iMac in Paris?

[sorryiwasdreami]

The Blue and white G3 was code-named Yosemite.

Ah yes. Thank you. I remember using those blue and white G3's in design school in 97'-98.' However, I didn't know the Yosemite nickname.

 

[danieluk]

 

[stoid]

Will they bring back Flower Power and Blue Dalmatian? 😱

 

[MacsRgr8]

I was just checking out the Paris Expo today and realised that it is on at the exact time that I am in Paris during my 3 month world trip. I couldn't believe it! So my friend and I registered for the Keynote. Is it seriously free? I thought I would have to pay! Can someone confirm that all I had to do was register, and then show up? It just seems too good to be true.

I really can't wait!

Confirmed!
It is true. even the Kenyote! (you also have to register for that.... you didn't forget, I hope?)

 

[Zaty]

Ah yes. Thank you. I remember using those blue and white G3's in design school in 97'-98.' However, I didn't know the Yosemite nickname.

This Yosemite thing might be a clue b/c have you seen what colour the Aiport Express box is? Yes, blue and white. So perhaps blue and white will be the new signature colour for cosumer machines. A blue iMac or iBook would be nice. 🙂

 

[J-Squire]

Confirmed!
It is true. even the Kenyote! (you also have to register for that.... you didn't forget, I hope?)

Definitely didn't forget. I will be receiving my special badge with 'K' for keynote in August.

 

[The Red Wolf]

Guys... I've registered for the expo, but can't find a registration for the keynote (like there was last year) on the apple-expo.com site. Anyone know whether you need to register for the keynote or not?

You have to get at least a User Conference Pass. The prices go up from there, but they include the Keynote. The general Expo Only pass which is cheep doesn't.

 

[LimeiBook86]

Unfortunately, I think they've already missed this one, at least insofar as potential switchers goes. I doubt if the average back-to-school buyer who never used a Mac before will put off their purchase into mid-September. And institutional school purchases will have been complete well before then.

The best thing Apple could do this time around would be to come up with a cheap (well under $1,000 - not $999) rugged iMac that doesn't have a built-in monitor.

My classroom (Commercial Art and Graphics design) has been using Gateway 333mhz Pentium II's for the last 6 years or so. These machines are horrible and my teacher was about to order 10-20 iMacs for the classroom. I happened to e-mail her just in time and she is going to wait and tell the school about these new iMacs. Luckily she has proof that new ones are coming, thanks to Apple's web site.

Hope these new ones are good 😉

 

[Zaty]

Do you think there'll be a new iPod launched at Paris only a month after the mini is finally launched?
What new features does anyone expect / hope for?
I assume it would follow the mini’s metal body design and controls and it’s a given it’ll get 60GB. Any chance it’ll get Bluetooth and a better battery? I’ve read about the new Bluetooth standard that would allow full stereo headphones at the same time as syncing can you imagine how cool Apple’s take on ‘proper’ can’s would be.

Well, I'm not saying there will be a new iPod in Paris, I just wanted to point out that there won't be any other hardware annoucements. The current iPod design is more than one year old, so an update in the next few months seems likely. I don't see a problem with the mini launch a mere month before the keynote, the mini is a seperate line. Those who have been waiting for the mini will buy one or have alreday ordered one, regardless of the fact that an update of the rest of line is happening soon.

But I don't think Apple releases the new iPods when iTMS has sold 100 million songs.

 

[whooleytoo]

Surely it's not a coincidence that the advertising at the top of Macrumors (at least, when I looked at it) was cheap flights to Paris!!

 

[Dr. Dastardly]

I'm thinking that the imac will either be white or brushed aluminum. I think that they did away with differnet colors for the imac because it was to costly to produce and keep enough colors in stock. The iPod mini was a exception because it is only $250 rather than +$1000.
But seeing that the iMac is a consumer machine I think they will stick with white and save the brushed aluminium for the pro series. 🙂

 

[The Bartender]

But what about the "Cram and Jam" promotion? People who bought now would have the old iPod and the ones who bought later would have a newer iPod?

