That would be a very stupid move by them. Apple is not going to gain market share by increasing prices on their already successful products. Instead if anything they would want to bring in more people by offering a new line to fill the gap between the Mac mini and the iMac.
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That would be a very stupid move by them. Apple is not going to gain market share by increasing prices on their already successful products. Instead if anything they would want to bring in more people by offering a new line to fill the gap between the Mac mini and the iMac.
No, THIS. IS. Oh, forget it...
Oh, and who cares what they call it? How about we just get some updates?
Also, yesterday I was thinking about how much thinner the iMac could be and I thought about the MBP. It could be that thin... if not a bit thinner. take the screen half and flip it over so it faced out when closed (like a tablet), subtract the room needed for keyboard and trackpad, and boom, thin iMac.
Of course the screen sizes would have to be larger, but really I think it's possible.
balamw
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Don't forget some way to get the heat out. In the notebooks the orientation helps to get heat out through the KB.
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ClimbingTheLog
macrumors 6502a
Apple does and has made several types of computers, only one line of which is a Mac. There was an Apple, Apple ][, //gs, LISA, Mac, Newton, iPod,
TV (bastard child Mac), iPhone (they're not admitting it's a Mac yet...) all of which run different OS's. Mac refers to one line of hardware running the Mac OS.
That's true, I didn't consider heat. I was moreso speculating as to how thin it could be. I remember the iMac G4 intro and hearing that they wanted to have it behind the screen but it wasn't feasible at the time because of heat. The current iMac did what the G4 wanted to do. Who knows what Steve has planned next.
I do like the idea of merging the Mac Mini/
tv But doubt that it will happen (yet).Uuuurgh.... Must this be brought up EVERY time
A glance through the Macrumor archives shows just how many times this very topic is brought up... Done, dusted, finito... iMac, all-in-one (as it'll stay). Potential mini upgrade or indeed, replacement due, or not. No big upgradable tower. (They want you to throw away a perfectly good monitor to replace the CPU or upgrade the graphics card. More money in it.)
Peace
Cancelled
I just read the NYT online and found nothing supporting what you said.You need to provide a link.
SwiftLives
macrumors 65816
I see your point. I still disagree, though.
I believe the Apple peripherals - iPod, iPhone, and AppleTV are what Apple is positioning as entry-level products. And they're counting on the halo-effect to entice new customers to shell out more money for their computers.
In your defense, I could have mixed up the iMac and the New Mac. Perhaps the New Mac will fill in the gap below the Mac Pro. It's just that hearing all of these rumors about a metal enclosure and new keyboard for the iMac makes me think they're going to reposition it as a higher-end model.
InLikeALion
macrumors 6502a
It's not as if the proposed new keyboard would be reserved solely for the new iMac. A new keyboard or any new input device for that matter, such as Multitouch mouse, would not be used to distinguish any certain Mac above others.
mathwhiz90601
macrumors 6502
Now THAT is madness... Apple is just fine the way it is. You may have misread it; SJ said that Apple was going to have three core businesses, not split into three parts.
I agree that the notion they are providing is that of something that is going to be much higher end. That is if the Metal enclosures turn out to be a fact. I personally do not belive that this is the case but we will find out soon i guess
offwidafairies
macrumors 6502a
yay! im counting the sleeps til october as it is. this is like a mini buzz
im counting the sleeps til october as it is. this is like a mini buzzThey could call it.....................the xMac!
Amazing that no one has ever suggested this before.
Call it Mac.
Royale w/cheese
macrumors 6502a
I don't have the time to find them right now, but I have heard this quite a lot over the past few years, as a suggestion to as what Apple should call it. But, I guess not for awhile now though.
yes the imac will stay all in one, that is a given.Uuuurgh.... Must this be brought up EVERY time
No big upgradable tower. (They want you to throw away a perfectly good monitor to replace the CPU or upgrade the graphics card. More money in it.)
but there is no reason not to put a highly expandable tower out there, for a reasonable price, especially since apple seems to go towards gaming
what would be amazing (but wont happen) is that if apple makes a motherboard, so u can have a build-your-own mac essentially, or even the unthinkable...having os x run on a regular pc.
Royale w/cheese
macrumors 6502a
I think they will announce price cuts in the mac pro by 50%, and rename it the mac pro-phylactic
Sorry, it has been awhile since I posted something tasteless.
Sorry, it has been awhile since I posted something tasteless.
mathwhiz90601
macrumors 6502
SJ's going to announce he's officially changed his name to iSteve.
Royale w/cheese
macrumors 6502a
SJ's going to announce he's officially changed his name to iSteve.
iStevie, Inc.
dejo
Moderator emeritus
The ultimate in "safe" computing?...and rename it the mac pro-phylactic
roland.g
macrumors 604
or how bout the notsoBigMac or notsoProMac
I think they should call it the Mac desktop coupe 2007GTxli
and next year the could offer the Mac desktop convertible 2008GTO
but of course the touchscreen should be called the HandsoffofmyMac get your own.
Royale w/cheese
macrumors 6502a
The ultimate in "safe" computing?
Electronically tested.
doo-hik-ee
macrumors member
Too confusing.
Person 1: What kind of computer do you have?
Person 2: It's a Mac.
Person 1: Cool, which one.
Person 2: The Mac.
Person 1: Yeah, but what kind.
Person 2: Mac.
Person 1: You idiot, what model?
Person 2: Mac.
Person 1: I hate you so much, nevermind.
Person 1: It's the Mac!