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Apple Releases Core 2 Duo iMac, Adds 24" Model
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You Need Line Of Sight Or A Bounce Off A Building Terk TV5 Is Your Best Hope
I can't tell you exactly how to position it. You need to experiment with all sorts of windows and all sorts of different positions including facing it out while it is ON IT's SIDE - IE The TOP becomes the SIDE - bottom facing inward. Then rotation will make a big difference as well.
Of course you need a long coax cable to get from the antennae at the window to the TV. Each household's reception varies a lot according to their particular location and surrounding buildings and trees for bounces.
For example. My transmitters are about 20-30 miles northeast of me while my window faces dead south. But there is a building about 40 feet away from my window that bounces the signals back at me for perfect strong reception.
If you can't get a signal in any way, Circuit City will let you return it for a refund.
One more thing. It's not will you get good enough reception or not. It's will you get reception or won't you? With digital broadcasting it's all or nothing. There is no in between reception. And when you get it on a Sony XBR Bravura it will look and sound fantastic!!
You Need Line Of Sight Or A Bounce Off A Building • Terk TV5 Is Your Best Hope. I tried all sorts of rabit ears and they didn't work at all while TERK TV5 gets me 5 off air digital broadcast channels (2 from the same station which multichannels a weather channel all the time). Get it at Circuit City for $50 and place it at the window that faces toward Boston or opposite toward a building across the way where the signal will bounce at you. Place the Terk on it's side with some sort of platform - I use a cardboard box - and rotate it to get the proper signal for each station.moonfacekid said:
I can't tell you exactly how to position it. You need to experiment with all sorts of windows and all sorts of different positions including facing it out while it is ON IT's SIDE - IE The TOP becomes the SIDE - bottom facing inward. Then rotation will make a big difference as well.
Of course you need a long coax cable to get from the antennae at the window to the TV. Each household's reception varies a lot according to their particular location and surrounding buildings and trees for bounces.
For example. My transmitters are about 20-30 miles northeast of me while my window faces dead south. But there is a building about 40 feet away from my window that bounces the signals back at me for perfect strong reception.
If you can't get a signal in any way, Circuit City will let you return it for a refund.
One more thing. It's not will you get good enough reception or not. It's will you get reception or won't you? With digital broadcasting it's all or nothing. There is no in between reception. And when you get it on a Sony XBR Bravura it will look and sound fantastic!!
nagromme
macrumors G5
balamw said:
Thanks for the link--the issue is a little more complex, as you point out.
"However, Riley did say in his presentation yesterday that the decision to prevent protected HD content from playing in Vista 32bit was made at the studios’ request. So, effectively, Microsoft is saying much the same thing above that it said yesterday — albeit in a way that passes the buck back more directly to studios.
We’ve asked Microsoft what high definition protected content will actually play on Vista 32 bit and we’ll get back to you with its response."
Yes, because the enclosure would be designed totality different, so that you could insert cards and the parts inside would be different also. And if all we had to do was dropped the LCD from the iMac, why wouldn't you just go with a 17" iMac instead of the 20". Do you see why your arguement makes no sense.balamw said:
Also if you can get a cheap mini tower from Dell, why don't you and figure out a way to hack Mac OS X on it already. Oh I know why, because you want to have a real Mac. So if that's the case then you're willing to pay more for an Apple.
And don't you think Apple knows this.
balamw
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Because the 20" comes with a faster processor and larger drive than the 17", and VRAM can be upgraded to 256 MB.whatever said:
Apple no longer has to design their mobos from scratch. There are plenty of Intel reference designs they can use that will already be designed for expandability. Don't you see why your argument makes no sense?
Personally I can (generally) live without much internal upgradability, and the iMac is a very good deal, this is why I bought the 17" iMac instead of the mini I had originally planned to buy. It was a much better price/performance deal. I'd much prefer to see a pizza box media box than a true mid-range desktop, but the arguments are sound for why such a box is desirable and should be priced similarly to the iMacs.
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Video card dissapointment.
I am suprised there aren't more people taking issue with the video card in the 20"er on this board.
I was waiting for this upgrade - to Merom, and a meatier gfx card (the ATI card is a real weakling). I don't want a 24" machine for my home, the 20" is just right - so WHY can't I have it with a better video card.. it is really annoying me!
I am suprised there aren't more people taking issue with the video card in the 20"er on this board.
I was waiting for this upgrade - to Merom, and a meatier gfx card (the ATI card is a real weakling). I don't want a 24" machine for my home, the 20" is just right - so WHY can't I have it with a better video card.. it is really annoying me!