JOD8FY

They may be released, just not shipped until the promotion is over.

 

[The Bartender]

My classroom (Commercial Art and Graphics design) has been using Gateway 333mhz Pentium II's for the last 6 years or so. These machines are horrible and my teacher was about to order 10-20 iMacs for the classroom. I happened to e-mail her just in time and she is going to wait and tell the school about these new iMacs. Luckily she has proof that new ones are coming, thanks to Apple's web site.

Hope these new ones are good 😉

Congratulations to you... my graphics class will also be getting new Macs this year... fortunately they are Powermacs and not iMacs!

 

[dongmin]

He also did a search for 'half dome' and made a big deal that the only half dome noted was a map reference? Is he trying to make a point about the ability of Spotlight or should we read more into there being no other 'half dome' and expect a new case design at the 'imac' 'birthday' in 'paris'??

Everyone knows about the 'imac,' 'paris,' and 'birthday' searches, but what about the others?

pixar - all widescreen
yosemite - return of the blue and white motif
keyboard - yes, it'll include a keyboard!
desktop - sits on the desk...
wallpaper - or mounts to the wall?
airport, wifi, 802.11 - airport express built-in
tiger - also in orange with black stripes, i.e. colors and themes!
half dome - keeping the half-dome form-factor?

 

[Machead III]

You have to get at least a User Conference Pass. The prices go up from there, but they include the Keynote. The general Expo Only pass which is cheep doesn't.

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Can you furhter explain? I have an Apple Expo pass, but how/where do I sign up for the User Conference or Keynote or whatever?

 

[g4cubed]

This Yosemite thing might be a clue b/c have you seen what colour the Aiport Express box is? Yes, blue and white. So perhaps blue and white will be the new signature colour for cosumer machines. A blue iMac or iBook would be nice. 🙂

Where did you see the boxes? At the Apple store? If this is true you might be right with the color scheme, if you add all the other hints. 😉 I hope that there is an assortment of colors to choose from, like the ipod mini.

Will they bring back Flower Power and Blue Dalmatian? 😱

Damn I hope not, those were the worst 🙄

 

[DGFan]

I agree. A big part of the original iMac was all the color it introduced into a world full of dull-beige PCs. I think that's one of the things the G4 iMac lost in its all-white incarnation. Don't get me wrong, the G4 iMac is stunning, but it's not "cute/fun", it's sleek and modern.

I had the same thought a while back. The G5 iMac will probably bring back the colors, but in a brushed aluminum "mini" style. I think the whole consumer line (iMac, eMac, iBook) will eventually move to this. The iPod Mini is flying off the shelves, thanks in part to the color variety.

Which leads me to an interesting memory.....didn't Apple get a patent a while back on a computer enclosure that changed colors?

 

[Machead III]

This will be my first Expo 😀 Hopefully I'll get a free G5 with a 30" widescreen or somink 😀

 

[DGFan]

My classroom (Commercial Art and Graphics design) has been using Gateway 333mhz Pentium II's for the last 6 years or so. These machines are horrible and my teacher was about to order 10-20 iMacs for the classroom. I happened to e-mail her just in time and she is going to wait and tell the school about these new iMacs. Luckily she has proof that new ones are coming, thanks to Apple's web site.

Hope these new ones are good 😉

For a class full of students I think the iMacs are a waste of money. Schools around me are shedding teachers because they have no budget yet your school is prepared to overspend on computers. What gives?

 

[&RU]

Don't get your hopes up...

As for a G5 in an iMac, I have my doubts - the heat sink alone is about a sixth the size of the current iMac dome, and that dome is crammed. The G4 is also the differentiating factor between the Pro and Consumer lines. And don't forget that supplies of the G5 are strained as it is.

