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Apple Releases Core 2 Duo iMac, Adds 24" Model

Is it just me or does the Imac seem to be more 4x3 then 16x9...
The computer seems to be more squarish then widescreen... Compared to the 23" or 30" Cinema display it really looks squarish... The cinema displays look alot more widescreen then the Imac.
 
can someone point me in the right direction, i feel my imac is slow so i want to benchmark it but don't know where to begin. Also is their a thread that posted the benchmarks that people have gotten
Thanks
 
Im looking to purchase an Imac by tomorrow since MacConnections $100 rebate offer ends tomorrow. I have been holdong off on the purchase thinking a completely new redesigned Imac will be released near the holiday season, and was wondering, how likely are the chances of that happening? I am a Windows user and this will be my first Mac, so I dont want to purchase the Imac and then couple of months down the road Apple releases a redesigned Imac. What are the typical life cycles of the Imac? Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks a lot!
 
puckhead193 said:
can someone point me in the right direction, i feel my imac is slow so i want to benchmark it but don't know where to begin. Also is their a thread that posted the benchmarks that people have gotten
Thanks
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You can try a little program called Xbench, I dont know how reliable it is, but give it a try at www.xbench.com
 
scamit said:
You can try a little program called Xbench, I dont know how reliable it is, but give it a try at www.xbench.com
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i ran xbench came back with these results (download PDF to view)
Can someone explain what all this means... is my computer normal.. :confused: :eek:
 

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scamit said:
Im looking to purchase an Imac by tomorrow since MacConnections $100 rebate offer ends tomorrow. I have been holdong off on the purchase thinking a completely new redesigned Imac will be released near the holiday season, and was wondering, how likely are the chances of that happening? I am a Windows user and this will be my first Mac, so I dont want to purchase the Imac and then couple of months down the road Apple releases a redesigned Imac. What are the typical life cycles of the Imac? Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks a lot!
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The iMac product line was just refreshed, and there is nothing imminent on the horizon, so go ahead and buy that iMac today. It has the latest Core2 Duo from Intel, and I don't think that Penryn, the next portable chip from Intel, is due out until 2007.

But no matter when you buy, it will always be superceded by something newer in the next few months. Now that Macs are on Intel processors, this will apply to them as much as it previously did to any other computer.
 
puckhead193 said:
i ran xbench came back with these results (download PDF to view)
Can someone explain what all this means... is my computer normal.. :confused: :eek:
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Unless I'm greatly mistaken, a 110+ is insanely good.
 
kalisphoenix said:
Unless I'm greatly mistaken, a 110+ is insanely good.
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116.58 for a 2.16 24" iMac is the highest iMac score listed on the xbench comparison site. So yeah, not bad. :)

Edit: Link
 
ViveLeLivre said:
116.58 for a 2.16 24" iMac is the highest iMac score listed on the xbench comparison site. So yeah, not bad. :)

Edit: Link
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shouldn't it be higher cause i have the 2.33 GHz processor, 3 gigs of ram 256 video etc
 
puckhead193 said:
shouldn't it be higher cause i have the 2.33 GHz processor, 3 gigs of ram 256 video etc
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Possibly? From what I've read, there's not a huge increase in speed between 2.16 and 2.33 ghz. You might try running it running it multiple times or fresh after a reboot to see if you get a better score.

What about the problems you were having with your iMac? Have those been resolved?
 
Thanks for the reply. As long as a new Imac does not appear this holiday season, Im ok with that. I know sometime next year, they will probably redisign the Imac but for now, I think i will purchase it tomorrow.




MacinDoc said:
The iMac product line was just refreshed, and there is nothing imminent on the horizon, so go ahead and buy that iMac today. It has the latest Core2 Duo from Intel, and I don't think that Penryn, the next portable chip from Intel, is due out until 2007.

But no matter when you buy, it will always be superceded by something newer in the next few months. Now that Macs are on Intel processors, this will apply to them as much as it previously did to any other computer.
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ViveLeLivre said:
Possibly? From what I've read, there's not a huge increase in speed between 2.16 and 2.33 ghz. You might try running it running it multiple times or fresh after a reboot to see if you get a better score.

What about the problems you were having with your iMac? Have those been resolved?
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i'll give it a whorl before i go to sleep, its seems better, the only thing now is that i keep on getting kicked of adium when i put my screen saver on. (I set it up so that when i move it to a hot corner it goes on and you need a password to log back in, i live at the dorms at school) and when i return i'm kicked off. I don't know if its the computer or the school's connection. I never had an issue with my powerbook.
 
youyou said:
Is it just me or does the Imac seem to be more 4x3 then 16x9...
The computer seems to be more squarish then widescreen... Compared to the 23" or 30" Cinema display it really looks squarish... The cinema displays look alot more widescreen then the Imac.
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It's just you. ;)

The iMac and Cinema Displays are 16:10.
 
