G5 iMac - when?

[mms]

Originally posted by aswitcher
What I find very annoying is that Apple seem to artificially keep the iMac performance down and so it really suffers when compared to the PC world which always sees faster chips in desktops versus laptops for middle to high end machines.

They would need to update the PowerMac G5 line first before they implement the G5 in the iMacs, at least. The 90nm G5 processors found in the new XServes will soon make its way into the PowerMac, and depending on the speeds of the new machines, iMac G5's may or may not be practical. If the iMac gets G5 before the PM's there would not be a big enough gap between the middle and professional lines. Unfortunately, because of Motorola's bad work on the G4 chips, the G4 has stalled at about 1.33. If it weren't for that, the G5 would be much farther along by now.

 

[aswitcher]

Originally posted by mms
They would need to update the PowerMac G5 line first before they implement the G5 in the iMacs, at least. The 90nm G5 processors found in the new XServes will soon make its way into the PowerMac, and depending on the speeds of the new machines, iMac G5's may or may not be practical. If the iMac gets G5 before the PM's there would not be a big enough gap between the middle and professional lines. Unfortunately, because of Motorola's bad work on the G4 chips, the G4 has stalled at about 1.33. If it weren't for that, the G5 would be much farther along by now.

See I see the whole artifical gap thing as silly. PMs will jump very soon so the iMac doesn't need to be held back or crippled just in case PM users by iMacs instead - so i disagree on concerns about little distinction between the two lines. Furthermore the Mid to high PMs are dual anyway which will always serious eclypse the single so I think there is no fear of stealing sales.

iMac, as many believe, will get a form factor tweak to accomodate the G5 (or later G5s) to freshen the line up and allow for things like more ram (1 Gig is no longer enough) etc Sooner they get it out the sooner they can try and reinvigorate a line whose sales are in serious decline...

 

[rdowns]

Originally posted by aswitcher
See I see the whole artifical gap thing as silly. PMs will jump very soon so the iMac doesn't need to be held back or crippled just in case PM users by iMacs instead - so i disagree on concerns about little distinction between the two lines. Furthermore the Mid to high PMs are dual anyway which will always serious eclypse the single so I think there is no fear of stealing sales.

iMac, as many believe, will get a form factor tweak to accomodate the G5 (or later G5s) to freshen the line up and allow for things like more ram (1 Gig is no longer enough) etc Sooner they get it out the sooner they can try and reinvigorate a line whose sales are in serious decline...

I agree, this crippling of models to "protect" other models is just bad marketing. If a G5 were in an iMac today, there is already plenty of diffrentiation between the lines:

single vs. dual processors
video cards
RAM expandability
expansion slots
FireWire 800
multiple hard drives in PM

As a consumer, I want a G5 iMac now. As a stockholder, I wanted one yestersay.

 

[CmdrLaForge]

Originally posted by stoid

I think that the best new form factor would be a Cube tipped on it's side so that the slot optical was on the front. Tip it back a little bit, and design the new monitors to slip into a slot over the front so that it is interchangeable/upgradeable.

I have to agree, at least it would be great if the screen can be used with the next Mac in anyway so that its not necessary to get everytime a new screen.

 

[takao]

Originally posted by rdowns
As a consumer, I want a G5 iMac now. As a stockholder, I wanted one yesterday.

i think that sums it up exactly..