a17inchFuture said:And as far as PB updates, if sometime soon they try to stick customers with a g4 speed bump, without a price drop or some other crazy incentive, then I really think someone should walk up to Steve Jobs next time they see him in public and spit in his face.
Just tell him that hows Apple treats you. . . .
Zaty said:Sorry, but we won't see PB G5 until MWSF 05. An earlier release would only make sense if they could ship them in quantities in time for the 2004 holiday season which seems rather unlikely to me.
mklos said:It doesn't make any sense what so ever for Apple to introduce Dual 2.5 or what ever PowerMac G5's right now. If they introduce them on March 30th, or even the week after they won't probably be shipping until very late April or early May, then 30 days after it ships Apple comes out with another PowerMac G5 update to 3 GHz? Doesn't make sense to me. Others are talking about ripping people off well I think that is ripping people off right there. Nothing like buying a $2900 PowerMac running at 2.5 GHz and then having that be the low end PowerMac 30 days after it ships for $1000 less. You people aren't being reasonable here. If you want a damn PowerMac G5 then go buy one. If you wait until June, maybe there won't be any PowerMac updates then either! If there are and you buy one your PowerMac will be out of date in about 6 months anyways so why are we all whining about when Apple is going to release the new PowerMacs?[/b]
mrgreen4242 said:... I have this wierd feeling that they will kill the eMac sometime late this year. I think that the G5 iMac will be a new design, and that the old style G4's will become the new entry level systems. The current bottom level iMac is $1,300 now, and in 6 months, even with some small improvements (better video card, more ram, bigger HD) it will be easy to sell for sub-$1000 with a 15" and only a little more for 17". The eMac just LOOKS so outdated. Maybe they will call G4 iMacs eMacs, and call the G5's iMacs?
job said:Exactly.
Besides people, this is Apple we're talking about. A company that used to update it's products twice a year FFS. Anyone remember the years of the bi-annual Macworlds? Apple has released products in 6 month cycles before and I honestly think that mklos has a very valid point. Why release them now only to re-bump the line 30 days later?
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a17inchFuture said:I really dont think that the 3 Ghz plateau will be reached by September. Maybe there will be an advance in technology between now and then, but at the moment, the 970FX is NOT gonna run at 3, and their specifications seemed kinda far off from 3 (2.6 , or somethign like that). My point is, we have known about the 970FX being around 2.6 for almost three months now, and yet its not in apples PM yet. If and when a 3.0 viable processor is released/finished, us consumers probably wont see it in a comp until four or five months later.[/b]
skunk said:That's a bit uncalled for. If they don't make a model you want, don't buy it. Steve Jobs doesn't owe you a faster computer.
a17inchFuture said:Don't worry I won't . . . but its true, Apple's decision to "announce" things and keep their customer in mystery about the company roadmap is really a slap in that face. And over time, and in situations like these, where update dates are a complete mystery, the slap in the face seems to be meaner spirited and unneccessary.
They have the friggin deal virtually signifying that nothing will happen until june, so why not say that? Or if thats not the case, why not say that, as the deals already in place?[/b]
Zaty said:They definitely have to do something with the eMac. It's such an outdated design. Replacing the eMac with the current 15" and 17" iMacs (I don't think they would rebrand them as eMacs) would be a great move. Selling those iMacs for less than $1000 could gain serious market share in education market.
Photorun said:DHM, said it before, I'll say it again, please find a pro peecee forum if you seemingly hate Mac so much. Not sure why you're even here... like, ever! Your icon looks like a troll, is that coincidence?
a17inchFuture said:Oh, well i read the original statment by the guy as if he were saying the PB's wouldnt come out til '05 to even out sales. Because that makes no sense, no company would engage in a system where they try hold off updating in ordcer to even out sales between product lines.
iAtom said:I don't think that it would be smart to get rid of the CRT based eMacs. Remember, they are made for schools, and LCDs are not a good idea for schools because they can be easily ruined, and schools just don't want to pay the extra money for them. At my highschool, we have a lot of eMacs and they work great for everything we need them to do (typing papers, internet).
Of course I wouldn't mind an iMac for under $1000.![]()
applekid said:IBM and/or Apple is screwing us!!!
We're falling behind, AGAIN!!
I was hoping at this year's WWDC it would be go like:
Steve says, "On this date, last year, we announced the PowerMac G5... We also promised to release a 3 GHz G5 this year on this date... Today we're announcing that we have surpassed 3 GHz!"
But I don't see it happening anymore.
swmooretiger said:well, i guess all i have to say is that if we go up 50% in clock speed over the course of one year that ain't so bad. look at intel this past year....they went from 3 GHz to what, 3.4 GHz and those chips aren't even out in large quantities. so what if it takes a year, i'd rather have them take a year and release a huge improvement than make crappy little steps all year.
There is nothing that says you can't own both, a Mac and a PC.Dont Hurt Me said:interesting not to go off thread but why Falcon, also i have concerns that if i go alienware ill need a good photo App on the Pc side for all my photographs. and 365 is right the 23" was overpriced. why not give $300,$400 and $500 off all the overpriced displays with a new powermac.