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| New Compact Mac: I want one. | |
| Posted by: snuci on 2015-06-09 16:21:38 This prototype design was out in January 2015 but I just saw it for the first time. I want one! Did they (whoever might make them) ever produce them or are there any plans?  https://curved.de/news/curvedlabs-ein-facelift-fuer-den-macintosh-198570 | |
| Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2015-06-09 16:29:08 Um...the sheer impracticality of that design should make it obvious that no one made it. 😉 | |
| Posted by: snuci on 2015-06-09 16:32:50 If we are talking practical, we wouldn't be talking because there wouldn't be a forum dedicated to collecting old Macs 😉 | |
| Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2015-06-09 16:37:18 I mean I don't even think it's physically possible. Like, that design would tip over. :lol: | |
| Posted by: MinerAl on 2015-06-09 17:44:22 I was under the impression (6 months ago) that that was an actual physical hack someone made out of 11" MacBook Air bits. I think it was a one-off though. | |
| Posted by: Elfen on 2015-06-09 18:47:51 If the PSU is in the base, It should not tip over. | |
| Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2015-06-09 19:00:21 That's photoshop guys... | |
| Posted by: Timbo on 2015-06-09 21:54:13 I think it would work if it had a heavy base and held an iPad where the screen is. Bluetooth keyboard, Mac emulator and away you would go. I'd buy one. | |
| Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2015-06-09 21:59:01 This one comes up every now and again. It's been around a LONG time. Dana's original vHack along these lines was more practical, but just a silly. [🙂] ]'> | |
| Posted by: unity on 2015-06-10 04:52:39 This would be very easy to build. I think some are assuming the thickness is the same. Think iMac. Thicker at center, tapered to edges. With an external power supply, it needed, good to go. The new MacBook Air would be super easy to make into this. | |
| Posted by: raoulduke on 2015-06-10 06:46:32 This reminds me theoretically of that photo someone posted of the Japanese Powerbook adapter kit. This may be real: https://curved.de/news/curvedlabs-ein-facelift-fuer-den-macintosh-198570/ Oh that's pretty baller, the disk slot is actually a functional SD reader. | |
Posted by: MinerAl on 2015-06-10 07:52:27That's photoshop guys...This is very good photoshop.  Color me fooled.If the base has the battery in it the weight might balance, but there'd need to be more weight in there to make it reliably stable for an actual consumer product. | |
| Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2015-06-10 07:57:05 Notice how the power cord disappears? The amount of bloom also makes it fake. And that compact Mac above is fake too. You should be able to see it sticking past the other one. | |
| Posted by: raoulduke on 2015-06-10 08:17:14 haha. well i guess it's a prototype. meaning that at least one company is at least willing to sell the idea that it's possible, but apparently has not yet thus demonstrated. too bad. | |
Posted by: MinerAl on 2015-06-10 08:41:28Notice how the power cord disappears?Yeah. Noticed that now. | |
| Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2015-06-10 08:44:44 Getting the aluminum made and anodized would be pretty expensive. | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2015-06-10 09:39:15 Seems like it's possible. Use an iPad Retina display and MacBook innards. Would be cool if Apple released an Anniversary Macintosh that looked like that. | |
| Posted by: markyb86 on 2015-06-10 13:03:01 Probably has lead in the base to make it sturdy 😉 | |
| Posted by: Mac128 on 2015-06-14 12:57:37 Well one problem I see immediately is there's no way to machine the channels to run the wiring to the power cable. I also don't like the idea that the FaceTime camera, speakers and mic are located in the slot. And why make the the entire thing generally taller than the original? And the angles are off, the bottom of 128K slants slightly forward, not perpendicular, and certainly not backward slanting. The simplest fix for all of these things is to make the indent a covered compartment to house the downward facing speakers and provide a place to put the power connector. So it would be similar to buldge on the back of the current iMac, and perhaps part of the machined back panel. As for the balance, the bottom is solid whereas the display is hollow, with very little aluminum. Think the iPhone 6 Plus supported by the new lightning stand. Certainly if the upper part of the Mac is no heavier than the iPad Air (without a battery), the base could easily be heavier to support that kind of weight. And a battery could be put in the lower vertical section, which should be adequate for supplying the whole thing with power for at least 8 hours. The disk slot I've always imagined would be used for USB flash drives and SD cards, in conversions I was planning with original Compact Macs. This may be the best use of the slot, two USB-C, and an SD card slot, and a headphone jack. However, even concealed in the slot is not very attractive, so I'd suggest just getting rid of the slot altogether. Put some convenience ports on the side like a laptop, and the larger ones on the back. All things considered, this would be very cool. But I just can't see Apple ever doing it, or licensing it to anybody else. What might be more realistic is an iPad Air dock, designed this way.  | |
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