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Analyst: iMac and MacBook Updates Coming Within Weeks?

$499/ £399 Mac mini (with 2 GBs RAM and 160 GB Hard Drive)
$849/ £649 MacBook (with DDR3 RAM)
$999/ £749 iMac (with a dedicated graphics card model below $1500/ £1000)

That's all you need to do Apple (in addition to other bumps/ changes) to make your products a lot tastier to the masses.
 
Now when they say Macbook, they're refering to the White Macbook, right? Not the Macbook Pro line.

I ask because I'm actually planning on going and picking up a 13" MBP later today :( It's a waste if theres a refresh in a few weeks. Can anyone confirm?
 
Paper Tigre said:
Now when they say Macbook, they're refering to the White Macbook, right? Not the Macbook Pro line.

I ask because I'm actually planning on going and picking up a 13" MBP later today :( It's a waste if theres a refresh in a few weeks. Can anyone confirm?
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this might probably just a rumor. anyway, u might wanna wait for a couple of weeks if u r not tht hungry for a mac....
 
BongoBanger said:
I wish people would stop posting that. It just makes them look silly given the absolute nonsense Dilger has come out with. Again.
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Yeah, we get it. You think Microsoft's **** doesn't stink. Well, it does. A lot. Calling the article nonsense doesn't refute any of the facts in it. I wonder why you don't try? Oh, that's right! You can't!
 
Apple need to do what?

OK, so apple remain a permanent fixture in Amazon's top 10 sales lists, Mac sales are up 7% year on year, the iPhone is taking over the known universe, MacBook sales are through the roof in education - every student I know has purchased one of these when heading for college.

Microsoft's financial reputation is terrible in comparison to Apple, whose shares continue to build against the current economic trend. Apple rate highly in customer satisfaction surveys year on year. Apple Stores are amazing places to visit with informed, friendly, non-pushy sales staff.

So what exactly are Apple doing wrong? Why does anything need to "improve". The iMac is a great computer, i use it to run my business and it's never "slow".

I have a Blu-ray player, nice Samsung device, sat under my TV, it's slot loading and the picture looks great on my 40" HD TV, I don't want to watch blu-ray on a 24" screen a few inches from my face. I certainly don't want to pay $20 - $40 a time for a recordable blu-ray disc to store data.

The current line up is great. The price point is fine. Apple are a business, their aim is to make profit. This they do incredibly well. Where is the 'failure'

Any new revisions are all welcome, any reductions in price are welcome. But Apple understand the majority of their marketplace and they know what to provide to ensure a mass appeal.

If you want something cheaper with blu-ray, go and buy a Dell - Apple don't care. They define their market place and continue to excel in it.

If you don't like their ethos, don't buy Apple. The price mark-up is part of the attraction, these toys are a status symbol. It's the luxury end of the market, not the $250 netbook market.

Since 1987, I've had incredible service from all of my Macintosh computers, the investment in hardware has been sound and I've yet to have an issue with any of my machines.

I sit writing this on my 24" Intel Imac with a 3.06 processor, 4 gigs of RAM - Photoshop CS4 is as fast as I could want it to be (I'm working on billboard size images), dreamweaver, flash and fireworks are all great. I don't need more speed than this. When the next revision comes it comes it will be welcome, but I'm certainly never going to describe this machine as 'slow' - what planet are some of you guys on?!

Apple - keep up the good work, I'm excited to see what you come up with next. If it's innovative and new, I'll buy it. If not, I'll sit and wait for whatever comes next. If a competitor releases something with a must-have feature for my business, i'll buy that.

Apple don't need to provide all things to all people, just continue to sell high quality products which appeal to a majority.
 
I can't see why on earth they would predict a redesign of the iMac. It's taken long enough to get most of the product catalogue to look homogenous with the black and glass on aluminium scheme, just doesn't seem to make any sense.

iMac could certainly do with new processors though. I'm not really sure if moving to desktop components would be feasible what with the rather compact size of even my 24" iMac, but I think I am correct in saying that there are quad core notebook CPUs out there and I know for a fact that SLI is possible on a notebook architecture (and that would be just DANDY for OpenCL).

