I know hard drives are cheap these days...but it would be nice to see updated iMacs with 500gb and 1TB as standard sizes. Many PC desktops are already stocked with these capacities.
The keyboard should have a multi-touch in place of the numeric keypad.
That seems like a bad idea.
So you hold your right hand for the mouse button, and your left hand for moving between keys and multitouch pad? Or right hand switch between multitouch and mouse?
Too complex!
The only thing that could work is inventing a combo mouse/touchpad device for the desktop iMac system.
The keyboard should have a multi-touch in place of the numeric keypad.
It is more simple than that. The Mighty should just go away and be replaced by a new multi-touch input device providing every kind of movements, clicks and gestures. No need to touch the numeric keypad.
Is this really needed in the iMac? I think Apple did it in the MBP to save energy while on battery. But then no one knows how such an option would play with the Snow Leopard system optimizations.
Is this really needed in the iMac? I think Apple did it in the MBP to save energy while on battery. But then no one knows how such an option would play with the Snow Leopard system optimizations.
True, Maybe a 9800 GT of some sort in the new iMac 24"
So looks like no updates before the end of the year on the Mini or Mac Pro?
Bummer. I have been ready to buy for a while, but looks like you won't be getting my cash for a long time. And the hackintosh is looking better and better.
Is this really needed in the iMac? I think Apple did it in the MBP to save energy while on battery. But then no one knows how such an option would play with the Snow Leopard system optimizations.
Wouldn't the Nvidia 9400M be kept regardless, since it provides the controller chips? To reuse the existing Macbook motherboard designs.
I also am curious to see what Snow Leopard will do with these new Nvidia chips. Will it feel like a processor upgrade right out of the box, or do we have to wait for OpenCL app rewrites etc? Will Snow Leopard see Nvidia 9400M as a second processor?, and 9800 GT as a third? ...
So you hold your right hand for the mouse button, and your left hand for moving between keys and multitouch pad? Or right hand switch between multitouch and mouse?
Too complex!
The only thing that could work is inventing a combo mouse/touchpad device for the desktop iMac system.
Something the size of an old-fashioned mouse-pad, but multitouch?
Would be very natural to use since you move just your hand, not a mouse.
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The keyboard should have a multi-touch in place of the numeric keypad.
I was just thinking that, although I don't think it's likely, despite the fact that they've made it really convenient on the new notebooks.
The keyboard should have a multi-touch in place of the numeric keypad.
That seems like a bad idea.
So you hold your right hand for the mouse button, and your left hand for moving between keys and multitouch pad? Or right hand switch between multitouch and mouse?
Too complex!
The only thing that could work is inventing a combo mouse/touchpad device for the desktop iMac system.
The keyboard should have a multi-touch in place of the numeric keypad.
It is more simple than that. The Mighty should just go away and be replaced by a new multi-touch input device providing every kind of movements, clicks and gestures. No need to touch the numeric keypad.
EDIT: oh, dacloo had the same idea.
iMac 24"
2.53GHZ and 2.8GHZ
Same form factor and ports
Nvidia 9400M + 9600M GT
(256MB VRAM and 512MB VRAM)
Is this really needed in the iMac? I think Apple did it in the MBP to save energy while on battery. But then no one knows how such an option would play with the Snow Leopard system optimizations.
Is this really needed in the iMac? I think Apple did it in the MBP to save energy while on battery. But then no one knows how such an option would play with the Snow Leopard system optimizations.
True, Maybe a 9800 GT of some sort in the new iMac 24"
The keyboard should have a multi-touch in place of the numeric keypad.
Eiwww. that would be terrible. I take it you don't use the keypad very often...
Eiwww. that would be terrible. I take it you don't use the keypad very often...
Well they already left it off the wireless kb. Sign of things to come?
Well they already left it off the wireless kb. Sign of things to come?
OK, let's rephrase. I could see that kind of keyboard as AN option. I hope it would not be the only option...
Bummer. I have been ready to buy for a while, but looks like you won't be getting my cash for a long time. And the hackintosh is looking better and better.
Is this really needed in the iMac? I think Apple did it in the MBP to save energy while on battery. But then no one knows how such an option would play with the Snow Leopard system optimizations.
Wouldn't the Nvidia 9400M be kept regardless, since it provides the controller chips? To reuse the existing Macbook motherboard designs.
I also am curious to see what Snow Leopard will do with these new Nvidia chips. Will it feel like a processor upgrade right out of the box, or do we have to wait for OpenCL app rewrites etc? Will Snow Leopard see Nvidia 9400M as a second processor?, and 9800 GT as a third? ...
That seems like a bad idea.
So you hold your right hand for the mouse button, and your left hand for moving between keys and multitouch pad? Or right hand switch between multitouch and mouse?
Too complex!
The only thing that could work is inventing a combo mouse/touchpad device for the desktop iMac system.
Something the size of an old-fashioned mouse-pad, but multitouch?
Would be very natural to use since you move just your hand, not a mouse.
I think it will. The more I look at it I see the design tradeoffs that
afflict the macbook. It's so small and compact that I believe Apple
"could" have added FW but didn't want to go through the design
difficulties.
The iMac is expansive by comparison and there's no excuse not to keep
the FW on it. In fact I'd love if they standardized on FW800 and moved to
one of those USB/eSATA combo ports.
My daughter's 12" iBook has firewire. I don't think size or room had anything to do with not including it on a MacBook 13.3".
Just a thought.
My daughter's 12" iBook has firewire. I don't think size or room had anything to do with not including it on a MacBook 13.3".
Just a thought.
The battery/harddrive panel forces the logic board to be a small size (and while also keeping everything so thin)
or at least it looks like that to me.
iMac becomes instant dock for Macbooks.
iMac can be used as monitor for new DisplayPort devices ( TV tuner with DisplayPort? )...
iMac can be chained, as per DisplayPort standard.
Inbound HDMI would have allowed for easy PS3 gaming and Blu-Ray extension, but HDMI seems to be drifting away towards DisplayPort.
I know consumer machines are where the money is, but it seems they are ignoring their professional base.
Just hoping after we get this iMac update out of the way that the MP's will be next.
Possible feature: inbound DisplayPort?
iMac becomes instant dock for Macbooks.
I don't know if we'll see it, but that is a great idea.