Waiting more than a month for new iMac

I'm in Perth, Australia, a bit far from everything, but, at over a million
people, not exactly the outback. I ordered a 17-in, 2.16 GHz C2D,
2 GB RAM, 500 GB HD the day after the C2D iMacs were announced,
i.e. on 8 Sep 2006 (here in Australia). I ordered it from a local AppleCentre,
and paid a A$200 deposit on the nearly A$3000 purchase. I chose the
AppleCentre rather than ordering direct from the online Apple store in
order to establish a working relationship with the local store, who is
also the local Apple service location, this being my first Apple computer.

On the day I ordered the iMac, I checked the Australian online Apple
store for an estimated delivery time for my configuration. That day
(Friday) it said "10 to 15 business days", but the following Monday it
changed to 5-7 days. A week later, on a Monday, I emailed the
AppleCentre to ask on an estimated delivery date, but received no reply.
That Friday, 22 Sep, two weeks after my order, I went to the store to
inquire in person, but they couldn't give me an answer. They told
me to call back the following week to get an estimate.

Instead, I waited an additional week and more. Today (4 Oct), nearly
a month since my order, I checked the online Apple store, and the
delivery time for my configuration is now down to 2-4 business days.
I then called the AppleCentre. Not only is my iMac not there, but they
*still* can't estimate on when it will arrive! They said it sometimes
takes four-to-five *weeks* for a built-to-order system to be delivered.
I mentioned the 2-4 days on the Apple online store, and they said
Apple were lying. Again, they suggested I call next week in order to
get an estimated delivery date.

I must say, this first Apple experience is not exactly encouraging. Are
there any other Apple purchasers out there who have had to wait so
long for their system?
 
nospamboz said:
I'm in Perth, Australia, a bit far from everything, but, at over a million
people, not exactly the outback. I ordered a 17-in, 2.16 GHz C2D,
2 GB RAM, 500 GB HD the day after the C2D iMacs were announced,
i.e. on 8 Sep 2006 (here in Australia). I ordered it from a local AppleCentre,
and paid a A$200 deposit on the nearly A$3000 purchase. I chose the
AppleCentre rather than ordering direct from the online Apple store in
order to establish a working relationship with the local store, who is
also the local Apple service location, this being my first Apple computer.

On the day I ordered the iMac, I checked the Australian online Apple
store for an estimated delivery time for my configuration. That day
(Friday) it said "10 to 15 business days", but the following Monday it
changed to 5-7 days. A week later, on a Monday, I emailed the
AppleCentre to ask on an estimated delivery date, but received no reply.
That Friday, 22 Sep, two weeks after my order, I went to the store to
inquire in person, but they couldn't give me an answer. They told
me to call back the following week to get an estimate.

Instead, I waited an additional week and more. Today (4 Oct), nearly
a month since my order, I checked the online Apple store, and the
delivery time for my configuration is now down to 2-4 business days.
I then called the AppleCentre. Not only is my iMac not there, but they
*still* can't estimate on when it will arrive! They said it sometimes
takes four-to-five *weeks* for a built-to-order system to be delivered.
I mentioned the 2-4 days on the Apple online store, and they said
Apple were lying. Again, they suggested I call next week in order to
get an estimated delivery date.

I must say, this first Apple experience is not exactly encouraging. Are
there any other Apple purchasers out there who have had to wait so
long for their system?
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I ordered direct from the online Apple Store (I'm also from Perth, and I had issues with the incompetence of Apple reseller David Jones in the past,) and they said they'd ship on the 12th of September (5 business days post-purchase,) to arrive by the 15th.

It was delivered on the 13th of September :)

So I doubt this is a locality issue... I would call them and sound annoyed (you probably are,) find out why they're being incompetent, and then don't recommend them to anybody else.

I would've gone to DigiLife :)
 
nospamboz said:
I'm in Perth, Australia, a bit far from everything, but, at over a million
people, not exactly the outback. I ordered a 17-in, 2.16 GHz C2D,
2 GB RAM, 500 GB HD the day after the C2D iMacs were announced,
i.e. on 8 Sep 2006 (here in Australia). I ordered it from a local AppleCentre,
and paid a A$200 deposit on the nearly A$3000 purchase. I chose the
AppleCentre rather than ordering direct from the online Apple store in
order to establish a working relationship with the local store, who is
also the local Apple service location, this being my first Apple computer.

