OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21439/Apple_s_Rumoured_Netbook_Made_Out_of_Wood Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 22 May 2013 03:05:20 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com rumor mill http://www.osnews.com/thread?362022 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362022 I used to be one of those who would follow the apple rumor mill quite closly. This was when appl was releasing new, exciting products all the time.

The various forms of the iMacs, the ipod the cube!

Now, its sortof generic hardware with a niceish case...

I think Ives has grown to old for this cutting edge lark :-( Wed, 06 May 2009 08:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Adurbe) Comments Lets see http://www.osnews.com/thread?362024 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362024 Hey everyone, my friends brother aunt second cousin met Steve Jobs in a bar last night and heard that Apple will buy Twitter! Wed, 06 May 2009 09:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Vanders) Comments lest we forget.. http://www.osnews.com/thread?362027 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362027 "It's time we finally get an Apple news website of decent quality, with good, critical editors who can properly discern fact from fiction."

I thought Apple put those down?

And i'm quite sure they'll keep them down! Wed, 06 May 2009 09:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Brunis) Comments Natural materials for computers http://www.osnews.com/thread?362028 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362028 Asus has made laptop casings (partially) of bamboo and leather, and I recall seeing a home computer in the 8-bit era that sported wooden side panels (the case was a bent metal sheet with wooden side panels and all connectors in the back). Of course, a lot of homebrew laptop/computer cases sport wood and other natural materials.

Next is a real clamshell laptop. :-)

But a laptop case entirely of wood would be too fragile and won't conduct heat well enough. I suppose thin plywood would be O.K. for the screen backing and around the keyboard (as these parts don't get too hot). Wooden keys would be rather stylish, I think -- especially if the symbols on the keys are made of inlaid wood. Wed, 06 May 2009 09:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (torbenm) Comments Comment by Moredhas http://www.osnews.com/thread?362030 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362030 I'll just leave this here...

http://www.datamancer.net/steampunklaptop/steampunklaptop.htm Wed, 06 May 2009 09:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Moredhas) Comments Humorous Hypocrisy http://www.osnews.com/thread?362038 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362038
It's time we finally get an Apple news website of decent quality, with good, critical editors who can properly discern fact from fiction.
said on an article titled:

Apple's Rumoured Netbook Made Out of Wood

Classic. Wed, 06 May 2009 10:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Beta) Comments Not surprising http://www.osnews.com/thread?362042 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362042 Any story about Apple gives the fanboys "wood"..... Wed, 06 May 2009 11:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Vinegar Joe) Comments RE: Humorous Hypocrisy http://www.osnews.com/thread?362043 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362043 Thom's comment:
It's time we finally get an Apple news website of decent quality, with good, critical editors who can properly discern fact from fiction.


Your reply:

said on an article titled:
Apple's Rumoured Netbook Made Out of Wood

Classic.


How was that hypocritical?

All you're doing by referencing the article title is agreeing with the very same point that you cited as being hypocritical.Edited 2009-05-06 11:05 UTC Wed, 06 May 2009 11:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Laurence) Comments RE[2]: Humorous Hypocrisy http://www.osnews.com/thread?362045 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362045
How was that hypocritical?

Because he did the opposite of what he said he wanted? Wed, 06 May 2009 11:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Beta) Comments RE: Natural materials for computers http://www.osnews.com/thread?362046 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362046
Wooden keys would be rather stylish, I think -- especially if the symbols on the keys are made of inlaid wood.

Yeah... as long as the coding on them didn't wear off or nothing else rubbed off on it too much. I'm not anxious to have splinters jabbed through my fingers by typing... although maybe it would help enforce typing breaks and might help RSI. ;) Wed, 06 May 2009 11:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darknexus) Comments RE: Not surprising http://www.osnews.com/thread?362047 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362047 Nice one. ;) Wed, 06 May 2009 11:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darknexus) Comments RE: Humorous Hypocrisy http://www.osnews.com/thread?362050 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362050 You do realise the article title is in jest, right?

I figured that was pretty drop dead obvious. Wed, 06 May 2009 11:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE[2]: Humorous Hypocrisy http://www.osnews.com/thread?362051 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362051 Thom, one lesson about computer geeks... we typically miss the obvious, and apparently some of us don't have a sense of humor either. ;) I like the title, I laughed and it did get my attention for the sheer craziness of that idea. Knowing Apple they'd probably even try it if they thought they could make it work.Edited 2009-05-06 11:40 UTC Wed, 06 May 2009 11:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darknexus) Comments RE[3]: Humorous Hypocrisy http://www.osnews.com/thread?362068 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362068
"How was that hypocritical?
Because he did the opposite of what he said he wanted? "

This isn't an apple news site, this is just an IT themed indexing site and personal blog.

So no he didn't.

If Thom boasted insider knowledge, then you'd have a point. But he doesn't. He only posts the links to news items you and I submit.

