New eMac 2003: Specs and Speculation

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• Reply 1 of 4

  lemon bon bon Posts: 2,383member

  January 29, 2003 4:27PM

  [quote] Single 867, 933 or (maybe) 1.0 GHz G4
  
  133 MHz bus (I dont expect 167 MHz)
  
  60 GB ATA/100 drive
  
  128 or 256 MB RAM (and buy a 512 MB stick-o-love)
  
  Superdrive option (maybe the new A-105 2x?)
  
  10/100 (maybe 10/100/1000) NIC.
  
  Firewire 800? Please? I could use this down the road...
  
  Bluetooth ready
  
  Airport Extreme ready
  
  17 " flat CRT (with decent resolution like the current eMac)
  
  Tilt and Swivel stand INCLUDED.
  
  New backlit USB BlueTooth Pro Keyboard and 2 button/scroll wheel optical Pro mouse (I WISH!)
  
  
  
  Any thoughts? Dates? Rumors? Prices? Comments?
  
  
  
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  Yeah. I largely agree handsomely with your post.
  
  
  
  Priced to go with two models £595 and £695 inc VAT.
  
  
  
  They could get people to 'try the Mac' and walk out Apple stores with them. Priced to go.
  
  
  
  8 months to go until a 970 Mac? A 'temporary' Mac could tempt.
  
  
  
  As it is, the eMac is way to expensive at the moment.
  
  
  
  Hmm. Wonder what Apple will do? Something like you suggest is kinda in the ball park.
  
  
  
  Lemon Bon Bon
• Reply 2 of 4

  rok Posts: 3,519member

  January 29, 2003 4:54PM

  i still believe that the eMac's position is to be the CRT-equivalent of the iMac, for as long as CRT's are substantially cheaper. since i have predicted the imacs will go with 867 MHz and 1 GHz, i would say the same for the eMacs.
  
  
  
  and actually, i have been playing around with a better mouse idea thn anyone has suggested. here it is (and if apple does it, i want some friggin' credit AND props on these boards, ya hear?!?):
  
  
  
  first, consider how well the user interface and control of the ipod is designed.
  
  
  
  also, consider that the "sliding menus" of the ipod are, essentially, mac os x's "column view" (and an apple exclusive -- until, of course, microsoft rips it off).
  
  
  
  you use the jog wheel on the ipod to scroll through menus, and the center button to "click."
  
  
  
  if any of you have actually used the <a href="http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/"; target="_blank">Griffin Powermate</a>, you know how cool this thing is for not only amateur- and hobbyist-level video and sound work, but it's also very cool for scrolling windows, too.
  
  
  
  so, my idea... instead of everyone's obsession with a "scroll wheel," place a simple solid-state jog wheel on the mouse. This would be similar to kensington's "scroll-strip" on their new mice, but circular, like on the ipod. then you mouse to where you want to be, scroll or jog with the wheel as necessary, and click by pushing down on the mouse. you wouldn't have precision control, but that's not the point. the point is integration and ease of use. plus, if you want more precision, buy a powermate or an actual jog dial from someone like contour designs.
  
  
  
  you now have an industry first peripheral (NO ONE makes a jog dial/optical mouse combo) that works with the finder in column view, windows in general, and iApps such as iTunes (fast forward, rewind, volume, etc.) iMovie, iPhoto (adjusting size of phoro reel previews, etc.). well, it just integrates so friggin' well.
  
  
  
  mind you, i posted my interface idea on these boards to have badged minimized windows, and apple took that idea, so i KNOW someone at apple is reading this and taking it to heart. therefore, use my idea, but would you PLEASE GIVE ME A FRIGGIN' JOB?!?!? i do this thing for a (very small) living, you know. i could stand an increase in pay... and move out of canada to cupertino.
  
  
  
  that is all.
  
  
  
  p.s. i would also like to point out that apple could integrate the solid-state jog wheel onto all sorts of products, including the power/ibooks (instead of that big honkin' recatangular button), though, admittedly, i'm not sure how you would mouse around. hmmm...
  
  
  
  [ 01-29-2003: Message edited by: rok ]</p>
• Reply 3 of 4

  steve666 Posts: 2,600member

  January 29, 2003 5:30PM

  Having anything less than a 1GHz chip in a computer nowadays is ridiculous. At least with 1Ghz people will think its somewhat closer to Intel. The new eMac and iMac need 1 Ghz......................
• Reply 4 of 4

  murbot Posts: 5,262member

  January 29, 2003 5:32PM

  You rock, rok.
  
  
  
  I like that idea.