Re: What if...

[Gabriel Morales <Togega@Concentric.net>]

Phoenyx wrote:
> 
> Somehow, I doubt we will see a simple home oriented computer. The
> powers that be have already decided that our home computers should
> handle all our communication.

	I see nothing wrong with a personal computer being capable handling all
electronic communication. This is the strength of a general-purpose
personal computer- One moment it can be a word processor, another a
video-phone and another a game machine.

	Or would you rather have separate devices for everything? A separate
videophone, a separate Web Browser machine, a separate game machine, ect...?

Sheane wrote:

> Rubywand you've sold me!!! So lets stop talking about it in theory and do
> it.

	I also like the idea. But be forewarned, (I believe) it would have to
be a modern, net-savvy computer and, of course, not run into any legal
problems with Apple.

Rubywand wrote:

>  One big difference between a new user-designed computer and modestly
> revolutionary machines like iMac is that there would be no concerns about
> limiting performance to preserve some higher priced product line.

But before you state:

> It might begin as a new Apple II-- much improved over the current IIgs but 
> still not a super-threat to PC.

But it would be nowhere near the iMac if it were not a threat to the PC.

> Even Apple has become comfortable with
> its role as a pseudo-PC manufacturer.

	I don't believe this. Yes, Apple obviously can't just decide to
completely ditch the Mac for another platform (unlike it did with the
Apple II...), but have you been following all the hardware changes in
recent Macs (G4, Airport, Firewire/USB, ect...)? And what about Mac OS
X?- This is the biggest change in Mac OS history.

Gabriel Morales <http://www.concentric.net/~Togega/>