Tue 2009/01/06 12:37
Wow. Apple has done it again with the announcement of the MacBook Wheel - the first laptop to get rid of the keyboard. Check out the high res news flash or low res below. No price has been announced yet. Thanks to Mac user Gen for the news. Just noticed many new visitors coming through a search for "MacBook Wheel" ! All the mac stuff is in the Mac category or register the RSS for more.Alternatively you may enjoy the Tokyo Dance Trooper shenanigans - or browse around for more from Japan.
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NEET (no, student, AND employed min. wage)
thank god for the onion...
(ID #437238) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:46
I got totally trolled by them, didn't realize the onion logo in the corner. -_-'
(ID #438133) Posted on 2009/01/07 04:13
Haha I hope you know the Onion News is fake =P
(ID #437241) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:46
Lol took me a while to figure it was fake...Heard her say di(king around and im like...you cant say that on TV!
(ID #437335) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:26
It's fake but it's fun to watch. =D
(ID #437380) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:01
Blogger & Former Tentacle Support
So true!
(ID #437525) Posted on 2009/01/06 15:19
I love the iPod and I wouldn't mind owning a iTouch or iPhone if they weren't so costly but I'll be damned if Apple products don't cost too much money. I can't see how a ****ing wheel helps you type stuff faster.
(ID #437244) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:48
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
it won't. but it'll make office drones feel like they're a cool club DJ. ^^;
(ID #437260) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:54
DCX001-Prototype
let's spin it~~~~
(ID #437512) Posted on 2009/01/06 15:13
aspiring to become a doujin and graphics artist cum lawyer
unfortunately, I don't think it'll ever work cause I can see journalists and those who write philosophical texts will ever want it done intuitively haha and besides, ever wondered why the same concept employed by nokia on one of their fashion phones never worked? cause it was way too cumbersome wheeling letters :P
(ID #437857) Posted on 2009/01/06 22:03
Belive ME, in USA Apple stuff is cheap compared to the rest of the world....
(ID #437557) Posted on 2009/01/06 15:52
Even so, I still wouldn't want an apple product.
(ID #437904) Posted on 2009/01/06 23:08
Application Developer
All apple prices are worldwide the same unless you're lucky that the currency has dropped in your favor the difference will not be more than a 100 bucks or so
(ID #438283) Posted on 2009/01/07 07:47
Belive me, they are NOT the same. Putting aside currency exchange rate, when MBA debuted in USA, it cost almost twice as much in Apple resellers than imported directly from USA (in Poland of course).
(ID #439489) Posted on 2009/01/08 04:51
CEO kerororo (Registered on 2008/02/27 07:54)
=.= uhh.. i don't really know what to say ^^"
(ID #437245) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:49
website/graphic designer
That's interesting =o I can appreciate the innovation, but it's not for me xD; Wouldn't say no to trying it out though, may visit the Apple store in Sydney when it gets released over here :3
(ID #437246) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:49
it's fake
(ID #438102) Posted on 2009/01/07 03:34
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
I'll stick with using a keyboard, thank you. ^^
(ID #437249) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:50
*Doesn't understand how this could work...* ('~')
(ID #437250) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:51
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:54)
in for the $10,000 40gb model. 19 minute runtime here I come!
(ID #437252) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:51
Student, Freelance Artist
LOL The illegitimate child of a MacBook and an iPod XD
(ID #437254) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:52
Mmm I'm a HP person so this doesnt appeal to me much. =/ Plus having to scroll for each letter seems like a big hassle.
(ID #437256) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:52
student - digital media
A full 19 minutes before being recharged! I didn't know it was April! ;)
(ID #437257) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:53
In Mexico December the 28th is the equivalent... maybe they are one week late because they used that wheel to type the news? (DISCLAIMER: I know that The Onion is a satirical news site)
(ID #437284) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:04
Kokoro Kotonoha's personal trainer
Might as well throw in an Easy Bake Oven. That guy said it " We'd like to give customers features, they don't even realize" And 45 minutes to type an e-mail? That sounds like no one should be wasteful with their money unless they are a mac fan-boy.
(ID #437261) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:54
Studio Bleach founder/owner
Or maybe Danny should have posted this on April 1st. Because "The Onion" is a satire. ^^;; Besides, I heard that Jobs wants to have Apple make the iBake. It would be a small oven that keeps your HD cool while you make brownies, cupcakes, and whatever else you would normally make with an Easy Bake Oven. X3
(ID #437707) Posted on 2009/01/06 19:10
I'd buy it... probably.
