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2005-01-09 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by God Save The World 2005-01-09 10:25:19 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 More, faster computing with less energy use (and an ever smaller footprint on my desk)? Glory Halleluyah! Perhaps my next computer can be a laptop after all :-D

Posted by trailing wife 2005-01-09 4:30:43 AM|| 2005-01-09 4:30:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Perhaps in the future my computer won't be a good heat source during the winter anymore. I hate all the energy I am loosing as wasted heat. When you run 2 to 4 computer in a small room like I do heat is a big deal during the summer.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-09 4:53:39 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-01-09 4:53:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I have seen a prototype motherboard that looks like a .5 cm thick sheet of glass, that could easily fit inside the typical laptop. I could imagine a system like that with laser bus architecture. On a side note, there is a new Linux system that can be run from a pen drive (4Gb drives now available), including OS and major software. Optimally, the OS and suite apps would be integral to the motherboard, as in a Mac, with updates, temp and data files stored to a removable HD, all peripherals WIFI'ed, fuel cell or rechargeable battery power for the motherboard, monitor, HD, DVD writer, and one USB2 port. No reason for other ports, or even A/C power.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-01-09 9:50:42 AM|| 2005-01-09 9:50:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Optimally, the OS and suite apps would be integral to the motherboard,

At the risk of starting a religious OS war: Being locked into Microsoft is not Optimal in my book.

Having siad that - this would be really cool.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-01-09 9:56:41 AM|| 2005-01-09 9:56:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Cost could go to the point, if it's not there already, where the hardware is less than the OS and suite apps. If Corel/RedHat and Apple stay alive long enough, it could get interesting.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-01-09 9:59:37 AM|| 2005-01-09 9:59:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Mrs. Davis:

As long as Microsoft values the user experience at the levels they have, Apple will be around...

Posted by gb506 2005-01-09 10:13:11 AM|| 2005-01-09 10:13:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Until they can lock everyone out of the hardware via DRM, DCMA, or 'privacy rights'....

Is my tinfoil hat on too tight?

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-01-09 10:46:19 AM|| 2005-01-09 10:46:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 gb, I have both. The PC for work and the Mac for me. I hope Apple does release the iPod Mac on Tuesday. That could really shake things up.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-01-09 11:08:04 AM|| 2005-01-09 11:08:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 SPoD you need a pair of feline absorbshun devices.

Posted by Shipman 2005-01-09 12:57:20 PM|| 2005-01-09 12:57:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 This represents a gigantic breakthrough for optical computing. Previous attempts at fabricating a microprocessor based upon light-emmiting III-V (gallium arsenide, et al) compounds have met with miserable (and incredibly power hungry) results at best. Controlling doping profiles and overcoming device power dissapation issues proved almost insurmountable. Integrated photo-emmiters utilizing monolithic silicon solves a raft of problems all at once. I worked at Intel and it gives me a tingle of pride seeing them overcome such a thorny yet critical limitation to computational throughput.

Posted by Zenster 2005-01-09 4:52:46 PM|| 2005-01-09 4:52:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Mrs. D, what's an iPod Mac? Trailing Daughter has a mini iPod, but I don't think that's what you meant. (I did google it, but only managed to thoroughly confuse myself.)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-01-09 5:34:23 PM|| 2005-01-09 5:34:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 The rumor mill says Apple will introduce a $500 Mac, dubbed the ipod Mac, at Macworld next week. There will be no monitor in that price and the objective is to get the customers who have bought ipods into the Mac tent with a low cost product. We'll see next week.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-01-09 6:02:55 PM|| 2005-01-09 6:02:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 It comes with 256 meg of RAM! and a geniune G4.

Posted by Shipman 2005-01-09 6:38:21 PM|| 2005-01-09 6:38:21 PM|| Front Page Top

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