Apple Tribook concept goes the opposite direction of netbooks
December 8, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Computers
The Apple Tribook needs not too much explanation. The two ears fold out from the main screen and the extended gesture control for the trackpad allows you to manipulate more screen real estate.
The real question is .. why should we even bother? OK OK I really sound like a blogger who needs to come up with his 200 words of curmudgeon-ness for a post, but really, consider the possibility of innovations and you will raise an eyebrow as to why this should be done.
What it really is? If this is true, it is Apple’s way of saying that the netbook market is stupid with low margins and undepowered parts. Let’s become an industry leader and make a portable with a screen that’s bigger than ever, you need to pull parts of it out to make it work. All 21 inches of it.
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“Nonetheless, it’s because we’re so entirely inspired by Apple design that we’re compelled to play along. The following four products are just fanciful “what ifs” to explore and hypothesize while we wait for the real game-changers to emerge.”
Original source: http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/future_apple_design?page=0%2C0
But I love the tri book… as long as when you closed those “ears” there were LCDs on the back of them so that you could have a normal width screen, or yes, if they were slide out…
Quote, “The real question is .. why should we even bother?”
Why not? If you ask that question on every Apple product, you would hate Apple. What would the point be of an iPod if we can listen to music on our laptops while able to do even more? Why have the iMac if you have no use for the extra room? Why? Why? Why?
Anyway, I am a multi-tasking game designer. I usually need some room on my screen for my compiler, a script (sometimes 7-8 of them), a debug version of my game, and a finder window.
Also, just like the first comment poster, these are just IDEAS of some things they could make with brick technology and LED screens.
Lets just make sure this is 100% clear for the record. Apple DID NOT do this first. Lenevo did http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087¤t-category-id=F10AD59D781A47888400957242FCF7F8.
Just want to keep the fanboys in check from declaring this to be another Apple revolution (see Iphone, Ipod, and just about anything else Apple has ever done)
Check out the new Lenovo ThinkPad
I used to have a two monitor setup, now im on a larger single monitor setup, and frankly i miss the dual setup. Theres just something nice about having portions of your display dedicated to various tasks, in my case my programming tools on one, and the browser/error log on the other
I think all the ‘netbook’ fanbois are tools. My laptop is my main machine for everything I do, Photoshop, 3D Modeling and Rendering, Surfing, Gaming, etc. More screen real estate is very desirable. I dislike Macs but I find this innovation promising for the notebook industry, and am looking forward to being able to get a non-mac variation of this concept on my next machine upgrade.
This concept is just an incremental step up from what Lenovo is already building
http://www.gizmag.com/lenovo-dual-screen-thinkpad-w700ds/10607/