(ID #438003) Posted on 2009/01/07 01:15
They have something similar to this, it's an easy bake for your computer if you have an expansion bay open. You can find it at thinkgeek, but I'm too lazy to get you a link, it's early v.v
(ID #561488) Posted on 2009/04/13 23:24
Sugoii!!!
(ID #437262) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:54
I knew I wasn't the only one in the world starting to get too lazy to type things out.
(ID #437263) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:54
But it just looks so difficult to type with >.>; I spent 10 years learning refining my typing skills and now people are no longer typing? Bahh! ;_;
(ID #437264) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:55
AdvDip Network Security - CCNA - Ironport - Security+
wait a couple of years and the keyboard will be obsolete - mind typing will be all the rage
(ID #437816) Posted on 2009/01/06 21:28
Then a couple years later, you won't even need to think what to type, because it will have already been done for you, from conversations to a thousand page original novel, without doing anything.
(ID #437906) Posted on 2009/01/06 23:11
Dog of the Country
imagine blogging with a macbook wheel.. takes forever to blog one article.. even typing a comment in dc.com is hard..
(ID #437267) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:56
Thats why I like mac there always finding ways to do things differently!!! Apple Always innovative!!!
(ID #437269) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:57
.NET/Web Developer
Oh onion! you've done it again! lol.
(ID #437270) Posted on 2009/01/06 12:57
ColdFusion Developer
Apple innovation at it's best. Tough 45 minutes to type an email? I'd hate to think how long it'd take me to do any coding on it, lol.
(ID #437277) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:02
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 太もも Appreciator
LOLWUT!? Intuitive my butt! It looks super complicated. I think it'll take too long to write anything with that.
(ID #437278) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:02
HAHA!Oh the onion.
(ID #437282) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:03
"Everything is just a FEW HUNDRED cicks away" hahaha... that made my day! Thanks to the Onion
(ID #437293) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:07
Engineering Student
Heh, that was great. "I'll bye almost anything from Apple as long as it's shiny" lol
(ID #437296) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:07
Unemployed Digital Production Artist
Apple does it again! Wow! Who needs a keyboard when you can have the Wheel.
(ID #437301) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:09
College student, Mech programmer and striving photographer.
45 mins for an email... Looks innovative but man typing with that thing looks like a real pain =/ and how will I play online games with a wheel? lol
(ID #437302) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:11
Student
Agree and how in the hell that guy want to send an email if the battery life is just 19 minutes. The battery must like a UPS for the laptop. Just enough time to save important document. I guest that, one must have like 2~3 spare battery and that is not much mobility for a laptop. I will stick with the keyboard.
(ID #437711) Posted on 2009/01/06 19:11
mmm why, isn't the keyboard enough?
(ID #437303) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:11
Very nice marketing strategy they have. This is simply comedy at its best. "Nothings simpler than a single giant button." "Everything is just a few hundred clicks away." "To reduce energy use, screen goes black after 4 seconds." "People who use keyboards, standing in the way of human progress." "The MacBook is virtually unbreakable unless dropped or hit." XD
(ID #437305) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:12
Otaku / Student in Computer Science
It will takes hours to type a text
(ID #437306) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:12
LOL he spent 45 mins typing an email! - ILL BET YOU ARE JEALOUZ XDDDD The battery can power it for a whole 20 minutes without being charged!! and - its virtually unbreakable unless dropped or hit - just like anything else! This ad is a joke XD
(ID #437309) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:13
Haaaa, go Onion news! :P
(ID #437311) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:14
Wow. It would take quite sometime to write an essay or something in class or wherever. Can't see why someone would want that. Keyboards are awesome.
(ID #437315) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:15
Once you try it you'll realize that wheels are MUCH better
(ID #437352) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:40
Student/Teacher
Very underhanded to post this during Macworld and when it's not April 1st.
(ID #437324) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:19
LOL!!!
(ID #437331) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:24
i was gonna say something about this, until i realised it was the onion i was watching.... argh you had me excited for a while there!
