NEW iMac will have this --- betcha !

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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
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Originally Posted by gooddog View Post


If the new iMac does look like the iPhone, then it will need to have a rotate-to-vertical screen using the same sensors to switch into portrait view. The ads will have to show iPhones and iMacs tilting at each other.



This neat feature first debuted on Macs with the Radius Pivot, circa 1990



Apple has had the opportunity to sell pivoting monitors ever since, but has chosen not to. I don't see any inclination from them to start now.

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    gooddoggooddog Posts: 93member
    If the new iMac does look like the iPhone, then it will need to have



    a rotate-to-vertical screen using the same sensors to switch into



    portrait view.



    The ads will have to show iPhones and iMacs tilting at each other.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    I'lll take that bet.
  • Reply 3 of 8
    musltngbluemusltngblue Posts: 303member
    Wow, I never thought about that but it's not a bad idea at all. I kinda like it. I know a few people who do stuff that works better with the screen sideways, so to me, it's not entirely unbelieveable to me. Plus if there is a design similarity, it would be a cute gimmick to have a function similarity. However, I don't believe that there are enough people out there who need the sideways screens, so they won't bother. Not to mention it would drive the price of a low-end machine up.
  • Reply 4 of 8
    superlatic_uksuperlatic_uk Posts: 59member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by gooddog View Post


    If the new iMac does look like the iPhone, then it will need to have



    a rotate-to-vertical screen using the same sensors to switch into



    portrait view.



    The ads will have to show iPhones and iMacs tilting at each other.



    agreed



    wouldnt surprise me if the new ACD's have it either, whenever they may be released
  • Reply 5 of 8
    gooddoggooddog Posts: 93member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Carrier Wave View Post


    This neat feature first debuted on Macs with the Radius Pivot, circa 1990



    Apple has had the opportunity to sell pivoting monitors ever since, but has chosen not to. I don't see any inclination from them to start now.



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    First time I see this beastie !!!



    You're probably right --- a large screen needs no spin.

    Maybe a little screen does ??? MicroMac ? For text docs.
  • Reply 6 of 8
    SpamSandwichSpamSandwich Posts: 33,407member
    OMG... I feel ancient. The Radius rotating display is soooooo old.
  • Reply 7 of 8
    dhagan4755dhagan4755 Posts: 2,152member
    If the display rotates 90°, I wonder if the built-in iSight will accommodate the rotation too? Knowing Apple, it would, although given Apple's penchant for aesthetics, I doubt they will come out with an iMac that has a rotating display.
  • Reply 8 of 8
    spindriftspindrift Posts: 674member
    Works fine with a 17" screen. But how are you going to do that with a 24" iMac?
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