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20 inch iMac Released
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You mean PowerMac, dude.
Well, like most others, all I can say is WOW! and I want to see it in person as soon as possible, but Apple could have updated some other things along the way.
Makes my 15" iMac feel really old now...
irmongoose
Why don't they have Built to Order iMacs? If it is a consumer-grade product, some people might not want the SuperDrive - just the ComboDrive.
i guess it will be the same game as Apple has been playing for the past few years,force people to buy powermacs because the consumer line is so inept? whats a x-bench on a 1.25 g4 imac? no wonder so little fan fare from apple. i predict sales to plummet for imacs simply due to cpu and video chip lack of performance,after all this is a 2 thousand dollar machine.
This is good. Yester day the 17" was at 2,400 bucks. Today the 20" is "only" 2199, this is a good deal!
i am sitting here with my 800 15' i-mac and use it for the office.
for me now 1 1/2 years with the i-mac, this is the perfect replacement.
thank you apple
now how do i get it past my acountants ?
for me now 1 1/2 years with the i-mac, this is the perfect replacement.
thank you apple
now how do i get it past my acountants ?
WOW! This is going to be a Great XMas!
Wow! Apple sure is putting out the good stuff. I like that g5 dual at 1.8. Great to get so much computer power for such a little price.
That 20" IMac should sell really well.
I'm always looking for more screen real estate with AppleWorks, Safari, IPhoto, ....
Apple has finally learned, you can't worry about canablizing sales of your other systems, with packages like this.
If Apple doesn't do it someone else will.
Wow! Apple sure is putting out the good stuff. I like that g5 dual at 1.8. Great to get so much computer power for such a little price.
That 20" IMac should sell really well.
I'm always looking for more screen real estate with AppleWorks, Safari, IPhoto, ....
Apple has finally learned, you can't worry about canablizing sales of your other systems, with packages like this.
If Apple doesn't do it someone else will.
The 17" was $1,799 yesterday and remains unchanged today. You're probably thinking of the maxed out build to order model which still costs the same too, it's just not on the store page, you have to actually go in and configure it now to add the extra RAM and larger hard drive, etc.
Re: More than larger display...
I think the 20" monitor is awesome, but it needs more for that price point.
Not sure what specs you are looking at, but everything except the display is identical to the 17" as far as I can tell. You don't even get an Airport Card or Bluetooth module.
I think the 20" monitor is awesome, but it needs more for that price point.
Out of the blue - again.
But I doubt that this 20" will be a big success. You pay such a lot of money for a LCD you can only use with a Mac thats after a few years out of date
But I doubt that this 20" will be a big success. You pay such a lot of money for a LCD you can only use with a Mac thats after a few years out of date
The price of the LCD iMac is simply too high for many people. If Apple really want PC users to switch then they need to start making a cheap, powerful, affordable and headless box that will make the system truly mass market.
There is simply no way that I'd buy the 20" iMac since its massive screen would become totally useless when the machine became obsolete!
There is simply no way that I'd buy the 20" iMac since its massive screen would become totally useless when the machine became obsolete!
It is a shame they didn't put a faster proc in there, since that would protect one's investment for longer. But it would've still been a G4, so it's academic really. The G5 is going to take some work to get into an iMac-like form factor so don't expect it anytime soon. The G5 PowerBook will probably come first anyway, to keep the Pro line at the cutting edge.
It's nice that they've been able to upgrade the screen though; a good aspect of the 'sunflower' design. The original iMac never had it's screen updated.
biscuit
It's nice that they've been able to upgrade the screen though; a good aspect of the 'sunflower' design. The original iMac never had it's screen updated.
biscuit
my guess is that he was talking about canadian version?
every time iMac gets a speed bump/revision, the headless/G5 idea comes up, as if it's never been discussed or something sorely missing from apple... let's face it, iMac is intended to be a consumer machine and it is unlikely apple will eat their margin to offer a headless configuration nor put in the top of the line processor (no matter how lower clocked) only a few months after release. (i don't think WWDC announcement counts because G5s were hardly available then.)
you are supposed to get a PM if you know enough to want an alternative display or top of the line processor. to paraphrase, it's not the headless iMac nor G5 iMac that you really want... it's just cheaper Macs with better specs you want. well, that's nothing new...
hate to say this but a 1.25 g4 gets its butt beat bad by machines at half the price, i would say this is apples worst value of all computers they make. i cant imagine having such a great display only to be saddled down to a obsolete g4 and worst performing video card/chipset on the market. i see it now iam a new owner of a imac 20" and cant play doom3,barely run ut2k3 and struggles through halo if they are lucky, then when some really great stuff is out for next year what are you going to do with that monitor??i guess apple feels consumers dont play games.
QuiteSure of Nothing
What kind of computer user are you!
You Don't Need more screen space.
Do you work in only one application at a time? I've got 3-10 apps open at all times.
Haven't you heard of DSL, Email, ITunes, wordprocessing, Safari and then the Work Apps...
What kind of computer user are you!
You Don't Need more screen space.
Do you work in only one application at a time? I've got 3-10 apps open at all times.
Haven't you heard of DSL, Email, ITunes, wordprocessing, Safari and then the Work Apps...
Well, I actually guess my father would. He has seen my PB 12" and he liked the iPhoto-stuff. The guitar-pluncking and all was "grrreat!", but he did not like the size of the screen. Photography is the only thing he uses his 800 mhz pentium machine for. I think this could be a nice computer for him. For photography, he would use it for YEARS and years...
um, get an eMac. $800 + $100 for RAM. fully equipped with Combo Drive, latest OS, keyboard and optical mouse. how much *cheaper* do you exactly want?? dell cheapest desktop is $500 (after rebate) with shared RAM, CD-ROM, XP Home and also with a CRT monitor. upgrade to a non-RAM shared video card with a combo drive and you aren't looking at anything much cheaper.
apple wants PC users to switch to using Apples, not changing themselves into more like PCs.
most consumers apple's targeting won't care if their games run at 60 fps as opposed to 250 fps.
if you want to play games, build a gaming PC or buy a console. apple will not spec its machines just to cater to gamers when there are few games for Macs to begin with.