(ID #437334) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:26
Extremely Poor College Student
if apple keeps coming out with new macbooks like this im now going to know which one to get.im still stuck betweent he old macbook pro and the new aluminum one
(ID #437345) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:34
former Emperor of Britannia
Now that i can view it again. I can post my opinion. It's a meh... I mean scrolling to type... Kinda hard to imagine since typing with your fingers seem to be much faster than scrolling then searching before you get to input the letter.
(ID #437350) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:39
Student
Can someone tell me why making it harder to write is better? I can't seem to grasp the use of having "One" button, only to make it slower to type. Why use this when there is the keyboard, with which you can spend some time training and will be able to type a lot faster than if you master this "wheel".
(ID #437358) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:47
Secretary
(it's a joke)
(ID #437379) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:01
Student, Podcaster, Graphic Designer, Photographer
It takes me long enough to type a text message on my cell. Using a wheel like that sounds like hell! XD
(ID #437374) Posted on 2009/01/06 13:58
Secretary
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
(ID #437378) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:00
Webdev, internet contents, music
Best macworld lulz!
(ID #437383) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:04
Blogger, consultant
The Onion is awesome. Judging by the comments, I get the feeling that a few of us are really looking forward to spending 45 minutes typing an email and a whopping 19 minutes of battery life. <_< >_>
(ID #437389) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:09
DCX001-Prototype
ROTFLMAO! that's when I hear this, I start to doubt did I heard it wrong?
(ID #437507) Posted on 2009/01/06 15:10
Half Engineer, Half Student, All Robot
Love the Onion. Good spoof. How about this for keyboardless...What about a touch-sensitive surface where the user starts typing while an adaptive algorithm analyzes the initial typing pattern and maps the rest of a virtual keyboard based on the analysis? Can you say simpler than the wheel, more forgiving of typos, and accessibility for the blind? Any idea if anyone is working on something like that? Well, not really keyboardless. Maybe a brain-implant would be nice...
(ID #437397) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:15
The aardvark asked for an aardvark.
(ID #437401) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:17
|: It seems lkike a real pain to type with that thing? I can see the use in multimedia, but it's definitely not a gaming thing XD
(ID #437413) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:25
For $2600, it is certainly worth the investment--who wouldn't want a laptop that is virtually unbreakable unless dropped or hit, but did anybody catch any more about the Sudoku killer.
(ID #437414) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:26
Half Engineer, Half Student, All Robot
I actually play Sudoku on my Rockbox-hacked iPod using the scroll wheel. It's actually not that bad.
(ID #437487) Posted on 2009/01/06 15:03
Hmmm. I don't think I'll be getting this. I doubt it's useful for anyone but 'fun' users. Touchtyping is like an artform now.
(ID #437415) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:26
Student
It's real though it's disappointing for me. Though I don't use Mac notebooks, the keyboard legacy is very disappointing. Now you pick the items and characters slowly than before. More time spending on finding the characters that we wanted to input. Keyboard FTW. :D
(ID #437416) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:27
Please tell me you actually know it's a spoof.
(ID #437639) Posted on 2009/01/06 17:21
Student / Wannabe Artist
XD
(ID #457464) Posted on 2009/01/22 15:41
And I hate predictive text O.O
(ID #437418) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:27
My jaw dropped when i saw that long list of predicted statements.
(ID #438817) Posted on 2009/01/07 15:20
Fake eh? Okay, I was convinced... o.O;
(ID #437421) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:29
Software Quality Engineer
ROFLMFAO!!! This is freakin' hilarious!!! I used to read the Onion very frequently. Once I was reading The Onion while riding on the subway here in Chicago. I was laughing so hard that I was turning red and had tears streaming down my face. "I probably look crazy," I thought-- then I noticed someone sitting in the same seat as me, but at the opposite end of the train car. He was also laughing uncontrollably but he wasn't reading anything-- it was just his dementia. Then I thought, "Uh oh...!" heh!!
(ID #437422) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:29
Looks like they mocking it more than trying to sell it...
(ID #437423) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:32
Apple does it again. Yeah, my productivity in Word and Excel is definitely going to be better with the Wheel instead of a keyboard /sarcasm off Before I watched the video I thought that they would go the voice recognition route with the wheel, but clicking one letter at a time? It is worst that texting on a mobile phone (without a qwerty kb) I just don't see normal people buying this except for the Apple fan boy/girl.
(ID #437425) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:33
Oh crap, I now get it. *ashamed* :(
(ID #437429) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:35
HR Manager
oh sweetness.....
