Well, I dont know, Apple already had this design/form factor kicking around, so it was probably really quick to bring to market, but the obvious cost saving element of the eMac is the (vastly) cheaper CRT. This is, of course, not possible on a laptop, whose screens have almost doubled in price in 6 months...... I dont think Apple would gain anything by a split consumer/edu laptop line up..... surely an ibook sufficently better that an "eBook" would steal sales from the Ti book.... still this is Apple, they seem happy enough to shoot their feet on a regular basis... <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
What exactly would they offer in an "ebook"? Unless they kept the 14 inch iBook as the iBook and made the eBook and 12.1 inch with a G3. Yuck, I hope not.
I really want an iBook with a G4 and keep the 12.1 inch screen or at least increase the res on the 14 inch. Is that so much to ask?
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Guess that never came to be. They were talking in '97 of late '99 viability and here we are in 2002 and it's gone all quiet. I guess technology caught up to them to the point that it really wasn't cheaper or better than LCD anymore.
Even with the recent bump, LCD's are a lot cheaper than they were 5 years ago. Battery technology is alo much better, thus strong bright back-lights aren't the problem they used to be. And video systems and OSes have reached the point where scaling is irrelevant (in most cases) the video system has no trouble running 2/3D at the native resolution, and with OSes gaining better text scaling abilities there really is no reason to drop down resolutions (or there soon won't be) in order to deal with small text.
If I recal a while ago both IBM and M$ had worked out seperate kinds of sub-pixel interpolation routines specifically for LCD's. Using these techniques, an LCD could appear to be 50% sharper than it actually was, and it could produce far smoother anti-aliasing.
The only problem with the iBook is that the G3 isn't really well suited to an OSX/iApp 'digital lifestyle.' The two latest consumer/edu machines to come out of Apple have both come to us with G4's and in one case it was explicitly stated that iDVD would not be possible without G4 (forget slower on a G3, you just won't be able to do it in any reasonable measure of time on a G3.)
To be a serious machine with a decent life-span you now need a G4. Simple. iBook will need one too if you hope to use it for more than word-processing and e-mail.
Apple is breaking from the 4-quadrant strategy again, and I think it will hurt them. Going to the new iMac and keeping the old was one thing, but creating *another* CRT iMac doesn't seem like a good idea to me...
<strong>Apple is breaking from the 4-quadrant strategy again, and I think it will hurt them. Going to the new iMac and keeping the old was one thing, but creating *another* CRT iMac doesn't seem like a good idea to me...</strong><hr></blockquote>
For some reason, I think that the old CRT iMac will go the way of the dodo at MWNY.
Perhaps the eMac, if selling well in the .edu market, will be offered to the general public (hopefully by then, the price will drop to 799/999, and iMacs to 1199/1399/1699?
<strong>Apple is breaking from the 4-quadrant strategy again, and I think it will hurt them. Going to the new iMac and keeping the old was one thing, but creating *another* CRT iMac doesn't seem like a good idea to me...</strong><hr></blockquote>
This is no break from the quadrant strategy at all. If you are a normal customer and go into an Apple Store to buy something, you are still presented with the quadrant. This is a niche product that has no effect on Apple's retail product strategy.
Methinks Apple had a reason for introducing the 14" iBook alongside the 12"er. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
I agree that an eBook is probably on the way, but I'm still trying to figure out what direction Apple might go with it, and if a version of the iBook will get a name change. <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
they just need to get rid of the old imac and use this as a replacement....
once the powermac goes up to maybe 1.2 ghz, then they can move the new imac to 1 ghz and keep the emac at 700 mhz g4 and lower it's price. then everything will work out. also, another thing to make things right is offer a 17" new imac. it has been called for even before the emac came out.
so the lineup would be:
emac: (becomes available to consumers) 700 mhz g4 or 733, geforce2mx, etc.
~$1000-$1200
new imac: 1 ghz and 867 g4, 17" option
~$1400-$2000 ($2000 for 17" imac), geforce4mx, etc.
powermac: ~ 1.2 ghz, or wherever it may land
of coarse this would all change depending on what happens to powermacs...nobody knows where it will land
<strong>Apple is breaking from the 4-quadrant strategy again, and I think it will hurt them. Going to the new iMac and keeping the old was one thing, but creating *another* CRT iMac doesn't seem like a good idea to me...</strong><hr></blockquote>
This is no break from the quadrant strategy at all. If you are a normal customer and go into an Apple Store to buy something, you are still presented with the quadrant. This is a niche product that has no effect on Apple's retail product strategy.
