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Apple to Use Newly Released Quad-Core Desktop Processors?
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Exactly, why go through the effort and quality control to bin out higher clocked chips?
By the way, your edit says "the one year old Mac Pro with server class processors that already has the strongest procs available of it's class".
You must not realize that Intel is selling 3.4 GHz Penryn Xeons these days, and Apple is only using 3.2 GHz.
http://www.intel.com/products/processor/xeon5000/specifications.htm?iid=products_xeon5000+tab_specs
Oh, they were released now? I thought they were released last month (must have confused them with some other CPUs). That might be why we haven't seen an iMac yet.
65 W vs. 55 W, an increase, but not a very big one. I think quad-cores will be confined to the 24" iMac, and it may have an upgraded cooling system.
And I don't think, given the CPUs in the Mac Pro, that Apple will use lower-clocked quad-cores and higher-clocked dual-cores in the same lineup. So that would mean that the four iMacs would likely be 2.53 dual / 2.67 dual / 2.67 quad / 2.83 quad.
Possible, but quad-core mobile CPUs cost way more than these ones. The 65 W quad-cores aren't far from equivalent-GHz mobile dual-cores in price.
Core i7 CPUs have 130 W TDP.
There have been many silent updates in the past.
Hi everyone;
I'm thinking about buying an iMac 20" 2.66GHZ right now... Should I?
I'm hearing that a new imac is coming out soon.. But how soon? Do you think It will be shown at the end of January? Or we should wait until March? In that case, I think I would buy the imac right now, because I can't wait anymore
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I'm thinking about buying an iMac 20" 2.66GHZ right now... Should I?
I'm hearing that a new imac is coming out soon.. But how soon? Do you think It will be shown at the end of January? Or we should wait until March? In that case, I think I would buy the imac right now, because I can't wait anymore
!Oh, don't forget the 6 core CPU's they are selling as well.
Yeah, noticed that after the posting. Fixed
Maybe it's different in other countries, but I can buy a dual socket xeon workstation off dell starting at just over £700 (after clicking the first workstation link on there site) or the cheapest mac pro for just over £1700 - I'm not sure what apple offer, but dell have loads of different systems, special offers, honoured misprices, redeemable cashbacks and you don't 'have' to buy a substandard extended warranty. It's easy to pick a random system, add a few customizable options and escalate the price to something that makes the mp look like great value for money, and seeing some peoples comparisons is very frustrating - do you have any idea how to shop?
Last time I checked, snow leopard wasn't out and the software optimized for the (niche?) osx libraries hasn't been written. Last time I checked, the open libraries and cuda and chums were little use for anything other than number crunching and brute forcing passwords. We've had multiple core systems with powerful gpus and lots of libraries to use for many years and little to show for it. If some slightly more unified libraries do make a difference on all the os', maybe we'll get a few luxuries, but I doubt they'll be huge changes instantly like a fair few people seem to think.
I bought my mac pro just to mess about on by the way (since sold it now - osx86 is perfectly mature), how many workstations do/have you owned and what's their value to you?
I understand that, but where does the gamer category fall? I guess for apple it goes as far as iphone/ipod touch.
I am not a hardcore gamer, but I do enjoy a few games sometimes (like crysis or NBA 2K9) especially when I play with friends. If I get an iMac I am stuck with a graphics card that cannot run anything new (I am talking about the 2600 here). Of course even when they update the iMac I don't believe there will be something more than the 9600 in there maybe an IGP from Nvidia which could SLI (but not many chances for that SLI) and give a small boost. Then again in 2-3 years the 9600 will be outdated (right now it's just a normal graphics card that will be all games but not anything special) and probably it won't run crysis 3
.On the other hand the Mac pro is not for gaming or normal usage (internet,word,spreadsheets, programming, music - that's all I need)
Wow, Aiden, way to compare Apples to oranges. I'll bet your Chrysler minivan has more cupholders than a Mercedes S class - and way cheaper too.
That said, I doubt anyone here will deny that Apple has a huge gaping hole in its product lineup - the consumer/mid-range tower. I for one miss the days of the sub-$1500 Power Mac.
Pull your heads out, Apple - there's a huge market segment here you're completely ignoring. To your peril.
Maybe with Jobs on leave for a while, Cook can take advantage and slip in some products and features that consumers are begging for but Jobs has been too stubborn to offer?
If not, I may be building my own Hackintosh.
With the amount of time that has passed since the last iMac refresh, I think buying one now would be a crazy move. A refresh has to be right around the corner. Whether that means February or March who knows, but either way, you'd be kicking yourself if you bought now.
I'm buying a new 24" iMac the minute Apple announces a refresh.
So, would a weaker Quad Core processor be better than a more powerful Dual Core processor? For ex, Quad 2.5 GHz vs Dual 3.0 GHz?
And how much more would the iMacs cost, roughly? I mean a quad X.Y would cost how much more than a Dual X.Y?
And how much more would the iMacs cost, roughly? I mean a quad X.Y would cost how much more than a Dual X.Y?
Apparently someone wants me to say this: "Megahertz Myth, man; Megahertz Myth!"
It depends on the relative costs of the current processors with the hypothetical ones.
I know. Gotta think positive
Honestly I am hoping to turn my network over to Mac's. The biggest thing I need is a box that can take the place of the R900's I am using.Aha. I messed up the quote there...
So you go buy a Beckton box running Linux.
Personally I want a 30" iMac with CableCard support so I can finally replace my bedroom TV. C2Q would be nice for conversion of the HD Mpeg2 stream to HD H.264 realtime. But I am sure that won't help as much as offloading the encoding to the GPU.
Is there a reason you can't get the 8800?
With the update the 20" will likely have 9400M/9600M and the 24" will probably have 9600M/9800M or low-end/midrange desktop GPUs.
What I find amazing is that Apple is performing much better than the rest of the market, and these comments still appear. It's one thing to want Apple to meet your specific need -- it's another to claim to have better insight into the market than Apple. Don't you agree?
Not really a narrow product lineup might lose you some sales, but acting like the auto companies chasing all those niche markets can bite you in the ass during lean times -- when all those product lines become expensive to update.
after reading the forums for a couple of months I have finally registert. I am waiting since october for a imac update, because my parents want to buy a new computer. we decided to buy a mac, but the problem is that my parents want to buy a new computer before februari!?!!? So, will there be a update in the next 2 weeks??? everybody is waiting for a new imac, or mac mini. and I dont want to buy a imac and find out that it is already outdated after a few weeks. so please, what should I do?
!?!!? So, will there be a update in the next 2 weeks??? everybody is waiting for a new imac, or mac mini. and I dont want to buy a imac and find out that it is already outdated after a few weeks. so please, what should I do? 
after reading the forums for a couple of months I have finally registert. I am waiting since october for a imac update, because my parents want to buy a new computer. we decided to buy a mac, but the problem is that my parents want to buy a new computer before februari
Don't be silly!there is absolutely no reason in the world why a current iMac should not fit your parents needs unless they plan to do heavy video rendering with FCP etc. this is a rumors web site no one here has any credible information on when anything new will come out. So buy what you want and enjoy it! who said everyone was waiting for new iMacs? do you realize how many millions of people have never heard of this web site? do you think they are waiting? NO! Unless your parents are graphic artist or web designers or using FCP what difference does it make?
There will always be something new coming out no matter when you buy it.
I think the 8800 is only available on high-end model and well the only reason I could think is money
Although the 8800 is ok for me, if the high-end iMac have something like 9800GT I may go for it.
No. The old PowerMac had better cooling than the current iMac. The reason the PowerMacs ran hotter was the CPU, not the design of their cooling system. Conversly, the reason the current iMac run cooler is not because they have 'far better cooling', its because they have a much cooler CPU.
