Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of 80s Home Computers

Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by kayodelycaon on Friday February 25, 2022 @08:42AM (#30467116)

It’s a patent. I don’t see why Apple actually would build this. This is basically putting an iMac in the keyboard and connecting it to a display via USB-C. And the display would need external power.

If anything, this a step backwards from what an iMac is. It adds a completely unnecessary second wire.

That’s before you look at price. The M1 iMac is US$ 1,299. Or the lack of Retina resolution USB-C monitors on the market.

If you want something this compact, Apple would have you get a MacBook Air for US$ 999.

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Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by unfocussed_mike on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:00AM (#30467337)

It could be for education, which is a market that Apple has shown a lazy and self-sabotaging disregard for, for almost ten years.

They could be putting hardware as modest as an A14 iPad in there, basically. We know that hardware can run macOS.

Are there not displays with USB-C power buses now?

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Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by thebean11 on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:48AM (#30467824)

How is this better than a laptop for education? Most schools have laptop carts that they wheel into classrooms in lieu of dedicated computer labs I think.

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Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by kayodelycaon on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:12AM (#30467462)

> Are there not displays with USB-C power buses now?

Retina display.

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Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by sanjayio on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:55AM (#30467882)

For education, they’re always thinking long term. If schools can afford this product and teach kids Swift then that’ll encourage them to join the developer ecosystem later on. It doesn’t have to be a “pro” product.

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Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by breakfastduck on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:05AM (#30467385)

Not sure why you're comparing it to an iMac...

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Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by xwdv on Friday February 25, 2022 @08:49AM (#30467212)

POS Systems.

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