Well with all the talk about how Vista failed, horribly, most people are already pumped and anxiously waiting for Windows 7, even sticking with their archaic 9 year old Windows XP. Microsoft has already confirmed that Windows 7 will probably be out in 09. but the question is if Vista is the best they could do it the substantial 5 year time zone between XP and it’s launch, what could they possibly do in 2-3 years? The answer is a lot, if they would focus on making Vista’s faults disappear, and focus on looking at what made XP so good, similar in ways in my opinion in the ways that Mac OS X leopard is good. They need one thing, simplicity. They need to worry about the UI, and how ergonomically pleasing it is , before they worry about aesthetics and eye candy like Aero. They looked at Apple and said, well they are doing eye candy, so why not us? The reason why not windows, is because Apple already had the key factors i just listed, and a r=total re-do wasn’t needed in Leopard. or Tiger. Windows 7 needs to significantly come down in price to $120, and then make 1, yes ONE version, the All in One version, capable of pleasing a crazy video editor, businessman, and web browser. That is one of the major things, one version, is possibly in the top 3 things they need. They also then need to throw away the old code, and start fresh, from the ground up. Look at the way that UNIX makes security so tight ( yes i know more hackers target windows) so you don’t need to buy security software, as of now i have not gotten one virus on my mac or pop-up window, i don’t think that is very hard, if Apple can do, why not Microsoft. They need to find some sort of way to stabilize the system, make the OS not crash at all, not very much, but at all. They have to find some way for people who lost faith and went into the embracing arms of Steve Jobs and Apple Inc., to come back to windows. Then when all that is done, they can focus on aesthetics. They need a futuristic look, but not anything ludicrous. A nice smooth look, with some transparency, and professionalism added in, would make it appealing, but not challenging. Vista right now is like a book, with the most amazing cover you have ever seen, it draws you in, and make you want to get it, then you read it or in this case use it, and it is the worst book or OS you have ever seen. They need to make Windows 7 a novel, a masterpiece, for me and a ton of the computer world to even give it a chance.

Apple iPhone Clone by iOrgane courtesy of Engadget.com

Yes, i know you have seen them all but there is yet another Apple iPhone clone out there. This time it is from the ever growing land of China. The company’s name is iOrgane, and yes that is supposed to look like orange. They took the design of the original first generation Apple iPhone, and morphed it to stay the same looking, but use no where near Apple’s famous design and quality manufacturing. From what i can see from the picture, it has a very cheap plastic part where the black plastic normally is, and some monkey metal for the rest of the phone. They swapped the Apple logo, ?, for a orange, truly killing the famous look. The replaced Apple’s small text at the bottom near the plastic with some of theirs. They have the camera in the same place, but i guarantee you it is some piece of garbage 1 megapixel camera, or worse a fake one, made to imitate the look. I don’t know why they try so hard. Most people in rural areas of China have never seen an iPhone, or even know what Apple Inc

. is, so why try to imitate the iPhone and get into a whole mess of legal trouble with Apple, in a battle Apple will most definitely win with the Johhny Cochrane esque lawyers. These people should not try to re-label the winning design and come up with one of their own, and take over China’s telecom markets, with what 1.3 billion people? They need to get their act together, but since that won’t happen, we can continue to law at these iPhone clones.

If you have been paying attention to Mac and Apple lately, you will know with the release of the new notebooks, the WHOLE line of Macs is Aluminum, except the Mac Mini. It is the cheapest mac, by far about $400. It is getting outdated rapidly, and is in need of a complete redesign. It has been 438 days since it has been updated, with a Mac average at 188 days, making it well over due for an update. They will put the graphics card, the NVidia 9400m inside most likely, and the new Macbook processors. The Mac Mini, is a laptop, in a different form. The product, although not the most popular, is one of the leading so called “switchers” machines, the phase of switching from Windows to Mac OSX. It has great capabilities as of right now, and a complete redesign, would only boost sales, in my opinion to double what they are now. They need to give it a fresh design, in a form of the Mac Pro, but Mini, as pictured above, this would give it the fresh new Aluminum look from Apple, and make it a great looking machine that anyone would love to have in their office, and show off. They also need to lower the price, even more to $400, as a starting price. I know this sounds  drastic, but with the new cheaper brick process, and lack of keyboard, mouse, and monitor, it is possible, and would make the Mac a ever cheaper, yet still light years better option, than any comparable windows machine.

