Thursday, December 13, 2012

If only there were a Platinum Age?

It's the holiday season here in the states, and of course, other than sugar-plumbs dancing in our heads, it's also the time of Christmas lists. Things that we wish to have bestowed upon us by some version of the benevolent St. Nicholas. Of course around here, it's the one that Coca Cola ad people invented in the first part of the Twentieth Century, as opposed to the European oriented depiction.
Regardless of version, I tend to day-dream about what could be vs. of what I'd want. So, let's move on to a Frugal Properllerhead's Christmas List of things that would/could be if we ran the world.
  • The ThinkPad X302- A combination of the X301 form-factor, and X1 technology/carbon-fiber case. High-Res 13.3" LED back-lit, IPS paneled at 1440 x 900 resolution. Optical Blu-Ray burner, with 256Gb or 512Gb SSD. 8Gb RAM standard, max 16Gb. No chiclet keys, USB 3.0 and a dock connector. That would be my next laptop replacing the beloved X300.....after the $3000 price comes down.
  • A BYOD (bring your own drive) plug and play home server, that will take 5, 2.5" mechanical drives in a mini-chassis. The server OS would be pre-loaded on to either a small SSD, or some other form of flash memory. It would have 2, Gigabit Ethernet ports, and USB 3.0 connectivity for expansion. Tethered, reader/writer to interact with flash memory, 2.5/3.5" SATA/IDE HDDs. 
  • Router/AP with on board 8-Port Ethernet switch, USB connectivity AND 2 slots to accept 2.5" SATA HDDs for NAS expansion capability.
  • Android APP to allow standard networking access AND storage drive mapping.
  • Modular software allow integration of a la carte feature purchases such as Adobe Lightroom with the ability to purchase a Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements modules that are fully integrated with the base application.
  • Wireless full and compact TrackPoint equipped keyboards.
  • Single box turntable to USB converter with switchable RIAA, packaged with capture and edit software. 
  • High capacity archival 90mm Magneto Optical storage.
  • Nikon 28mm/f2.0 true "pancake" lens. I'll take f2.8 if I have to!
  • APS-C sensored mirrorless Nikon. NO MORE 1 SERIES! Modernized "S" series would be awesome!
  • Updated Nikon D300S......D301? Full HD video, articulated LCD and Wireless connectivity.
  • Updated Nikon D50.....D51? CF card instead of SD, legacy lens metering, back-lit info panel, 3" LCD.
  • Revival of a/d/s/ speakers and electronics in a modern idiom.
  • Android tablet APP from Logitech that does what the Harmony remotes do.
  • Media APP that gives graphical (album oriented) playback control. It would automatically pull IMDB and music info from the internet.
  • Port Palm Pilot simplicity into Android APPs.
I guess I can't be too greedy. If somebody would get onto these items right away and get them into our stockings, it'd be a great Christmas.
 

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