LCD iMac Specs!

[arn]

15-inch Active Matrix LCD, 800-MHz G4 with Velocity Engine, SuperDrive (CD-RW/DVD-RW), GeForce2 MX Graphics, USB - FireWire - Ethernet, Apple Pro Speakers, AirPort ready, iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, iDVD

see

http://www.apple.com/home/

[imct]

The alt for one of the picture on apple.com/home is "14-inch iBook"
Now that's something interesting...

[Stike]

Ok, I want that ******* machine!!!! It rocks, and therefore expect PowerMacs @ about 1.2 to 1.4 GHz!!
Reasonable prices, I believe.

[dongmin]

But is this it: iMac, iphoto, and iBook? What about PowerMacs? Or a digital lifestyle device? Man, some people are gonna be PISSED...

[nubneck]

Wow...I wonder if that 14 inch iBook thing is to be taken for real! I love my new iBook as-is because the screen is bright, crisp and compact - But a 14 inch model would put a different spin on things...perhaps a better spin!

[Gloria]

So am I the only one who thinks it is a bit fishy that they have a link to the Time-page? I think someone is seriously pulling one on us.

[blakespot]

Incredible. My call for the towers:

G4 867 base
G4 1GHz mid
G4 dual 933 high end


blakespot

[Stike]

Only 933 MHz Dual G4? Isn´t that too little of a speed-bump fpr the high end? The Pro users gonna be pissed... 1.2 GHz Dual would be appreciated...

[iapplemac]

i'M expecting G5's, apple did say full speed ahead

[arn]

I agree...

I think the mhz jump would need to be bigger....

right now a 867 PowerMac with Superdrive/GeForce2 is $2500.... the new iMac with 15" monitor, 800mhz G4/Suprtdrive/GeForce 2 is $1800

arn

[pixelpete]

What the ****!!! All that hype for some ugly looking i-mac?
Thats all you have for me Steve! My customers are going to be pissed! Listen to your people we want PDA's "Digital Hub" What Happpenned?

[Cisco]

Originally posted by Gloria
So am I the only one who thinks it is a bit fishy that they have a link to the Time-page? I think someone is seriously pulling one on us.

On the contrary, this kind of press is a big deal for Apple, and you can be sure they'll want everyone to see it (just not quite as early as we did...)

Looking at the HTML source suggests that imac2002 and ibook2002 images are stored on an Akamai server

[BZ]

If the iMac line goes from top end

iMac 700 Mhz G3 --> iMac 800 Mhz G4

I would expect...

Powermac Dual 800 MHz G4 --> Dual 1 GHz G5?

At the very least we should see Dual 1, 1.2, 1.4 Ghz.

Anything less than that does not distinguish the PowerMac line.

BZ

[arn]

I'm hoping for all duals :)

arn

[mcbane]

woooo this news is good if you hope for a kick ass powermac to be announced.

[Stike]

I say: Forget the G5, Apollo is the thing to come.
I don´t believe Apple/Mot have enough G5 machines ready for a wide spread release.

[andyrastetter]

I kind of doubt the 14" ibook thing. It seems that even though there is room for a larger screen perhaps that they would have to expand the case a little and it would work agains how extreemly portable the ibook is...

[Cisco]

Sadly, I'm still holding out for a "just one more thing" blockbuster- but concede that the Time article makes it unlikely.

[eyelikeart]

I think we're in for a treat today...

I don't think we're just going to see a new iMac & iBook....

I think there's a lot more to it than just that...

just wait and see...

:D he he he...

[andy_r_boyd]

Sounds very interesting indeed. It looks like I may be splashing out on a replacement for my G3 500Mhz.

BTW, has anyone noticed that the International Apple Stores have been closed; "The Apple Store is temporarily unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. Please try again later." Apple Store UK

It looks like we should be able to get our hands on the new Mac's sooner rather than later.

