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How's Apple gonna fit in Ethernet ports in future notebooks?
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Sure... But like I said, dont' you think it would be cost-prohibitive? (on a per-disc basis) I guess not, I mean, they wouldn't release it until it could be semi-profitable.. Oh well... I guess...bbrosemer said:
Why I don't use lightscribe: a short novel by hardline
if i want to use lightscribe i need a lightscribe capable burner, decent software, and lightscribe compatible discs.
if i want to use a sharpie ... i can use any burner, and media, and it's compatible
the end
if i want to use lightscribe i need a lightscribe capable burner, decent software, and lightscribe compatible discs.
if i want to use a sharpie ... i can use any burner, and media, and it's compatible
the end
The software it comes with is fine, secondly you can still use any media u want in a lightscribe burner, and thirdly lightscribe burners are not that expensive in comparision to regular burners, especially when someone is in need of a new optical drive, I mean if money and compability werent a problem everyone would have Blu-Ray drives already.HardLine said:
michaelrjohnson said:
And those other innovations as well... on consumer machines, that is.
The desktops of the time were still mostly SCSI for peripherals, ethernet for networking. To be honest, pro machines are the ones I am usually concerned about so if ethernet disappears from MacBooks or Minis, it wouldn't concern me although I don't think it's gonna happen soon.
i'd buy the super-thin computer with only the wireless internet and usb ports, etc. that'd be awesome but probably very expensive. and it'd have to be 12" or smaller to avoid damage just from picking it up. but even so, i'd be all over it.
just an additional thought (off the main topic): do people think the minis are going to get bigger or smaller? i think it'd be cool if they made them even smaller but i suppose that'd be hard to do while still including the optical drive. thoughts?
just an additional thought (off the main topic): do people think the minis are going to get bigger or smaller? i think it'd be cool if they made them even smaller but i suppose that'd be hard to do while still including the optical drive. thoughts?
My T2XP is a hell of a lot smaller than anything Apple has come up with to date, and it manages to house all the necessary connectors at their regular sizes. It even does so elegantly.
So not to worry, IMHO.
So not to worry, IMHO.
If you look at the ethernet jack on the current MacBook Pros, there is still quite a bit of space that can be removed. The bottom and tops might be flat against the top and bottom of the case.
I don't think Apple will adopt a design that is thicker at one end than it is at the other. That has such a hunchback quality to it.
miniConvert said:
I don't think Apple will adopt a design that is thicker at one end than it is at the other. That has such a hunchback quality to it.
One other thought occured to me. Remember PCMCIA ethernet cards? The ones that didn't have a dongle? They had a pop out port that looked like a CD tray, but with the dimensions of an RJ-45 ethernet jack. To plug in, you would actually press the cord into the tray perpindicular to the surface of the notebook and table. PCMCIA modem cards also had this thing. Then, when the port wasn't being used, you could click it back in. I know they had a reputation for being weak, but I'd imagine an aluminum one made by Apple would be pretty sturdy, and if it was on a .5" notebook, I certainly wouldn't mind.
a.k.a. X-Jack ... post #8.drj434343 said:
There are other non-Apple-like solutions. My old Toshiba had a RJ-11 jack that went in at an angle. and seemed to take up less room than going head on.
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