800Mbps
- Default desktop picture of an Rx-8. Rotary forever
needs to change. i loved it 2 years ago, and like it very much now(i own one), but 2 years is long enough. it's getting old, and needs to be put out of it's misery with brandspankin-new pro portable.
-I'd like the weight to stay under 5.5 (which is preety good for a pro portable)
-Size is perfect...although the screen does need a higher resolution (similar to the 17" imac would be nice)
-outer shell should be made more streamline and less 'bold'. like the outer-lighter- rim should be a lot thinner and the rim around the screen should be thinneras well. maintain the suttle curves around the edges, but decrease their 'visibility'.
-Airport card installation (if it dosent become standard across the pro portable line), should be as easy as it is with the current iBook.(under keyboard)
-Ports: 2 USB, 2 Firewire, Audio in/out, gig-e-net, modem, power, s-video , DVI (VGA converter, as well as ADC connector)
-AirPort Antennas up in the display is almost a necessity
-better paint
Specs:
-upto 1Ghz
-133Mhz bus speed
-upto 1.5GB RAM (3 512MB slots)
-Superdrive standard
-60GB and 80GB HD @ 5400 RPM
-Radeon 9000M w/ 64MB VRAM (for heavens sake 256 is becoming standard in PC desktops now-a-days.)
-5 hour battery (Actual values, not marketing numbers), using iPod's battery technology.
-1" thick