I don't know if Apple would make a widescreen smaller then 13.3"
That would be fine, too. I just want the smallest powerbook to be widescreen. If it needs to get a little larger to make that happen, then fine. (As long as it doesn't get much heavier.)
That would be fine, too. I just want the smallest powerbook to be widescreen. If it needs to get a little larger to make that happen, then fine. (As long as it doesn't get much heavier.)
What I would like is a 10.6" widescreen PowerBook, with a resolution of 1280x768 - compare with the Fujitsu P7010 for example. This would be the perfect ultraportable Apple.
I'd also like the 12" to become widescreen. Something like the Acer Travelmate 3000 which has a 1280x800 display and weighs under 3lbs.
Apple used to be way ahead with their range of slim light notebooks, but the PC world has caught up and gone way beyond whilst Apple have stayed still. If it wasn't for the added value of Mac OS X I don't think many people would buy them at all.
I don't want any composite materials in the case at all. Composite is strong when the stress is applied in one direction, but very weak when it is stressed in another.
I don't want any composite materials in the case at all. Composite is strong when the stress is applied in one direction, but very weak when it is stressed in another.
I want a magnesium body and magnesium skeleton.
If I remember from science class magnesium burns quite bright and hot!!
perhaps an alloy.
Or, the battery explosion thing will be coupled with intense fire!
I don't want any composite materials in the case at all. Composite is strong when the stress is applied in one direction, but very weak when it is stressed in another.
I want a magnesium body and magnesium skeleton.
Hey, I don't know shit about material engineering, but I was under the impression that what makes carbon fiber strong--very strong--in more than one direction is how it's manufactured into a weave. Unwoven, its strength is limited. I can't imagine if the upper eschelon cars Ferrari and Porsche and Lamborghini use it for their chasises that it won't work for a laptop.
I want what Blackcat said. Now technically I am meant to be keeping this TiBook until the new intel PowerBooks, but since my TiBook has started going mental (not waking from sleep, or waking and then freezing, or waking, screen goes a bit shakey-mental, and then system freezes requiring reboot), I may well need to replace it sooner than originally thought.
And yes, I am backing files up VERY regularly right now
Hey, I don't know shit about material engineering, but I was under the impression that what makes carbon fiber strong--very strong--in more than one direction is how it's manufactured into a weave. Unwoven, its strength is limited. I can't imagine if the upper eschelon cars Ferrari and Porsche and Lamborghini use it for their chasises that it won't work for a laptop.
That is true. Lots of airplane parts are made of composites (especially Airbusses).
The reason why you can do that, is that the you model what forces act of the structure and which direction they apply stresses on the structure. From there you can design a composite (orient the fibers) to be strong in those directions. However, if you're wrong and the stress is applied in another direction, you're screwed. That is exactly what happened to the A300 over NY in right after 9/11.
In principle, you can make a composite be strong in all directions, but then you don't gain anything over an isotropic material such as metal.
Take a structural beam of the ferrari and squeeze it with metal pliars and you'll see what I mean.
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If I remember from science class magnesium burns quite bright and hot!!
That's in a pure oxygen atmosphere and it as to be pretty pure. As you said, it's doped with nickel or something.
- What features do you think will be/would you like to see in the new PB's?
- When do you think we'll see a new PB?
- And a few other things to consider:
New case design?
What will differentiate the PBs and the iBooks?
What updates to the PBs do you think we'll see between now and the release of the intel-PBs?
What differences do you think there will be among the different PBs in the line (ie: 12" PB vs: 17" PB)?
Price?
Enjoy!
If we're talking about the future Mactel PowerBook laptops, as oppose the the MPC7448 disgrace, then ...
How about we just get a PowerBook that performs at least equal to, possibly slightly better than, the best performing PC laptops in the traditional PowerBook pricerange ($1500-$2700) ? That's all I really want.
It's speculated that we won't see a Mactel laptop until 2007, which makes about as much sense as becoming a worshipping and practicing necrophiliac. The MPC7448 is pretty much scheduled to come out in October, but I have a feeling that PowerBook sales are going to drop off the map, forcing Apple to release the first generation Mactel PowerBooks in about the summer of 2006. It would be great if they had a 64-bit processor (with the option of either a single or dual core processor) with a great front side bus, faster RAM, SATA hard drive, FW 400 & 800, USB 2.0, better video card options, and a new case design, but as said before, all I really want is to be able to purchase an Apple laptop that performs at least equal to, or slightly better than, the best performing PC laptops in the traditional PowerBook pricerange ($1500-$2700).
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Originally posted by cubist
Moniker-wise, the "i" could be overloaded as standing for "intel".
You're seeing things from a whole different perspective, cube.
--B
Originally posted by Dr. J
I don't know if Apple would make a widescreen smaller then 13.3"
That would be fine, too. I just want the smallest powerbook to be widescreen. If it needs to get a little larger to make that happen, then fine. (As long as it doesn't get much heavier.)
Originally posted by jms698
Two words: carbon fibre
Two words: femur bone of lowland gorilla
Originally posted by off/lang
That would be fine, too. I just want the smallest powerbook to be widescreen. If it needs to get a little larger to make that happen, then fine. (As long as it doesn't get much heavier.)
