You're exactly right. This is what I have been worried about. I can accept a yellow tint on my iPhone ipad or macbook (which i have to varying degrees on each). But not on an iMac. I expect the screem to be perfect this time. This isn't an iToy. Hopefully the individual calibration that Schiller spoke about will cut out QC issues.
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A new iMac without hardware?
That would look maaaaaaaaahvelous.
Need lots of adapters to hook up all the external bits, though.
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Performance and design. Taken right to the edge.
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Performance and design. Taken right to the edge.
I agree. But I also think Apple's design path has been to push a design to some ultimate point (thinness, weight, etc) before they move to a new form factor altogether.
It's hard to imagine what else you could do with the design of a large screen and integrated processor, but I'm sure Apple will go down some divergent path for the next iteration.
Cheers.
By that logic there will never be a new form-factor again as it's unlikely the screens will go start going small-ass
Right... one can only hope...
But if you are ordering the new model now, I'd recommend you arm yourself with a generous dose of hope and patience. IME, in these model changes, specially the ones involving thinner designs and taking the panel setup to new limits, those sort of problems become highly probable.
But hey, don't be discouraged by this - someone has to go first!
cheers
My wife is still using her 2004 20" G5 iMac. It's developed a number of problems... It's definitely time to retire it. I just pre-ordered her a 21.5" 2.9GHz iMac. Will be upgrading the RAM from 8GB to 16, as soon as they can tell me how much that will cost.
In fact, our newest Mac is a 2006 MacBook Pro, which I'm still using, Other than some worn off letters on some key caps, and a swollen battery (which resulted in a mouse button that stayed jammed "on" -- took me quite a while to figure that one out), it's still going strong.
The thinner bezel will let you angle it deeper along a corner. I have a dual monitor set up. A 27" in front of me and a 21" to the corner.
And if you don't buy it within 12 hours, you have to wait another 2-3 weeks for shipping!
We've already waited over 70 weeks. Another two weeks won't make that much difference.
Nice. Problem solved.
Is still an all-in-one for me. Because i don't use the ODD.
You have almost the identical set up as I do. 2005 G5 iMac (pre-iSight G5) and a 2006 MacBook. Sadly, both computers are still doing remarkably well. The G5 is obviously slow at this point, but it could still be an excellent iTunes/iPhoto media storage center if it weren't for the fact that Apple killed PPC support. Same goes for the MacBook. It is a 2Ghz Core Duo, so it got cut out of the last two OS updates, but for the most part it is running completely fine.
I will be getting this iMac and an iPad with Retina.
Edit: Actually, reading this reminds me of why it is so frustrating to be a Mac user. Not only are they expensive, but Apple is making products obsolete faster than ever before.
I never liked the Pizza Box G5 - the new ones are sweet looking - at least the pictures are.
You are fortunate.
My Mom's 2005 iMac has had a ton of gray screen kernel panic issues. She is afraid to turn it on and run anything beyond iTunes 9 because it could die on her at any moment.
I'm glad yours works well. Not everyone is so lucky.