(ID #437426) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:34
Thought this was real until my friend told me it was fake. D: *Doesn't know anything about The Onion* I can really see Apple doing this, though. Hopefully not. Keyboard = NEED x_x
(ID #437455) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:45
"the aardvark asked for a dagger." Nice. Just nice.
(ID #437462) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:47
DCX001-Prototype
LOL, very suggestive word indeed........
(ID #437499) Posted on 2009/01/06 15:07
Hahaha... that's a nightmare!
(ID #437482) Posted on 2009/01/06 14:59
DCX001-Prototype
my first thought: They put an Ipod wheel on a laptop this time............. this make typing super slow.......... Airbook form factor, SSD, nonethe less the price!!! Then I came to notice in the end............... "The MacBook Wheel isn't real by the way it's a joke." Now I think, will Apple ever had thought of this "unproductive" idea, typing is way faster than scrolling word to word...... Very good job from Onion (I love the movie Onion News), I wonder how much time they spent on making these visual..........
(ID #437495) Posted on 2009/01/06 15:05
DCX001-Prototype
I like the creative copywritting on this joke: The Wheel - Reinvented. One Button - Endless Possibilities.
(ID #437521) Posted on 2009/01/06 15:18
When will PC people realize that jokes against Macs wont make PC's suck less.
(ID #437514) Posted on 2009/01/06 15:13
Come on, it's a spoof in good fun. And Macs are internally virtually identical to PCs nowadays anyway, so that point has been moot for quite some time.
(ID #437593) Posted on 2009/01/06 16:29
You should try growing a sense of humour.
(ID #437636) Posted on 2009/01/06 17:19
I agree, I'm not anti-Mac or PC, I just don't have the money to spend on Apples overpriced tiny notebooks and endless amounts of Ipods. I do like the "I'll buy anything new or shiny from Apple" because i know people like that. Why buy an Iphone, Ipod, and 3 different Mac laptops??? Because they just came out that why! What really bugs me is when someone latches onto PC or MAC and just bashes the other while endlessly praising the one they support. It is like listening to a bunch of country yokels arguing over whether Ford or Chevy is better.
(ID #438079) Posted on 2009/01/07 03:03
Student
LOL I love The Onion XD Saw the video on another website, cracked me up!
(ID #437556) Posted on 2009/01/06 15:51
Student
Hahaha.. 45mins typing an e-mail, time well spent. ^^;
(ID #437560) Posted on 2009/01/06 15:58
Student & Part time worker in a Day Care
I can't believe there are people that actually votes yes they would like the macbook wheel on the poll.
(ID #437598) Posted on 2009/01/06 16:34
Student
Hahahaha if this wasn't on the news I'd say it would be an April joke but coming from Apple it doesn't surprise me. No keyboard?!?!?! People use the wheel to choose the letter?!?!?! That will take like forever to write a text, we just saw the guy needed 45 min to type an email something we do in seconds with a keyboard. But the real question remained and that was where Andrea Bennett (journalist) hit the hot spot, will the business world will actual work with a computer instead of clicking or playing around. The future of computers is not a wheel that will substitute the keyboard but instead it'll be keyboards with no buttons.
(ID #437604) Posted on 2009/01/06 16:41
Newbie Concept Artist
Only a few hundred clicks away to endless possibilites ;)Surely mustavoid that sudoku killer O.O;;
(ID #437605) Posted on 2009/01/06 16:41
Student, health worker
OTL Onion.
(ID #437606) Posted on 2009/01/06 16:42
Student
Oh crap I fell for the joke xD
(ID #437610) Posted on 2009/01/06 16:45
Explorer of the finer things in life
Best apple spoof iv'e seen! ....but I don't think the world is ready for "the wheel" yet.. xD
(ID #437632) Posted on 2009/01/06 17:13
Trendspotter Busybody Mercenaries
Onion ! ONION! XD
(ID #437633) Posted on 2009/01/06 17:15
thats the lamest tech of 09. seriously...how do you type?...its just an oversized ipod.
(ID #437647) Posted on 2009/01/06 17:32
my fingers gonna break lols.
(ID #437669) Posted on 2009/01/06 18:07
LOL, I believed it for a moment xd
(ID #437691) Posted on 2009/01/06 18:42
omg i believed it until i read the comments. lol sudoku killer
(ID #437705) Posted on 2009/01/06 19:05
graduate studant (TV Broadcasting & Cinema )
Nah! i thing a text can be written much faster with a keyboard.... i love mac products, but i don't the "wheel" is gonna work!
