MacOS
X Wish List Is it too late? - Laser has created a Christmas
OS X wish list for Santa Jobs - the only question is has Laser
been naughty or nice?
MacMoore's Law -- How about the
G5? the G6? the G7? - With the advent of the G4 based
Macintosh, Laser thinks that it is only a matter of time before
the fastest running Windows machine will actually be a Mac!
FeatherMac(3) - iTablet -
Laser thinks that the advent of the iBook's liberating AirPort
opens up all sorts of possibilities. In this column he details
one such idea that Apple might want to take a look at.
FeatherMac (2): iBook Lite, Anyone?
- Just when Apple thought it was rounding out its product
line with the iBook, Laser says they should have at least
one more product in their lineup. An iBook, smaller, lighter,
sans hard and CD-ROM drives and all priced below $1,000.
MacQuantumLeap - The qMac:
Not Your Father's Macintosh - Liquid caffeine CPUs? Quantum
computers billions of times faster that today's fastest computers?
What will things be like 15 years down the road? Laser takes
a stab at this question.
MacNetwork: The Future Ain't What
it Used to Be - The Internet has just begun, according
to Laser. The high-speed Internet that is just around the
corner will change the focus of computing from the desktop
to the network. The question is how will Apple meet this challenge,
and opportunity!
MacOS Xtrategy "There is no
substitute." - Best way to convert a Wintel user to Mac
user? Put the Mac OS on their Wintel box, says Quasar
FeatherMac: A Different Kind of
PowerBook - Quasar thinks that Apple has done a good job
of addressing the "RoadWarrior" types with the current
crop of muscular PowerBooks. But for himself he wants mobility
that is trim, light and fast! He doesn't know what the specs
of the rumored "iBook" are but knows what he'd like
to see in a lightweight laptop from Apple.
MacImage: Macs so cool they're hot
- Quasar thinks that if Apple keeps making drop-dead cool
machines like the iMac and the 20th Anniversary Macintosh,
and prices them right, it should have no problem making further
inroads into the Wintel world!
MacDisplay - The Big Picture
- expandable flat panel displays that can grow in size as
your needs and budget allows. Apple doesn't have them, Quasar
thinks they should.
MacUniversity Think Different
-- Thinkvery Different. - Laser thinks the collective
intelligence of the Mac community could be better utilized
by Apple. How about a "Apple Masters" site for the
rest of us?
MacLego - Upgrade Different -
Laser wants Apple to take upgrading the Mac to a whole new
level ......
MacStorage -Backup, Backup, Backup
- Laser, always full of speculative ideas for Apple, has one
more - why not a backup repository? As we move towards high-bandwidth
Internet access it might not be too far fetched of an idea.
MacJeeves - Ease of Use at a Higher
Level - Quasar wants a Mac that will do more thinking
for itself and not be told again and again what to do. He
calls this the "Jeeves" concept of service.
InvisiMac The Ultimate in Plug and
Play - Mr Quasar thinks your Mac has too much idle time
on it's hands which could be put to better use - but flushing
the john? Read his current article and see what he means
Simplicity.... OpenDoc Only Better!
Laser Quasar Absolutely wants to create his own programs only
he doesn't want to write code. He calls on software authors
to take up the OpenDoc concept once again and thinks OS X
yellow box can help.
SuperMac - A Macintosh To Rival Cray?
In this article Laser Quasar Absolutely describes the Appleseed
project and makes the modest proposal that Apple enter the
SuperComputer market.
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