For those of you who are expecting "Panel Style" iMacs, I doubt that as well. The current style allows for the most cost effective way to change LCD sizes, and offer more choices - and we love our choices. Also, optical media access is difficult on vertical machines - anyone remember the 20th Anniversary Mac?

Sorry for raining on the parade, just my 2 cents.

 

[DGFan]

As for a G5 in an iMac, I have my doubts - the heat sink alone is about a sixth the size of the current iMac dome, and that dome is crammed. The G4 is also the differentiating factor between the Pro and Consumer lines. And don't forget that supplies of the G5 are strained as it is.

For those of you who are expecting "Panel Style" iMacs, I doubt that as well. The current style allows for the most cost effective way to change LCD sizes, and offer more choices - and we love our choices. Also, optical media access is difficult on vertical machines - anyone remember the 20th Anniversary Mac?

Sorry for raining on the parade, just my 2 cents.

Since this will be a totally new design they will likely be living with it for some time. What I mean is, if they decide to use a G4 you can probably expect it to have a G4 for the next 18-24 months. That's why I think they'll put a G5 in it even if they can only manage a 1.2Ghz or 1.4Ghz version. For many things a 1.5Ghz G4 might actually be better but it will be better in the long run.

 

[sorryiwasdreami]

Everyone knows about the 'imac,' 'paris,' and 'birthday' searches, but what about the others?

pixar - all widescreen
yosemite - return of the blue and white motif
keyboard - yes, it'll include a keyboard!
desktop - sits on the desk...
wallpaper - or mounts to the wall?
airport, wifi, 802.11 - airport express built-in
tiger - also in orange with black stripes, i.e. colors and themes!
half dome - keeping the half-dome form-factor?

Yes, half dome surfaced on the search. It was found as meta-data on the map of the famous rock formation at Yosemite National. However, you said "keeping" the half-dome form-factor. Here's what we may be overlooking:

Half-Dome. The current iMac is a Full-Dome. (Think Pantheon, Roman architecture, etc). A dome is half of a sphere, and this is why our brains connect and dismiss a half dome as a dome. Hence, half of a dome is 1/4 of a sphere. Visualize it.

Could he be hinting that the new iMac form factor will take half the footprint of the current, already space efficient, dome-shaped body?

Could it be a dome cut in half, right down the middle, where the flat side faces the viewer, and then tapers off to the back? The CD/DVD drive, USB, Firewire, headphone jack, ports, etc. would exist on this flat front face?

I haven't seen the boxes to the airport extreme, as someone mentioned being blue and white, but Yosemite and half-dome could be a bigger clue than we previously thought.

 

[Trekkie]

It will not be a thick monstrosity.

It will basically not be there at all 🙂

minimally speaking ...

Here's what I mean:

The 23" HD Cinema display will have a stand similar to the new displays, but the foot of it will be less than 1 inch thick and house the
drives in a horizontal attitude.

If it looks anything close to what you've described I will order two the day they are announced. I've been wringing my hands on selling a kidney for a G5 Dual and a 23" screen. It's a lot of money for me to invest when I 'play' and the G4 800MHz we have I get in trouble with the wife when I use it too much because she can't use 'her' computer (I have a PB G4 12")

Sounds awesome, can't wait to see.

 

[puckhead193]

I thought this was common knowledge anyway, because when Steve did a search for Paris using spotlight at WWDC, then iMac and then everybodies birthday for the month of September, he was hinting at something, thats the impression i got?

Wow, i never thought about that...but very interesting...
Why didn't they announce it earlier for schools to buy for sept. I would perfer to see new powerbook cause i want a new laptop, but life isn't perfect...

 

[iMeowbot]

He also did a search for 'half dome' and made a big deal that the only half dome noted was a map reference? Is he trying to make a point about the ability of Spotlight or should we read more into there being no other 'half dome' and expect a new case design at the 'imac' 'birthday' in 'paris'??

Or maybe he's just sick and tired of seeing the iMac G4 referred to as a "half dome" when its case is a full dome 😀