Re: No it's a NEW more tiny computer !!!
- From: TheLetterK <theletterk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:38:09 -0400
imouttahere@xxxxxxx wrote:
Yeah, the top-end cards. Mid-range cards today are quite acceptable, and very resonable. Neither would I want a console. There are quite a few genres that just don't work on consoles (MMORPGs, 'True' RPGS (not that scripted action-adventure crap like Final Fantasy), Strategy games, First Person Shooters, etc.p...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Surprise would be a new Ipod sized Mac Mini (but Intel/AMD CPU) like computer with it's own clear color built in (mobile) screen and mini-built in "thumb" sytle keyboard and INCLUDED accessories, namely a cool external USB CD and/or DVD drive, a really small pocket but fold out to full size keyboard, and mouse.
I like the general idea. The PC qua PC has become a dinosaur. Pros (people making money with their machines) need personal workstations. Game players need consoles (you could buy an xbox360 AND a PS3 with what a new graphics card costs now... wtf).
Then why the hell doesn't VIA sell EPIA boards like hotcakes? They do all that, and are much less expensive than full-on desktop systems.PC users need a platform that can web surf, email, and support other lightweight apps, and serve as the digital nexus in the house.
The answer? They don't have enough power.
I'd rather take that development money and put it towards a secure, transparent termninal system.
Don't miss that this unit can be used mobile like a PDA (but much better) with it's own tiny screen and keyboard and "pointy" stick but it's a real desktop powered computer! All your data is in one place (save your back ups.)
Yup.
Then when you get to the home/office, you simply plug in your INCLUDED full sized keyboard (that you can fold and optionally pack for mobile,) mouse and nice large LCD/HDTV screen. Maybe an AFFORDABLE LCD home screen should be offered as start. So nothing else to buy but the home screen and packaged deals could also be available? See, the unit is your desktop box too.
Sure. Supporting 1280 x 1024 external would be nice, only requires 32MB of VRAM. I sold my 22" LCD and went back to 17" since it was all I needed.
If this device could match my present platform (800Mhz PBG4 / 32MB Radeon 7500) I think that would be sufficient hardware power.
It can't. At least, not for less than $1200.
How about it? Up to this challenge?
The technology would be an interesting design exercise, basically taking the Mac mini to the next level.
Wholly different situation.
Which is the exact opposite of the road that is going to be taken. CS students want easy development, not tight and fast code. Essentially "When the idea isn't sound, wait for better hardware!" is the only applicable rule.
For it to work I think AppKit has to die. The OS needs to start working without having to hit the HD every second. The API needs to be lighter & tighter, more energy conscious.
It would be rendered completely unacceptable to me, and many others were Apple to make such a choice.
Starting from first principles would result in a much different and more useful device.
If it's not small with tiny but clear and hi- res screen, pointer stick and thumb keyboard PLUS under AFFRODABLE and with known open dirver devices (there is NO good reason for a device to be close and locked in) then sales would not be in volume (enough to be affordable for us all but still make Apple a fortune) and you could forget this whole thing.
I don't really see the need for open hardware standards. I don't care about that. Linux can suck on it.
This is the sort of lackluster attitude I spoke of above. You say you want 'light and tight' code. Well, you get that through 'ugly' things like manual memory management.
I care a lot about open software standards. It's a lot harder moving apps and data between platforms.
The way I see it, Apple should move toward a lighter-weight API. I'm getting into Javascript now and like it a lot. Objective-C with its half-assed reference counting is just a PITA now.
How is Dashboard evidence of this? You think Dashboard was developed using Javascript? The language used to describe widgets is not the same as the language/API used to write the engine that interprets it.
My vision is a device that is always a webserver, providing 24/7 PHP5 / Tomcat application serving.
Client API would be (extended) Javascript, Java, PHP.
Apple, do you want to do this before someone else does? You claim to be best with ease, style, and the Ipod type craze. Are you willing to let go your closed lock-in ways?
Apple has had less vendor lock than anyone. What exactly is proprietary about the Mac? Foundation/AppKit, that's about it. AppKit is something of a dinosaur compared to Javascript/CSS, even Apple is moving away from it (Dashboard).
The way I see it, Apple will lose if they do not adopt more openness and make it on hardware. How else could it be done? There's obviously hardware preference for small Apple devices. There's also the impending and fast progression of compleatly free and more benificial open software (not old Linux but new complete software systems with Linux as a part.)
Sure. Opening the SOFTWARE is more important than opening the hardware.
Opening both is important. .
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