Andy Boyd

[imct]

Originally posted by andyrastetter
I kind of doubt the 14" ibook thing. It seems that even though there is room for a larger screen perhaps that they would have to expand the case a little and it would work agains how extreemly portable the ibook is...

you can doubt it, it's your right... but this is what the source looks like on apple.com/home
<A HREF="/ibook/"><IMG SRC="http://a772.g.akamai.net/7/772/51/e29c073a6b175b/www.apple.com/home/images/2002/01/ibook01072002.gif" WIDTH=170 HEIGHT=125 BORDER=0 ALT="14-inch iBook"></A></TD>

the image isn't there yet, but why would they put up a bogus source code??

[chadmacd]

Well, no slot load for imac maybe the ibook will

seems odd to drop the slot load for the imac.

The iMac is G4, hooray.
I guess we know what they did with all the re-called cubes and their components.

I cannot wait any longer

Chad

[Brent Turbo]

Originally posted by Stike
Only 933 MHz Dual G4? Isn´t that too little of a speed-bump fpr the high end? The Pro users gonna be pissed... 1.2 GHz Dual would be appreciated...

1.2GHz Dual would be appreciated for WHAT? Everyone is so anxious to get a few thousand megahertz in their computers, but what are you going to use it for? And who could possibly afford it?

If Apple focused less on speed, and more on the digital hub, and changing the face of computing, then everyone would greatly benefit. I use a Mac because I can accomplish things in fewer steps than I could on a PC. The speed of my processor has never been an issue (400MHz G3), and I am a professional graphic designer who uses the Mac every day with large files and multiple applications (and OS9, thank you.)

So, who cares about speed. I want more iDevices and intuitive software.

[arn]

Superdrive only comes in a Tray-model

arn

[Stike]

Even the german online store here is shut down due to "important" updating :-D

[chadmacd]

are you saying there is only one model
the mid models may have a slot load i guess.

who knows we shall see

[superkatalog]

go to http://www.mac-life.de/macworld/index.html. there are six -scans-! from the time mag article.

[svmaris]

http://www.macgeneration.com/mgnews/categories/actualite/upload/imac2_scan.jpg

Looks like a scan from magazine-ad? Looks nice though...

Someone beat me to it ;) .. by a minute that is.



[Edited by svmaris on 01-07-2002 at 11:10 AM]

[cryptochrome]

Somebody sez: the image isn't there yet, but why would they put up a bogus source code??

To quote the Dead Milkmen:
>From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli
We are all tools of the conspiracy
>From the littlest baby to the biggest V.I.P.
We are all tools of the conspiracy

[arn]

true... suppose it's possible the lower end models have slot loads...

but it would likely be easier for them to design if there was just 1 model...

we'll see soon enough :)

arn

[Cisco]

Check out the half black/half white, sometimes left, sometimes right apple logos on those imac scans. What's up with that?

[mcbane]

Originally posted by Brent Turbo


1.2GHz Dual would be appreciated for WHAT? Everyone is so anxious to get a few thousand megahertz in their computers, but what are you going to use it for? And who could possibly afford it?

If Apple focused less on speed, and more on the digital hub, and changing the face of computing, then everyone would greatly benefit. I use a Mac because I can accomplish things in fewer steps than I could on a PC. The speed of my processor has never been an issue (400MHz G3), and I am a professional graphic designer who uses the Mac every day with large files and multiple applications (and OS9, thank you.)

So, who cares about speed. I want more iDevices and intuitive software.


What would I use the extra speed for? many many things. I may be in the minority but I don't use my mac as a "digital hub", I need it to perform many tough tasks ranging from rendering in cinema 4d and maya, along with some very processor intensive photoshop filters, and quite a bit of rendering quicktime files in adobe premiere. every second it takes to render is one less second I can spend working, and sometimes it is just painstaking to wait for some of these tasks. I need more power which means advances in processors (g4 to g5) and higher clock speeds. also fyi, having dual processors just about halves the time of many rendering tasks.

