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What is your PERFECT Apple laptop?
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^ Couldn't agree with you more... especially the part about not crippling it because it's smaller. That's something that always bugged me about the PowerBook line. Where's my backlit keyboard, goddammit?
you also have to put into consideration that between those times, consumer electronics had it's biggest and fastest advancementsAh pianoman drink your milk and cookies and go back to bed.
In ten years time,
will be exactly the same as
That machine is the Apple Portable from 1989, weighted 17 pounds,
and had
no backlight in the screen,
no wireless,
no ethernet,
16 Mhz CPU chip,
1 MB RAM,
40 MB HD,
no modem,
no camera,
no lots of other gadgets you have in a MacBook Pro
It cost over $7,300 in 1989 dollars
Today's Macbook Pro is about 1000 x faster, 2000 x more RAM, 4000 x HD space, 1/7 the volume, and 1/6 the raw price.
What machine will we have in 10 - 15 years time?
A MacBook Pro built into and integrated with a Pelican Case (that would make it waterproof and ultra shock resistant).
About specs:
- An accurate screen the size of the pelican case lid (about 15" at least). With a metal framing. Not a laptop widescreen, I want to be able to see it from the sides) And a good resolution.
- Dual 2,33Ghz - Quad-core would be nice.
- 4 Gb of RAM (or more...)
- A very good graphic card, with external output for two large screens.
- Built-in CF (and other media) card reader.
- Easily swappable or interchangeable disk drives (but integrated with the enclosure) - At least two bays.
- 802.11n, Bluetooth...
- Two battery bays. Of course, they'd last a lot.
- Multiple USB and Firewire ports... even an internal empty compartment, just in case.
- integrated modem. And a cell phone! just insert a sim card, and start calling!
- a way to connect to internet with a cell-phone...
- A touchpad, a good sized keyboard and a graphic tablet. The touchpad, can be used as a graphic tablet with the corresponding pen. TEN or more function programmable keys.
- Integrated power supply.
- The pelican case is already waterproof to 10 meters. But once open, it'd be nice to make it at least weather proof.
- Everything made with good metal. the keyboard would be like the one on the MacBook Pro, for instance
-Aperture 2
- DL DVD burner with a speed of 40X.
And, if possible,
- small and light.
All this would be able to communicate wirelessly with another pelican case, but this one would be very small, with:
- 10" screen, 1440x900
- Aperture 2 DV (a Download Version, just for downloading and reviewing on the field)
- Extremely long battery life. like 24 hours.... lol
- small keyboard.
- Bluetooth and wifi
- CF (and other) card reader
- apart from the system hd, two 2,5 hard drives bays, for redundancy
About specs:
- An accurate screen the size of the pelican case lid (about 15" at least). With a metal framing. Not a laptop widescreen, I want to be able to see it from the sides) And a good resolution.
- Dual 2,33Ghz - Quad-core would be nice.
- 4 Gb of RAM (or more...)
- A very good graphic card, with external output for two large screens.
- Built-in CF (and other media) card reader.
- Easily swappable or interchangeable disk drives (but integrated with the enclosure) - At least two bays.
- 802.11n, Bluetooth...
- Two battery bays. Of course, they'd last a lot.
- Multiple USB and Firewire ports... even an internal empty compartment, just in case.
- integrated modem. And a cell phone! just insert a sim card, and start calling!
- a way to connect to internet with a cell-phone...
- A touchpad, a good sized keyboard and a graphic tablet. The touchpad, can be used as a graphic tablet with the corresponding pen. TEN or more function programmable keys.
- Integrated power supply.
- The pelican case is already waterproof to 10 meters. But once open, it'd be nice to make it at least weather proof.
- Everything made with good metal. the keyboard would be like the one on the MacBook Pro, for instance
-Aperture 2
- DL DVD burner with a speed of 40X.
And, if possible,
- small and light.
All this would be able to communicate wirelessly with another pelican case, but this one would be very small, with:
- 10" screen, 1440x900
- Aperture 2 DV (a Download Version, just for downloading and reviewing on the field)
- Extremely long battery life. like 24 hours.... lol
- small keyboard.