On the day I ordered the iMac, I checked the Australian online Apple
store for an estimated delivery time for my configuration. That day
(Friday) it said "10 to 15 business days", but the following Monday it
changed to 5-7 days. A week later, on a Monday, I emailed the
AppleCentre to ask on an estimated delivery date, but received no reply.
That Friday, 22 Sep, two weeks after my order, I went to the store to
inquire in person, but they couldn't give me an answer. They told
me to call back the following week to get an estimate.

Instead, I waited an additional week and more. Today (4 Oct), nearly
a month since my order, I checked the online Apple store, and the
delivery time for my configuration is now down to 2-4 business days.
I then called the AppleCentre. Not only is my iMac not there, but they
*still* can't estimate on when it will arrive! They said it sometimes
takes four-to-five *weeks* for a built-to-order system to be delivered.
I mentioned the 2-4 days on the Apple online store, and they said
Apple were lying. Again, they suggested I call next week in order to
get an estimated delivery date.

I must say, this first Apple experience is not exactly encouraging. Are
there any other Apple purchasers out there who have had to wait so
long for their system?
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same situation in Malaysia here :mad:
i ordered it since the 1st day it released!
but luckily they promised me that...i will get it this weekend..
the reason they gave me is that...asia is just a small market for iMac..i mean very very few ppl using Mac in asia..so apple delayed the shipping time..give priority to US and euro
 
youyou said:
Is it just me or does the Imac seem to be more 4x3 then 16x9...
The computer seems to be more squarish then widescreen... Compared to the 23" or 30" Cinema display it really looks squarish... The cinema displays look alot more widescreen then the Imac.
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The screen itself is 16:10, the same as all other Apple widescreens (other than the oddball 15" PowerBooks, which were 3:2.)

The computer appears less-than-wide because of the 'chin' beneath the screen. A quick measuring (based on photos on Apple's website of 'head-on' views,) shows the 24" iMac CASE having an aspect ratio of 1.23:1, and the 30" Cinema Display CASE having an aspect ratio of 1.5:1. So yes, the case of the iMac is 'less wide' by ratio than a Cinema Display. But rest assured, the screen you're looking at is the same ratio. (For example, the 24" iMac is 1920x1200, the same as the 23" Cinema Display, but the iMac is 22.6" wide by 20.6" tall, vs. the Cinema Display's 21.1" wide by 17.7" tall.)
 
Asia/Pacific and Apple

Holycat, what you said about Asia being a low priority for Apple....

I'm assuming that like me you ordered a built-to-order machine.
Apple's priority system seemed arbitrary to me until I remembered
that all built-to-order machines are done in China, where all the
standard/off-the-rack machines are also made. Apple must have
some kind of special deal regarding shipping, probably some kind
of threshold count that needs to be exceeded to make it profitable
to ship to a destination. If that's the case, then for destinations
with small markets, it could be a long time between shipments.
Maybe your store in Malaysia has heard that the ship is on the way,
while mine in Australia hasn't.

Australia being a small market would probably also explain why there
was no educational "Buy a Mac, get a free iPod" program here, as there
was in the USA and UK.

Setek in Perth, your iMac arrived on 13 Sep....

Was your iMac a standard configuration? I do recall that the initial
shipping time for the standard iMacs on the Australian online store
was about 5 days, which would fit with your initial shipping date
estimate of 12 Sep, 5 days after 7 Sep, the day they became available
in Australia. A standard configuration, already in Australia, would not be
subject to any shipping delay from China, required for the built-to-order
machines. That might explain your experience.

I still can't figure out, though, why the online store now shows 2-4 days
for the shipping date for my built-to-order configuration. Does that mean
that iMacs with my configuration are sitting in an Australian warehouse,
waiting to be ordered? If so, am I not getting one of those because mine
is earmarked to be shipped from China on the next ship? That would be
frustrating. I think I have to make another in-person trip to the AppleCentre
store.

By the way, the AppleCentre in question *is* Digilife, the Carillion Arcade
shop. I picked Digilife over NextByte because they were favourably
described on the whirlpool.net.au forums. They were as surprised as
everyone else when the new iMacs were announced, and when I was
last there two weeks afterward, they still didn't have any new iMacs in
stock. I put it down to "tyranny of distance" then. After your experience,
though, now I wonder. As I said, off to the shop.
 
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