Designer Tommaso Gecchelin isn’t oblivious to all the rumors surrounding a netbook or tablet-like PC made by our favorite fruit manufacturer. We try not to indulge in rumors here at YD but sometimes they do provide fuel for inspiration, such is the case with this MacBook Touch.
Gecchelin reasons if Apple were to go small, flexibility may be more important than hard rigidness – a trend current Apple laptops buck because they’re in favor of unibody construction. Flexible OLED technology may be the key because it can provide the rich color and resolution density needed for a smaller screen without being a power hog and resists damage by its malleable nature. The thinnest screens now are barely 8mm thick and can fold like a piece of paper.
The core of this concept is a technology he calls iSpine. Like the spine of a book, the tech avoid excessive compression on the screen, yet allows the laptop to sit in multiple viewing positions. Go from a normal laptop with screen and touchscreen board – to a large widescreen canvas for drawing, presentation or movie watching. To keep everything minimal, ports like power, the mini display, and additional USB are externalized on a “Magic Dock” to keep most of the laptop slim and clean of an array of holes and plugs.
Designer: Tommaso Gecchelin
Please Apple! Hear my cry! Make this, for God’s sake!… I can’t stop drooling all over myself!
But seriously, as a designer and Apple fan myself, who would love, Love, LOVE to have a “digital sketch book” with me where ever I go, without it being a big, faulty, unmanageable mess (a.k.a. a PC tablet), this would be PERFECT… Well, kinda, nothing ever perfect-perfect, but with a little more refining, and not compromising (please do not misunderstand me), this would be my favorite piece of technology ever. Period.
genial computadora e cuanto cuesta para comprarla y decirle a mis amigo de ella para que la compren y que la tengan como yo bye ……
Ok when the heck was this posted? because I look a the comments and it’s been up for like a year. The iPad is out. I would totally go for this but it was probably a concept design. This was probably the iPad. If not, I want this. I want to do photoshop by touching.
um ok. first of all this is amazing. and no ur wrong. almost all tablet users go to mac because mac is most commonly used for digital art. i would most definatly buy this. fersure but nonexperienced tablet users should not be investing in this. if ur a beginner start with a wacom bamboo. then work ur way up to this. definatly brilliant though
um ok. first of all this is amazing. and no ur wrong. almost all tablet users go to mac because mac is most commonly used for digital art. i would most definatly buy this. fersure but nonexperienced tablet users should not be investing in this. if ur a beginner start with a wacom bamboo. then work ur way up to this. definatly brilliant though
Most of the people I know who do computer rendering/ graphic design use macs.
Dream dream dream. Yes its a nice idea, but … nah, I'll just stick to my iPad!!!
Dream dream dream. Yes its a nice idea, but … nah, I'll just stick to my iPad!!!
I don’t know if this is just me, but I’m kinda confused as to how you turn it on. I see no physical buttons anywhere on it. I suppose you could do a switch in the joint itself.
But anyway, amazing work. I would definitely buy one.
I don’t know if this is just me, but I’m kinda confused as to how you turn it on. I see no physical buttons anywhere on it. I suppose you could do a switch in the joint itself.
But anyway, amazing work. I would definitely buy one.
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEAUTIFUL!!!
I actually made a touch-enabled MacBook concept a few months ago. Let me know what you think: http://techlev.blogspot.com/2010/08/techlev-apple…
I still think yours is much nicer though, possibly a later generation of mine? 😉
BEAUTIFUL!!!
I actually made a touch-enabled MacBook concept a few months ago. Let me know what you think: http://techlev.blogspot.com/2010/08/techlev-apple…
I still think yours is much nicer though, possibly a later generation of mine? 😉
This is absolutely stunning, the designer has amazing talent and foresight, not to mention an uncanny ability to create a masterpiece which is so quintessentially Apple. I’m shocked and surprised Apple haven’t hired him.
This is absolutely stunning, the designer has amazing talent and foresight, not to mention an uncanny ability to create a masterpiece which is so quintessentially Apple. I’m shocked and surprised Apple haven’t hired him.
Actually, not the first. An israeli concept already exists, like this just better (although this os might be better).
Actually, not the first. An israeli concept already exists, like this just better (although this os might be better).
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I would definitely buy this!
Well thats just plain ignorant…… Now that the “Big Man” is gone they’ll have to do something to keep up. Otherwise Google amd Microsoft are gonna take over..
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