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The Official: What do you want to see Apple do in 2004 Thread

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I'd say more screen real-estate is good for any one who runs a lot of apps at once. An every day consumers do that. Right now i’m running three instant message programs, Apple works, an internet explorer at once it would be a lot better if I could see what was going on in all of them at once spread out on a bigger screen then to have them layered like they are now.
 
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Or designers.. when I was a designer, the bigger the screen.. the better, especially for magazine layouts or news layouts, etc etc. As long as whatever computer I was on could run the applications I needed and I had a big screen.. then all was good :)
 
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wiggin1605 said:
I'd say more screen real-estate is good for any one who runs a lot of apps at once. An every day consumers do that. Right now i’m running three instant message programs, Apple works, an internet explorer at once it would be a lot better if I could see what was going on in all of them at once spread out on a bigger screen then to have them layered like they are now.
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Hehehehe, although I'm guilty of multiple IM programs open at once, I don't think most normal consumers use more than on IM program at once. ;)
 
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right now i have my 15" powerbook and 17" LCD hooked up yet I could still use another monitor
 
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yea i have safari, iChat and iTunes(mini mode) on the 17" and then entourage and whatever else i am working on takes up the powerbook
 
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See every one can always use some more screen space.

An I wasnt impling that every one uses three ims at once it was just an example.
 
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wiggin1605 said:
See every one can always use some more screen space.

An I wasnt impling that every one uses three ims at once it was just an example.
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I guess everyone could ALWAYS use more screen space....it's just difficult to afford it.
 
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wiggin1605 said:
So True. So True. So True.
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Well, it's always fun to hook one's laptop up to an unsuspecting television and play games on it. Now THAT'S screen real estate.
 
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Most T.V.'s actually have a smaller resolution then a computer monitor. So says Screen Savers on Techtv that has to be the best channel ever besides the science channel. Only the picture is bigger i beleave so it makes it kinda fusy you dont get the detail like you would on a computer screen.
 
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wiggin1605 said:
Why would they put a G5 in a iMac? Look at the way they used there processors before with the G3 in the very first iMac and the G4 in the power macs. And now with the G3 completely gone and the G4 in the iMac and now the G5 as the power mac. The iMacs are the cheaper consumer based every day model, consumers are not going to need the power of a G5 chip in there computers when the G4 runs just fine for the software they run. The G5 is meant to be for professionals just look at all the professional apps they have already customized to take advantage of the 64 bit chip settings. Then look how they just got rid of the G3 in the iBooks and put the G4 in them. The G4 is now the every day consumer chip and the G5 is the professional chip. It is a lot more likely that they would put The G5 in a power book then put it in a iMac. In the future when every day programs become as processor intensive as the professional software today that is when they will upgrade the iMac to be fitted for a G5.

It is also pretty accurate to say that the powerbook G5 will be lunched in April I have gotten information from him before about upcoming products from apple an they have been accurate. He a developer for apple. Apple sends him products they are making for him to test an tell them about the bugs so they can fix it. he had a dual G5 two months before it came out.

I'm geussing it will be liquid cooled or that the front of it will look much like the G5 Xserve.
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yeah, i agree and i understand your reasoning behing putting a G5 chip into the PowerBook before the iMac, but i don't think that your reasons are the biggest issues at hand. i have the G4 1.25Ghz PowerBook and it's a great computer, but the G4 chip has too many problems in a laptop. it eats up battery WAY TOO FAST, it gets hot WAY TOO FAST, now what do you think a G5 processor will do to a laptop? until they can find a way to put a dual G4 processor in a laptop efficiently, i don't think that a G5 laptop will come out. but Apple, just like any other money making company such as Micrsoft, could care less about what the consumer thinks. essentially, Apple will do whatever the heck they want, regardless of what we think, and try to make the most money they can by putting a G5 laptop out on the market knowing that it will have tons of problems.
 
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Yah well.....

Hey there are already 64-bit laptops out there. For instance I found these two this one http://www.gcn.com/22_33/prod_reviews/24227-1.html or this one http://www.voodoopc.com./systems/m855.aspx I think its the same though. granted the battery only last 2hrs an is pretty noisy, and ways as much as the the 17in PB. But its been out for two months now. If the G5 comes out in april apple will have worked on it for 5 months more then voodoo did and people are saysing that it will be in the 15in an 17in PB with liquid cooled processors making it really quite. Now the only thing I see them needing to make better is the battery power.
 
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wiggin1605 said:
Hey there are already 64-bit laptops out there. For instance I found these two this one http://www.gcn.com/22_33/prod_reviews/24227-1.html or this one http://www.voodoopc.com./systems/m855.aspx I think its the same though. granted the battery only last 2hrs an is pretty noisy, and ways as much as the the 17in PB. But its been out for two months now. If the G5 comes out in april apple will have worked on it for 5 months more then voodoo did and people are saysing that it will be in the 15in an 17in PB with liquid cooled processors making it really quite. Now the only thing I see them needing to make better is the battery power.
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Hm, yeah that's the only thing I'm kinda bummed about with my powerbook. Apple says that the battery should last 4.5 hours depending on use, but I guess that means if you just let it sit there doing nothing. All I'm doing is surfing the web and talking online and I get hardly 3 hours out of it.
 
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JazzTrpt how are you connected to the internet. Airport is one of the biggest power drainers so I only get 3.5 with airport but when i am just using ethernet i get well over 4 hours on battery. If you lower the brightness bout 4 notches (barely even noticeable difference) it adds a bunch to the battery life
 
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JazzTrpt how are you connected to the internet. Airport is one of the biggest power drainers so I only get 3.5 with airport but when i am just using ethernet i get well over 4 hours on battery. If you lower the brightness bout 4 notches (barely even noticeable difference) it adds a bunch to the battery life
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Well I use Airport at home, but I just got back to school and now I'm using ethernet or no internet at all and I'm getting about 3.5 hours. Thanks for the brightness tip...I'll check that out.
 
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Haaaaa

What we want frm apple is cheaper compters so people will buy ma instead of pc's! AND WEEEEE DEFINATELY NEED
A DUAL PROCESSOR iMAC G5!!!!!
IF APPLE FOLLOW MY ADVISE THEY CAN GET AHEAD OF BILL GATES!!!
 
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