If the 7448 starts at 1.6GHz and has a couple of speed bins above that, it'll be fine.
That was my first thought when i read the article. 1.7-1.8G is more like apple's realism, I doubt the 2G that's been prophecised. Still it equally allows the ibook to get faster chips as well.
I'm not arguing with here, if you haven't noticed. Yes, laptops using desktop CPUs are luggables and aren't suited for mobile use. What I keep on saying is that there is a market for luggables, and Apple should be in it. Nearly every other manufacturer has a model in the market. There is a market for an $800 low spec computer, and Apple should be in it.
If Apple really wants to move iMac units, they should have a $999 iMac G5 with 15" monitor, 1.6 GHz processor, 400 MHz FSB, PC2700 DDR SDRAM, 40 GB drive, combo optical, 32 MB FX5200 Ultra, etc. They should be in as many markets as they can. I think you are in full agreement with that.
I like your ideas, and if you asked me 3 months ago that apple would drop the 15" iMac - I would have said that was stupidity in the extreme, but most people/businesses now want 17" as standard - and with the price of the 17" imac the same as the old 15", it seems as though the market has moved on.
Still, your suggestions are very intersting, but dont you think apple would have run financial modelling on potentially incremental sales/market share boosting products?. I have no idea - but i dont think theyre too stupid at Cupertino.
I like your ideas, and if you asked me 3 months ago that apple would drop the 15" iMac - I would have said that was stupidity in the extreme, but most people/businesses now want 17" as standard - and with the price of the 17" imac the same as the old 15", it seems as though the market has moved on.
I agree with you 17" is standard. But they need a good product in the sub-1000% market, and the eMac is not it. I think many Mac buyers settle on, with some chagrin, on a purchase of an eMac. That's loyalty, and Apple should have a product that rewards them.
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Still, your suggestions are very intersting, but dont you think apple would have run financial modelling on potentially incremental sales/market share boosting products?. I have no idea - but i dont think theyre too stupid at Cupertino.
Sure. I think all of us know that they do financial analysis on any product they sell and what it would do to the bottom line. Considering their products, one is lead to believe that they do not intend to increase marketshare and are fine living with the niche market they have as long as they have profits.
One of my disappointments is the fact that they have stagnated or regressed with their manufacturing capabilities. They know that just-in-time near-zero inventory manufacturing is virtually the only way to do business these days. And they seem to have stopped pushing towards that goal. I would think that BTO options would be easier in such an operational, yet they have very little BTO options across the entire line.
Take an iMac G5...Remove the stand...Attach Apple's VESA-mount adapter.
Then attach a VESA-compatable "iMac G5 LugNut" . This 3rd party product holds the iMac G5 erect, and has a weighted base with an integrated Keyboard/Trackpad that can fold over the screen for transportation. An angled/repositioned power cord is part of this solution too.
Btw, is there truly a leak about the 7448 being a 90 nm product? "Less than 10 Watts" could easily mean a low voltage (<1.1V) 130 nm product using some special process?
I'm not arguing with here, if you haven't noticed. Yes, laptops using desktop CPUs are luggables and aren't suited for mobile use. What I keep on saying is that there is a market for luggables, and Apple should be in it.
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Originally posted by Stoo
If the 7448 starts at 1.6GHz and has a couple of speed bins above that, it'll be fine.
That was my first thought when i read the article. 1.7-1.8G is more like apple's realism, I doubt the 2G that's been prophecised. Still it equally allows the ibook to get faster chips as well.
Originally posted by THT
I'm not arguing with here, if you haven't noticed. Yes, laptops using desktop CPUs are luggables and aren't suited for mobile use. What I keep on saying is that there is a market for luggables, and Apple should be in it. Nearly every other manufacturer has a model in the market. There is a market for an $800 low spec computer, and Apple should be in it.
If Apple really wants to move iMac units, they should have a $999 iMac G5 with 15" monitor, 1.6 GHz processor, 400 MHz FSB, PC2700 DDR SDRAM, 40 GB drive, combo optical, 32 MB FX5200 Ultra, etc. They should be in as many markets as they can. I think you are in full agreement with that.
I like your ideas, and if you asked me 3 months ago that apple would drop the 15" iMac - I would have said that was stupidity in the extreme, but most people/businesses now want 17" as standard - and with the price of the 17" imac the same as the old 15", it seems as though the market has moved on.
Still, your suggestions are very intersting, but dont you think apple would have run financial modelling on potentially incremental sales/market share boosting products?. I have no idea - but i dont think theyre too stupid at Cupertino.
Originally posted by hasapi
I like your ideas, and if you asked me 3 months ago that apple would drop the 15" iMac - I would have said that was stupidity in the extreme, but most people/businesses now want 17" as standard - and with the price of the 17" imac the same as the old 15", it seems as though the market has moved on.
I agree with you 17" is standard. But they need a good product in the sub-1000% market, and the eMac is not it. I think many Mac buyers settle on, with some chagrin, on a purchase of an eMac. That's loyalty, and Apple should have a product that rewards them.
Still, your suggestions are very intersting, but dont you think apple would have run financial modelling on potentially incremental sales/market share boosting products?. I have no idea - but i dont think theyre too stupid at Cupertino.
Sure. I think all of us know that they do financial analysis on any product they sell and what it would do to the bottom line. Considering their products, one is lead to believe that they do not intend to increase marketshare and are fine living with the niche market they have as long as they have profits.
One of my disappointments is the fact that they have stagnated or regressed with their manufacturing capabilities. They know that just-in-time near-zero inventory manufacturing is virtually the only way to do business these days. And they seem to have stopped pushing towards that goal. I would think that BTO options would be easier in such an operational, yet they have very little BTO options across the entire line.
Originally posted by nightjar2
Imagine this:
Take an iMac G5...Remove the stand...Attach Apple's VESA-mount adapter.
Then attach a VESA-compatable "iMac G5 LugNut" . This 3rd party product holds the iMac G5 erect, and has a weighted base with an integrated Keyboard/Trackpad that can fold over the screen for transportation. An angled/repositioned power cord is part of this solution too.
Slide this puppy in a case and go.
Better make a few trips to the gym too.
It's still not a laptop.
Originally posted by THT
It's still not a laptop.
But it IS a luggable
Originally posted by THT
I'm not arguing with here, if you haven't noticed. Yes, laptops using desktop CPUs are luggables and aren't suited for mobile use. What I keep on saying is that there is a market for luggables, and Apple should be in it.