Naaa I'm waiting for my double 30" MacBook Ultra. Comes with its own battery backpack to power the thing.
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TBi said:
I changed my mind. I'm hearing rumors of the MacBook ZPM. It comes with quad foldout 30" screens powered by a Zero Point Energy module. Rumor has it that Apple is introducing Apple Care Plus that includes three years of weekly chiropractic therapy.
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I was just 'fantizing' of the applications of a Dual Core Duo tablet with/without a touch screen... and your post made me think:
Why not a tri-fold 15" with two screens, the first one reverse-flip friendly for single diplay use as a normal laptop when you first open it. Then when you want, flip open and flip around for over-under dual screens. Hmm, I think would also want to beable to detach the keyboard and flip the monitors on end for reading book style at my desk.
Yup, I would pay $4500 for a Dual 15" PowerTablet Dual Core Duo
Why not a tri-fold 15" with two screens, the first one reverse-flip friendly for single diplay use as a normal laptop when you first open it. Then when you want, flip open and flip around for over-under dual screens. Hmm, I think would also want to beable to detach the keyboard and flip the monitors on end for reading book style at my desk.
Yup, I would pay $4500 for a Dual 15" PowerTablet Dual Core Duo
By my calculations, I believe a 20" book would fit in the briefcase I lug the current seventeen around in. Again, this is only dream/fantasy. I just think it would be useful/cool if it became reality, which doesnt seem far from the mark based upon results from other manufacturuers.
I think a 20" is on the way, and put me down for one!
the battery won't be an issue ---- the wide body means a bigger battery, with more juice
its all good!
the battery won't be an issue ---- the wide body means a bigger battery, with more juice
its all good!
Thats what Im saying. I'm not looking for a laptop, perse, just a computer that is light enough (-15 lbs) to move from point A to point B, where A can be either the bedroom or house, and B represents living room or office, respectivly. Also important is the fact that this machine is self contained and is not restricted/bound by wires. The surface area of the closed book would be about that of the screen of the iMac itself, not the whole body. It would also (hopefully, or I wouldn't buy it) have a high definition display, a la 23" cinema. I am not looking for a machine to take to starbucks with me, nor one for taking notes in class. I want a desktop replacement. For me, it is not fesable, practicle, or useful to have a tiny, underpowered laptop, and a big, ungainly desktop that is, for all intents and purposes, bolted to the floor. Rather, I'd like to see some middle ground. The current 17" powerbook that I am writing this on certainly approachs meeting those needs. However, i think a 20" HD with a duo would fill the void nicely. And it wouldn't be all that much larger than the current 17.
My prediction is that within the next several years there will be a trend away from computers locked down to one spot. Perhaps each house will have an immense harddrive and a formitable core or cores that you can link to through an interface (ie: monitor and input devices). You would be able to take the monitor, etc, with you and remotely access your central processing unit on the go. In this fashion, everyone would have a supercomputer in a package that is very light and compact. Now, we just need to develop wireless technology that can keep up with the computers its communicating with
My prediction is that within the next several years there will be a trend away from computers locked down to one spot. Perhaps each house will have an immense harddrive and a formitable core or cores that you can link to through an interface (ie: monitor and input devices). You would be able to take the monitor, etc, with you and remotely access your central processing unit on the go. In this fashion, everyone would have a supercomputer in a package that is very light and compact. Now, we just need to develop wireless technology that can keep up with the computers its communicating with
TBi said:
well, i don;t want to sound impertinent, but i am gonna be impertinent, there is a difference between ATI Radeon X1600 (iMac) and ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (MBP). While the Mobility Radeon X1600 can support the extra dvi connector for this present time and a 15.4'', i doubt something like it would do so for the 20'', together with full support for video spanning...
irrªtiºnal said:well, i don;t want to sound impertinent, but i am gonna be impertinent, there is a difference between ATI Radeon X1600 (iMac) and ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (MBP). While the Mobility Radeon X1600 can support the extra dvi connector for this present time and a 15.4'', i doubt something like it would do so for the 20'', together with full support for video spanning...
An ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 could easily support the resolution of the 20" LCD that's integrated in the iMac along with a dual-link DVI output to power a 30" ACD.
SiliconAddict said:I changed my mind. I'm hearing rumors of the MacBook ZPM. It comes with quad foldout 30" screens powered by a Zero Point Energy module. Rumor has it that Apple is introducing Apple Care Plus that includes three years of weekly chiropractic therapy.
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I heard their coming out with a dual 90" model with a built in reality distortion field amplifier. Expensive? Yes, but it was the only thing powerful enough to power the computer and monitors.
I also hear the UN is purchasing a bank of Reality distortion field amplifiers from Apple. Their previous models from Dell weren't working as efficiently as everyone had hoped.
From what I hear the Rev. B Reality distortion field amplifier uses a small portion of Steve's DNA as a near infinite power source, thus eliminating the need for his physical proximity or a direct interface to the earth's core to power the machine. I am pretty excited about this, and I'm surprised it hasn't become a MR story.
I was going to make a comment about defective DNA, but I figured it would be in bad taste. Instead here is a random smiley:
I still think the ZPM power source would be more reliable... even if it does eventually run out... but if a city can run a shield for millions of years off 3, I would hope that 1 should last any sort of luggable a good million years before needing replacement.
I still think the ZPM power source would be more reliable... even if it does eventually run out... but if a city can run a shield for millions of years off 3, I would hope that 1 should last any sort of luggable a good million years before needing replacement.
irrªtiºnal said:well, i don;t want to sound impertinent, but i am gonna be impertinent, there is a difference between ATI Radeon X1600 (iMac) and ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (MBP). While the Mobility Radeon X1600 can support the extra dvi connector for this present time and a 15.4'', i doubt something like it would do so for the 20'', together with full support for video spanning...
Oh fun... well if you did your research you would know they are exactly the same chip. EXACTLY. They are both mobilities, the people who took apart the iMac found, guess what?, a mobility radeon in it. Also, the X1600 standard and the mobility have exactly the same features just one has power management turned on.
Krevnik said:
It may be able to power a city, but we're talking about a dual 90" MacBook Pro. Besides, the RFDA serves a dual purpose.
1) It powers the Quad Intel Core Quad EXP(onential) edition (total of 256 processing cores) MacBook Pro and both of its 90" 70,000 ANSI lumen monitors (welding goggles required, Apple store, $29.99)
2) The distorted reality field projected around the MBP enables such a machine to exist in the first place.
Also Apple is dumping the weather widget and replacing it with a weather bubble. No matter what the weather is like outside as long as you're within the Apple WeatherBubble it is a balmy 75 degrees.
how about a 18 or 19?
that i could see soon it will happen 20" not anytime soon. Apple was the first to do 17 so they will do something like that im sure. The 17" PB is like an average size PC laptop.
that i could see soon it will happen 20" not anytime soon. Apple was the first to do 17 so they will do something like that im sure. The 17" PB is like an average size PC laptop.
mkrishnan said:
I thought Acer had a 19" NoteBook in production, personally I think it is beyond stupid it kind of defeats to point of portability in the first place.
The only company apparently producing these monsters at the moment is Samsung http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/27/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-behemoth-samsungs-m70-19-inch/
i do think there is a market for something this big, especially for pro's, people that make their living using macs.
one of the posts said one drawback is using it in planes....my guess is that a laptop this big would be a true desktop replacement solution using dual cores at 2+ GHz and huge hardrive(s) + fast optical drives and every goody under the sun in a very slim form factor < 1 inch
one of the posts said one drawback is using it in planes....my guess is that a laptop this big would be a true desktop replacement solution using dual cores at 2+ GHz and huge hardrive(s) + fast optical drives and every goody under the sun in a very slim form factor < 1 inch
Have you ever used the 17" on any sort of public transportation? It completely fills your lap, and is at the limit of annoying the person next to you.
I rather see 1920x1200 resolution in the Macbook 17, preferably with res. ind. GUI.
I rather see 1920x1200 resolution in the Macbook 17, preferably with res. ind. GUI.