(ID #437710) Posted on 2009/01/06 19:11
Studio Bleach founder/owner
Forget the "Sudoku Killer" bit... You guys need to ponder what it would be like to play first person shooters, MMORPGs, and even fighting games on a computer like that. XD
(ID #437713) Posted on 2009/01/06 19:14
Audio Engineer
Since when does mac have games worth playing.
(ID #437726) Posted on 2009/01/06 19:32
Studio Bleach founder/owner
Wanna know when? Try the moment the companies were not bias and put the same games for both Mac and PC. Then again, I go way back to the Commodore 64 days, as well as the days I had to make text-based games for a class. So even then, before there was Mac, Apple had games worth playing. Then again, xyanide, I could as easily asked you when will Microsoft put out a version of Windows that is worth using. So consider that. ;)
(ID #438190) Posted on 2009/01/07 05:51
Audio Engineer
I actually believed it for a moment haha until he went to demonstrate browsing files and went "Anything you want to do is just a few hundred clicks away".
(ID #437728) Posted on 2009/01/06 19:36
Studio Bleach founder/owner
It's honestly hard to believe it. Then again, The Onion also said that there is evidence that God is bipolar.
(ID #438192) Posted on 2009/01/07 05:52
Aspiring Photographer
HAHAHA!! i can't stop ROFL. "and repeat this process for each new letter" at 58sec. hahaha. 45 mins to write an email. hahaha
(ID #437736) Posted on 2009/01/06 19:46
i dont know... seems nice but, it looks too slow to type in the wheel for me
(ID #437737) Posted on 2009/01/06 19:46
I don't think that I'm gonna buy MacBook Wheel since you need such a long time to type a messages to a friend. I will be sticking to my keyboard since I can type much faster than wheeling around.
(ID #437755) Posted on 2009/01/06 20:17
Do not want, can't use console with a wheel, can you...
(ID #437779) Posted on 2009/01/06 20:51
LOL funny stuff. But at least we will get to see the real updates today :o) Shame no Steve for the Keynote, but think Phil will do an OK job of it all.
(ID #437800) Posted on 2009/01/06 21:16
Mechanical Engineering student
At first I was like "Is this for real??" Then I saw the onion... O_o
(ID #437819) Posted on 2009/01/06 21:29
Gamer, Lecturer, Graphic Designer
Ye got me..ahahahaha!
(ID #437836) Posted on 2009/01/06 21:40
Writer, Illustrator, Collector, and Geek Philosopher
Argh it ate my comment... You know there is a book called Patently Absurd... about all these patented inventions for really random uses.
(ID #437844) Posted on 2009/01/06 21:50
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
LOL!! ^^ no keyboard~ hahaha
(ID #437847) Posted on 2009/01/06 21:51
macbook whell = super big ipod
(ID #437850) Posted on 2009/01/06 21:54
That...is the STUPIDEST thing I have ever heard of! I mean, I can type pretty fast, and thus typing things like essays don't take that long. Now imagine trying to type a 10,000 word essay, by having to select each letter at a time. What were they thinking?
(ID #437880) Posted on 2009/01/06 22:35
Ooops, did I just get fooled into something fake? xP
(ID #437882) Posted on 2009/01/06 22:36
Studio Bleach founder/owner
Yes. Yes you did. :3 Now you must text me a 10,000 word essay on what you have learned while using a standard cellphone. And not the type that has a built in keyboard somewhere on it. I want to be from the type that has you press it numerous times just to get to the letter. And no typos! X3
(ID #438196) Posted on 2009/01/07 05:55
for a moment i thought this was real but when the laptop appeared it looked really stupid but it works LOL! it really works. seriously i'd rather stick to toshiba, hp etc. if Steve Jobs would release this kind of laptop
(ID #437888) Posted on 2009/01/06 22:43
LOL that was such a funny watch, read some of the "predictive sentence technology" stuff it frikkin hilarious "the aardvark asked for an aardvark" "the ass brayed the moon" An then the guy goes "everything is just a few 100 clicks away" Sodoku killer!
(ID #437894) Posted on 2009/01/06 22:55
I've always hated the wheel on the iPod, but replacing a keyboard for one? God no.
