On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Peter Liethen wrote:
> I would pay what a TiBook and a733mHz G4 cost together to get a Sub
> portable that couyld 'dock' with a destop tower to give me access to drave
> bays DVD-R and PCI slots. I hate having two systems like I have now (2400c
> and soon a 733mHz G4) it a pain keeping fies synced I want one friggin'
> computer!
Then, Chromiums wrote:
> I really think the big docks are a thing of the past.
> If Apple does anything, it will probably be a
> replicator like the PCs. There's just too many
> external drives out there to create something like
> the old duo docks. Besides, I think Apple's trying to
> get out of the hardware business except their
> computers. They seem to be giving the peripheral
> markets to 3rd parties (i.e. harman kardon, lucent,
> etc.).
I agree with both opinons. Peter is right in that it would be killer to
have access to PCI slots in a tower case. Maybe they could make an
interface for those external PCI chassis that Steve uses as a reason to
limit the G4 to 3 PCI slots...
The drive bays aren't such a big deal because of external firewire/USB
devices. But then your TiBook ends up looking like the PC in the old
iMac commercial: Cables **EVERYWHERE!** I think that this would be too
much of a technical hassle for an admittedly small market. The WOW factor
alone would be incredible, though. Think of a TiBook (subnotebook version,
of course) that could dock up to a tower with CD-RW/DVD-RAM, Killer Video
card, Ultra SCSI LVD with a huge 10,000RPM HD, a zip, Cinema display,
external keyboard and mouse! Now that is a machine to lust over. Imagine
the PC world trying to play catch-up. (Of course, maybe no one would buy
one?
A port replicator a-la Dell would be sufficient for me. MacOS would handle
the hardware changes better, too, methinks. My Fiancee's Dell coughs and
hiccups every once in a while when swapping into and out of a
replicator. I think that the external tower case would be incredible, and
a huge wow facto, but will never happen.
Basically, PCCard slots eliminate the problem of no PCI slots (more or
less...) An external firewire PC Card slot would be killer, though.
I think that the G4 cube would be on my desk if it had two PCMCIA
slots! My only qualm is that it has **zero** expansion options.
Tom
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