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OMG! Ponies!
05/05/09

In reply to "Apple Netbook" Student Project Is a Pencil-Drawn Beauty
More mock-ups should be done like this. Renders are all well and good but there is no substitute for good old-fashioned physical models.

Also, this is why we still need shop class.
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Kaiser-Machead
05/05/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Agreed. You just can't get all of the feel of the design just looking at a CGI rendering. In studio we did lots of models for vehicles and the sort that we had to craft ourselves. While I would've enjoyed doing 3D modeling, having your idea exist physically is far more satisfying.
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TheWerewolf - Sotto voce
05/05/09

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Wow... too much free time or what.

Not to mention a kind of creepy attachment to a commercial product.

Kind of one step before tattooing an Apple logo on your arm.

Because.. you know... only Zune freaks do that...

Oh.. wait...

[www.theapplecollection.com]
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Kaiser-Machead
05/05/09

@TheWerewolf: Art projects are often very time consuming, and if an artist has lots of free time, what better way to spend that time than on more art projects.

Art is hard, criticism is easy.
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Sora57 is rendering
03/11/09

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I hope it's a ten inch iPod touch that can be both portable and wall mounted like a central/family info center. Kids and family can touch icons for news, weather, e-mail and pop it off the wall and carry it with them throughout the house as an Internet device or remote control. Make apps for Apple TV or Slingbox and it becomes a 1 inch portable TV getting the content over WiFi. Instant on. Games, photos, etc just like the Touch would be great. I'd buy it if the price is right.
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MrBlahBlah
03/11/09

In reply to Is the Apple Netbook Really an Ebook?
textbooks where you can highlight. grab college students early, and they stay dedicated for life
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ThisCharmingMan
03/11/09

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Why wouldn't they just make it iphone compatible...and say "Hey guys, why buy a Kindle for x amount of dollars, when you can have a phone, ipod, AND reader all in one device?!"
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nutbastard
03/11/09

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the iPhone Pro is finally coming! TEN INCHES!
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adrunkenmonkey
03/11/09

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$599 16GB, $699 32GB, and the Apple faithful will line up around the corner. Would be a brilliant marketing scheme to coordinate with campuses and digitize textbooks, especially with 8.5 x 11 form factor. Take notes, read the textbook, stream info back and forth from the teacher,look at porn.

Plus its easier to brag about your itab (patent pending) when its bigger and in the open.
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frigg
03/11/09

@adrunkenmonkey: That would make sense in light of Apple hiring Joel Podolny as "vice president and dean of Apple University." Apple has yet to say what Apple University or Joel Podolny are doing. Maybe it's this.
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Geisrud
03/11/09

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Apple does not have a 100,000-book employee library

Well, maybe they're building one for the employees? Oh snap!

My guess is they're plotting the next Apple Store, which will feature a fully functional interactive touchscreen exterior.
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Hello Mister Walrus
03/11/09

In reply to Is the Apple Netbook Really an Ebook?
I am skeptical. There is no way that an Apple product with a 10" touch screen will be priced competitively with the Kindle 2 (as expensive as it is). Plus, without E-ink, Apple will need a revolutionary new power system to reach E-book-like battery life. An Apple tablet netbook has so much more potential.
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Walljasper
03/11/09

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Rae we supposed to believe that Apple is taking delivery of tons of books and SCANNING/OCR'ing them into electronic format?

SIlly, daft.
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keerock
03/11/09

@Walljasper: Not really silly. Google has been doing this for years. Remember Google Book Search?

But then again, Apple wouldn't be in the business of scanning old books so I think you're right.
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weatherman
03/11/09

@keerock: Google's book search was done without the permission of publishers - actually, if I remember correctly they fought it pretty hard. They also fought Amazon's Search Inside feature as well. But that was because the publishers viewed it as violating the copyright while Amazon and Google were adding the feature for their users under a Fair Use argument. And it was before ebooks really took off and before there was a retail outlet for them like Sony and Amazon's stores. My understanding is that any ebook being sold now is delivered electronically from the publisher to the retailer, so it would make no sense whatsoever for Apple to be scanning books at this point. None. So I'm with selianth and Walljasper in thinking this part of the story makes the whole thing implausible.

