How long will it take?

[iEric]

I was wondering..if you guys could give me a time frame..and estimate...on when an iMac with a G5 may appear...are they even working on one? Will the iMac ever have a 19 or 20 inch screen? Or am i just kidding myself?

 

[XnavxeMiyyep]

It will probably be redisigned when it becomes a G5(which will happen eventually), just like it was redisigned when it became a G4. I doubt that the current design would still look cool with a 19" or 20" screen, but they may find a way.

 

[mactastic]

I'm sure you will see the G5 in an iMac at some point in the not-too-distant future. I doubt you'll see larger screens though. That's more of a pro-level issue.

 

[Fender2112]

G5 iMacs will be announced on April 18, 2004 and ship within a few weeks of the announcement.

 

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Fender2112
G5 iMacs will be announced on April 18, 2004 and ship within a few weeks of the announcement.

by weeks do you mean like... 2-3. or like 20-30?

 

[Ramsos]

Probably 20 to 30 weeks.

 

[iEric]

Originally posted by Fender2112
G5 iMacs will be announced on April 18, 2004 and ship within a few weeks of the announcement.

how do you know?

 

[Abstract]

Originally posted by Fender2112
G5 iMacs will be announced on April 18, 2004 and ship within a few weeks of the announcement.

You mean April 20, 2004.

 

[macphoria]

Rumor is suggesting G5 PowerBook will come out at the end of 2004. G5 iMac will arrive after G5 PowerBook, not before. So I imagine G5 iMac will show up in 2005, if G5 PowerBook indeed comes out at the end of 2004.

 

[XnavxeMiyyep]

Originally posted by macphoria
Rumor is suggesting G5 PowerBook will come out at the end of 2004. G5 iMac will arrive after G5 PowerBook, not before. So I imagine G5 iMac will show up in 2005, if G5 PowerBook indeed comes out at the end of 2004.

It doesn't HAVE to arrive after the G5 Powerbook. Just recently, it was upgraded before the Powerbook.

 

[macphoria]

It doesn't HAVE to arrive after the G5 Powerbook. Just recently, it was upgraded before the Powerbook.

iMac is considered "Consumer" product, whereas PowerBook is considered "Professional" product. And professional line of products tend to get updated with latest technology first. Yes, iMac recently got updated earlier than PowerBook, but by matter of weeks. Then PowerBook surpassed iMac in clockspeed right away, 1.33Ghz vs 1.25Ghz.

I believe Apple will update their professional line of products to G5 first, then its consumer lines.

 

[Lord Bodak]

I would expect the G5 in the PowerBook long before the iMac, for one obvious reason: there is already a G5 desktop available. The PowerMac may be more expensive than the iMac, but it's still available.

 

[macphoria]

Well don't count on the obvious. They've had 1GHz G3 for iBook for ages, yet they never used it so that it does not compete against PowerBook, whose lowend 12" PowerBook just reached 1GHz.

 

[iEric]

I want a G5, but not a Powermac cause I dont need to upgrade it and add so much stuff...So I was looking towards a G5 iMac..sucks that it'd take that long

 

[3-22]

Theory...

I theorize we won't see a G5 iMac anytime before a G5 powerbook. The iMac has pretty much the same challenges of a laptop; small design, heat disipation, etc. When they overcome the challenges of a G5 in a laptop, they will have solved the problems of having one in an iMac.

With that in mind, and looking at the current heatsinks on the PowerMac G5 I woudln't expect anything this year...

 

[Gymnut]

Put it this way, you can speculate all you want in regards to whenever i arrrives. It'll get here when it gets here.

 

[macphoria]

Put it this way, you can speculate all you want in regards to whenever i arrrives. It'll get here when it gets here.

Not even an educated guess?