An idea for new displays.
(My apologies if this has already been suggested)
One question I have about displays: What do you think the price point would be for a display that is basically nothing more than the current iMac with all the guts removed?
I think this is a direction Apple should go with future displays, a major reason being the floating screen is an idea that must be further capitalized on.
One question I have about displays: What do you think the price point would be for a display that is basically nothing more than the current iMac with all the guts removed?
I think this is a direction Apple should go with future displays, a major reason being the floating screen is an idea that must be further capitalized on.
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It would be great if Apple returned to this form/functionality, but they've been there before...
Originally posted by spaz
interesting idea, but i'm pretty sure that the iMac displays ARE just the cinema displays, stuck on a pole. i think any new display models will definitley be based on the G5, brushed aluminum look.
Apple's consumer line including iPod is not brushed Metal.
Basically, adding iMac-like flexibility to the current line of displays will just increase cost... and they already cost a pretty penny. Then again, the single cable ADC business could go out the window since now the displays would have a formal footprint. Perhaps you'd just patch ADC, firewire, etc from the base to your mac and likewise the base would provide a hub of connectivity: firewire, USB 2, and perhaps more!
Originally posted by sinclairZX81
y'all seen the eyegonomics right? http://www.eyegonomic.com/page.dsp?page=188
holy smokes those are nice... no prices tho. you go to the 'where to buy' for USA and it tells you to go to the macprofessionals site and they don't even list them (that site is extremely lame - all framed up with crummy UI and bad links - ugh).
Check out this one
I really do like that display...although i'd prefer if the arm were to appear more solid.Im gussing that by their product line, it at this point cant really get it heavier tha a 17"lcd without making it looking like crap
Originally posted by LiquidR
Make the foot small add a few screw holes so that you can mount it on a wall, a desk your st. bernard etc... Anchoring taken care of. From the foot is the adj swing arm and then the screen.
doesn't seem very apple like...
screws aren't minmimalistic...steve is a minimalist, simple is better
i really doubt apple will make a display that has to be screwed into a desk, or wall, etc
maybe 3rd parties will do this (such as the 17" display mentioned earlier in the thread)
Originally posted by LiquidR
what's more minimalist, a 2 ft footprint to keep a freestanding swingarm monitor in place or a 6 in foot with 4 anchor screws?
neither will work.
apple will find another way.
i also don't think most people want to be drilling holes in their desks. I guess screws that are optional for mouting on a wall etc could happen, but there is no way apple will ship displays that are required to be screwed into the desk.
Originally posted by sinclairZX81
y'all seen the eyegonomics right? http://www.eyegonomic.com/page.dsp?page=188
Apple has been ahead of the pack for years. Now I believe the "pack" is starting to catch up. I understand the economics of continual redesign and advancement of style, but even Gateway makes me take a second look. Apple needs an infusion of newness within its design group. The G5's are great, but its based on the same old form factor. I feel Apple should bring in design professionals, or even design students who know nothing about computers to see maybe what comes of it. I haven't been blown away with any of the Apple hardware since the Cube. I hope to see some nice thin frames and great options with the stands and mounts with the new monitors. I kinda doubt we will.
Apple design is continually mimicked in every sort of product imaginable. I've a clock on my desk designed to look exactly like the iMac. For the last few years you see designs in translucent colored plastic. Many try to copy the iPod design as best they can. Brushed metal is turning up everywhere now.
To this day when people see my 15" TiBook they say "wow, look how cool that is".
Ive just one a prestigious design award recently.
Look at Apple products and then look at anything else any other company has to offer. Apple is way ahead of the rest in design functionality and aesthetics.
I agree with what you are saying. The Apple influence is everywhere, to the point I easily become bored and ready for something new and better. I enjoy Apple leaving everyone else behind for a period in time to pick up their scraps. Hell, I still see PC cases made of aqua colored plastic at Fry's. I guess what I'm looking for is to be blown away, like when I see an Eames chair or a George Nelson piece...or the cube. If Apple is going to continue to advance design for computer hardware, I say go nuts.
Originally posted by stingerman
Apple's consumer line including iPod is not brushed Metal.
apple's consumer line including the iPod comes with a build in display. the cinema display line 17" wide 20" wide 23" wide and probably 30" wide will be look like apples pro line... (alu)
If they made 'em, I'd buy one.
What is important in object stability is the maintenance of the object's center of gravity within the confines of its footprint. An easy way of acheiving this could be accomplished with a screen attached to an arm that articulates atop a fulcrum, a counterbalancing weight attached on the opposite end of this pole? In this solution, there is no need for an overly large footprint, or a heavily weighted base. Instead, you could create a balanced display with a minimum of weight by using a simple lever, increasing counterbalancing force by shifting the counterweight further away from the fulcrum.
Sorry for the lousy appleworks mock-up...but something like this: