iMac G5

[plinkoman]

Originally posted by mms
I really doubt that the G5 iMac would be coming too soon. First, as some people have already pointed out, more speed increases for the PowerMac would have to be made for there to be a sufficient gap between the professional and consumer models. Also, the G5 PowerBook, part of the professional line, would be released before the iMac. And it wouldn't be easy to put the G5 in the iMac too, since it has very limited space. Everything is engineered to fit perfectly in the small area in the base, but since this new chip releases more heat, it would need to have more cooling, thus a new interior is needed.

first, i'm saying it will likely be released around the same time or after the 3GHz G5 is released, so the 1.6-1.8 G5 in an imac would make perfect sense.

second, why would the powerbook G5 be released before an imac? sure, the pb is in the pro line, but one is a desktop, and one is a laptop, they aren't really in competition with each other, and if there is a perfect niche for a G5 imac (like the difference between a 1-1.25GHz emac to a dual 3GHz powermac), but a G5pb is still not ready, there is no need to let imac sales dwindle on account of the pb.

and third, G5 isn't really hotter then the G4. those 9 fans are in 4 different cooling zones, only 2 per cpu, and they are slow moving, so the heatsink is a little larger. none of that means its hotter, it just means they wanted it nice and quiet. the're not going to have any problem putting a G5 in the imac.

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

plinkoman has it, in fact if i was apple i would be using those same single g5 motherboards in the towers and design a imac using those then move the pro machines to all duals, say dual 1.8, 2.0, 2.5 they can allways hinder the expansion and memory in the consumer line , maybe keep it at 2 gigs or 4. The G5 opens the door for mac growth and new models, the g4 was simply holding everything back for to long.