I love my iMac, even though she appears to be heading very quickly to being outdated (bought last refresh) but unless some real power changes come through (i.e. quad core, SLI, better chipsets, 2TB hard disks) then I don't see the point in refreshing the iMac.

But in conclusion, since when did analysts ever get anything right anyway. I know people on these forums who are far better at predicting what Apple are going to do next than some berks in grey suits and yellow ties. :rolleyes:
 
Gatesbasher said:
Yeah, we get it. You think Microsoft's sh*t doesn't stink. Well, it does. A lot. Calling the article nonsense doesn't refute any of the facts in it. I wonder why you don't try? Oh, that's right! You can't!
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Dilger's is a joke. It's like saying Fox news has a fair and balanced approach to the Obama administration. I'm really getting sick of the influx of ignorant fanboys on this forum, their attitudes do nothing for Apple and reinforce negative stereotypes that some people have of Apple users.


There is definately a redesign of the iMac coming soon, no idea about the Macbook
 
Takeo said:
That would be awesome for the 0.001% of people who would actually upgrade their CPU.
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You can upgrade the CPU on a Mac very easily:

Step 1: Sell your Mac on eBay
Step 2: Buy a new Mac with a better CPU.

The other method is:

Step 1: Hand your Mac down to a brother/sister/husband/wife/parent/grandchild/niece or nephew.
Step 2: Buy a new Mac with a better CPU.
 
What if...

Ok it might get thinner.
Well the iMacs as we now it now will get thinner but have the Nvidia 9400 in it. So thats easy and no problem.
Even card like the 120 and 130 from Nvidia should work.

But what is with an card like the 4850 from ATI? Theres just no way they could keep it cool with an thinner design.

So that brings me back to what if...
What if Apple makes the iMac really different? Maybe its true that it will get thinner (dont forget its nothing more than an rumor) but maybe the whole Hardwarestuff will not be anymore in the back of the LCD.
Or maybe even only CPU and GPU will get an new place (s that they can stay by the old iMac look) maybe in the socket and there it will be better cooled.

:) I am just thinking out loud.

Tod

Btw: Theres no way blueray will make it into te new iMacs or what so ever. BR is just not as popular as many here claim. Even with the PS3, the buyings of BR Movies ar still low. So if maybe 2 of 10 people us it, then there is simply no need for apple to get involeved in BR. Simple
See it on http://www.blu-raystats.com/ Even on the first page on left you see the grafic BlueRay vs DVD, Guess what has more %
 
Padraig said:
Dilger's is a joke. It's like saying Fox news has a fair and balanced approach to the Obama administration. I'm really getting sick of the influx of ignorant fanboys on this forum, their attitudes do nothing for Apple and reinforce negative stereotypes that some people have of Apple users.
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Ignorant fanboy, your ass. Try refuting something in the referenced article. Your response is nothing but empty noise. We get it, Microshaft worshippers can't have their delusions upset by nasty facts, any more than FAUX Noise watchers can.
 
Bluefusion said:
Really sad to see the current iMac design go, if this is true. The all-metal, black-bezel iMac is the most beautiful machine I've ever seen (followed closely by the unibody MBP I'm typing this on, which is obviously in the same design family). The iMac has always pushed the envelope and while every design is great (I've had the "snowglobe" iMac and G5 "white panel" one), it's hard to imagine anything topping the current look. There is NO need for additional thinness... my god, what is the point? It's a desktop!
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I totally agree... the current iMac (excluding the ridiculous numeric keypad-less keyboard) is a beautiful machine and it's already as thin as it should be! There really is no need for a design refresh on the current iMacs. Update the Processor, the Ram, the HD but leave the design alone!

As for the macbook... yes it could do with a total refresh, BUT nothing needs updating more than the Mac Mini... seriously, that little baby could be a killer product for Apple if they merged it with AppleTV and actually gave it more than a basic specification bump.

Blu-ray would be great but we all know (or do we?) that Blu-ray on Macs would hurt iTune HD sales. Apple is just biding their time with excuses until downloads become the 'norm' and they can justify "skipping" blu-ray.
 