(ID #437898) Posted on 2009/01/06 23:03
how about an iPod with a keyboard?
(ID #463428) Posted on 2009/01/27 03:26
Nandeyane~
The mac is only good for music, they just confirmed it. Seriously, will this thing even have a bigger hard drive than an Ipod?
(ID #437907) Posted on 2009/01/06 23:13
Nandeyane~
Wait wait wait... Just saw the video. This has to be fake, lol.
(ID #437910) Posted on 2009/01/06 23:17
It is fake, watch the whole video again and look for them taking the piss e.g. read the quotes on my post 3 comments above
(ID #437923) Posted on 2009/01/06 23:26
blah, who would want this? you have to mark every single letter in the way the get to your letter... talk about useless... it seems some ppl will buy anything as long as it has the mac logo on it, even if it's pure crap...
(ID #437930) Posted on 2009/01/06 23:32
Engineer / Student
Its either a super-thin macbook or a giant ipod! ^_^
(ID #437936) Posted on 2009/01/06 23:37
Programmer Trainee
LOL I had a funny feeling it was fake. I was bothered by "a few hundred clicks away" XD Good one!
(ID #437955) Posted on 2009/01/07 00:01
university film student
This was a hilarious ruse. All those little details and pokes at Apple make it priceless...and likely fooled a fair number of people. To some of the people above, though: I'm both a Mac and PC user, but neither of that matters here. It's a funny satirical joke.
(ID #438048) Posted on 2009/01/07 02:03
~Undine~
Had me fooled there for a sec. ^^;; Well made though! This must have cost quite a bit to make.
(ID #438059) Posted on 2009/01/07 02:27
especially do not want :D
(ID #438073) Posted on 2009/01/07 02:56
Student & Game Designer
"just scroll to the letter you need" - that made me laugh so loud =DD "it couldn't be easier" =DD
(ID #438075) Posted on 2009/01/07 03:02
"people use computer for ACTUAL work and not just dicking around" They think that this will actually change the keyboard? It will take you hours to type and only people who want to show off in the middle of starbucks will use them...
(ID #438100) Posted on 2009/01/07 03:31
just heard summit else funny too. I WILL BUY ANYTHING FROM APPLE THATS SHINEY! haha hillarious...
(ID #438105) Posted on 2009/01/07 03:37
Student artist
Sidoku killer lol
(ID #438116) Posted on 2009/01/07 04:00
I have enough trouble spelling correctly on the kb. How is it on spell check? I'm dyslexic in spelling phonically. I tried learning another language so I could at least spell correctly in some language, but alas, it has proven to be less than optimal.
(ID #438127) Posted on 2009/01/07 04:08
The line "Everything is just a few hundred clicks away" gave it away :P Another awesome piece by Onion News! This thing looked like a giant Ipod Nano o.O Good little prank :P
(ID #438145) Posted on 2009/01/07 04:31
45 mins to write an email, but the humming bird battery lasts 19mins? ummmm.! it's neat but stupid o:
(ID #438149) Posted on 2009/01/07 04:35
Studio Bleach founder/owner
Welcome to The Onion. :3
(ID #438198) Posted on 2009/01/07 05:56
anime, programmer, gfx designer, illustrator ^^
lol major stupidity a wheel in place of a keyboard .....i mean just writing what i just wrote right her on that would take more than 40 minutes and the battery would go dead 19 minutes into writing it lol.....really what i want is to remove the keyboard and the body and pretty much remove the whole laptop and put it in a hand held that has all the option as the regular laptop have it the size of the cd drive but it will be twice as big so you have the usb support and make it run off of sunlight ^^ now in stead of the screen make it a hologram touch screen, hd say 3200 x 2100 minimum to 800 x 600 ^^ now that would be something i would love ^^
(ID #438197) Posted on 2009/01/07 05:55
Studio Bleach founder/owner
Ummmm... If it was logical, The Onion would not talk about it. ^^;;
(ID #438200) Posted on 2009/01/07 05:57
Art Production Manager, Computer/Graphic Design Tutor
Is Apple serious?!! This has to be a bad joke? Yeah, it's a joke right? It's gotta be...
(ID #438240) Posted on 2009/01/07 06:53
Good thing it's fake. *I* don't know anyone that would want that, I mean.. it looks like a giant Ipod. I'd rather have a keyboard especially when my brain has pretty much already memorized what letters are where.
