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  • RE: "screens" Apple's displays are over due for a re-due. The current designs are great (I own a 17") but they have been around for quite awhile in their current form. Permanently attaching a high quality, and high cost display to a CPU that w…
    in iMac Future Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Jubelum: "pyramids are a waste of space for their footprint." I disagree, the square footprint of a pyramidal base allows the form factor of a 12" Powerbook to be used as it's mobo. Stacked above that would be a Superdrive, and above that, space …
    in '04 Rollout Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • 2 GHz most likely for the 17" Powerbook only 1.8 for the 15" 1.6 for the 12"
    in IBM 90 nm SOC-processor for Apple? Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Programmer I agree -- Delivering this now is a bit questionable, however. I would expect to see more-or-less the current design moved to 90 nm first, before an increase in the integration level... late-2004 for a PBG5…
    in IBM 90 nm SOC-processor for Apple? Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Programmer ... If you want to compare the PowerBooks to something look at the latest Centrino machines. Yes, and that's the problem. The latest Centrinos are starting to look pretty good in comparison to the Power…
    in macminute has a post about the 970 at 2.5 coming friday Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by oldmacfan Then these two things go together... And I shall call them... NEWTs
    in IBM 90 nm SOC-processor for Apple? Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Mac Voyer, I'll have to agree and disagree with two of your points: Quote: Originally posted by Mac Voyer ... If a person prepay for upgrades that are not forth coming due to a product hitting the end of its life cycle, they could just apply th…
    in iMac Future Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • This was the core of a topic I started a while ago "Blade Runner" a Modular Mac. Check it out for some interesting concepts... Blade Runner ~ Modular Mac With xGrid and hypertransport it should be possible to design a PCI-X processor card tha…
    in iMac Future Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Some interesting news concerning @Alias from Reuters Quote: Specialized-computer maker Silicon Graphics Inc. (NYSE:SGI - News) said on Wednesday it was in talks to sell its Alias graphics technology and services business in a move to focus more c…
    in 3D Animators on Mac? Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Leap Day, this year, is on a Sunday
    in 970 Fx at 2.5 GHz! Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by pscates This is the toughest issue we've ever tackled... Oh, iMac...what are you going to be?) The iMac is DEAD ~ long live the new Macintosh!
    in iMac Future Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Cowerd, I think you are defining my use of "malware" as something the user intentionally installs on his/her laptop. Quote: Originally posted by cowerd How many corporate Windows laptop users out do think are even allowed to install software on …
    in what is Apple planning for the enterprise? Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • I'd like to see the next Macintosh drop the "i" moniker and just become a Mac. Whatever form factor the base unit has (I like the idea of a pyramid shape, but a cube would do) I'd like to see an attached monitor optional. Use the display from the…
    in iMac Future Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Scott ... People blink all the time too so that mouse would click all the time. Not a blink, but a wink. That way you would have a left wink and a right wink. Of course Steve would never approve of a dual wink inpu…
    in Lets brainstorm the ultimate input device... Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by jade What does this have to do with the enterprise market?????? Last March Maya was awarded and "oscar" for scientific and technical achievement. The film industry is an enterprise market. Quote: ... Maybe App…
    in what is Apple planning for the enterprise? Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Somebody takes the topic of Macs in the enterprise seriously, in his InfoWorld column, tech writer Ephraim Schwartz talks about Apple's stealth efforts to crack the enterprise nut. Quote: Frankly, if Apple did more than dabble, if it went wider …
    in what is Apple planning for the enterprise? Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • "Everything ? EVERYTHING ? is going to get an update. No Crystal ball or magic 8 ball needed here. Of course Apple will update everything, it's what they do. Myself and others have speculated that the AIO iMac will be replaced by something tha…
    in The Reinvention of Apple Computer Comment by aphelion February 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Programmer Gee, that's why I said it would support wireless as well... As time goes on, however, more and more homes are built with some form of networking so hardwired will be an attractive option for many. Pro…
    in Apple set top box = iPod dock Comment by aphelion January 2004
  • Blast from the past: Epson S1 Projector from MWNY last July. (sorry, WMP needed for this video) Epson showcased a sub $1K portable projector at last summer's Mac World. Could the guts of this 1200 lumens projector be at the heart of a future…
    in [Merged] This can't be for real, could it??? (Apple Projector) Comment by aphelion January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Outsider ... we may still see another G4 powerbook before a G5. And we may see a dual G4 Powerbook if that happens.
    in PowerBook G5 Comment by aphelion January 2004