What I would like is a 10.6" widescreen PowerBook, with a resolution of 1280x768 - compare with the Fujitsu P7010 for example. This would be the perfect ultraportable Apple.
I'd also like the 12" to become widescreen. Something like the Acer Travelmate 3000 which has a 1280x800 display and weighs under 3lbs.
Apple used to be way ahead with their range of slim light notebooks, but the PC world has caught up and gone way beyond whilst Apple have stayed still. If it wasn't for the added value of Mac OS X I don't think many people would buy them at all.
Originally posted by surfacenuts
Two words: femur bone of lowland gorilla
That's five words
Originally posted by PB
What's this obsession with carbon fiber?
vs.
Originally posted by jms698
That's five words
And that's three, Tom Vu!
Originally posted by PB
What's this obsession with carbon fiber? I hear about this one for some years now. What is so great that keeps people still talking about it?
it seems that some people tape it to their cars and instantly became babemagnets...
it's hightech bling.
I want a magnesium body and magnesium skeleton.
Originally posted by skatman
I don't want any composite materials in the case at all. Composite is strong when the stress is applied in one direction, but very weak when it is stressed in another.
I want a magnesium body and magnesium skeleton.
If I remember from science class magnesium burns quite bright and hot!!
perhaps an alloy.
Or, the battery explosion thing will be coupled with intense fire!
Originally posted by TednDi
If I remember from science class magnesium burns quite bright and hot!!
perhaps an alloy.
Or, the battery explosion thing will be coupled with intense fire!
True, but REALLY pretty fire!
- HD screen
- DL superdrive
- 4 USB ports
- MIMO wifi
- 2GHz CPU
- 4.5 hour battery outside the RDF
Originally posted by skatman
I don't want any composite materials in the case at all. Composite is strong when the stress is applied in one direction, but very weak when it is stressed in another.
I want a magnesium body and magnesium skeleton.
Hey, I don't know shit about material engineering, but I was under the impression that what makes carbon fiber strong--very strong--in more than one direction is how it's manufactured into a weave. Unwoven, its strength is limited. I can't imagine if the upper eschelon cars Ferrari and Porsche and Lamborghini use it for their chasises that it won't work for a laptop.
And yes, I am backing files up VERY regularly right now
Hey, I don't know shit about material engineering, but I was under the impression that what makes carbon fiber strong--very strong--in more than one direction is how it's manufactured into a weave. Unwoven, its strength is limited. I can't imagine if the upper eschelon cars Ferrari and Porsche and Lamborghini use it for their chasises that it won't work for a laptop.
That is true. Lots of airplane parts are made of composites (especially Airbusses).
The reason why you can do that, is that the you model what forces act of the structure and which direction they apply stresses on the structure. From there you can design a composite (orient the fibers) to be strong in those directions. However, if you're wrong and the stress is applied in another direction, you're screwed. That is exactly what happened to the A300 over NY in right after 9/11.
In principle, you can make a composite be strong in all directions, but then you don't gain anything over an isotropic material such as metal.
Take a structural beam of the ferrari and squeeze it with metal pliars and you'll see what I mean.
If I remember from science class magnesium burns quite bright and hot!!
That's in a pure oxygen atmosphere and it as to be pretty pure. As you said, it's doped with nickel or something.
Originally posted by mynamehere
- What features do you think will be/would you like to see in the new PB's?
- When do you think we'll see a new PB?
- And a few other things to consider:
New case design?
What will differentiate the PBs and the iBooks?
What updates to the PBs do you think we'll see between now and the release of the intel-PBs?
What differences do you think there will be among the different PBs in the line (ie: 12" PB vs: 17" PB)?
Price?
Enjoy!
If we're talking about the future Mactel PowerBook laptops, as oppose the the MPC7448 disgrace, then ...
How about we just get a PowerBook that performs at least equal to, possibly slightly better than, the best performing PC laptops in the traditional PowerBook pricerange ($1500-$2700) ? That's all I really want.
It's speculated that we won't see a Mactel laptop until 2007, which makes about as much sense as becoming a worshipping and practicing necrophiliac. The MPC7448 is pretty much scheduled to come out in October, but I have a feeling that PowerBook sales are going to drop off the map, forcing Apple to release the first generation Mactel PowerBooks in about the summer of 2006. It would be great if they had a 64-bit processor (with the option of either a single or dual core processor) with a great front side bus, faster RAM, SATA hard drive, FW 400 & 800, USB 2.0, better video card options, and a new case design, but as said before, all I really want is to be able to purchase an Apple laptop that performs at least equal to, or slightly better than, the best performing PC laptops in the traditional PowerBook pricerange ($1500-$2700).
Originally posted by skatman
I want a magnesium body and magnesium skeleton.
Like the NeXTCube?
make all powerbooks like the toughbooks, but thin light, powerful, 6 hour real life battery life. super quick recharge technology
extra battery bay
oled screen
how about a fold up-out keyboard that swivels for ergonomics
it has to be unique, signiture looking apple. people should know from across the room that you think different