Apple will not be coming out with an ebook reader. Ever. A tablet computer? Maybe. That could read ebooks? Well, since Amazon's Kindle books are now available on Apple's iPhone/iPod Touch OS, sure. Why not. But never a dedicated reader or even an ebook store.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

In reply to Is the Apple Netbook Really an Ebook?
Oh c'mon.

Do we really need yet another e-reader? A fully-blown computer with a tablet form factor can be used to read text, but then can be used to do just about anything else. If it's not a full-blown computer, but rather a big text-centric iPod-sans-music-book-fucker, do not want.

What I'd like it something I can use like a portable Cintiq-esque drawing tablet. Pretty please, with heroin on top?
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

@Kaiser-Machead: I guess I can just go and get a Fujitsu lifebook, or maybe even a (shudder), gateway. But for my purposes, I wouldn't need a keyboard, since it would be used solely for artwork.
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Earthslide
03/11/09

@Kaiser-Machead: I want your glasses.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

@Earthslide: lol. They're paper 3D glasses that we used at the Gizmodo gallery on the lower east side.
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Skunky
03/11/09

@Kaiser-Machead: Lenovo X200t, it's the tablet I'm using and I'm quite happy with it. Wacom technology in the screen (not as high res as the Cintiq, but better than say, an Art-Z) and a really good battery life. Moreso if you get the extended battery, which not only gives you more battery, but gives you a really good hand hold in tablet mode.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

@Skunky: Part of the reason why I'm hoping Apple releases a good tablet is because it would allow me to transfer all of the software I've already purchased to the new system.
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d_r_e
03/11/09

@Kaiser-Machead:

Having that double as a portable drawing tablet would be a huge plus. Hell, if it's at least as powerful as a Macbook I'd use it as a performance tool, instead of buying a JazzMutant Lemur for $2000.
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MrBlahBlah
03/10/09

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i just dont see how a product like this would be useful or would sell
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czetie
03/10/09

In reply to Dow Jones Newswire Chimes In On Apple Netbook Rumors, Claims 10" Screen
Linux advocates remind me of bicycles. No, really.

More than a century ago, when cycling was first becoming popular, a Victorian humorist named Jerome K. Jerome pointed out that you could either ride a bike or "maintain" a bike -- but not both. The bikes of "maintainers" are always in several pieces because they are tightening the spokes, adjusting the chain, replacing the brakes, or something. They never actually get to ride their bikes. If you enjoy riding, he advised, never, ever try to maintain your bike.

And this is precisely what the Linux advocates don't understand: while they may get great pleasure from the process of assembling, tuning and tweaking the ideal setup, some of us just want to get on and go for a ride.
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Cordfucious of Tech Clan
03/10/09

@czetie: that comment earned you a glowing heart...

STAR FOR YOU SIR!!
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iPhoneUser
03/10/09

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no matter what the price will be, it's going to be awesome !

hope I can put a sim card in there for mobile internet and not just wifi

and will buy it for sure :)

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Mike Delozier
03/10/09

@iPhoneUser: such a fan boy... you would buy a box full of dog crap if apple put their logo on it and say it was the best thing. Just make yourself a hackintosh and save your money.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/10/09

@Mike Delozier: Find the drivers for such a machine, por favor?
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Eruanno
03/10/09

In reply to Dow Jones Newswire Chimes In On Apple Netbook Rumors, Claims 10" Screen
Nooo, Apple. Back away from making useless touch-netbook-gimmicky-crap and go make an in-between model between iMac and Mac Pro instead!
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TheCrudMan
03/10/09

@Eruanno:

Just configure a mac pro to low end specifications.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/10/09

@TheCrudMan: "Low-end" specifications for the Mac Pro weigh in at over $2,200. On top of that, you still have a lot of machine that you don't need. I think the kind of form factor many are here wishing for is something along the size of one of the smaller Dell XPS slimline systems, or the like. It would have a full desktop hard drive, proper desktop components and greater expandability than an iMac or Mac Mini, but not be overkill for anyone who just wants a modest workhorse for the desk.
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