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Brushed Aluminum iMacs in August?
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verniesgarden
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I'd love to see a new iMac like this:
It wouldn't be that hard to do since Apple fits most of the components needed into the laptop cases already. All they need is room for a bigger hard drive, more cooling, and the desktop graphics card.
honestly there needs be a "little" chin it looks awkward without. just look at matting on a photo there's always more on the bottom, it adds weight and makes it look more solid
I honestly don't see it being in July. Typically when a new product is on the way we're out of the stock with the preceding unit a few weeks before. For example, before the new Macbook Pros came out there was about a two week span where we had none to show for.
I could see adding a little more chin to it, but not nearly as much as there is currently on the iMacs. The current chin puts the display (especially the 24") too far off the desk. Many people hated the chin when it was introduced, but it seems that people may be attached to it now. I'd love to see the chin completely taken out.
ezekielrage_99
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mathwhiz90601
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mathwhiz90601
macrumors 6502
Wow. On my local Craigslist they are selling those for $35. Maybe not quite as much RAM, but I think they are 500MHz with larger HD.
If you ever choose to upgrade you had better go with a used G4 or G5 iMac. If you get one of the new iMacs when they come out, you'll probably mess on yourself from the speed increase. 😀
That made me sob.
The worst part about it is Mac OS 9. NOBODY (not even apple) makes anything for it anymore. I think Linux has more users, in fact.
you can use the chasis as a heatsink, so it means that less cooling and ventilation is required, which means that the chasis can be smaller.
my only concern is the weight of the iMac though. shoulden't be too heavy i guess.
my only big request is that they use a the MXM graphics installation system.
having an iMac look like a cinema display would be sweet, but it starts getting into the professional design though, the consumer market used to always have computers with white plastic (imac g4, imac g5, ibook g3-g4, macbook), and the professional market used to always have a kind of metal design, like the powerbook, macbook pro, power mac, and the mac pro.
because of this this is a bit unlikely.
my only concern is the weight of the iMac though. shoulden't be too heavy i guess.
my only big request is that they use a the MXM graphics installation system.
having an iMac look like a cinema display would be sweet, but it starts getting into the professional design though, the consumer market used to always have computers with white plastic (imac g4, imac g5, ibook g3-g4, macbook), and the professional market used to always have a kind of metal design, like the powerbook, macbook pro, power mac, and the mac pro.
because of this this is a bit unlikely.
Lol?? That thing is completely hideous.. I would not buy a computer if it looked like that!
Oh and I doubt there will be desktop processors or video cards in the next iMac. That would increase the size and heat too much.
The whole plastic = consumer / metal = pro argument has been argued ad nauseam. The mac mini is half-half and the shuffle and apple tv are aluminium as well. Whatever the new iMac is, we'll see soon enough. And for all the people saying "ewww, I don't want a metal iMac, it'll look terrible..." &c., are you forgetting that this is Apple you're talking about? Whatever it looks like, it's going to look good, ok? Stop complaining about something you haven't even seen.
However, I do think a new MXM card is likely, and I sure as hell hope that it's the way that Apple goes. Why? Sure, a desktop card would be nice, but if the new iMac uses an MXM card, (let's say the 8600) then there should be nothing to stop someone getting one elsewhere and installing it in the previous gen iMac. This forum thread details the efforts of a guy who had opened up his iMac and put in a new MXM video card, physically, it fit, but without the drivers, it wouldn't work at all. (In the latest posts someone says that they're going to try with the new MBP card, but they haven't received it yet)
I've been waiting for 6 months for a new iMac to switch to, purely because I don't want to get saddled with an old video card. (I like to game). But if Apple releases a new iMac with a new MXM-based video card, and, more importantly, the drivers for it, it means that gamers will be able to see the merit in moving to Mac - in terms of gaming, upgrades to processors, RAM, &c. aren't necessary all that frequently (with the exception of Supreme Commander, there isn't a game I've come across that I can't play on my 4 year old AMD XP 2200 with 1GB of RAM.) upgrades to video cards, on the other hand, are necessary with a somewhat greater frequency (I most definitely wouldn't be gaming much today with the 64mb Geforce 2 that I originally had in this computer). So if Apple makes it possible to upgrade an iMac video card (N.B. - That's possible, not necessarily easy.) then they'll have a much greater appeal to gamers.
