If I were keeping up with my tradition, disregarding the fact that I broke it last year too, I would’ve already posted my Christmas list. But I didn’t, and I won’t, because it really doesn’t matter (should I be making a list of the things I know I’m getting? Or should I be making a list of the things that I like but are too expensive? Because there’s not really an in between).
Anyway, rather than get all up ins with the ols and the lis, I’m turning this into my Christmas letter to Apple, of sorts. Everybody know that that they have the best gifts anyway. Aside from the Wii, but that’s neither here nor there.
No, what I want from Apple is a new computer. If MWSF comes and goes with little or no significant news than there will be a shiny 20″ iMac on my desk by the end of January. But as great of a computer as the iMac is, it’s not what I want.
What I do want, Apple, is essentially a headless iMac. An excellent reference point would be the handsome but short-lived and overpriced G4 Cube. Let’s take that form factor, remix it into aluminum, poke some holes in it a la the Mac Pro. Then take all the stuff currently in the Intel iMac and stick it in the cube. Replace the iMac video card with one that has two DVI outs. And you’re done!
We’re left with a machine much more powerful than the mini and much more desktop-friendly than the Mac Pro. Heck, if they announced one, I’d buy one right away after the requisite first revision and another monitor to boot.