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Posted on 01/06/2006 11:36:55 PM PST by Panerai
PowerPage.org posts an unusual report claiming that Apple would be releasing 42inch and 50inch Plasma Displays at Macworld San Francisco.
That possibility alone would be quite unusual for Apple, but the report describes that the new plasma displays will be powered by Intel's recently announced Viiv multimedia platform running Mac OS X 10.4.4 for x86 (Intel).
Prices for the displays/computers are reportedly $2599 and $3299.
The report is unusual in that it is written as a story, presumably to hide the source of the information. Of note, ThinkSecret has recently suggested that Apple will be releasing a larger than 30" Cinema Display.
Current Apple Cinema Displays rely on LCD technology -- not Plasma. However, throughout the industry, 42" is typically where the Plasma sets start, while LCD's become significantly more expensive at these larger sizes.
Meanwhile, there have been ongoing reports of a Viiv-Apple connection.
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There's just nothin' like a ginormous screen.
I'll wait a few years (as about 70% of the rest of the country is) for these things to come down to more reasonable levels.
How about two of 'em?
Plasmas do not last long a high altitude.
Expected lifespan is cut in half at 5280"
I saw the 30 inch screen at a Mac store. And all I could think was why on earth would anyone need something this big. Naturally that would change if the mini becomes a multimedia hub with DVR capabilities and all.
When you are a developer of sofftware, one screen runs the application under development as the user would see it, the other is loaded up with text files and debuggers.
For FR posters, though, it's an extravagance. ;)
I've been told that plasma starts to have dropouts after about three years, that the dropouts are permanent and can't be fixed, and that led me to the conclusion that they're not worth more than a couple of hundred, regardless of their size. ;')
LCD & DLP look good.
My wife has one and works as a consultant. The ability to have two or three documents displayed at once, compare between them and then cut & paste is really valuable. For instance, she can analyze data and generate charts in excel, while writing a report in word. The she copies the excel chart and pastes it into the word report.
Comes out looking really good and is a lot faster than the old way of switching what is on your screen.
The other really neat thing is most programs have given up on written manuals in favor of .pdf or html manuals. With a small screen trying to follow a 10 step set of instructions is really frustrating because every time I click on the main program to do a step, the help file disappears behind it. With a big screen, you can keep them side by side. The help file is no longer active, but at least it is visible & I can read all ten steps.
I will say I have noticed on my recently purchased Powerbook that Apple makes much better use of screen real estate. I can view a few programs on the screen. It comes in handy with ichatav especially. I can keep looking at a Web page and keep a chat window open next to it.
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