- Bluetooth and wifi
- CF (and other) card reader
- apart from the system hd, two 2,5 hard drives bays, for redundancy
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freakonguitar
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hmm.... actually i said this to a friend the other day in terms of being affordable and durable yet powerful within a sub 1600$ cdn.
Macbook (im not sure white or black but shouldn't have to pay premium for black)
13.3" ws is a nice size
real speakers, stick like some laptop H/K's in there so you can actually here them
2.16 core 2 duo
2 gb of ram
120gb hdd
real graphics card such as even a Radeon X1400 with 128 or 256mb
8x dl Superdrive
built in memory card reader
4 usb 2.0, 1 FW400, 1 FW800
not a mini dvi out but a full size DVI output and s-video output
TRUE 5hrs or battery life.
5lbs same dimensions as current macbook
isight, bluetooth, wireless n, mic, same keyboard, touch pad tahts slightly less touchy so you can use teh tap option for clicking and not click on EVERY item it comes accross!!
i think thats it and i want that ina competative price of around 1600 bucks...i mean you can get a dell with alomst those specs for around 1100
just not the FW, or teh screen size, or isight, or bluetooth, and its just NOT a mac!
Macbook (im not sure white or black but shouldn't have to pay premium for black)
13.3" ws is a nice size
real speakers, stick like some laptop H/K's in there so you can actually here them
2.16 core 2 duo
2 gb of ram
120gb hdd
real graphics card such as even a Radeon X1400 with 128 or 256mb
8x dl Superdrive
built in memory card reader
4 usb 2.0, 1 FW400, 1 FW800
not a mini dvi out but a full size DVI output and s-video output
TRUE 5hrs or battery life.
5lbs same dimensions as current macbook
isight, bluetooth, wireless n, mic, same keyboard, touch pad tahts slightly less touchy so you can use teh tap option for clicking and not click on EVERY item it comes accross!!
i think thats it and i want that ina competative price of around 1600 bucks...i mean you can get a dell with alomst those specs for around 1100
just not the FW, or teh screen size, or isight, or bluetooth, and its just NOT a mac! "Macbook lite" would be something like:
10" touch-screen; 1024x768 or more; software keyboard is a must, grafitti(tm) a nice-to-have;
graphics chip would be optimized for use of the screen either in landscape or in portrait mode;
case would have tabletPC style hinge;
4 GB of flash memory instead of hard disk;
whatever CPU/GPU combination necessary to have a fanless device;
bluetooth, airport, DVI-out, 2xUSB
handle on side to allow notepad style use;
iStand (tm) to allow the computer to stand vertically on the desk both open or closed, would double as iPod dock/sync;
iCaramba (tm) a secondary backlit LCD screen on the outside, to show notification icons while the computer is in sleep mode (new mail; alarm clock; battery; airport, etc.)
no optical drive, no iSight, can't make up my mind about having RJ45 or not
and now, for the stupid detail that would prevent Apple Computer from ever considering this..... I'd like it to have soft skins, a-la-Nokia L'Amour collection (http://www.nokia.co.uk/nokia/0,,83297,00.html)
10" touch-screen; 1024x768 or more; software keyboard is a must, grafitti(tm) a nice-to-have;
graphics chip would be optimized for use of the screen either in landscape or in portrait mode;
case would have tabletPC style hinge;
4 GB of flash memory instead of hard disk;
whatever CPU/GPU combination necessary to have a fanless device;
bluetooth, airport, DVI-out, 2xUSB
handle on side to allow notepad style use;
iStand (tm) to allow the computer to stand vertically on the desk both open or closed, would double as iPod dock/sync;
iCaramba (tm) a secondary backlit LCD screen on the outside, to show notification icons while the computer is in sleep mode (new mail; alarm clock; battery; airport, etc.)
no optical drive, no iSight, can't make up my mind about having RJ45 or not
and now, for the stupid detail that would prevent Apple Computer from ever considering this..... I'd like it to have soft skins, a-la-Nokia L'Amour collection (http://www.nokia.co.uk/nokia/0,,83297,00.html)
15" 1920x1080 res
.5 inch thin
100F under load
Blueray/HD DVD drive
2 Firewire 400
1 Firewire 800
4 USB 2.0
1TB hard drive
16GB RAM
ExpressCard slot
ATI X5950
Dual DVI
10GHz Quad Core, intel core 10 quad
sub .1lbs
10 year battery life
Hard drive would be especially nice.
