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Old 01-06-2009, 03:56 AM
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MacBook Wheel Announced- The Onion

Check this out. I can't wait!

http://www.theonion.com/content/vide..._revolutionary

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Old 01-06-2009, 04:43 AM
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"The most intuitive product ever designed." HAHA now that's funny. "What could be simpler than one big button?!"

"It remains to be seen if the wheel will catch on in the business world where people use computers for actual work and not just dicking around."

Gotta love the onion. Crazy stuff.


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Old 01-06-2009, 05:11 AM
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alright i think this is absolutly ridiculous, i mean how hard would it be for example for me to type this out if i had to scroll to each individual letter, it would take me absolutly forever, it would be just as slow as the search function on an ordinary ipod, i love apple products but i think in this case they have gone a bit too far and the cost has been function..

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Old 01-06-2009, 05:32 AM
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i agree with Aydinz

45 minutes on an email is not something i am willing to do.. and 20 minutes on batteries.. wow i really think that we've taken a step backward, great idea, but could be a lot improved, maybe a little foldable keyboard in a pocket of the mac

haha hillarious after i realized that it was fake.. i actually believed it and then spent a long time browsing onion news.

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Old 01-06-2009, 05:56 AM
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oh right, its fake? well they got me :S and yeah i think the idea of a little keyboard would be great or another thing they could do is have it connect to an iphone or ipod touch wirelessly so it could use the keyboard on that?

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Old 01-06-2009, 09:35 AM
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Heh, I needed some satire to warm me up on this extremely cold morning. Funny and extremely well done.

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Old 01-06-2009, 12:55 PM
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Fake But, who knows, maybe apple is watching this and they actually do make it
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Old 01-06-2009, 02:20 PM
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I especially enjoyed the part about the battery and how you can see it count down. I had a MacBook that would do that near the end of its batteries life.

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Old 01-06-2009, 04:01 PM
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Hey guys - this is RETRO computing! Let's get back to the roots:


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Old 01-06-2009, 04:05 PM
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These wheel-drived phones live again in the new Macbook Wheel, only that you have to use it for a hundred functions. Very easy. I bet this Macbook has special USB kexts that every other input device is disabled - otherwise it wouldn't be unique anymore.

Oh boy, If I'd imagine this thing... For a keyboard geek like me nothing. And - try to use it in winter - with fingers frozen directly on the aluminum case... ;-)



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