So if you have a problem with the Apple-specific news items then perhaps you should volunteer yourself as an editor?Edited 2009-05-06 13:15 UTC Wed, 06 May 2009 13:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Laurence) Comments RE: Humorous Hypocrisy http://www.osnews.com/thread?362072 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362072 Seems like you all didn't get the title. Have you even read the article?

The title says: The NETBOOK, that was presented on a photo and spread as a RUMOUR that this might gonna be built by Apple, was just a WOODEN model by some crazy artist, and NOT a leaked Apple photo or something.

Nobody said that Apple will build a wooden netbook. Wed, 06 May 2009 13:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Glynser) Comments RE[3]: Humorous Hypocrisy http://www.osnews.com/thread?362090 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362090 Speak for yourself. Most are not as dimwitted,anal and humorless as that. I want more exactly like this. Wed, 06 May 2009 15:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Bill Shooter of Bul) Comments Nothing would surprise me http://www.osnews.com/thread?362102 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362102 Even if it was a real product, it wouldn't surprise me. Olympus took one of their point-and-shoot cameras and made the casing from wood. I've seen phones with wooden casings, also. Besides that, the Apple I had a wooden casing.

So, why oh why, would I be surprised? Wed, 06 May 2009 17:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bousozoku) Comments MacRumors http://www.osnews.com/thread?362107 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362107 The only site I go to for Mac info (besides this one of course) is Macrumors.com They're very open and honest, and constantly say if something sounds 'fishy' and etc. They have the "Twitter" acquisition on their "Page 2" of very questionable rumors (as it should be).

I was quite amazed when I saw that story because a) it doesn't make sense and b) it is on the major news network's websites Geez why? I want to see a wooded netbook on their sites... that would make me happy. Also, absolutely AMAZING work by the artist on these. Wed, 06 May 2009 17:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (RedDogRER) Comments RE: Nothing would surprise me http://www.osnews.com/thread?362155 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362155
Even if it was a real product, it wouldn't surprise me. Olympus took one of their point-and-shoot cameras and made the casing from wood. I've seen phones with wooden casings, also. Besides that, the Apple I had a wooden casing.


And was it the original Palm Pilot that was prototyped as a piece of wood to see how practical it'd be to carry around? Wed, 06 May 2009 21:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Delgarde) Comments Page 2 fodder? http://www.osnews.com/thread?362174 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362174 While of passing interest (pretty!) isn't this fairly page 2 in nature?

I know Thom has previously pointed out that:
A. Page 1, page 2, what's the difference? Cope with it.
B. Page 1 have longer 'Read More' sections, Page 2 don't.

but:

A. If that's the attitude of even the editing team, then what's the point at all?
B. We're left with the crazy situation where long interesting and OS related articles are dropped on page 2 with short descriptions, or the situation with Kroc last week adding some tangential musings to an article on OS adoption just to push it to page 1.

Back on topic, it's smacking a little of schadenfreude for Thom to mock the apple rumour community *after* cult of mac revealed the full story - where was the insightful, critical analysis of the 'obviously fake' story before the reveal? Glass houses etc. ;) Wed, 06 May 2009 23:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Flent) Comments RE[2]: Nothing would surprise me http://www.osnews.com/thread?362305 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362305

And was it the original Palm Pilot that was prototyped as a piece of wood to see how practical it'd be to carry around?


Probably so. A lot of mockups start with wood or clay, so it would (or wood) be likely that Palm used that technique.

Thinking back, I made the joke that Greenpeace wouldn't be happy with Apple until their computers were made of wood, so it seems funny that someone might have picked up on that. Thu, 07 May 2009 16:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bousozoku) Comments Back to basics? http://www.osnews.com/thread?362332 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362332 I've seen bamboo laptop cases before, but when you talk about Apples in wood casing, you can't help but think of the old Apple I... Thu, 07 May 2009 19:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Almafeta) Comments silly wooden C64 story http://www.osnews.com/thread?362362 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362362 When I think of wooden PC cases I am reminded of the infamous Nigerian scam story that went horribly wrong for a scammer duped into providing 2 wooden carved projects, the second being the C64. He was led to believe that that was eaten by an african hamster so was denied his prize.

www.419eater.com/html/john_boko.htm Thu, 07 May 2009 22:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (transputer_guy) Comments not really http://www.osnews.com/thread?362378 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362378 What's so "mind blowing" about this? Must have a mind that gets "blown" rather easily. Thu, 07 May 2009 23:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sinnerman) Comments Comment by bongo_x http://www.osnews.com/thread?362387 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362387 the media have turned into a sort of copy/paste webring automaton with barely any critical thinking, who will report anything even if it's obviously fake.

I think that's what you meant to say. Fri, 08 May 2009 01:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bongo_x) Comments Chek out the macbook wheel http://www.osnews.com/thread?362429 http://www.osnews.com/thread?362429 http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionar... Fri, 08 May 2009 12:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (unclefester) Comments