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Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Mac in a keyboard
Bringing back memories of the Good Old Day where the keyboard was the computer, someone has jammed a MacBook Air into an Apple Keyboard and a Magic Trackpad.

http://dvice.com/archives/2010/08/brilliant-modde.php

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Criticism: two cables. If Apple did this, they’d find a way of delivering power down the monitor cable.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
the article wrote:
Sure, it's not the first computer-inside-a-keyboard, with the Asus Eee Keyboard PC taking that honor. But there's something about seeing Apple's meticulously designed products being repurposed without their consent that really gets the blood flowing, isn't there?


Uhm....
Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
ProfessorF wrote:
the article wrote:
Sure, it's not the first computer-inside-a-keyboard, with the Asus Eee Keyboard PC taking that honor. But there's something about seeing Apple's meticulously designed products being repurposed without their consent that really gets the blood flowing, isn't there?


Uhm....


Pretty much every home computer before 1986 was housed in a keyboard.
Author:  Fogmeister [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
paulzolo wrote:
ProfessorF wrote:
the article wrote:
Sure, it's not the first computer-inside-a-keyboard, with the Asus Eee Keyboard PC taking that honor. But there's something about seeing Apple's meticulously designed products being repurposed without their consent that really gets the blood flowing, isn't there?


Uhm....


Pretty much every home computer before 1986 was housed in a keyboard.

Well, I had an Acorn Archimedes A3000 and you could say that that was housed inside a keyboard.

But TBH it was more like the keyboard was attached to the case.

Although... Image

I guess they forgot about these.
Author:  JJW009 [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
I have a cupboard full of such examples...

One of my customers had a Pentium PC in a keyboard about a decade ago. I can't remember the make, but I have to admit the spec was quite poor even when it was new.

As to power being delivered via the monitor lead, the c. 1990 Olivetis did that; I think there's one in my garage. I'm sure there are other examples.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
paulzolo wrote:
Bringing back memories of the Good Old Day where the keyboard was the computer, someone has jammed a MacBook Air into an Apple Keyboard and a Magic Trackpad.

http://dvice.com/archives/2010/08/brilliant-modde.php

Image

Criticism: two cables. If Apple did this, they’d find a way of delivering power down the monitor cable.

They have it with a single cable, It is called an iMac, they have moved the innards to the monitor. ;)
Author:  forquare1 [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
Amnesia10 wrote:
paulzolo wrote:
Bringing back memories of the Good Old Day where the keyboard was the computer, someone has jammed a MacBook Air into an Apple Keyboard and a Magic Trackpad.

http://dvice.com/archives/2010/08/brilliant-modde.php

Image

Criticism: two cables. If Apple did this, they’d find a way of delivering power down the monitor cable.

They have it with a single cable, It is called an iMac, they have moved the innards to the monitor. ;)

:lol:
Author:  timark_uk [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
Amnesia10 wrote:
They have it with a single cable, It is called an iMac, they have moved the innards to the monitor. ;)
But this is easier to carry around than a ruddy great big, heavy (comparatively) screen.

Mark
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
timark_uk wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
They have it with a single cable, It is called an iMac, they have moved the innards to the monitor. ;)
But this is easier to carry around than a ruddy great big, heavy (comparatively) screen.

Mark


Are you advocating a return to the 1980s when we used to plug our computers into the TV?
Author:  jonbwfc [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
paulzolo wrote:
Are you advocating a return to the 1980s when we used to plug our computers into the TV?

My TV's got a DVI port and can do 1920*1080p @ 60Hz. Why the hell not?
Author:  timark_uk [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
paulzolo wrote:
Are you advocating a return to the 1980s when we used to plug our computers into the TV?
My MBP does plug in to the TV. (8+D

Mark
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
timark_uk wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
They have it with a single cable, It is called an iMac, they have moved the innards to the monitor. ;)
But this is easier to carry around than a ruddy great big, heavy (comparatively) screen.

Mark

But why not use a laptop in those situations?
Author:  timark_uk [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
Amnesia10 wrote:
But why not use a laptop in those situations?
So you need two computers?

Mark
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
timark_uk wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
But why not use a laptop in those situations?
So you need two computers?

Mark

Yes but relying on their being a screen where you go is just as risky, what if it has the wrong connections or something else. I can understand using a TV but not all TV's have the same connections. The old home computers use the standard co axial connection to get a connection with the TV.
Author:  davrosG5 [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac in a keyboard
paulzolo wrote:
Criticism: two cables. If Apple did this, they’d find a way of delivering power down the monitor cable.


Wasn't power delivered by the ADC connector on some older Macs before the finally decided that DVI was a far more useful solution.
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