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  • Quote: Originally Posted by Alonso Perez You are counting pixels, but area is more important than pixels How so? The expensive part of OLEDs is not the active matrix technology but the organic compounds making up the pixels. As well as the te…
    in Apple inks 5-year, $500 million display deal with LG Comment by hobbit January 2009
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Alonso Perez An 11" diagonal screen has room for 9 (NINE), not three 3.5" screens. $900 / 9 = $100. Um, probably no. The XEL-1 has a native resolution of 960x540, that's 518,400 pixel. The iPhone's 320x480 scree…
    in Apple inks 5-year, $500 million display deal with LG Comment by hobbit January 2009
  • Quote: Originally Posted by iReality85 $1200/3.14 = $382 for a 3.5" OLED screen, per Sony's cost. That's likely no longer true. If an 800x480 OLED OQO + 1.86GHz Atom CPU + 2GB RAM + 120GB HD + WiFi + BluTooth + touch screen + HDMI out + ma…
    in Apple inks 5-year, $500 million display deal with LG Comment by hobbit January 2009
  • A lot of research has been done on OLED and its components over the last few years and many of the initial problems have been solved and are currently implemented for mass-production. I think 2009 would have been the year of the 25-30" OLED displ…
    in Apple inks 5-year, $500 million display deal with LG Comment by hobbit January 2009
  • Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 Maybe Apple can meet the issue half way with a folding screen. Agree. I don't think roll-up screens are the future as the constant roll/unroll wear and tear would bring them to an end too quickly. But a f…
    in Andy Ihnatko's rumor might be true after all.. Comment by hobbit January 2009
  • iPhone nano anyone? Yawn... But perhaps it's a mid-range tower? The X-Mac! What other hardware could reasonably be presented along a Mac mini? Alternatively something along a Superbowl ad, some 25th anniversary Macintosh. Although '2009 w…
    in Andy Ihnatko's rumor might be true after all.. Comment by hobbit January 2009
  • Seems the only feature of 'multitasking' that people want is 'suspend', so an interruption (receiving a call, looking something up, etc.) would merely pause the current application and one would be right back afterwards. I'm sure Apple can add this…
    in What should be Apple's response to Palm's WebOS? Comment by hobbit January 2009
  • I really appreciate the fact that Apple finally has a formidable competitor for its mobile OS. Let's be honest, since the very first iPhone introduction 2 years ago, not much changed/advanced in the iPhone OS. It felt more like bug fixes. Clear…
    in What should be Apple's response to Palm's WebOS? Comment by hobbit January 2009
  • Let's forget about the speed benefit of a SSD for a moment. What about data integrity and data security? The denser HDD become, the more error prone they are. It's not unlikely that a high-density 2.5" drive dies within 2-3 years. In fact, the…
    in SSD vs HHD Comment by hobbit January 2009
  • There is also the issue of writing software. On the one hand you want to break radically with current designs - to allow for something truly new. 3D GUI, etc. But on the other hand if it means having to learn a completely new application prog…
    in Is OSXI still on track? What hardware might go with it? Comment by hobbit January 2009
  • Andy Ihnatko has been around for ages. From the days before the Second Coming of Jobs. He's a true Mac nerd and smart and often fun Mac journalist. I have no reason to believe he's phishing for hits. That has never been his style. He has good…
    in Something unexpected at MacWorld. Comment by hobbit January 2009
  • I'm wondering the same. There were rumors/reports about technical issues preventing Apple to introduce the unibody 17" MBP along the other two sizes. Supposedly drive issues and screen issues. Since the 17" MBP has always been the only MBP di…
    in new unibody 17-inch macbook pro Comment by hobbit December 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by dagamer34 I think he meant 2010 for an iPhone built using custom chips rather than off-the-shelf parts Yes, that's what I meant. Sorry if this wasn't clear. I expect Apple to broaden the iPhone models before usi…
    in Future iPhones to wield OpenCL acceleration Comment by hobbit December 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by MacTel By June 2009 we'll see an impressive iPhone with the fruits of the PA Semi acquisition in a new CPU core and a PowerVR core saddled up next to it. I wonder how long it will really take. Are we too optimistic…
    in Future iPhones to wield OpenCL acceleration Comment by hobbit December 2008
  • Certainly makes business sense to not update all MBPs in one go - in case there are problems with the new design you have at least some working models you can sell. But that is not how Steve Jobs justified the lack of a 17" unibody MBP. I'd have…
    in Future MacBook Pro-bound Intel chips due next spring Comment by hobbit December 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by THT [Apple] need to design for 45 W TDP laptops and 90 W TDP iMac to see some great perf/$ increases. Do you think this is why the 17" MacBook Pro didn't get the unibody update yet? They tried to house a 45W TDP ch…
    in Future MacBook Pro-bound Intel chips due next spring Comment by hobbit December 2008
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    in Future MacBook Pro-bound Intel chips due next spring Comment by hobbit December 2008
  • Dude this really is the wrong forum for that question. But to answer it: yes, but with limited quality and it costs extra. Doesn't work 'out of the box' with a new iMac. The Elgato eyeTV Hybrid or 250 plus can do it according to their FAQ: C…
    in Off Topic Comment by hobbit November 2008
  • I have the sneaking suspicion (or is it just my hope?) that a lot of hardware products in the pipeline require Snow Leopard and are delayed until it arrives. This would also be in line with rumors that SL might appear as soon as Q1 2009, because Ap…
    in Official Macworld 2009 Prediction Thread Comment by hobbit November 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Messiah If you configure a new Mac Pro on the UK website, the 23" no longer shows up as an option. The 20" and 30" are there – but no 23"? I would suggest this means that they simply ran out. Judging from the …
    in 23" ACD missing from Mac Pro config. page Comment by hobbit November 2008