The new macbook. and macbook pro, have a bottom that is made from a solid block of aluminum, meaning a sturdy but light computer. Both take advantage of INtel Core 2 Duos, and the new Nvidia 9400m integrated graphics processor, one option on the Macbook pro being to have the integrated Nvidia 9400m, and a separate Nvidia 9600M. These are truly amazing computers, with built in button-less track pads, made from glass, that use the Multi-Touch features and use the whole touch pad, as the click button. They have a Macbook Air keyboard, with black keys, and are amazing if i haven’t already made that clear. They have LED backlit displays, 13inch on the Macbook and 15 inch on the Macbook Pro. They have glass screens to the edge, that give a sleek iMac look. The new display connector is as powerful as a standard DVI, and can support 2 DVI cables, and 2 30 inch screens, on both the Macbook and Macbook pro, but why have 2 when you can have the new 24 inch led backlit Macbook display, that has 3 USB’s, a iSight and Mic, and, a magsafe fro your laptop, all at $899. The Macbooks now start at $999 available tomorrow, the Macbook Pro starts at $1999 available tomorrow too. Also they have bumps in HDD size on all laptops including the Macbook Air from 80gb to 120gb, and a 128gb SSD, they have the same SSD 128gb option on the MB and MBP too. These are some seriously sweet laptops, light years above the competition, what are you waiting for, go get one!!!!!!!!!!!

Supposed new Macbook Pro

This is the rumored shot of the new Macbook Pro with Dual, yes dual GPU’s, a SLi setup is wild, will just have to wait to find out if this is real or not, later in the day.

MacBook Pro

With the supposed, but yet to be announced Apple Laptop Revamp event set for October 14th, it has gotten me wondering, what will the new MacBooks, and macbook pro’s look like? I am guessing a curved or tapered edge design, like Apple loves so much in the MacBook Air, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch 2G. I think this will add a sense of light and airiness to the laptops, and also cut down on weight. I think they will update the iSights to more powerful versions, and use all LED backlight screens currently only used in MBP’s and MBA’s. This will also cut down on weight, that is such a crucial thing in the notebook market. I believe the MacBooks will be 2.2ghz, 2.6ghz, and 2.8ghz intel core 2 duos, and the MacBooks pros with have something like 2.5ghz, 2.8ghz, and 3.1ghz core 2 duos, if they even make them fro laptops. I know they will be less power hungry processors, as that seems to be a trend with Apple, saving battery. I also think that the weights for the MacBooks will be cut down to 4lbs, and the MBP’s with start at 4.5lbs. I know that is drastic but with the tapered design and other size reductions, it is possible. I also would love to see the reintroduction of a 12in, MBP. It has been a while, but is a missed product by many Apple users. The new laptops will also all including MacBooks, incorporate the Aluminum and Glass concept, and have all Aluminum exterior shells, Glass Screens, and Black Trim around the whole screen. They will also have all Multi-Touch trackpads, like the MBA, and MBP. What do you think the new Apple laptops will looks like? Give me your feedback in the comments.

Chris

Will all the talk about Snow Leopard, Apple’s next OS, now one has mentioned how much it is going to cost us up-graders. I am thinking based off of what Apple has said, that it is much less of the difference between Tiger an Leopard, and only really increases speed and reliability, that $40-50 mark is what i would pay. What would you pay? Are you even planning on upgrading from Tiger or Leopard?

Chris

Dell Inspiron Mini 9

Recently there has been a storm of these so called ‘netbooks’ being released. Starting with the ever popular Asus EEE PC, they are becoming more and more popular. It is starting to be more obvious that these aren’t just a trend, and old ’smaller is better’ trend is starting to come alive again. Now the original player in computers, Dell, has gotten into the netbook, micro notebook, or whatever you want to call them market. They just released the Dell Inspiron Mini 9. Mini being the key word, with a tiny 9 inch screen. They are becoming so popular it seemed like fro a couple weeks, that whenever you would go onto a site like Engadget.com, that a new Asus EEE PC was being released every day. So are you going to buy one? And if so what for? or now i am fine with my MacBook, but you never know.

Chris