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the future of apple is in 1960s braun
1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future
The year 2008 marks the 10th Anniversary of the iMac, the computer that changed everything at Apple, hailing a new design era spearheaded by design genius Jonathan Ive. What most people don't know is that there's another man whose products are at the heart of Ive's design philosophy, an influence that permeates every single product at Apple, from hardware to user-interface design. That man is Dieter Rams, and his old designs for Braun during the '50s and '60s hold all the clues not only for past and present Apple products, but their future as well:
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Apple Store Back Up, Stocked With New Eight-Core Mac Pros and Xserve
After going down for Apple elves to stock the shelves with the new eight-core Mac Pro and the most powerful Xserve ever—it's back up. Mac Pros here, Xserve here. [Apple Store]
After going down for Apple elves to stock the shelves with the new eight-core Mac Pro and the most powerful Xserve ever—it's back up. Mac Pros here, Xserve here. [Apple Store]
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Apple's got a second release that just hit the wires: A Mac Pro with two intel 45nm Quad-Core Xeons at up to 3.2GHz each. An 8-core config is standard. The front side bus is humming along at 1600MHz now, and RAM at 800MHZ. The computer also comes standard with ATI HD 2600 XT graphics with 256MB of video memory, but can be upgraded to support NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT with 512MB of video RAM or a Quadro FX 5600 with 1.5GB of memory. Support for four video cards at once means the Pro can drive eight 30-inch cinema displays at once, like before. Comes with the aluminum keyboard that debuted with the iMac. And eight cores for $2799 ain't bad. From what they're telling us, it could be one of the fastest desktops out there, but we'll wait for Ars or PC World to verify that for us. [Mac Pro] More »
New Apple Mac Pro: Eight Cores, Support for Eight 30-Inch Cinema Displays (Count 'Em Baby)
Apple's got a second release that just hit the wires: A Mac Pro with two intel 45nm Quad-Core Xeons at up to 3.2GHz each. An 8-core config is standard. The front side bus is humming along at 1600MHz now, and RAM at 800MHZ. The computer also comes standard with ATI HD 2600 XT graphics with 256MB of video memory, but can be upgraded to support NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT with 512MB of video RAM or a Quadro FX 5600 with 1.5GB of memory. Support for four video cards at once means the Pro can drive eight 30-inch cinema displays at once, like before. Comes with the aluminum keyboard that debuted with the iMac. And eight cores for $2799 ain't bad. From what they're telling us, it could be one of the fastest desktops out there, but we'll wait for Ars or PC World to verify that for us. [Mac Pro] More »
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Apple to Start Shipping Macs with Blu-ray at Macworld?
According to analyst Shaw Wu, Apple has plans to start selling computers with Blu-ray drives built-in. It'll announce this at Macworld, and immediately thereafter the HD DVD camp will gulp audibly. That is, if it's merely a Blu-ray drive: More »
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AppleInsider reports that there will be something "super secret" unveiled at a January 16 Final Cut Pro group, held a day after Steve Jobs' January 15 Macworld keynote. What it is is unknown (obviously, because it's a secret), but will probably not be the next version of Final Cut Studio. It could be an updated Mac Pro with improved processors/memory/specs/whatever, but it's unlikely that it's going to be anything for the consumer audience. So unless you're waiting for an update to the high end Macs or some sort of Final Cut software feature update, you won't have much to look forward to. [Apple Insider]
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Apple's Final Cut Pro User Group Will Have Something *Super Secret* at Macworld
AppleInsider reports that there will be something "super secret" unveiled at a January 16 Final Cut Pro group, held a day after Steve Jobs' January 15 Macworld keynote. What it is is unknown (obviously, because it's a secret), but will probably not be the next version of Final Cut Studio. It could be an updated Mac Pro with improved processors/memory/specs/whatever, but it's unlikely that it's going to be anything for the consumer audience. So unless you're waiting for an update to the high end Macs or some sort of Final Cut software feature update, you won't have much to look forward to. [Apple Insider]
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colorful macs
The Mac Pro is pretty enough as it is, but now AlumaMax can transmogrify that aluminum case into a horse of a different color. Who says MacBooks, iPods and iPhones are the only ones worthy of custom colors? Check out the rainbow of six anodized hues with which you can perform this alchemy on your existing Mac Pro or PowerMac G5. If you're looking for a brand-new Mac, the company offers a complete line of Mac Pros all colored up to your specs, and even better news is you can get a tinted keyboard and Cinema Display to match. You'll be coughing up some serious coin for the privilege, though—it's $50 for a keyboard colorization, $349 to color up your Mac Pro or G5, and up to $4600 for a tricked out 8-core Mac Pro. [AlumaMax, via macnn]
AlumaMax Adds Vibrant Color to Mac Pro, Cinema Displays and Keyboards
The Mac Pro is pretty enough as it is, but now AlumaMax can transmogrify that aluminum case into a horse of a different color. Who says MacBooks, iPods and iPhones are the only ones worthy of custom colors? Check out the rainbow of six anodized hues with which you can perform this alchemy on your existing Mac Pro or PowerMac G5. If you're looking for a brand-new Mac, the company offers a complete line of Mac Pros all colored up to your specs, and even better news is you can get a tinted keyboard and Cinema Display to match. You'll be coughing up some serious coin for the privilege, though—it's $50 for a keyboard colorization, $349 to color up your Mac Pro or G5, and up to $4600 for a tricked out 8-core Mac Pro. [AlumaMax, via macnn]
the iphone effect?
Apple Notebook and Desktop Share Rising (A Little)
It was called the iPod effect, but maybe now it should be dubbed the iPhone effect. The force compelling people to switch from PCs to Macs was doing something this past May, though it's not exactly easy to spot on a pie chart. More »
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Apple Gives Mac Pros an 8-Core Makeover
So the rumors were true. Apple has given their mighty Mac Pro a power jolt this morning, allowing power-hungry fanboys the option of configuring a system with two quad-core 3.0GHz Intel Xeons. So what's all this gonna cost you? A basic 8-core system will run you $3,997. Ouch. So now that we have that rumor taken care of, how's about we start working on some of the others, huh Apple? More »
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8-Core Mac Slips at Apple UK Site
Thanks to a jumpy web guy at Apple's UK site, the whole world knows that an 8-core Mac Pro is headed our way some time soon. This jives with our 8-core Mac Pros expectation last month, and isn't really any kind of well-kept secret anyway. More »
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