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
1066 MHz Front Side Bus on Allendale/Conroe.dropadrop said:
And here are the developer notes....
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/HardwareDrivers/Conceptual/iMac_0609_SuperDrive/index.html
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QCassidy352
macrumors G5
BenRoethig said:
the rev. A and B imac G5s were loud. The rev. C, which had the rounded/bulged case, was quite silent.
danman said:
Indeed. The high-end and low-end imacs are both nice editions. As for the 2 mid-range models? They bumped the processor slightly, went to 1 GB RAM standard, and cut $100 off the price. All good and well, but not really all that exciting given that the machines they were replacing were 8 months old. An upgrade like this after 4 or 5 months is nice, but when we go January-September, I'd like to see something significant. The fact that apple stuck with a video card that was mid-range when it was first used 8 months ago is pretty disappointing.
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
Well we get the 3 GB RAM limit on on the 945GM models now though.balamw said:
Check my picture. The bulge is where the CPU is on the 20" models.QCassidy352 said:
iMac Comparison
yoak
macrumors 68000
The 24" really made me think (about an upgrade). I bought the rev A Intel iMac and I´m very happy with it. But I do use it to watch movies and I find it a little bit too small, so a 24" would be perfect (and faster).
I knew it was likely that the Merom would be put in the iMac sooner rather than later when I bought mine, and my machine is fast enough.
It´s just that I would love that 24" screen. What to do
I knew it was likely that the Merom would be put in the iMac sooner rather than later when I bought mine, and my machine is fast enough.
It´s just that I would love that 24" screen. What to do
Anonymous Freak
macrumors 603
flopticalcube said:
Well, for the 17" and 20" model, the GPU itself is on the motherboard. MXM is a definition of a card the same way there are PCI, AGP, PCI Express, and even 'mini PCI', 'ExpressCard', and 'PC Card' slots. (The latter two fully enclosed to be easy to plugin/remove from the outside.) But, yeah, the 17" and 20" models aren't upgradeable, only the 24" model appears to have its video on a daughtercard. (The MXM card.)
Here's a comparison:
PCI slots were modified into the removable 'CardBus', and the less-removable 'mini PCI' (An AirPort Express card is really a mini PCI card.)
The PCI Express x16 Graphics slot was modified to become the MXM slot.
All three slots are electrically identical to their desktop counterparts, just with different physical connectors and card sizes optimized for mobile use.
Anonymous Freak
macrumors 603
yoak said:
Yeah, that bad boy has more viewable area (for 16:9 movies, which I watch more often than 4:3 television anyway,) than my current TV... (Although it would look goofy in my TV cabinet.)
You could always buy an external 24" monitor. The original Intel iMacs are more than capable of running one. (And you can get a Dell 24"er for $700, according to others on here. Probably less than the 'upgrade' cost of selling your current iMac and buying a 24"er.)
there is going to be another version of the iMac later this year...
on the apple support site....
quote:"To reset the SMC on an iMac (Early 2006), iMac (Mid 2006), iMac (Late 2006), or Mac mini (Early 2006):"
This is the mid 2006 model, the first intel was the early 2006 model
on the apple support site....
quote:"To reset the SMC on an iMac (Early 2006), iMac (Mid 2006), iMac (Late 2006), or Mac mini (Early 2006):"
This is the mid 2006 model, the first intel was the early 2006 model
LaMerVipere
macrumors 6502a
The new 20" iMac is just the perfect computer for a college student like myself (if I wasn't addicted to laptops, that is, hah).
At only $1399 it packs one hell of a wallop. If I weren't waiting for updated MacBooks and hated being tied to a desk I'd be ordering that right now!
At only $1399 it packs one hell of a wallop. If I weren't waiting for updated MacBooks and hated being tied to a desk I'd be ordering that right now!
DavidLeblond
macrumors 68020
thedonga said:
I agree. Because there is always a chance that Apple will update the iMac line ONE WEEK after they release new ones.
Of course my iMac wouldn't have shipped by then so I'd be automagically updated anyway. 😛
vansouza
macrumors 68000
wow that was fast
I ordered my last night and I need to wait till the 15th for it to ship... I opted for faster shipping because of the long initial wait... all we do is wait... wait for announcements and then wait for new toys...
Good news for you and good luck too...
singersongwrite said:
I ordered my last night and I need to wait till the 15th for it to ship... I opted for faster shipping because of the long initial wait... all we do is wait... wait for announcements and then wait for new toys...
Good news for you and good luck too...