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I understand the profit part. :p

At my previous job we had to order Mac minis because the IT director didn't want all-in-one machines. He didn't want to loose an entire machine because it had to be sent back home whole. We were still using Power Mac G4s too. :eek:

Dual core Mac minis were screamers for Word and FileMaker. :rolleyes:

I've noticed an increase in low-profile GPUs and other expansion cards lately. Dell and HP must be selling enough slim SFF desktops to create a market for all that.

You've mentioned the point of sale upgrades before but I have my doubts. That's just me though. Don't take it too hard.

The Mac Mini is now a compelling worker bee machine because of the size and price. Any of them will run Office 2008 and Filemaker really well now, and for $600 it's not bad.
 
Okay, find me another $1700 computer that includes a 27" display that's LED lit with that kind of resolution.

Zing.

When someone else makes a 27" with that res, you will be able to do it for less. Is that the only the iMac has over the rest?

Hell, you can get a better box with a Dell 3007WFP. Beat that. Zing.
 
The Mac Mini is now a compelling worker bee machine because of the size and price. Any of them will run Office 2008 and Filemaker really well now, and for $600 it's not bad.
It was strange to replace Power Macs with Mac minis. It was the only option because we weren't going to cough up the money for a Mac Pro as an office machine.

Right now AMD is king of the low end desktop platform if you're looking for budget hardware. Athlon II + 780/785G is great. The 780G business boards come with HDMI out too. :eek:

I've ordered quite a few of the Inspiron 546 towers and they're nice little worker machines.
 
Newbie Question Here:

Because of the pixel count on my 24" iMac the fonts are already so small. Will they be even smaller on the 27"? That would be a deal breaker for me.

Yes, text will be smaller. The 24" iMac had about 92 ppi. The new 27" iMac has about 108 ppi. The old iMac had a relatively low ppi, most computers have about 100. You could change the resolution in system preferences to a lower one to get bigger text if you truly need it.
 
amazon doesn't sell the i7?

I was ready to pre-order on Amazon but it doesn't seem like you can order the 27" i7 model! ?

If you put it in the cart on Apple, it has a totally unique model number.

What gives ?

doesn't seem like you can order it from bhphoto either.

Where are you all getting yours from? I assume just direct from Apple...
 
Still glossy screens. Still not buying, Apple. My kids imac is now 3 years old, and it will suffice until I get a matte option.
 
wireless keyboard

didnt apple update the wireless keyboard as well? the current one uses two batteries and has new power management as stated in their HP while mine uses three batteries.
 
When someone else makes a 27" with that res, you will be able to do it for less. Is that the only the iMac has over the rest?

Hell, you can get a better box with a Dell 3007WFP. Beat that. Zing.

Yes, compare a Loud ass, large Dell tower + 30" monitor for $2000 to all in one iMac. Genius! :rolleyes:
 
But seriously, can anyone provide me with some benchmarks or some good lead about a 4670 vs a 9400? ...and is 4670 worth 200$? I wish they still had a 17" option. :(

I was wondering the same thing. I don't think the 4670 is worth 200 more, i am sure its probably only worth about 80. I am just curious to know the difference in performance.
 
Yes, compare a Dell noisy desktop + 30" monitor for $2000 to all in one iMac. Genius! :rolleyes:

Yes noisy. I work with Optiplex 745 and 755s all day, and most recently Optiplex 960s. They are not at all noisy. They are actually pretty quiet, the 960s are very compact as well.

For reference, the 24" iMac we have runs quite hot and gets pretty loud with moderate use. But that doesn't mesh with your POV, so it must be wrong.

I am sure you will continue to add that one more thing that puts the iMac in this mythical class that cannot be compared. Give me a break. Absolutely pathetic.

You might as well just say:

"Oh yeah, find me an all-in-one computer made with aluminum and glass, comes with a laptop processor, has a not easily upgradable hard drive, with a 27" panel that only one manufacturer seems to have, oh yeah, and made by Apple."
 
It was strange to replace Power Macs with Mac minis. It was the only option because we weren't going to cough up the money for a Mac Pro as an office machine.

Right now AMD is king of the low end desktop platform if you're looking for budget hardware. Athlon II + 780/785G is great. The 780G business boards come with HDMI out too. :eek:

I've ordered quite a few of the Inspiron 546 towers and they're nice little worker machines.

Absolutely, that's nice hardware. But it doesn't run OS X, and if that's what people want, that's what people want, ya know?

For those people we don't have to worry about buying them Mac Pros are even iMacs anymore.
 
is the glare truly that bad?

Don't bother asking, your either gonna get people who say it makes no difference at all (me) or those who swear to god their computer blinded them, their kids, and the neighbors dog.

Its something you have to determine for yourself.
 
I still think Apple will offer a BD-RE drive option on the iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac Pro within the next six months.

