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New iMac Multi-Touch Design Speculation (Pictures Included)
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erm, the current imac design does that fine but your design is less flexible and plain ugly.
What kind of detail? Do you mean like adding speaker holes, fan holes, an iSight camera and ports?
Add something, anything!! A screenshot of OS X mapped on to your model would be a start.
don't even know where to begin and I'm not sure it's worth trying.
it looks, how shall I put this... TERRIBLE. (sorry)
thank god for Apple's design team.
I don't have access to SolidWorks right now but when I do again I might be able to try to add a screenshot (and maybe ports too) on to my design.
Boy this quote (along with edesignuk's previous quote) really spoke to me. I think why I'm getting so much rejection on the design is because it doesn't look like a computer because it's a totally new design! Once I add obvious computer parts then people will get the idea better!
(And it will probably look quite a bit better too.)
No. Just no.
It's a nice design, but...
No.
I don't see Apple making multitouch screen iMacs for a long time. When they do, I should think they will look more like a massive, but still very thin, iPhone, with prop up legs. Apple likes skinny things, not blobs. (Sorry)
Take a 30" ACD, cut the stand off it, lay it down, and put a small stand towards the back, so it's angled up at about 20 degrees or so. Put ports and cables in a line on the back of Mac at the top, and large Apple logo on the back.
It's a nice design, but...
No.
I don't see Apple making multitouch screen iMacs for a long time. When they do, I should think they will look more like a massive, but still very thin, iPhone, with prop up legs. Apple likes skinny things, not blobs. (Sorry)
Take a 30" ACD, cut the stand off it, lay it down, and put a small stand towards the back, so it's angled up at about 20 degrees or so. Put ports and cables in a line on the back of Mac at the top, and large Apple logo on the back.
That's a point...where would the iSight be??
Nowhere I can see on the machine would offer a comfortable angle, and so videochat would be a mess...
OK, I was just trying to be nice.
It's terrible. (Sorry) And Fugly (Really sorry)
And so amazingly not going to happen it's not even worth saying it's not funny. (Read it again, it kind of makes sense in a twisted kind o' way)
Ok, I'm gonna take a step back from what I wanted to post here and say this...
Looking at your pics, GodBless, and estimating a lot, if this thing was to have a 17" screen (which I think is small for a "tablet"), it would be about 5.5" thick at its widest point! It would be huge!! I'm guessing it would simply lie on a desk, otherwise, how are you going to pick it up? And if it's just going to lie on a desk, the angle doesn't look steep enough to be able to view the screen comfortably.
If Apple are going to bring out a "tablet iMac" (which I doubt actually, but...), I hope they keep a slim form-factor and, perhaps, build in a foldable stand (so that it is easily portable as well).
A friendly suggestion... if you're going to come up with ideas, perhaps make your mockups look more like this before you post (and I'm not suggesting that any of the prototypes on the page I link to are good ).
Looking at your pics, GodBless, and estimating a lot, if this thing was to have a 17" screen (which I think is small for a "tablet"), it would be about 5.5" thick at its widest point! It would be huge!! I'm guessing it would simply lie on a desk, otherwise, how are you going to pick it up? And if it's just going to lie on a desk, the angle doesn't look steep enough to be able to view the screen comfortably.
If Apple are going to bring out a "tablet iMac" (which I doubt actually, but...), I hope they keep a slim form-factor and, perhaps, build in a foldable stand (so that it is easily portable as well).
A friendly suggestion... if you're going to come up with ideas, perhaps make your mockups look more like this before you post (and I'm not suggesting that any of the prototypes on the page I link to are good
).
That sounds like a good design idea.
I might try that type of design sometime soon and see if people here like it better.The experience I have with SolidWorks is somewhat limited and multiple layers of opacity and materials isn't something I've experimented with yet. Plus Apple probably uses different software (of maybe even takes pictures of actual prototypes) for their marketing of a specific piece of hardware. The 3D model that I posted is a very early prototype and isn't at all intended (by me) to be seen by people on this forum as a "final" product by any means. Remember I haven't even added holes, the iSight or the ports.
That sounds like a great design!
Edit: The only thing is that my design allows the iMac to have standard sized parts that can be easily updated and replaced. This is something that the iMac needs but is lacking.
Boy I have a long way to go before I can design anything close to that but I guess I can at least try to get better for now.A friendly suggestion... if you're going to come up with ideas, perhaps make your mockups look more like this before you post (and I'm not suggesting that any of the prototypes on the page I link to are good
Yeah, it really needs more detail. Show me what the keyboard and mouse looks like with it. Show me the monitor. Where's the cd drive? Show it on a table with a cup of coffee beside it for perspective.
Not that I, admittedly, could make a graphic like you did to save my life, but if you want my opinion it's not good at all.
Not that I, admittedly, could make a graphic like you did to save my life, but if you want my opinion it's not good at all.
I, at least, look forward to the final creation. If I had SolidWorks, I'd race you, but I don't, so I can't. I shall have to leave my CAD races for another day.
I find SolidWorks incredibly intuitive, and so I'm sure that you will be able to knock up something absolutely gorgeous in a few hours.
I wouldn't mind a small 6 x 6 multitouch pad similar to Wacom to do work but something like that ... I just dont understand the design.
Btw, I admire you for having a go at least, but I really think your ideas lack detail. Good luck with it anyway!