BKKbill
macrumors 6502
Originally Posted by vendettabass
heres my mock up! Im not super on CS so give me a break
As said before just needs the iSight a little more chin and its got my vote and cash. I think aluminum looks great. It is friendly to the environment (Apple going green) and dissipates heat much better than plastic. Oh and that new plastic smell you like so much is a carcinogen. 😀
heres my mock up! Im not super on CS so give me a break
As said before just needs the iSight a little more chin and its got my vote and cash. I think aluminum looks great. It is friendly to the environment (Apple going green) and dissipates heat much better than plastic. Oh and that new plastic smell you like so much is a carcinogen. 😀
BKKbill
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Nym
macrumors 6502a
Too bad that in a few weeks my 24" iMac will be outdated by these new ones 🙂
I've said in other threads, I don't expect any kind of "revolutionary" industrial design for the new iMac's, I'm just expecting the same form factor, same color but with improved specs.
I guess this is the problem with too many rumors, people tend to get caught in the hype and take user predictions as if they were really going to happen, only to be majorly disappointed because didn't delivered exactly what they were expecting.
I may be wrong this time but.. everyone was also expecting some kind of redesign in the MBP's and it turned out that they were exactly as the ones before 🙂
Word of advice:
Low expectations!
If you think too much out of it you're just gonna get disappointed 🙂
I've said in other threads, I don't expect any kind of "revolutionary" industrial design for the new iMac's, I'm just expecting the same form factor, same color but with improved specs.
I guess this is the problem with too many rumors, people tend to get caught in the hype and take user predictions as if they were really going to happen, only to be majorly disappointed because didn't delivered exactly what they were expecting.
I may be wrong this time but.. everyone was also expecting some kind of redesign in the MBP's and it turned out that they were exactly as the ones before 🙂
Word of advice:
Low expectations!
If you think too much out of it you're just gonna get disappointed 🙂
MrCrowbar
macrumors 68020
Err.... the bottom line of the viewable display is on the same height throughout all current iMacs and cinema displays. The 24" iMac display is not farther off the desk than the 17" one.
Why does everyone hait the chin? Would you prefer having free space between the stand and the display, so you can put the little toys that ued to be on top of your CRT under your iMac? 😛 Or have the display as low as possible so you hurt your back and neck like all time laptop users? There's a reason why the display is as high as it is. I agre it's convenient having the display as close as the keyboard as possible if you can't touch type, but it's bad for your posture in the long run.
I doubt you will be able to adjust the height of the display on the new iMacs. Cinema Displays are fixed height (except if you use a VESA mount...).
MrCrowbar
macrumors 68020
I just mocked up the aluminum iMac mockup from before, added a chin and all. It just looks wrong in so many ways. Have faith in Apple for coming up with a nice design for that thing. There's lots of freedom actually, the iMac is just defined by "the screen is the computer".
I'm not a chin-hater! I think the iMac needs it - like someone already said it "grounds" the computer - keeping it balanced.
Also, people shouldn't get their hopes up too much. The iMac is already a great computer - an absolutely wonderful machine for what it is intended to do.
An updated processor, hard drive, graphics card, wireless card, new case and memory at the same price point (or less), and you have a winner.
Also, people shouldn't get their hopes up too much. The iMac is already a great computer - an absolutely wonderful machine for what it is intended to do.
An updated processor, hard drive, graphics card, wireless card, new case and memory at the same price point (or less), and you have a winner.
At least it's a mock-up that could pass for a 'radical new industrial design' unlike all the others we've seen.
What, like the iMac G5?
mozmac
macrumors 6502
That is one thing that holds me back from purchasing an iMac right now. They're great computers with beautiful screens, but once the internals are outdated, you're left with a useless, pristine display. Does anyone know how to use an Intel iMac as a secondary monitor? I would love to know how. If not, I would rather put money into a Mac Pro or even Mac Mini that I can upgrade when the interals are bad and keep my ACD.
Here's a theory that may have been brought up before...
So many inside jokes on this thread that it's not even funny anymore.
Anyway, I like the idea of dumping the chin. But I think what would be cool is a VESA mount option to keep the iMac off the desk and kind of mix it in with other screens and systems for people that have them.
So many inside jokes on this thread that it's not even funny anymore.
Anyway, I like the idea of dumping the chin. But I think what would be cool is a VESA mount option to keep the iMac off the desk and kind of mix it in with other screens and systems for people that have them.
mozmac
macrumors 6502
I believe they will. Apple did the same for Tiger. We purchased a Mac Mini in March 2005 and they gave us a voucher to buy Tiger for $29.99.
No, no, no, NOOOOO external power supply. Give me a chin twice as big before having an external power supply. BAD BAD BAD. Someone slap this idiot.