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iMac and eMacs Soon?
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USA Today Confirmation?
In the USA Today review of Tiger that is linked from MacBytes, this line stood out to me:
"On the other machine I tested it on, an iMac G5, Apple preinstalled Tiger."
Hmmmm...
In the USA Today review of Tiger that is linked from MacBytes, this line stood out to me:
"On the other machine I tested it on, an iMac G5, Apple preinstalled Tiger."
Hmmmm...
Let's hope they do something fun. I'm going to the Vegas store tomorrow. It's a two hour drive. As soon as I sell my car I'm getting either a PM 2.3 and 20" cinema, or save some dough and buy a new iMac IF they come out within the next week. Here's hoping.
Someone reported they are going to be giving away T-shirts a the Tiger event. If no iMacs are introduced on Friday, my T-shirt better say:
I went to the Tiger Apple Event and all I got was this stinking T-shirt!
I went to the Tiger Apple Event and all I got was this stinking T-shirt!
Price cuts please
Since the introduction of the iMac G5 the 20in ACD's have dropped $500 from $1299 to $999 to $799. This means displays are getting cheaper for apple. The iMac G5 20" was introduced at $1899, but now with LCD technology so much cheaper it should be $1399, but this would compete too much with the iMac 17" as you'd get a much bigger screen for $100 more.
What apple should do is go with 3 screen sizes of iMacs just like last gen.
17" $1299
20" $1499
23" HD $1899
If they don't price cut the 20" iMac they better add a ton of much more important hardware such as more ram, waay better graphics card, bigger HD, and a better processor.
Do you think when the new iMacs come out if I added a faster HD and 2GBs of Ram with the rumored 9600 128MB card I could run Halo, C&C: Generals, and Sims 2 in high resolution and detail?
Since the introduction of the iMac G5 the 20in ACD's have dropped $500 from $1299 to $999 to $799. This means displays are getting cheaper for apple. The iMac G5 20" was introduced at $1899, but now with LCD technology so much cheaper it should be $1399, but this would compete too much with the iMac 17" as you'd get a much bigger screen for $100 more.
What apple should do is go with 3 screen sizes of iMacs just like last gen.
17" $1299
20" $1499
23" HD $1899
If they don't price cut the 20" iMac they better add a ton of much more important hardware such as more ram, waay better graphics card, bigger HD, and a better processor.
Do you think when the new iMacs come out if I added a faster HD and 2GBs of Ram with the rumored 9600 128MB card I could run Halo, C&C: Generals, and Sims 2 in high resolution and detail?
fanbrain said:
i hope u sell your car after you get back from the drive......othwise it will be a long walk
Look at the MacRumors' buyer's guide, the iMac, eMac and iBook are bound to be updated really soon. However, I'm a bit sceptic to TS' specs of the iMac because I think they would compete too much with the PowerMacs. But I really hope TS are right because I think those iMac specs look awesome!
ibookowner2 said:
i bet they will. apple is throwing a fat party at all its stores, it makes sense to release some new stuff for all the pc people coming in to see what's going down. if they throw in a 10% discount and whatnot, they'd sell like hotcakes. especially mini's and imacs.
on the ibook front: i think in a week or two. it would be terrible strategy for apple to have hardware out there that isn't able to run its own software at seemlessly. after apple gets the imacs and emacs off its backs, it'll be quite soon after that.
I dunno if this is any indication of anything, but I went into my local Apple Store tonight to see what was going on and the place seemed a bit sparse. Especially over by the iMacs, they just had 2 models instead of the usual 3 at the front of the place and only one of the little "pricing" cards next to the 17". Maybe they'd just moved things around since the last time I'd been in there, but... I hope it's because there's a refresh tomorrow (erm, in a few hours).
Has anyone actually confirmed that 10% off thing, anyway? Or is it just speculation based on the past. If it's true, maybe I'll pick up a bigger iPod or something tomorrow.
Has anyone actually confirmed that 10% off thing, anyway? Or is it just speculation based on the past. If it's true, maybe I'll pick up a bigger iPod or something tomorrow.
Shipping days in the UK store are now 5 days on all 3 current models, as opposed to the normally vague 7-10 where it's been at for a while.
That 5 day shipping would be available on Tuesday ... the traditional weekday that Apple releases new products ...
Hmmm.....
That 5 day shipping would be available on Tuesday ... the traditional weekday that Apple releases new products ...
