[osxrules]

If you wanted to build your ideal Mac, what would you put in it? Consider this like the Simpsons episode where Herb got Homer to design his ideal car.

The Mac Mini for me is probably closest in the current Apple offering to what I'd like.

- It would have to be headless because I can't stand having built-in displays any more. But a G5 version or Intel version would be nice (G5 is probably too hot). G4s are old news.
- Small like the Mini but with standard hard drives and a tray loading optical drive. In the future, I'd like to see flash based hard drives. They already have flash-based IDE drives at 60GB and higher but they are expensive.
- Power button and eject buttons on the front.
- 3 usb ports and 2 firewire ports. Ideally I would like some new age optical solution. The same goes for ethernet - just one standard connection for all devices - even monitors can have the same cable, you're just passing data after all.
- Easy access for upgrading components - put screws on the machines instead of clips. If I want to put a Geforce 7800 in a Mini then I should be able to along with 2GB Ram at least. I can do that to a similarly priced PC. Macs should also use normal graphics cards instead of Mac versions so I can pick up a card at a local shop.
- desktops should come with a battery on the power supply so that if there is a power cut, I can shut down my machine safely like with laptops. At least it could be an option.
- I think the power cable should have those screws like the display cable. The Mini power lead is really loose.
- on a design note, I think the normal Mini case should be replaced with metal all over and a white Apple symbol like the powerbook.
- the Apple keyboards should have a power key again so all machines can soft-reset with the old command-alt-power key combo. It can replace the eject key, which I don't use.

That should do for now. Also, feel free to add improvements you would make to OS X.

- I would like native support for themes for example. Aqua's nice but change is also nice.
- Also, I would like the installer app to notify me of what it is doing to the filesystem as it goes. If you download a malicious app and it asks for your password, at no stage during its execution does it say what the password is needed for - it could easily overwrite your entire hard drive.
- I would like an easy way to downgrade upgrades. If maybe OS X upgrades were like aperture files where the changes are saved and can be removed at any time.
- an option to keep a small percentage of the system resources free at all times so that no process can hang up the system entirely and that certain system features like volume change, expose or dashboard don't hiccup.
- it's still not snappy enough. The performance has improved greatly since the early versions but something must be wrong when I can zip through a pdf document on an old 350MHz pentium with Windows 98 faster than on a 1.25GHz G4 with 1GB Ram. There should be no jitter when scrollling documents or resizing windows at all.

[rickey939]

[AKcrab]

bah. No subwoofer.

[Langdon]

Originally Posted by rickey939

Add one PCI slot and a full size hard drive and we're in business.
I would also take out the card reader.

[alligator]

My ideal Mac would be an implant. 2 terrahertz Brain processor, but only 256 Meg of RAM (short term memory).

[rickey939]

Proud owner.®

[mdc]

like rickey939 said.


this works for me

[teknopimp]

ditto... and at half the price

[SuvsareRetarded]

Something without a display, one fullsize hd space, one AGP or PCIX or whatever the hot graphics card slot is, and that's basically it. Basically something like the mini with the option to put in a sweet video card.

[effgee]

A 17" Powerbook with a 3GHz, dual core processor (G5, Intel, whatever - I don't care), 2+ gigs of RAM, a GeForce Go 7800 GTX and a 2.5", 7200rpm, 250GB, SATA HD ... all in the same form factor as the current 17" Powerbook.

And no, I do not need a fscking iSight built into my laptop.

[JoshuaZ]

A 12in Powerbook with a frickin nice screen. Thats about it.

The only thing I would ever complain about on my 12in Powerbook. But I still love it.

[effgee]

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

... whatever the hot graphics card slot is, and that's basically it. Basically something like the mini with the option to put in a sweet video card.

cough .. PCI Express (16x) ... cough



And yes, I'll take one of those headless minis, too.

[Salty]

Quad Power Mac

hehe,

Actually my ideal machine would probably be a combo machine. Of course this isn't one that I think Apple should make since it'd be crazy expensive.

But my machine would basically be an iHouse. Similar idea to what Sony had with the Cell only done with normal processors. There would be several machines and they'd all be clustered. The main base comp would be a quad processor either whatever Intel Chips Apple'll be using with the Power Macs or G5s, (probably because of the aspects of the system it'd be mainly intel). Actually scratch that, 4 intel chips for new apps and 2 G5 co-processors for old PPC code! High end graphics card with tons of RAM running dual 30 inch Cinemas. As well a PCI E graphics card that would also power two smaller 17 inch Displays.
As well combined with this machine, able to use the power of the main machine would be a PowerBook like laptop, of course using a Pentium M processor, able to get great battery life as well very thin, with a 15.4 inch wide screen.
The PowerMac and PowerBook would actually both support Wacom graphics tablets, the PM would have an external one, where as a smaller wide format one would be in place on the PowerBook, allowing the screen to be a lil taller to accommodate the built in iSight .
Of course the PowerBook would have a 7200rpm HD
The Power Mac would also be connected by Fiber channel to a very large RAID array.

