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darksol360 · May 24, 2007, 07:22 PM

Seeing as the design of Apple hardware followed closely with the iPod's (screen in the upper half-ish, leno jaw on the bottom, white finish, uber-metro-industrial, etc) doesn't it sound plausible that with the iPhone being the next greatest thing since BDS =D, this will follow suit?

Think about it. Rumors of eliminating the "leno jaw" for a more symetrical look. Imagine an Apple display, about as thick as the current iMacs, but black (yes!) with a strip of aluminum around it. More round edges, bright, raised, silver and shiny Apple logo somewhere. LED lighting. This would turn heads no doubt, just look how good the basic Macbooks look in black. It would definately make the statement Apple usually makes every 2-4 years.

I wish I was good at photoshopping, but imagine this (maybe someone can work on this, getting it going on the web). Take your basic iPhone image, put two together (eliminate the silver border converge), black out the screen images, increase to about 5-7 times the size, put a silver pedestal, add black and silver Mighty Mouse and keyboard and viola! I think we are on to something...

Think how many Mac computers were sold by the influence of the tiny iPod... (me included)...

Jawbone54 · May 24, 2007, 08:13 PM

This is your first post? I don't trust you yet.

C.A.T.S. CEO · May 24, 2007, 08:39 PM

I'm very confused here.

rickey939 · May 24, 2007, 09:02 PM

Proud of you.®

Salty · May 24, 2007, 09:12 PM

How bout a touch screen keyboard?

Actually could kinda see them trying that. It'd be great for things like Photoshop, audio editing, that sorta thing. Think about a mixing board popping up over your keyboard? How bout being able to use half your keyboard as a tablet? The big thing about the iPhone is multi touch. If that makes it to Macs then we may be golden.

As far as design they do seem to be moving toward black as a colour. I'd love to see them keep white though and have either black and silver or white and silver as options. I'd genuinely like to see a white iPhone and would actually prefer that to the black.
On the MacBook side it'd be sweet to have the bottom chunk be a touch screen, and have aluminium lid and underside. Do it kinda like a DS.

xi_hyperon · May 24, 2007, 09:47 PM

Black is the new black.

nonhuman · May 24, 2007, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by xi_hyperon

Black is the new black.

KeyLimePi · May 24, 2007, 10:18 PM

A poster by the name of Joel Fagin created this mock-up, which he posted on AppleInsider.com.

Nodnarb · May 24, 2007, 10:32 PM

Wow. That looks cool.

design219 · May 24, 2007, 10:36 PM

As long as you don't have to touch the edges. Chrome looks like crap when finger prints are there.

The iPhone edges are small enough they won't be that obvious.

SSharon · May 24, 2007, 10:49 PM

Am I the only one that really likes the dell screens for their range of motion? It would be nice if apple could give us at least some of the abilities of the dell screens. Adding video input to the imac would also be nice for those of us with laptops that want more screen real estate but don't want to buy another screen.

darksol360 · May 24, 2007, 10:57 PM

I'm a very new switcher, so I was unaware of that mock up (which basically is what I had in mind). Very cool, I dug it! (My wife wants to keep the white look). She can keep this white iMac, I can get this! =D

Kerrigan · May 24, 2007, 11:04 PM

I never quite liked the G5 iMac. In designing the next iMac, I would rather that Apple turn its attention back to balance, proportion, and uniqueness, as was the case with the lampshade iMac.

Plus, I don't like the idea of taking a very nice portable design and stretching out its dimensions to make a desktop. I'm sure Apple design purists (aka fanboys) like myself would agree: each product should have a form which expresses the product's use.

SpaceMonkey · May 24, 2007, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by darksol360

I'm a very new switcher, so I was unaware of that mock up (which basically is what I had in mind). Very cool, I dug it! (My wife wants to keep the white look). She can keep this white iMac, I can get this! =D

I dunno. It looks "PC" to me, for some reason--not distinctive. I don't like it.

C.A.T.S. CEO · May 25, 2007, 12:02 AM

Yeah, it kinda looks like a Samsung display I saw today, too PC-ish

highstakes · May 25, 2007, 01:40 AM

the side kinda reminds me of a dell

smacintush · May 25, 2007, 02:02 AM

Originally Posted by Salty

How bout a touch screen keyboard?

Well I don't know how that would "feel" to someone who types a lot, but for me that would be awesome.

Just think of the possibilities.

smacintush · May 25, 2007, 02:07 AM

Originally Posted by KeyLimePi

A poster by the name of Joel Fagin created this mock-up, which he posted on AppleInsider.com.

Just think of the intro.

A movie of just the screen of the iPhone plays reviewing all the cool things that it does, then it turns sideways and accesses a picture of a mac desktop. Then it expands and fills the whole screen of the iPhone and the camera pans out revealing the pedestal, keyboard and mouse with the words above: "Say hello iMac."