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Brushed Aluminum iMac at WWDC?

oscuh said:
Per my many previous sessions of prognostication, the new consumer desktop will be:

Minitower form factor
up to 2 Hard Drive Bays
up to 4 GB RAM
dedicated graphics, naturally
1 Optical drive bay
associated USB and Firewire ports
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If Apple gives up on all-in-one designs I am quitting the world of desktops forever. I'd rather have a laptop with an external monitor than a sign of obsolesence on my desk.
 
Please Yes!!!

I am so ready. I would order the new iMac right away. I can always put Leopard when it comes out in Oct. I don't even care if white or aluminum but hope the lip goes. It would be nice if at least iLife 07 comes with also.
 
cr2sh said:
Then give the top of the line a quad core cpu... and we're money.
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Maybe WWDC '08. Quad core mobile CPUs are barely on the drawing boards. Cooling a 105w kentfield is a long way from cooling a 35w merom. Then again, that's why everyone else make desktops.
 
Wow, this is quite the sweet bevy of rumors. I'm in heaven. Can't wait to see it, but I hope it looks better than in my imagination or they've made a mistake. I thought an iPhone style black with chrome trim would have been awesome.
 
Man, all these conflicting rumors are killing me!!

At this point, I just don't care what it looks like. I'm sure I'll like anything. I just want an update! Any update will be fine. But I've been waiting for a 24" iMac update before buying, and I don't want to buy one that's almost a year old.

Here's to hoping this rumor is correct.
 
emozolik said:
I doubt apple will release a new desktop now. Wouldnt they be trying to move all the old product out of the way with the back-to-school sale that on until September? I figure if there are any updates, it will be mid-to-late September so they can clear out the old models over the summer. If memory serves me right, they did this last summer when I purchased my 2.0 core duo macbook and my ipod nano (1st gen).
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Apple's new releases will generally be governed now by Intel's chipset releases more than anything else. Otherwise they'll be behind their competition. It's not going to be like the Motorola era when we didn't know when stuff was coming out and when direct comparisons between Mac and PC processing power were more difficult. They need to release Santa Rosa iMacs sometime this month and just drop the prices on whatever older models remain.
 
Slightly more greenpeace-oriented. Now they have to kill all-in-one, and non-upgradeability.
 
Macula said:
If Apple gives up on all-in-one designs I am quitting the world of desktops forever. I'd rather have a laptop with an external monitor than a sign of obsolesence on my desk.
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Apple won't give up on all in ones, there are just some of who aren't willing to sacrifice almost all the advantages of having a desktop to make it look good and use a single power cord. Then again, the external DVD-burner, external hard drive, and card reader/hub all have their own power cords.
 
Ooh, so stoked! My boss just told me I get to buy a new computer to replace my 17" 1.83 CoreDuo iMac! I guess I'll be getting a new 24" before too long ... unless I can talk her into a Quad Core MacPro ... :D
 
Also, What ever happend to the rumor of new Displays at the beginning of the year? I mean the only update we got was a price drop...

Also, if they're trying to push the imac as a more "pro" line then the mini is obviously not dead yet? or they have something else to fill that gap
 
gate5blues said:
Also, What ever happend to the rumor of new Displays at the beginning of the year? I mean the only update we got was a price drop...

Also, if they're trying to push the imac as a more "pro" line then the mini is obviously not dead yet? or they have something else to fill that gap
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minitower minitower minitower minitower minitower!
 
If its a more premium offering, lets get laptop hardware out of it...

Bring on an attractive tower.

--HG
 
theLimit said:
iMac marketed as a Pro desktop? that would leave the mini as the only consumer desktop. what could fill such a gap? hmmmm......:)
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What if the iMac became expandable, and the mini became more like the base of the G3 iMac, where the RAM is expandable, but nothing else. Then Apple introduces a 17" LCD screen (easy to do because they already buy them in bulk for the MBP) and you have the whole lineup taken care of, without adding any additional computers!
 
Why is it Apple cannot see the whole gping hole in the product line up?

For those people who want a Mac with some expansion options and no screen? They just don't offer what every other computer maker does. A mid range mini-tower.
 
thejadedmonkey said:
What if the iMac became expandable, and the mini became more like the base of the G3 iMac, where the RAM is expandable, but nothing else. Then Apple introduces a 17" LCD screen (easy to do because they already buy them in bulk for the MBP) and you have the whole lineup taken care of, without adding any additional computers!
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Trying to make the iMac expandable would make a computer than neither the all in one crowd not the prosumers are really happy with. Better to separate the two requirements into machines that are best for both.
 
~Shard~ said:
Great news, especially as I will be in the market to replace my G4 iMac by the end of the year! Aluminum sounds nice and I agree, getting rid of the chin would be a definite improvement - that, and the lack of 360 movement on the display are the masin reasons I actually prefer my G4 iMac's deisgn to that of the G5 iMac.

As for the design itself, let alone the aesthetics, I think removing the chin would make sense from a design point of view. Apple has always simplified the imacs design with all of its iterations. The G3 was an all-in-one, the G4 housed everything in the dome along with that beautiful display, the G5 then took all the computer guts and put it behind the display... For me, the next logical step would be to truly make the computer the display. Make it so that the imac is virtually indistinguishable from the Apple ACDs, other than the obvious greater thickness which would be required. No chin, no wasted space, just the display - that's it!

Even if this doesn't end up being the case, I know Apple will release a great new design and I can't wait to see what it turns out like. :cool:
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Its nice to know that I am not the only one with an ancient G4 iMac:)

I agree with doing away with the 'chin' but i would also like to see them do away with the bezel or make it clear plastic.
the effect being that the information on the screen is 'floating' in the air.

One of the reasons I love my G4 so much is that it appears the screen is floating. Go one step further with it and it would be very cool.
 
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