As well by my bed would be an iMac like computer of course to match the rest it'd be aluminium, and it'd be wall mounted so I could use a wireless keyboard and mouse.

And of course there would be AirPort expresses in every room with their own dedicated speakers. Oh and each room would also have an old iMac style terminal to control iTunes and other aspects in the house.

Again not something I think Apple should do, but something that'd be freaking awesome!

[Rob van dam]

a powerbook which can take some punishment.And while not an actual computer a pda with a projection keyboard.

[SuvsareRetarded]

Originally Posted by Salty

Quad Power Mac

hehe,

Actually my ideal machine would probably be a combo machine. Of course this isn't one that I think Apple should make since it'd be crazy expensive.

But my machine would basically be an iHouse. Similar idea to what Sony had with the Cell only done with normal processors. There would be several machines and they'd all be clustered. The main base comp would be a quad processor either whatever Intel Chips Apple'll be using with the Power Macs or G5s, (probably because of the aspects of the system it'd be mainly intel). Actually scratch that, 4 intel chips for new apps and 2 G5 co-processors for old PPC code! High end graphics card with tons of RAM running dual 30 inch Cinemas. As well a PCI E graphics card that would also power two smaller 17 inch Displays.
As well combined with this machine, able to use the power of the main machine would be a PowerBook like laptop, of course using a Pentium M processor, able to get great battery life as well very thin, with a 15.4 inch wide screen.
The PowerMac and PowerBook would actually both support Wacom graphics tablets, the PM would have an external one, where as a smaller wide format one would be in place on the PowerBook, allowing the screen to be a lil taller to accommodate the built in iSight .
Of course the PowerBook would have a 7200rpm HD
The Power Mac would also be connected by Fiber channel to a very large RAID array.

As well by my bed would be an iMac like computer of course to match the rest it'd be aluminium, and it'd be wall mounted so I could use a wireless keyboard and mouse.

And of course there would be AirPort expresses in every room with their own dedicated speakers. Oh and each room would also have an old iMac style terminal to control iTunes and other aspects in the house.

Again not something I think Apple should do, but something that'd be freaking awesome!

Wow. Are you still a virgin?

[Salty]

Yes

Oh and did I mention the PowerBook and the home set up would keep prefs and several folders in sync

[SuvsareRetarded]

You need to find some experienced girl and let her have her way with you. Then you'll realize that macs and jesus aren't really all there is to life.

[Salty]

Yes, there's also ska music... wonderful ska music...

[Athens]

Originally Posted by rickey939

NOW THAT IS FREAKING COOL!
Oh and my dream setup was over 30 000 from the Apple Store

[Tesseract]

[badidea]

23" iMac with dual core processor and 2 monitor support (no mirroring)!

^that would be perfect for me

[Langdon]

http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news...+Mac+Mini.html

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

You need to find some experienced girl and let her have her way with you. Then you'll realize that macs and jesus aren't really all there is to life.

Rob, I think you are the only non-religious person that says Jesus's name more than a religious person.

[SuvsareRetarded]

That's cool! If they made dual processer G4 minis or single G5's I'd consider getting one with that case mod expansion thing. it looks hot.

[11011001]

Originally Posted by Salty

Quad Power Mac

hehe,

Actually my ideal machine would probably be a combo machine. Of course this isn't one that I think Apple should make since it'd be crazy expensive.

But my machine would basically be an iHouse. Similar idea to what Sony had with the Cell only done with normal processors. There would be several machines and they'd all be clustered. The main base comp would be a quad processor either whatever Intel Chips Apple'll be using with the Power Macs or G5s, (probably because of the aspects of the system it'd be mainly intel). Actually scratch that, 4 intel chips for new apps and 2 G5 co-processors for old PPC code! High end graphics card with tons of RAM running dual 30 inch Cinemas. As well a PCI E graphics card that would also power two smaller 17 inch Displays.
As well combined with this machine, able to use the power of the main machine would be a PowerBook like laptop, of course using a Pentium M processor, able to get great battery life as well very thin, with a 15.4 inch wide screen.
The PowerMac and PowerBook would actually both support Wacom graphics tablets, the PM would have an external one, where as a smaller wide format one would be in place on the PowerBook, allowing the screen to be a lil taller to accommodate the built in iSight .
Of course the PowerBook would have a 7200rpm HD
The Power Mac would also be connected by Fiber channel to a very large RAID array.

As well by my bed would be an iMac like computer of course to match the rest it'd be aluminium, and it'd be wall mounted so I could use a wireless keyboard and mouse.

And of course there would be AirPort expresses in every room with their own dedicated speakers. Oh and each room would also have an old iMac style terminal to control iTunes and other aspects in the house.