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I really want an iBook with a G4 and keep the 12.1 inch screen or at least increase the res on the 14 inch. Is that so much to ask?
Complete with glossy black exterior and big Red "launch nuclear missle" button.
Call now and get a free pair of Black FBI Sunglasses and ear piece!
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\\drool\\
<strong>Or put a small 12in CRT in it.
<a href="http://www.cjmag.co.jp/magazine/issues/1997/oct97/1097indeye.html" target="_blank">You laugh</a>.
I'm guessing Candescent aren't quite a "billion dollar company" yet, though.
Even with the recent bump, LCD's are a lot cheaper than they were 5 years ago. Battery technology is alo much better, thus strong bright back-lights aren't the problem they used to be. And video systems and OSes have reached the point where scaling is irrelevant (in most cases) the video system has no trouble running 2/3D at the native resolution, and with OSes gaining better text scaling abilities there really is no reason to drop down resolutions (or there soon won't be) in order to deal with small text.
If I recal a while ago both IBM and M$ had worked out seperate kinds of sub-pixel interpolation routines specifically for LCD's. Using these techniques, an LCD could appear to be 50% sharper than it actually was, and it could produce far smoother anti-aliasing.
Whatever happened to these techs?
Apple put the "eMac" to market because the iLamp wasn't well suited for schoolkids.
The iBook is fine.
LCDs are relatively cheap now. When the stock market goes bullish again, LCD manafacturers will be able to make bigger plants and make cheaper LCDSS.
To be a serious machine with a decent life-span you now need a G4. Simple. iBook will need one too if you hope to use it for more than word-processing and e-mail.
<strong>Apple is breaking from the 4-quadrant strategy again, and I think it will hurt them. Going to the new iMac and keeping the old was one thing, but creating *another* CRT iMac doesn't seem like a good idea to me...</strong><hr></blockquote>
For some reason, I think that the old CRT iMac will go the way of the dodo at MWNY.
Perhaps the eMac, if selling well in the .edu market, will be offered to the general public (hopefully by then, the price will drop to 799/999, and iMacs to 1199/1399/1699?
just babbling.
<strong>Apple is breaking from the 4-quadrant strategy again, and I think it will hurt them. Going to the new iMac and keeping the old was one thing, but creating *another* CRT iMac doesn't seem like a good idea to me...</strong><hr></blockquote>
This is no break from the quadrant strategy at all. If you are a normal customer and go into an Apple Store to buy something, you are still presented with the quadrant. This is a niche product that has no effect on Apple's retail product strategy.
I agree that an eBook is probably on the way, but I'm still trying to figure out what direction Apple might go with it, and if a version of the iBook will get a name change. <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
once the powermac goes up to maybe 1.2 ghz, then they can move the new imac to 1 ghz and keep the emac at 700 mhz g4 and lower it's price. then everything will work out. also, another thing to make things right is offer a 17" new imac. it has been called for even before the emac came out.
so the lineup would be:
emac: (becomes available to consumers) 700 mhz g4 or 733, geforce2mx, etc.
~$1000-$1200
new imac: 1 ghz and 867 g4, 17" option
~$1400-$2000 ($2000 for 17" imac), geforce4mx, etc.
powermac: ~ 1.2 ghz, or wherever it may land
of coarse this would all change depending on what happens to powermacs...nobody knows where it will land
i don't see it happening.
POSSIBLY if the ibook goes g4 and they offer ebook model with g3. otherwise, nooooooooooooope
<strong>Apple is breaking from the 4-quadrant strategy again, and I think it will hurt them. Going to the new iMac and keeping the old was one thing, but creating *another* CRT iMac doesn't seem like a good idea to me...</strong><hr></blockquote>
This is no break from the quadrant strategy at all. If you are a normal customer and go into an Apple Store to buy something, you are still presented with the quadrant. This is a niche product that has no effect on Apple's retail product strategy.