Hmm...I think introducing a new computer alongside all the others would screw the product matrix up even more than the 14" iBook does right now...but if it was say a PMG5 SE or something...that might be feasable. I doubt it though.
It'll screw it up because Apple likes to keep things in a nice little quadrant...Low end desktop and notebook, high end desktop and notebook. It'll be the same thing with the cube and the 20th Anniversary Mac before it...it just wont fit. Probably be priced too high, but wont be able to compete with similarly priced pro machines. No one will buy it and it will be a flop. I'm not saying this will be the case, it's just the most likely one if they do have something for the 25th anniversary.
The thing about having an anniversary machine now is that how can they make something cooler than the imac so to speak? It's not like in the past when we had all square boxes and the TAM looked like this futuristic thin amazing thing. You know what I am trying to say?
there never was a 4 product matrix. Each line has a few different configd which could be seen as different 'models'. That was just a marketing tact. Any company that wan't to grow more market share is going to need more models. 14" iBook doesn't screw up anything. It adds choice. 5 or 6 product lines (using similar components) won't be that much more difficult to manage than 4. On the up-side consumers get to pick something that more closely fits their budget.
Calling something a 25th anniversary Mac would be a nice promotional move. I vote for a top-o-the-line 17" LCD iMac, with a Ghz G4, Superdrive, 80GB HD, and 512MB standard. Something that could eventually be rebadged and moved into the standard line-up after a year (and prices have dropped a little) But for now it gets the product out there, where those who are willing to spend more can.
Just like there are iBook 12 and 14, we could in the future have iMac 15 and 17. Still very easy to manage. It's a good idea n a d n e r b
I don't think that we will see the release of a special edition mac, but the debut of the G5, it fits in well, and what better way for apple to start off its 26th year than having an insanely powerful mac???
<strong>The problem with both the Twentieth Anniversary Mac iand the Cube was this : expense. Wonderful machines, but way too expensive.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Some of you people are really thick. The TAM was a proof-of-concept
special edition machine. It's not meant for mass consumption.
Apple is having enough trouble getting the iMacs into the pipeline, they won't be doing anything like a special edition. Not necessary. Plus, as I posted elsewhere, LCD prices are going up due to lack of key parts for the screens. They have plenty of product to sell.
<strong>Apple is having enough trouble getting the iMacs into the pipeline, they won't be doing anything like a special edition. Not necessary. Plus, as I posted elsewhere, LCD prices are going up due to lack of key parts for the screens. They have plenty of product to sell.</strong><hr></blockquote>
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not mass production
doesn't neccasirly even have to have a built-in display
Ferro>> great idea((ipad)). If they come out with one. Man I'm getting one of those. They only thing that might be troublesome is the screen. If it's droped the screen may crack or the nasty bleed of death.
I doubt that we will see a 25 anniversary Mac. This sort fo collector cost many money to the company, i think they prefer focus their R&D in more appropriate aera.
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I've suggested in the past that apple should have a "concept" line which was a just limited editions macs but with cool designs or something
I'd love to have a computer as powerful as the top-level PowerMac but as sleeek as the new iMac. Can I get one? No. Couldn't afford one if it existed.
25th Anniversary iPad...
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Calling something a 25th anniversary Mac would be a nice promotional move. I vote for a top-o-the-line 17" LCD iMac, with a Ghz G4, Superdrive, 80GB HD, and 512MB standard. Something that could eventually be rebadged and moved into the standard line-up after a year (and prices have dropped a little) But for now it gets the product out there, where those who are willing to spend more can.
Just like there are iBook 12 and 14, we could in the future have iMac 15 and 17. Still very easy to manage. It's a good idea n a d n e r b
<strong>The problem with both the Twentieth Anniversary Mac iand the Cube was this : expense. Wonderful machines, but way too expensive.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Some of you people are really thick. The TAM was a proof-of-concept
special edition machine. It's not meant for mass consumption.
Lame replies welcome.
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Some of you people are really thick. The TAM was a proof-of-concept
special edition machine. It's not meant for mass consumption.
Lame replies welcome.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yup. If you bought one of the first bunch (when they were $10,000), an Apple rep came to your house and set it up for you.
<strong>Apple is having enough trouble getting the iMacs into the pipeline, they won't be doing anything like a special edition. Not necessary. Plus, as I posted elsewhere, LCD prices are going up due to lack of key parts for the screens. They have plenty of product to sell.</strong><hr></blockquote>
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not mass production
doesn't neccasirly even have to have a built-in display
An LCD iMac in silver (color) with all the extras (airport max RAM etc') as standard, or something.
The TAM idea was very much the 'old' Apple.
(O.T. The TAM was originally conceived as a 'Low-Cost' entry level Mac.)
complete with 36" diameter suction cup on the bottom to keep it on the desk.
and bring back the puck mouse.
and the beige keyboard. It'd be super-expandable with 10 ADB ports, 1 coax, and one garden hose.
Preston
Oh yeah, and what a way to celebrate their anniversary in style.