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07-23-2008, 04:21 PM
|  | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
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 : 66 th | | | What other market segments are there that we're not thinking of? When they got into the MP3 player arena, that was virgin territory for them. same with the iPhone. could they be looking to reach into new markets? |
07-23-2008, 04:22 PM
|  | i'm the best engineer i know | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: some western town
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| | | Well, the MBA is rarified air (damn these puns), it's not like everyone is buying them to surf the net (Craig excluded). Niche products don't oppose their model.
A touchscreen UMPC would take advantage of:
larger screen than iPhone
smaller package/price than macbook/air
use of their recently-purchased CPU company
multi-touch with full OSX
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07-23-2008, 04:25 PM
|  | Too Loud! Too Bright! | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence
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| | | I just don't see a big apple market for that sort of thing. I am thinking it would be a big gamble right now for them to do that.
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07-23-2008, 05:05 PM
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: 66 th | | | i dunno Tulkas, over on the various mac boards, people are falling over themselves for something like coffee is describing. its not really my bag, because i love a great keyboard (ala the Air) but i guess more people want to go Minority Report on us. |
07-23-2008, 06:44 PM
|  | Mad Cow Disease | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The arctic North Coast
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| | | I wonder if Apple ever thought of going after the gaming market. With their ability to boot into Windows and the fact their rigs are essentially PCs now... imagine the Apple Incorporated horsepower backing the gaming segment. It'd be a helluva shot in the arm PC gaming could use.
Of course I can see the machines now... fast, top notch graphics and completely lacking the ability to upgrade. But that would be their problem. It could really jumpstart PC gaming back ahead of consoles.
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07-23-2008, 06:59 PM
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: 66 th | | | their towers are fully upgradable as is. |
07-23-2008, 07:21 PM
|  | stay awhile and listen | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Meadville, PA
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| | Quote:
Originally Posted by DennyCrane 
Of course I can see the machines now... fast, top notch graphics and completely lacking the ability to upgrade. But that would be their problem. It could really jumpstart PC gaming back ahead of consoles.
| Starting at $4,999 for the base model.
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07-23-2008, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Craig | iMacs aren't, are they?
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07-23-2008, 07:54 PM
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: 66 th | | | Mac Pros. That's all you can game on really. iMacs are for our mothers. |
07-23-2008, 08:00 PM
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| | | Well, I think that with Apple's uber-smart marketing savvy, they could release a gaming line a lot of people would buy.
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