3:30 pm, November 19th, 2008, Lonnie Lazar
On a day when HP beat Apple to the punch with the idea of a multi-touch notebook, Apple fan and Flickr user nthnschrdr’s design for a multi-touch Mac Pad is something worth dreaming about…
Be sure to go to the Flickr page and check out the photo’s embedded notes.
Posted by Lonnie Lazar in Hardware Hacks, Macintosh, News |
I probably shouldn’t be saying this on a Mac site, but reputation be damned: I’m quite interested to see Windows 7. Let me explain why. (Hang on while I put on my flame-proof jacket. There.)
THING THE FIRST: I want a netbook. I want a cheap, tiny, low-power little computer that does text editing and web [...]
It seems that suing Apple is no longer just the sport of crazy chicks allegedly denied their dog-given right to resell iPhones at extortionist rates because Apple discounted them. Instead, we have crazy patent campers who think that 25 years after Apple pioneered the use of the GUI in personal computers, they’re entitled to [...]
Steve Jobs in January 2008. Picture by Macinate. Creative Commons.
In the wake of Apple pulling out of Macworld — and the prospect that Steve Jobs may leave the company — many are wondering if Apple will survive without him.
The answer is yes, Apple will definitely survive without Steve Jobs. It may even thrive.
Here’s three reasons [...]
Image © 2008 Victor Anselme
Brazilian designer and Apple fan Victor Anselme has a few ideas about how the Mac mini might evolve into a useful and desirable product.
From his description, helpfully translated by Google from the original Portuguese, as amended by your humble correspondent:
The case would be done in mostly aluminum; the largest piece [...]
It’s really gorgeous, but as we all know, it’s not just the hardware that makes an Apple product. This mockup uses Mac OS X, and there’s just no way that the Mac version of the OS can be used in a touch environment. The mockup should more rightly be done with a revised iPhone OS X that’s optimized for fingertip interaction rather than a mouse…
ItsGene, on November 19th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Hey thanks for picking this up. Yeah, I know it would need a hybrid OS. This was really just some wishful thinking as far as hardware design.
Thanks again
NTHN
Nathan Schroeder, on November 19th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
[...] work on this site but this was cool. I am kinda geeked out in my little dork corner of the world. Cult of Mac website linked to my Flickr page because of a mock up of a MacPad that I made. Told you it was a [...]
NTHN blog, on November 19th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
[...] Vía - Cult of Mac [...]
MacPad - Un sueño o una esperanza | Mac User Boricua, on November 20th, 2008 at 1:59 am
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La soñada Mac MultiTouch, on November 20th, 2008 at 4:29 am
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