Again not something I think Apple should do, but something that'd be freaking awesome!

You know, you probably wouldn't be able to sleep at night with all that machinery in your room. I can't even sleep when my single tower is on. I suppose you could shut everything down at night, but then you loose out on bittorrent time (anime, nothing illegal).

[strictlyplaid]

(1) Tablet convertible-style notebook w/ Tablet OS X
(2) Powerbook styling/materials
(3) Dual boot with Windows XP Tablet Edition
(4) Dell pricing

...That shouldn't be a problem, right?

[Kerrigan]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Rob, I think you are the only non-religious person that says Jesus's name more than a religious person.

You forgot about SWG

By the way, where is he these days? Haven't seen any of his threads for a few weeks now.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

You forgot about SWG

Nope, Rob says it much more.

[SuvsareRetarded]

Jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus Mushroom Mushroom!
Jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!
Jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus Snake Snake Ohhhhh Snaaaakkkeee!

[strictlyplaid]

How in the heck did this thread get to be about Jesus?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by strictlyplaid

How in the heck did this thread get to be about Jesus?

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

You need to find some experienced girl and let her have her way with you. Then you'll realize that macs and jesus aren't really all there is to life.

The same way it usually does.

[King Bob On The Cob]

Just give me an intel mac that can play Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun while still letting me keep all my other Mac programs. I'd be a happy man.

Oh yea, Quad processors with hyperthreading would be nice. (Mmmmm.... compiling on eight virtual cores.)

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by strictlyplaid

How in the heck did this thread get to be about Jesus?

Our two derail-masters in the Lounge, Rob and SWG.

-t

[production_coordinator]

Perfect Mac:

Something that was $300 and had the same capabilities of a mac mini.

Great for email, web and playing a DVD, music, etc...

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by production_coordinator

Something that was $300 and had the same capabilities of a mac mini..

mini on ebay ?

-t

[Kevin]

I'd love a mini if it had a towers options.

What is the RAM limit on those?

[production_coordinator]

Originally Posted by Kevin

I'd love a mini if it had a towers options.

What is the RAM limit on those?

I would simply like space for 2 regular sized HDs.

[iREZ]

how bout a nice gpu, afterall it is a dream machine...

i'd take a $500 mini with a 1.67G4 or 1.8G5, Dual Layer Superdrive, ATI 9700 128MB VRAM, 150GB HD, FW 800, 2GB of RAM, wifi and BT installed, 4USB ports, and of course...all of this would be user upgradeable. damn that'd be a fine machine, oh well...

[effgee]

Originally Posted by iREZ

how bout a nice gpu, afterall it is a dream machine...

i'd take a $699 mini with a 2 GHz Pentium M, Dual Layer Superdrive, GeForce Go 7800 GTX, 150GB HD, FW 800, 2GB of RAM, wifi and BT installed, 4USB ports, and of course...all of this would be user upgradeable. damn that'd be a fine machine, oh well...

fixed™

[SuvsareRetarded]

Originally Posted by Kevin

I'd love a mini if it had a towers options.

What is the RAM limit on those?

They're too slow. If it had dual 1.4s I'd get one. But a single 1.4 is slooowwwwwww. Plus the video card sucks donkey balls and is unupgradeable.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

They're too slow. If it had dual 1.4s I'd get one. But a single 1.4 is slooowwwwwww. Plus the video card sucks donkey balls and is unupgradeable.

What do you do on your computer that would make a single 1.4ghz machine too slow?

I am honestly curious.

[SuvsareRetarded]

Originally Posted by Kevin

What do you do on your computer that would make a single 1.4ghz machine too slow?

I am honestly curious.

iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, Garageband, Photoshop files over 80 megs. Lots of stuff.

[Salty]

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, Garageband, Photoshop files over 80 megs. Lots of stuff.

Come on Ca$h we know your real processor intensive tasks include porn in H.264

[SuvsareRetarded]

nah, not really. I have a live one.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

nah, not really. I have a live one.

So you tape HER ?

-t

[SuvsareRetarded]

Sometimes.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

Sometimes.

Duck or video ?

-t

[SuvsareRetarded]

Seriously, if the Mac Mini had a videocard slot I'd be all over one. The 1.4ghz G4 could always be overclocked to 1.8 with watercooling or something, and firewire solves the HD problem. ARGH. APPLE! If you can make a $500 mac with an expensive laptop optical drive and expensive laptop HD, why can't you make one with a graphics card slot and regular fullsize drives for the same price!?!?!?!

[SuvsareRetarded]

Originally Posted by turtle777

DUCT or video ?

-t

Edit: OHHHHH Now I get it. Bhahahahaahaha. Nah, I have handcuffs from my great granpa, who was a police officer. They're pretty awesome, they're from the 30s.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

Duh !

Duck tape or video tape !

-t