JS77 said:
I totally agree... the current iMac (excluding the ridiculous numeric keypad-less keyboard) is a beautiful machine and it's already as thin as it should be!
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Or you could just order one with the keypad (which I NEVER use) for no extra charge as an option? Jeeze, people are stupid.
 
Gatesbasher said:
Ignorant fanboy, your ass. Try refuting something in the referenced article. Your response is nothing but empty noise. We get it, Microshaft worshippers can't have their delusions upset by nasty facts, any more than FAUX Noise watchers can.
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You know you could actually look in the Zune HD thread which gives examples of why Dilger is off base on this one rather than trying to derail a totally different topic.

Just sayin'.
 
Interesting news. Looking forward to seeing how the iMac refresh turns out. I'll be ready to buy a new iMac maybe in Jan / Feb next year. :cool:
 
djellison said:
Not enough. You can buy a quad core machine with 4gb of ram and an HDD 3x the size, for £100 less than that.

The Mac Mini is bargin-basement parts. it needs to be bargin basement prices.
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You really are nuts...
Have you ever tried to assemble a mini computer with a nano ITX board, with the same processor speed, the same silence, the same connections (2 display connections, wich support DVI, HDMI, audio in and out, wich also supports fiber-Optic Digital, and many other connections), the same graphic chip, DDR3, a nice aluminum casing etc...for under $499,-?!

Try that and you will not make that statement again.
Do NOT compare the Mini with a even slightly bigger machine, those are a totally different catagory and it has to have all the connections mentioned and DONT come up with a cheap ass machine with as a display interface only a VGA connection.
 
Matte screen please. I am sitting on my 7600GT generation iMac simply because the glass models reflect too much for the area I need one in.

While I like the idea of a blu-ray drive the current models are too thin to provide adequate cooling without some fan rework.

Still, a new 24 or 27" iMac with matte and top line graphics will get me to replace my current one (and sell it too)
 
nelmat said:
Or you could just order one with the keypad (which I NEVER use) for no extra charge as an option? Jeeze, people are stupid.
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Oh man... I totally forgot... because YOU never use it, then it's perfectly fine for Apple to omit it as default... I mean so long as YOU never EVER use it, then I'm "stupid" right? I mean, I must be because I'm still stuck in an era where I actually USE the numeric keypad, but YOU NEVER use it so it's ok.

You ignore all the praise I gave the iMac, ignore the point of my post but pick up on 1 aspect which was a mute point.... and yes, I'm fully aware you can order one at no cost, but discussing the "keypad" was not the point of my post.
 
JS77 said:
Oh man... I totally forgot... because YOU never use it, then it's perfectly fine for Apple to omit it as default... I mean so long as YOU never EVER use it, then I'm "stupid" right? I mean, I must be because I'm still stuck in an era where I actually USE the numeric keypad, but YOU NEVER use it so it's ok.

You ignore all the praise I gave the iMac, ignore the point of my post but pick up on 1 aspect which was a mute point.... and yes, I'm fully aware you can order one at no cost, but discussing the "keypad" was not the point of my post.
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It's left off by default because a minority of people have use for it. The fact that it is available at no extra cost is hardly a reason to criticise the iMac. You're not stupid because you use it, you're stupid because you don't realise a majority of people don't, and that it's the simplest thing in the world to retain if you do want it - at NO EXTRA COST.
 
I love my iMac, but i don't see a point in a 30" - the iMac is for consumers, most people wouldn't need a 30" screen considering how much apple would charge for one.

Requests i'd want would be a higher resolution iSight, 2 hard drives, adjustable hight, better graphics cards, core i7 maybe...

there isn't that much you can improve with it, don't bother changing the looks, it fits perfectly with all the other Macs apart from the white macbook

I'm in the market for a laptop and i want a Mac to go with my iMac, if the white crapbook looked better, maybe a 12" screen, better graphics card (not gonna happen though) then i'd buy one tomorrow!
 
blu ray is just geek lust and is really not that important. Besides sony has a license agreement on blu ray that none of you have read so be quiet.
 
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