.5 inch thin
100F under load
Blueray/HD DVD drive
2 Firewire 400
1 Firewire 800
4 USB 2.0
1TB hard drive
16GB RAM
ExpressCard slot
ATI X5950
Dual DVI
10GHz Quad Core, intel core 10 quad
sub .1lbs
10 year battery life
Hard drive would be especially nice.
10GHZ PPC 990 @ 45nm
4GB RAM
15" screen
X1900 GPU w/ 512MB VRAM
same form and factor except with 3 USB and a magnetic latch like current macbooks
250GB HD
true 6 HR battery life
you do all realize that these specs wouldve been true based on IBM's 2003 PPC roadmap? by 07 we would've had 10GHZ CPU and up to 20-25GHZ by 2009/2010. ah the dreams.
4GB RAM
15" screen
X1900 GPU w/ 512MB VRAM
same form and factor except with 3 USB and a magnetic latch like current macbooks
250GB HD
true 6 HR battery life
you do all realize that these specs wouldve been true based on IBM's 2003 PPC roadmap? by 07 we would've had 10GHZ CPU and up to 20-25GHZ by 2009/2010. ah the dreams.
Except for the colour, you'll have all of that and more in 6 months or so when the Santa Rosa platform based MBP's ship. You're easy
I do not use subliminal messages!
eRm, what wOuld the perfect apple laptop be like?
as a gamer id like a new model, the macbook game:
core 2 extreme, the biggest model - i doNt care for the form factor, make it thicker and heavier i dont care.
crossfire ati gfx cards. a big fast model, at least x1800
4 gigabYte of ram
17" in wxuga res at least
great sound card
preferably some casemoddingish, like an multiple color backgrOund lighting for the Keyboard, that pulses with itunes in different colors, a little neon ring Around the bezel maybe, that would be awesome?
i am also tired of apple not using stickers, id love to show off what hardware is inside b having intel inside stickers and so on..
am i the onlY one?
eRm, what wOuld the perfect apple laptop be like?
as a gamer id like a new model, the macbook game:
core 2 extreme, the biggest model - i doNt care for the form factor, make it thicker and heavier i dont care.
crossfire ati gfx cards. a big fast model, at least x1800
4 gigabYte of ram
17" in wxuga res at least
great sound card
preferably some casemoddingish, like an multiple color backgrOund lighting for the Keyboard, that pulses with itunes in different colors, a little neon ring Around the bezel maybe, that would be awesome?
i am also tired of apple not using stickers, id love to show off what hardware is inside b having intel inside stickers and so on..
am i the onlY one?
Posting the first time on my Macbook...
Red Anodized Macbook Pro but with a more durable finish
2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Quad
13.3" (1920 x 1080) widecreen OLED
16GB RAM
2 x 256GB solid state drives
Hybrid graphics system - integrated, as well as a dedicated card
Built-in wireless WAN
Audigy 2 ZS sound card, or equivalent quality integrated
3.2 Megapixel iSight camera with higher quality microphone and camera lens
Good quality integrated speakers, that can supply volume. Something funky - Grado, Shure?
Slot loading Blu-Ray/HD-DVD, dual layer DVD/CD burner
Biometric Fingerprint Reader, TPM, stuff like that
Memory card reader; ExpressCard Front Row remote and VOIP Phone
Magnesium chassis, magnetic latch
True 12 hour battery life, enough to practically keep watching movies on any flight in the world
Better keyboard, backlit (with selectable colors), that feels solid like the ones on ThinkPads; TrackPoint
Ports: 3 USB 2.0, 1 FireWire 400, 1 FireWire 800, 1 HDMI
Under 4 lbs. in weight, and 1.0" thick
Red Anodized Macbook Pro but with a more durable finish
2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Quad
13.3" (1920 x 1080) widecreen OLED
16GB RAM
2 x 256GB solid state drives
Hybrid graphics system - integrated, as well as a dedicated card
Built-in wireless WAN
Audigy 2 ZS sound card, or equivalent quality integrated
3.2 Megapixel iSight camera with higher quality microphone and camera lens
Good quality integrated speakers, that can supply volume. Something funky - Grado, Shure?