Hmmm.....
"logical" CPUs
I hope this "logical CPU" variable is not used for counting cores as ThinkSecret suggests. A core in a multicore chip, is after all, a real CPU with less memory bandwidth.
The term should be used for referring to CMT, so if you have two cores capable of holding two threads each, the count would be 4, not 2.
I hope this "logical CPU" variable is not used for counting cores as ThinkSecret suggests. A core in a multicore chip, is after all, a real CPU with less memory bandwidth.
The term should be used for referring to CMT, so if you have two cores capable of holding two threads each, the count would be 4, not 2.
Just got back from my local Dealer
Tiger went on sale at 1 minute past 6 Australian time
but no specials or discounts on any other machines
Had a talk to the store manager and asked for an under the counter answer to the iMac releases and he said Quote
Apple are behind getting them out
expect it Monday Tues
Specs please 2.0 gig with a better grphics card and a higher speed burner
at this point in time no price reduction but they haven't been given costings as yet
Tiger went on sale at 1 minute past 6 Australian time
but no specials or discounts on any other machines
Had a talk to the store manager and asked for an under the counter answer to the iMac releases and he said Quote
Apple are behind getting them out
expect it Monday Tues
Specs please 2.0 gig with a better grphics card and a higher speed burner
at this point in time no price reduction but they haven't been given costings as yet
Give yourself a break.EricNau said:I'm trying to switch over to Mac from Windows, but they just can't make it easy. There's no way I'm going to buy before they update, but I've been waiting for a long time, and am starting to think it may never be comming!
They'll be out within a week. Congrats on your soon-switch!
It's 7:12 AM CDT and no iMac updates this morning. Could happen tonight at 6 PM eastern, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Probably Mon/Tue.
"See you on Tuesday"
Well, I droped in on a local Apple store (as well as a CompUSA) for the tiger party last night, and got a nice doorprise!
Although the Apple rep "had heard nothing about a new Imac G5" (he really needs his job, I guess), when I mentioned that all the rumors had me convinced not to buy until Rev B, he kinda smiled and just said ...
"See you next Tuesday".
I guess he will at that!
Well, I droped in on a local Apple store (as well as a CompUSA) for the tiger party last night, and got a nice doorprise!
Although the Apple rep "had heard nothing about a new Imac G5" (he really needs his job, I guess), when I mentioned that all the rumors had me convinced not to buy until Rev B, he kinda smiled and just said ...
"See you next Tuesday".
I guess he will at that!
My theories about no new iMac/eMac this week are
1) Apple had lots to ship by way of PMs and Tiger this week, too busy to do more than they already had on their plate
2) They can use the Tiger weekend to clear out inventory as those holding off now buy that Tiger is available
3) PMs are hardly what they were hoped to be now so why allow potentially bad press to mar the release of iMacs/eMacs. I figure Tiger out a few days after the PMs will bury most negative press and discussions about them
4) iMacs and eMacs next week or even the week after allow Apple to build upon the hype around Tiger to keep Apple in the media as doing new and exciting things, bring more switchers as faster, better and even cheaper machines appear
1) Apple had lots to ship by way of PMs and Tiger this week, too busy to do more than they already had on their plate
2) They can use the Tiger weekend to clear out inventory as those holding off now buy that Tiger is available
3) PMs are hardly what they were hoped to be now so why allow potentially bad press to mar the release of iMacs/eMacs. I figure Tiger out a few days after the PMs will bury most negative press and discussions about them
4) iMacs and eMacs next week or even the week after allow Apple to build upon the hype around Tiger to keep Apple in the media as doing new and exciting things, bring more switchers as faster, better and even cheaper machines appear
Emac was last updated over a year ago, 382 days anyone think it might be Eol? or perhaps Apple forgot about this one.
A price decrease of at least $100 per system would be appropriate, but with all the upgrades coming (processor, video card, video memory, system memory, hard drive, BT2 option), I highly doubt Apple will drop the iMac prices. The Power Macs should have been decreased in price by a couple hundred bucks each, but were not, and I'm sure Apple will follow the same pattern.macridah said:
Look at current pricing: you can get a 20" LCD + single 1.8 PM for $800 + 1500 = $2300, and since a single 2.0GHz G5 iMac 20" will cost $1900 at the old price point, I doubt Apple will lower the price any further.