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Apple Announces New iMacs, Mac Minis, AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule

Mac mini?

Crazy prices for computer with no display or keyboard! Was thinking of buying one as a media hub but now NO WAY! Whats going on Apple??????!!!!!
 
jackfrost123 said:
No, as a former 15+ years user of Windoze I have very very painfully earned my right to call it windoze, and no to me it's not a respectful operating system, it's badly designed, full of glitches, sold by the worst ****s in Redmond that take advantage of the very last drop of your blood ( I know it) to force down on you a subpar product and charge $500 for the ultimate vista with free ultimate only user bonuses which by and large where the ability to play a vid as a dekstop background...so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't get me started on windoze...respect my view and disagree. As for the rest of what you said, you are oversimplifying here, they went to ddr3 which is costly (and not yet much an improvement), more memory etc. Like I said you have some right in these underwhelming (integrated graphics...) updates, but just that. I respect what you say about mac pro.
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so because you have used computers as long as the rest of us you demand "respect"? If you don't want the latest product, no one is forcing you to buy it. No one is making anyone buy "ultimate".... :rolleyes:
 
I sure wish the iMacs had LED. Either way, it's not an upgrade. These options, or very similar options have been on the table for a long time.

Apple has contempt for it's cult. And who can blame them?

If you settle for less, you will always get less.

Get a large group of loyal followers, tell them what they want, and prosper.

Damn I wish OSX were freed ... but this is why it will never happen.

If OSX were allowed to run (legally) on any machine, Apple would never sell a computer.

When the OS is the ball and chain, you have to take what you can get an shut the hell up.

I guess I will do exactly that.
 
ccuk said:
That does not equate to loads more... And paying £400 for a 2GB RAM boost and 500GB HDD boost which at retail is maximum £100 extra (not including discounts Apple will receive for buying in bulk) why and extra £300? That's not including the fact that since those iMacs were launched the component prices have been dropping.

Whichever way you try and cook it, it is ridiculous.
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Agree!!!!!This all old tech made and assembled in China/Asia. Where is everyones common sense! We are being expected to pay high prices for old tech and be happy because it is Apple. You have to take into account that you can purchase these old CPU's HD Graphics at a fraction of the price. I myself like both PC and Mac but this is stupidity defending Apple because it is just Apple.
 
Still, the Mac Mini compares well against the Dell Studio equivalent I guess. The Dell looks a bit funkier.

I still can't see how this isn't a massive profit markup for Apple, even in the US. $599 for under $200 of components and minimal redesign. I can't wait for the iSupply breakdown.
 
As expected Apple does what Apple does best: underwhelming upgrades combined with price increases

my sister bought a hp notebook with 2.0ghz dual core, 4gb Ram, geforce9600gt, hdmi,vga, esata,320Gb ram and 2 year warranty and only payed what ? 750 euro or just 150 euro more than entry level mac mini

for me it means i'll wait until fall or winter and then by myself either a laptop with better GPU or a build a desktop and buy a cheap netbook


good bye apple, was nice using your great OS on lousy hardware
 
VGA connector?

The old Mini came with a DVI to VGA connector (maybe it was a mini DVI to VGA connector; I can't recall). In any case, it now it seems to come with a mini DVI to DVI connector. If you want to connect a VGA monitor, you'll have to shell out about $25 extra.
 
At least TWO Firewire ports are needed on the Mac mini to boot from an external Firewire disk, since the internal disk is too slow.

A QUIET Mac miniTOWER is also needed.

Matte (non glossy) displays are needed.

Blu-ray is needed.
 
Future Mac Updates?

Wonder what this means for future updates to the other product lines. Will they be accompanied by a massive price hike as well now that the credit crisis has built up a head of steam?
 
jackfrost123 said:
Has anyone thought that Nvidia is pulling the strings here and them not having come up with a motherboard (I presume the mobo is nvidia right?) with integrated graphics that can house a mobile quad core? What's the mobo in the top imac, made by who I mean.
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Same socket, you could (voiding your warranty) plug a mobile C2Q into the mobo. Of course heat may be an issue, but it would work otherwise.