Slot loading Blu-Ray/HD-DVD, dual layer DVD/CD burner
Biometric Fingerprint Reader, TPM, stuff like that
Memory card reader; ExpressCard Front Row remote and VOIP Phone
Magnesium chassis, magnetic latch
True 12 hour battery life, enough to practically keep watching movies on any flight in the world
Better keyboard, backlit (with selectable colors), that feels solid like the ones on ThinkPads; TrackPoint
Ports: 3 USB 2.0, 1 FireWire 400, 1 FireWire 800, 1 HDMI
Under 4 lbs. in weight, and 1.0" thick
this just made me laugh.
under 1 lb for all that! holy moly!
i won't even comment on the 100 GHz suggestion.
you're dreamin' alright!
haha, somebody 10 years from now will find your post and will be like ONLY 100ghz
i guess in the future they will have an ipod that can do anything are computers can do today lol.
anyways my computer would be so,
3ghz quad core
4 gb ram
macbook size
macbook keyboard
3lbs
nvidia 8800gtx =]
180 degree swiveling screen
fingerprint reader
11 megapixel isight, lol
it also would make me ice cream on the fly =]
lol well ya
-Clay
Black Anodized Macbook Pro
15" 1920x1080 HD Resolution
2.67 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
8 GB Memory
750GB 7500 rpm Hard Drive
Blu Ray/HD DVD/DVD/CD/etc. Read and Write
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512 mb
Magnetic Latch
3 Megapixel iSight
2 Battery Bays
4 USB Ports
802.11n/Bluetooth/Infared
~4 lbs
Mac OS X 10.5
15" 1920x1080 HD Resolution
2.67 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
8 GB Memory
750GB 7500 rpm Hard Drive
Blu Ray/HD DVD/DVD/CD/etc. Read and Write
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512 mb
Magnetic Latch
3 Megapixel iSight
2 Battery Bays
4 USB Ports
802.11n/Bluetooth/Infared
~4 lbs
Mac OS X 10.5
Think about this, my CELLPHONE is faster than my computer was 10 years ago, thats scary.
Anyway, ideally I'd like to see a
12" Widescreen, but something higher res than the Macbook's screen
2.2ghz SR chip
100GB hard drive
128meg 8700mGT(thats what they have now right...)
Sans an optical drive
something...I dunno, right around 3lbs.
Anyway, ideally I'd like to see a
12" Widescreen, but something higher res than the Macbook's screen
2.2ghz SR chip
100GB hard drive
128meg 8700mGT(thats what they have now right...)
Sans an optical drive
something...I dunno, right around 3lbs.
Perfect! I actually had a Dell rep suggest that I make myself a cup of tea while he put me on hold yesterday....had a British accent. I love the UK, I wanna go back
My perfect Apple laptop -
13.3" MBP
3GB RAM, maybe?
160GB-200GBHD [whichever is 7200RPM]
Blu-Ray/HD-DVD superdrive
Airport X [haha]
Self-opening and closing
4lbs
my ideal laptop (timeframe 2-4 years):
.75 inch thick, 4-5lbs.
dual 15inch high def LED (bottom one as a touch screen used as input device)
64GB solid state hard disk
2x 8 cell batteries, one replacing the disk (dvd) drive. (10+hour battery life)
4-8gb of ram
4ghz core 2 quad 45nm SSE4, deep core powerdown
SR chipset with 8600M on board
gigabit wireless mobile internet for connectivity and streaming dvds/other media from desktop. ie you can be anywhere and just stream your dvd from home to where you are standing.
no:
dvd/bluray disk drive (optional instead of secondary battery)
no expansion ports
all connectivity done through rf allowing for longer battery life.
.75 inch thick, 4-5lbs.
dual 15inch high def LED (bottom one as a touch screen used as input device)
64GB solid state hard disk
2x 8 cell batteries, one replacing the disk (dvd) drive. (10+hour battery life)
4-8gb of ram
4ghz core 2 quad 45nm SSE4, deep core powerdown
SR chipset with 8600M on board
gigabit wireless mobile internet for connectivity and streaming dvds/other media from desktop. ie you can be anywhere and just stream your dvd from home to where you are standing.
no:
dvd/bluray disk drive (optional instead of secondary battery)
no expansion ports
all connectivity done through rf allowing for longer battery life.