[Edited by mcbane on 01-07-2002 at 11:17 AM]

[arn]

Originally posted by Cisco
Check out the half black/half white, sometimes left, sometimes right apple logos on those imac scans. What's up with that?

that's what we call a "reflection" :)

arn

[youguysarepathetic]

where's my G5?

[Cisco]

right... d'oh

[Cisco]

says they'll be back in 1 hr

[eyelikeart]

uh oh!!! :D

[mmoore00]

Originally posted by arn
15-inch Active Matrix LCD, 800-MHz G4 with Velocity Engine, SuperDrive (CD-RW/DVD-RW), GeForce2 MX Graphics, USB - FireWire - Ethernet, Apple Pro Speakers, AirPort ready, iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, iDVD

see

http://www.apple.com/home/


The important thing to remember here, is whether the 800 is the high, low, or midrage iMac. Possibly the iMac will go up to 1gHz and blow everyone away ("Full Speed Ahead!")

The g4 in the thing is immense, but will apple push it farther and use 1ghz apollos? I guess we're about to find out!

[pixelpete]

CNBC just showed the cover of the times magazine article as the guys standing in front of the moscone center. He said Steve always brings something new and exciting out last, The guy just blows it!
HOW can they come out with new towers when the Crystal Clear savings runs till Jan. 31?

[fukuhela]

Those specs on the applesite must be for the top model. Apple always advertice for the top model and shows prices for the lowest model. I can't see why they should change that now...

[reyesg4]

Remember, they rely on Motorola for their high end chips so that means they can't get into a speed war with the wintel world. Apple cannot beat the many companies making chips, Apple is only one company. They also cannot beat the competition on price, because that requires you to make more boxy looking Macs with off the shelf parts. Would you buy the new iMac if it looked like a Dell and cost $1,800? Hell No!! It's the design of the hardware in software working together that makes Macs special, it makes them more than a computer and makes them into something you can lust after. If Apple did not make weirder and weirder computers that worked it would not survive. Now that Mac OS X is becoming the crash-less OS, the new macs will be more appliances than computers. This will not help Macs become the dominant OS on the block, but it will keep them around for the next decade. Which is OK with me.

[h8teiris]

that imac , is ass, dude , what the hell is he thinking!!! , people are ******** crazy

[Macmaniac]

The apple store on apple.com is down:
We are busy updating the store for you and will be back within the hour.
This is good the new stuff will be here soon:)
Pray for 1ghz! or above

[menoinjun]

the stream is working...Tom Petty's "Running Down a Dream..."

Is that metaphorical?

-Pete

[tmx590]

go to: http://www.msnbc.com/news/683245.asp

imac news...

[europeboy]

i can't stream...

all i get is the title and then it goes on until it times out...

:(

[menoinjun]

NO POWERMAC UPDATE!!!

ONLY IMAC AND IBOOK!!

-PETE

[mcbane]

it will make me so angry if there are no powermac updates =\

[menoinjun]

Native photoshop files???

[tmx590]

go to: http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020114/cover.html

[rknotar]

No sounds for OSX ? No new Desktop Themes ?? My sources were wrong !! I am going back to Windows with THEIR "Swooshes", "bleeps", and "ticks"....

[Cruelraspberry]

I'd like to be able to change the desktop theme (Like the fonts).

[evildead]

Hey guys.. dont worrie... There is still prlenty of time for more new toys to be announced. Remeber, Steve likes to save the best for last :)

Here is a link to the Time artical if you havent read it yet.

http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020114/index.html



Too bad im at the office. Im recrding The keynote at home right now. I hope the TechTV guys dont talk to much durring it.

[evildead]

Originally posted by rknotar
No sounds for OSX ? No new Desktop Themes ?? My sources were wrong !! I am going back to Windows with THEIR "Swooshes", "bleeps", and "ticks"....


Your talkin crazy... going back to Windows??? you need to take a deap breath... we are all under alot of stress right now. You wounldn't want to do anything crazy now would you??

[mcbane]

that ipod thing must have been embarrassing

[tmx590]

Originally posted by mcbane
that ipod thing must have been embarrassing

What happened? Did it not work onstage?