Mal said:
Never will be, I'd expect. TV is looking less and less likely to be relevant in the future, as most of us get news and entertainment online. Unlike the arguments against Blu-ray being dead (though I personally don't expect physical media to stick around much longer either), there's no particular downsides to the internet as opposed to television, and a lot of advantages. I don't think most people will bother with OTA sets for more than the next 5 years, and cable and satellite services will suffer as well.
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Um OTA TV is free. Not gonna happen (outside government intervention) for internet.
 
L0s7man said:
Dude, when you look at stuff in UK versus US, it's totally ridiculous. When it was 2gbp:1usd electronics in US were like "free".
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I for one am friggin' exhausted at listening to you UK whining babies about the price hike. I live in the U.S. and we have a much worse economic crisis than any other country. There are tons of people losing their jobs out here. The U.K isn't nearly as strapped for cash as the U.S. We have more to complain about than the U.K and the U.S forum members are barely shouting FOUL like you guys are.
Get a standard common everyday, plastic box PC if Apple has gone overboard for you. Good grief!!:p
 
Well, having seen these new specs and prices, I rushed out from work (urgent dentist app!) and luckily managed to bag one of the last 2.8GHz models for £1,120 from John Lewis!

Had I have known (like a million others!) Apple were planning this (didnt someone at Apple say there would be a 'Surprise' !!!!) I would have purchased last week and opted for a top of the range 500MB Graphics card and upgraded the HDD. As it is, I now have 256MB and 320HDD ... but my question is ... was I right to do this or is the new slower processor model but improved graphics worth the extra £379?

Will I see much improvement with the new graphics card; and if so, will this be offset by the slower processor (2.66GHz compared to 2.83GHz) ... and will the faster memory help?

Also, does the new model stil have DVI because if not, thank god I bought the older model as I run another monitor.

Finally, will I get a free update to iLife 09 as this one I bought today has 08.

LOL ... its amazing I've been waiting for updates since Jan only to find I then buy an outdated model once new ones come out.

If we dont see core i7 updates in 6 months, Apple can kiss goodbye to the UK market for good! (hey ... maybe we should start a rumouur of iMac updates in time for then?)
 
poxonyou said:
Macbook Bro? Does it hang out with you and watch football games?;)

They actually aren't great values either. The Pros are hella expensive, and I'd need to buy a new $400+ monitor to watch movies from it since they no longer support analog video out (connecting to a standard, non-HD, TV via S-video or composite). There is no simple miniDisplayPort to s-video/composite. You'd have to buy a $400 digital to analog signal converter.
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Ha, haha, good one, with a six pack of beers in an all in one design:D I was refering to you as bro of course, pal.

Nah, they aren't great value, I am not arguing against that, but they are better value in terms of the imacs certainly. I am in between the two (three) mini, mbp base or mb. Anything other than the base pro is a good value to me, and the most complete machine in apples line up, the best rounded up one at the mo. (now if only they did matte...but what the heck...).

And oh goodness, I hadn't thought of that analog video thing...well..is there....bummer btw...but can't you go..ummm, does your tv have hdmi? if then cant you go, mini display, dvi, dvi to hdmi? But I guess it doesn't so...how about the base 24" imac, not all that bad...(not too good either...I hate how they are doing that whole nvdia for all their line up thing...)
 
habubauza said:
I think in your particular situation, (probably others too) you will have to wait to see data from benchmark testing. It's probably your best bet to get that information first before you make a decision.
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If you want to do ANY 3D gaming on a 24" iMac, you would be very foolish to buy the 9400M. You can do some light 3D gaming on teh 24" with the 9400 but you'll have to drop the screen resolution way down. When you do that the pixles will be interpolated across your high resolution LCD and it will look ugly/blurry. So if you can deal with that....
 
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