What will the Macintosh of the future look like?

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The Mac is almost 25 years old. This is really remarkable in today’s technology/branding landscape. This one product has held on for so long while so many others have come and gone. What will a Macintosh look like in another 25 years? If we look purely at specs and compare the original Mac 128K with today’s base model 24" inch iMac (we feel that the iMac line is closest to the original idea) we get a pretty crazy machine – below:

 

  1984 2009 2034
Screen 9 inch B&W 24 inch color 64 inch (3D?)
RAM 128K 2GB  32TB
Disk Storage 400K Floppy 250GB Hard Drive 64PB (SSD?)
Processor Speed 8MHz 2.4GHz 720GHz
Weight 16lbs 25 lbs 36 lbs
Networking Appletalk 230Kb/s Ethernet 1Gb 4Tb/s (Wireless?)
Power Consumption 60 W or 205.2 BTU 120 W 240 W
       

Of course a lot of this would never happen.   How do you see the Mac of 2034?

Want to know what Snow Leopard's interface will look like? Look at iWork.com

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Macrumors today reignited the long standing and falling rumor that Apple was readying a interface overhaul.  If you want to know what 10.6 Snow Leopard interface elements will look like, all you have to do is look at iWork.com.

Apple will be merging the look and feel of the MacOS with the Touch/iPhone look and feel.  UI is evolutionary, not revolutionary (move to OSX from OS9 notwithstanding)

and you, of course, will love it…More below…

 

New System Preferences vs. old. You can even see some of the enhancements in the iWork Applications. These aren’t Leopardy feeling elements.

Seagate selling 1.5TB Drive for $129

9to5 Staff

From 9to5mac.com/toys (feed): If you are loading up on storage in 2009, you might want to head over to Amazon who have a Seagate 1.5TB 32MB SATA Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST31500341AS for $129.  That is the lowest price we’ve ever seen for the largest capacity drive on the market.  The device gets an average of 4/5 stars from Amazon reviewers and ships for free. These prices don’t often last for more than 24 hours at Amazon.

Or you can has a 1TB Hitachi for $80 after $30 rebate.

For another $30-$40, throw in a SATA Drive docking station, or perhaps something a little more burly.

 

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