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Apple to "Completely Overhaul" the iPad, iMac, iPhone and MacBook Air in 2012?
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What the iMac needs:
1. Solve the heat problems
2. Matte screen (maybe an all-black iMac, a stealth design?)
The heat problem will be a tough one: you don't want a ventilation system humming right in front of your eyes, don't you?
A solution could be to go away from the all-in-one design.
Remember the lamp iMac?
A future iMac could have a long arm like a wall-mount with the screen on it, and, through one single cable, it is connected to a box sitting somewhere under the desk.
As an option one could attach the screen right onto the box.
I'd relish the elegant form factor of that long arm with a very flat screen.
The box could even sit in an adjoining room. There could be different size options and power options.
And there could be screen options.
Instead of the all-in-one design it would be a modular design.
Theoretically, you could have a workstation quality box with Xeon processors as the pro option.
This way, the Mac Pro could go away, and at the same time, stay.
1. Solve the heat problems
2. Matte screen (maybe an all-black iMac, a stealth design?)
The heat problem will be a tough one: you don't want a ventilation system humming right in front of your eyes, don't you?
A solution could be to go away from the all-in-one design.
Remember the lamp iMac?
A future iMac could have a long arm like a wall-mount with the screen on it, and, through one single cable, it is connected to a box sitting somewhere under the desk.
As an option one could attach the screen right onto the box.
I'd relish the elegant form factor of that long arm with a very flat screen.
The box could even sit in an adjoining room. There could be different size options and power options.
And there could be screen options.
Instead of the all-in-one design it would be a modular design.
Theoretically, you could have a workstation quality box with Xeon processors as the pro option.
This way, the Mac Pro could go away, and at the same time, stay.
Apologies if I am missing something here regarding Ruahcr's answer? Because checking the specs of the current mac mini range I see:
Entry level "2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 with 3MB on-chip shared L3 cache"
Enhanced level "2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 with 3MB on-chip shared L3 cache".
The Enhanced level unit, ultimate spec adds the option of "2.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7" for $100. If the mac mini had quad core, I would be buying one tomorrow.
No one could have guess that Apple will release new models of its products next year, except for DigiTimes exclusive source...
Come on be fair, there's a difference between updating the products, and overhauling them.
You realize that Apple would not do anything remotely close to that right? To go from the all in one look to go leaps backward against their design philosophy and start taking up multiple rooms? That sounds like it would have worked maybe 20 years ago though.I reckon the new iMac will have a very nice look about it maybe the same as the Apple Thunderbolt display, about the same thickness too, what's everyone else think?
Bring on the 2012 Mini with Superdrive,i5 and i7 Quad Core CPU's and Dedicated 1GB GPU and 1TB internal drive standard
Now that I woke up from that dream, I just need a unit with better GPU, and dual 1TB drives, also a nice boost in CPU and RAM would be nice
Now that I woke up from that dream, I just need a unit with better GPU, and dual 1TB drives, also a nice boost in CPU and RAM would be nice
Bring on the 2012 Mini with Superdrive,i5 and i7 Quad Core CPU's and Dedicated 1GB GPU and 1TB internal drive standard
Now that I woke up from that dream, I just need a unit with better GPU, and dual 1TB drives, also a nice boost in CPU and RAM would be nice
I wouldn't give up on your dream just yet. The current mini has space for 2 HD's and an dedicated GPU. Plus the server version sports a quad-core CPU. With Ivy Bridge being 22nm and consuming less power plus the fact that the next gen GPU's coming out next year will be 28nm or 20nm, it's very possible next year's mini could have a quad-core CPU and dedicated GPU.
I just wish Apple would add support for at least 16GB of RAM, if not more.
I'm crossing my fingers they have something very close to these specs. My credit card is waiting. I'm not a big fan of AIO machines due to potential overheating issues and due to the fact if something goes wrong you have to take the whole machine in.
So many big words. An engineering dilemma. How to fit a square peg into a round hole. How to remove conduction and convection heat when you are limited by cfm's across the heat sources. Hmmm, can we say liquid cooling? Is it probable? No! Is it possible, absolutely!
iMac Overhaul
I made the switch to Mac about four years ago and I was planning on buying the 27" iMac when the new OSX "Mountain Lion" comes out. I was just wondering whether I should expect a complete redesign before then? And if not, should I wait anyway for the next iMac model to come out, or purchase whatever model is available at that time?
I made the switch to Mac about four years ago and I was planning on buying the 27" iMac when the new OSX "Mountain Lion" comes out. I was just wondering whether I should expect a complete redesign before then? And if not, should I wait anyway for the next iMac model to come out, or purchase whatever model is available at that time?
There wont be an iMac redesign before Mountain Lion.
I don't know if the new Ivy Bridge processors will become standard in iMacs (like they're due to in Macbooks) but they'll definitely be worth the wait just incase!
Not to mention, all the iMacs from the late-2009 to the current models are plagued with screen issues. The yellow screen tinge never went away, despite what you heard from Apple. And now there is a new problem cropping up in which grey smudges or stains permeate the screens. It seems to be a hardware design issue. Other Apple products don't seem to have this problem, but I would stay far away from iMacs until they completely redesign them.
Here's an Apple support thread where the issue has been heating up lately:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2300580?start=690&tstart=0