When the iPods go to 40GB, they won't really cost anymore than the others. The real cost of those things is the polymer battery (which is an absolutely must). That's why the price is so high for the iPods. Though they are pricy for a music device, I still feel they are a helluva deal. I wish the iBook and the PBG4 would come out with polymer batteries
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Enough of all this Powerbook stuff, I want a new D/P iMac!!!
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It is nice to dream for the meantime. As you stated though, the iMac is a "silent runner." Throwing another processor in that puppy would sure make it heat up.
However, seeing Apple's running record on suprise tactics/software/and most importantly hardware, I would not doubt anything. Hey, we now have a slot-loading TiBook. Gravy!
However, seeing Apple's running record on suprise tactics/software/and most importantly hardware, I would not doubt anything. Hey, we now have a slot-loading TiBook. Gravy!
Originally posted by macphisto
Hey, we now have a slot-loading TiBook. Gravy!
correct me if i'm wrong but i'm sure we always had a slotloading TiBook
well never mind a slot loading superdrive, we never even had a superdrive, in the TiBook that is
hey edesignuk, just realised ur from london aswell, dont know how i missed that before. i see u have a picture of Docklands on your site, you live around there?
OK i have a couple of points to make. i have one of these new powermacs and i never saw what the huffing and puffing was about when it came to loudness. it was the same as any other computer i ever used. until i booted up into 9 and the fan moved at full rpm the whole time and sounded like a blow dryer in my computer. i read some forums and talked about my problems with other people. Apple has already approached this problem. when you boot up in 9, only 9 and not x the fans blow at full rpm constantly. it was a motherboard flaw. right when you buy it boot up in 9 and see if it does it. if it does take it to a authorized apple dealer tell them your applecare number, apple ships parts overnight unless they are on back order. next day people put it in, and your in business. so dont sweat the small stuff and stop wishing for these insane apple products.
iJon
not to be a mac hater at all, but i would be much more impressed by a 1.25 GHz iMac than a dual 933 MHz iMac, say. i mean, SMP makes it cool to have DP, and that is monster cool if you actually, you know, do more than one thing actively at a time, but then i don't really do that, and i don't know many non-professional users who do either. on the other hand, if i had a dual 1.25 GHz iMac, i could stand it upside down on it's 17 inch display, open up the base, fill it with oil, and fry fish or something. that would be pretty impressive. almost as impressive as, say, my new powerbook doing my laundry card, or even my bluetooth madule getting into the laundry cycle and not being destroyed.
If apple got into the fry-daddy market, i would definitely start eating out at those catfish joints in the South.
i'm sorry, i think i have been reading a little TOO MUCH as the apple turns... anyways, my real opinion is that a really fast, single processor is in my opinion better than 2 slow ones. i mean, would you use a quad processor 633 MHz powermac over a dual 1.25 GHZ powermac? doesn't it follow, then, that you'd take a single processor 2 GHz G4, were it offered? i think that would blatantly flame out a 3 GHz P4 a lot better than the doolies running onder the apple hood now.
just as a side comment, i am hitting on 200 posts and i still haven't spammed yet. i think you people (you know who you are) should play fair.
[edit]and i have successfully resisted the urge to spam out my next 7 messages to get there now![/edit]
If apple got into the fry-daddy market, i would definitely start eating out at those catfish joints in the South.
i'm sorry, i think i have been reading a little TOO MUCH as the apple turns... anyways, my real opinion is that a really fast, single processor is in my opinion better than 2 slow ones. i mean, would you use a quad processor 633 MHz powermac over a dual 1.25 GHZ powermac? doesn't it follow, then, that you'd take a single processor 2 GHz G4, were it offered? i think that would blatantly flame out a 3 GHz P4 a lot better than the doolies running onder the apple hood now.
just as a side comment, i am hitting on 200 posts and i still haven't spammed yet. i think you people (you know who you are) should play fair.
[edit]and i have successfully resisted the urge to spam out my next 7 messages to get there now![/edit]
Spymac today say that the iMac's will be updated in January, but not too many details. One thing that is definite it seems is the introduction of a slot-loading CD mechanism, and a 1Ghtz processor.
www.spymac.com
www.spymac.com
What is it with some peoples obsession with fan noise?????? I have never owned a "serious" computer, ever since my IBM PC (back in 83) that didn't have a fan. Fans are needed to cool powerful computers! Lets move on now...
thaks ijon didnt not know that but my problem is with more then just booting into 9 i get that blowdry (i call it airiplane) effect somethime even when booting in os x but not constantly, maybe for 10 to 15 seconds is that normal
The iMac is not a pro machine. It is a consumer computer.
And we are all consumers. But powermacs are meant for 'pro'
consumers. If you want dual processors, buy a powermac.
If you want a machine that operates OK, and will do basically
everything you want, then get an iMac.
Dual processors would get too hot anyways.
The iMac is a home computer for the kids and the wife. The PowerMac G4's are the real work horese. If you want power, get a POWERmac.