(ID #438242) Posted on 2009/01/07 06:54
I actually like typing on the keyboard. It gives me the semblance of productivity. If this were real, I'm sure 'Applelites' would be all over it regardless of practical functionality.
(ID #438310) Posted on 2009/01/07 08:21
man i totally got scammed...damn onion network and their realistic clips
(ID #438332) Posted on 2009/01/07 08:49
Student Otaku (ITM Student) and ACG NA Staff
How you type on that thing...a macbook which you can't type...great...
(ID #438435) Posted on 2009/01/07 10:43
Onion can make the craziest news. Pretty innovative this time round though ^^ although typing would be a pain.
(ID #438459) Posted on 2009/01/07 10:56
Legionnarion_Conquistadorz (Registered on 2008/12/18 20:49)
Student
I like Mac, but I dont like the iPod, so no.
(ID #438708) Posted on 2009/01/07 14:07
This laptop makes it harder to type.
(ID #438852) Posted on 2009/01/07 15:42
student/ legal assistant/ otaku/ worshipper of dc.com
hey, thats magic!
(ID #439104) Posted on 2009/01/07 20:34
That's so not gonna...be popular...
(ID #439183) Posted on 2009/01/07 23:04
this would've been the single most retarded thing to ever come out from them. too bad it's not real, i would've loved to see more sheep buy and brag about this so i could rofl.
(ID #439412) Posted on 2009/01/08 03:32
Sorry, Macbook Wheel sucks d0nk3y b@llz with lemmons.
(ID #439584) Posted on 2009/01/08 06:55
Student.
Onion ftw
(ID #439785) Posted on 2009/01/08 10:28
no keyboard = lack of the ability to play mmos, h-games, and regular games
(ID #441496) Posted on 2009/01/09 16:12
Student / Wannabe Artist
macbook wheel sux yankee balls... lol, "and repeat this process for the rest of the other letters!" "hummingbird battery only 19 mins!" "unbreakable, unless you drop it!" "screen goes black after 4 seconds!" wow, and the price tag for the 4GB is 10K... crazy stuff there. a first-class joke! i would really hate to have my keyboard replaced... i hate software that guesses what you're trying to type...
(ID #457467) Posted on 2009/01/22 15:46
Future Pioneer and a Dreamer
must be extremely difficult to type
(ID #461776) Posted on 2009/01/25 20:54
lol.. too bad this "News report" didn't show users playing games on this macbook wheel.. i can't quite imagine someone playing like say, a fps on it..
(ID #463424) Posted on 2009/01/27 03:18
lmao... i started watching it with beleif until the guy started using it to type... "I'll buy anything if it's shiny and made by Apple" haha genius
(ID #472515) Posted on 2009/02/03 11:25
gabie (Registered on 2009/02/20 04:40)
I love the email! Dear Robber, You wont believe where I am# I)m at the Mac Expo aend I am USING thep colic new Macwheel laptop. I’ll BET YOU ARE JEAlouz HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :D
(ID #495667) Posted on 2009/02/20 04:41
Clone Instrument Engineer; Seleção XXV
which Macbook is better Danny?
(ID #501766) Posted on 2009/02/25 19:00
Whoa…this is definitely revolutionary but I’m not sure if it’ll catch on. Ditching the keyboard could be a great space saver and make for ultra light portable laptops but I’m not sure the additional “100 clicks” is worth the loss of a laptops primary source of input (the trusty keyboard). The keyboard is tried and tested and I dont think its time to lose it. Like another poster mentioned, maybe its best to introduce a smaller “Wheel” alongside the regular keyboard and break us all in gently. http://www.jiba-jaba.com – The Home of Public Microblogging
(ID #505993) Posted on 2009/03/01 20:06
gonna text a word till morning if using that thing wkwkkw
(ID #507688) Posted on 2009/03/04 01:36
LOL Pretty cool, even though the article is a joke.
(ID #558017) Posted on 2009/04/11 06:38
My thats is the FUTURE.
(ID #569578) Posted on 2009/04/19 07:14
Otaku Programmer/Gamer/Artist/Photographer
hahah my teacher just said "Its a Joke" LOL but WHAT!!!??!?! You have to fricking scroll for each LETTER!?!?!?! THAT SOO MUCH HARDER!!! T___T im not getting thing ~__~
(ID #572073) Posted on 2009/04/21 01:25
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