[mcbane]

when he tried to have it sync up with itunes2 nothing happened. he sat there for about a mintute until he just gave up. oh well, I know it works, im surprised it didnt

[pixelpete]

CHECK OUT THE NEW i-mac as the expo is going on.10:15 A.M. http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020114/cover.html

[evildead]

Steve said "Anyway, you know what it's supposed to do." When the iPod demo didnt work.

That probably was imbarising. Have you guys see the video of Gates at a demo and he crahsed windows? He got the blue screen of death live on TV and infrot of a huge cowd at a Keynote. He said "It still has some bugs" That was the understatment of the year.

[Edited by evildead on 01-07-2002 at 01:19 PM]

[ors23]

Did anyone else's qt stream drop the video?

[Cruelraspberry]

Too bad the name iPod is taken!

[Cruelraspberry]

I propose the name iLamp

[mcbane]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! wtf. so imacs are going to be just as powerful as their powermacs now.

[Wes]

I DON'T BELIEVE IT ALL THAT HYPE FOR THE LCD IMAC NOTHING SPECIAL, IMAC 800 MHZ, POWERMAC 733

[evildead]

That was a bit much hype for just a new iMac. I was expecting a new Apple toy. The iMac is cool.. but its not like im going to run out and traid in my 867 QuickSilver for one. I was fully expecting to be maxing out my credit card this week. Oh well. It was fun anyway. Can't wait to get home and watch the Keynote that I taped off TechTV. I hope I rmemebered to turn off the VCR....

[Beej]

Please don't get upset with me if someone has already mentioned this... it's pretty sluggish getting around to read all the posts at the moment. I'm sure you'll agree. :D

Anyone noticed that the old iMacs are still available starting at $799?

BTW: I've been playing with iPhoto for the last half hour and it is very cool!

[mcbane]

you forgot:
iMAC 800 mhz with a flat panel display: $1800
PowerMac 867mhz with no monitor: $2500

what a crock of *****

[tmx590]

I think that everyone here is underestimating the full impact of what Apple has unleashed on us today... Consider the larger picture... you can now get a COMPLETE G4 system for $1300... Do you really understand what that means in the marketplace? AND do you really think that Apple is going to let the PowerMacs fester under such tight configurational competion for too long? I think not... The groundwork has been laid.

[mcbane]

just wondering if anybody knew about this as I haven't been following apple's release strategy for too long. Does apple ever release speed boosted comps without a big event? like could we see a dual 1.4ghz powermac in the near future or will it not be until the next macworld?

[tmx590]

Originally posted by mcbane
just wondering if anybody knew about this as I haven't been following apple's release strategy for too long. Does apple ever release speed boosted comps without a big event? like could we see a dual 1.4ghz powermac in the near future or will it not be until the next macworld?

The answer: it's always a big event when Apple releases new products/upgrades (ie: most recently iPod)... However, they don't necessarily have to coincide with an Expo...

[evildead]

Originally posted by tmx590
I think that everyone here is underestimating the full impact of what Apple has unleashed on us today... Consider the larger picture... you can now get a COMPLETE G4 system for $1300... Do you really understand what that means in the marketplace? AND do you really think that Apple is going to let the PowerMacs fester under such tight configurational competion for too long? I think not... The groundwork has been laid.


Right on!

[Brentis]

Nice for the table next to your bed... blah...

too much marketing for a lamp...

but the 14" it's sweet deal... i think the best...

the iPod issue, oh my god i screamed and laughed..


I think is the worst and the faggest imac i've seen.

excuse me .. it's really sucky think... it's totally unshapped... i preffer cube... Cube were most centralized design... and more expandeable than this imac..

sorry apple...

an apple maniac.



[Edited by Brentis on 01-07-2002 at 05:46 PM]

[Brentis]

I think desktop market should disappear for home users... everyone should buy ibooks instead imacs... mobile is the next thing... imacs are nice for internet cafe's