Why? Because the fear of overwhelming the current network infrastructure if everyone is essentially downloading gigabytes of HD video, even at 720p resolution. Until we put in a lot more server capacity, fire up a lot of "dark fiber" and everybody goes to IPv6 addressing, all to better handle the bigger load of HD video downloading, if you want a 1080p quality video with audiophile quality surround sound Blu-ray is still the only way to go.
 
It's easier to do under Core 2. Apple is right and everyone else is wrong I take it?

I love it how you have to change the subject, to something so broad as "Core 2" no less, in order to further progress your argument. :rolleyes:

When someone else makes a 27" with that res, you will be able to do it for less. Is that the only the iMac has over the rest?

Hell, you can get a better box with a Dell 3007WFP. Beat that. Zing.

A tower and a monitor? They make "all-in-ones" for a reason.
 
I love it how you have to change the subject, to something so broad as "Core 2" no less, in order to further progress your argument. :rolleyes:
The base 27" iMac model is a Core 2. :confused:


A tower and a monitor? They make "all-in-ones" for a reason.
And no one but Apple can manage to sell them.

Absolutely, that's nice hardware. But it doesn't run OS X, and if that's what people want, that's what people want, ya know?

For those people we don't have to worry about buying them Mac Pros are even iMacs anymore.
I've just been surprised lately by what you can get on the low end. There's an Acer ION LE nettop with HDMI out for $199. That's a nice little video playback machine with GPU hardware acceleration. Maybe even a light game or two! :eek:
 
Awesome - Really

Allllright!

So i've been lurking here all day watching you folks, and I'm with all the guys who are positive about this release, this is really just what i was hoping for though I wasn't expecting them to up the size of the screen. I'm for it. I've got just enough space on my desk, and because i run a lot of audio programs (Pro Tools, Logic) where looking at tracking and edit windows are intensive, I knew i was going to need at least a 24 inch screen.

Fortunately i waited patiently for this update, as i had come this close to splurging on the Quad Mac Pro with a 2.9 ghz nehalem. I'm about 99% sure i'm going to drop the dough on the 27'' i7, since the specs will be almost about the same as the mac pro (with a 16gig RAM max). Once i did all the above upgrades on the mac pro, i had already outspent the cost of what i am going to drop on this imac without the display.

Since the isight and mic were important to me (need to skype with the girlfriend), and the option of running the speakers alone, i was definetly going to drop money on the mac LCD display, and now that this has the mini display port in option, this is just perfect.

Don't care about the lack of blue ray - I don't own any blue ray titles at all, although it would have been a nice option and i agree with those who think it was silly to have a magnificent display with this with no BR option. As for the glossy vs. matte, I for one do like the glossy - and i live in a basement apartment where the light is low (iCave!). I do basically no gaming so this graphics card is fine with me.

My gripes are minimal - Would have liked to see another firewire port, maybe another USB, perhaps USB 3, and would have liked to see them up the hard drive up to a eSATA. None of this is scaring me away though - if need be i'll take it to tekserve down the road and have them upgrade the drive.

Best part is, if there are some major leaps in CPU processing in the next 3-4 years, i have a beautiful display to run it on. Speaking of which, does anyone know if there's some kind of "display mode" built in so that if running purely as a display it will power down put the CPU/Hard Drives to sleep?

Sorry for the novel, just a lot to rebut here and i'm so excited. Go apple.
 
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Eidorian said:
I love it how you have to change the subject, to something so broad as "Core 2" no less, in order to further progress your argument. :rolleyes:
The base 27" iMac model is a Core 2. :confused:


A tower and a monitor? They make "all-in-ones" for a reason.
And no one but Apple can manage to sell them.

Absolutely, that's nice hardware. But it doesn't run OS X, and if that's what people want, that's what people want, ya know?

For those people we don't have to worry about buying them Mac Pros are even iMacs anymore.
I've just been surprised lately by what you can get on the low end. There's an Acer ION LE nettop with HDMI out for $199. That's a nice little video playback machine with GPU hardware acceleration. Maybe even a light game or two! :eek:

Ooh that'd make a nice comp for my HDTV. Right now I have a relic HP P4 connected to it.
 
A big all-in-one computer? They make laptops for a reason.

This post doesn't even make any sense.
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The base 27" iMac model is a Core 2. :confused:

He was talking about the i5/i7


And no one but Apple can manage to sell them.

Any source to this? Many other companies have been offering All-In-One series for quite some time. I assume they are profitable. And again, what does this have to do with anything?
 
2.8 Core i7, 8 gigs of RAM (4x2), ATI 4850, 2 TB, 27" LED iMac just ordered! I am very happy. I also picked up a new printer (Canon 860) which is wireless. I will eventually upgrade my Time Capsule too, but that can wait.

I really am excited about the Magic Mouse and the new remote too.

A good day:D

Amazingly, that extra 4 gigs is about the same you would pay somewhere else (assuming 4x2gig). Although technically, I think Apple should only charge 100 bucks seeing that I get the first 4 gigs included already. I'll still wait until DDR3 gets a bit cheaper before I upgrade. Nice machine, though...I'll be ordering the same (4g, 1TB) from MacMall once they update their site!
 
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