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iMac Revision and iLife on August 7th?
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wee man is gonna be the spokesperson for the new ipod.
seriously though that things is sooo ugly
seriously though that things is sooo ugly
bah, 4 days too late. I'm in town until the 3rd, and was going to help my mother buy and set up a new imac. Why couldn't this be one week earlier? 
Well personally, I am looking forward to the new iPods most because I actually plan on getting one of those. My 15GB 3rd gen is getting a little outdated
Also, I want to see the new iMacs just out of curiosity. I have been hearing so much about them for awhile, and although I have no plans on buying one (one more year until college), I am still curious to see what apple can whip up.
Tunes, I completely agree. There is no way Apple would switch to a shape/size like this. It is too drastic. None of anyones size dependent accessories (cases, speaker systems, etc.) would fit on the new device. It would cause every one to replace all of this stuff. While a $30 case is not that big of an issue, a $259 iM7 is a huge deal to replace when it is in perfect working conditon other than an iPod that won't fit in it.
Besides, that mock up is terrible. The proportions seem all out of whack. Doesn't seem like it would fit in your hand very well.
I followed you up until the point of "getting ready for Monday... then totaly lost you on the "pour in over the weekend"..... Tuesday is after both Mondays and Weekends... the onslaught would be when again?
August 7th is a Tuesday. That's how I know this is true.
... not to mention the back-to-school buying season.
There are several Tuesdays before the 7th, to max out on the back to school buyers.
Couldn't wait
While I wanted to see what these new iMacs will be like, I just couldn't wait for Apple to finish fluffing around so I've built myself a PC instead. No doubt it is significantly faster than whatever the iMacs specs will be. It's just a shame I can't run OS X on it.
While I wanted to see what these new iMacs will be like, I just couldn't wait for Apple to finish fluffing around so I've built myself a PC instead. No doubt it is significantly faster than whatever the iMacs specs will be. It's just a shame I can't run OS X on it.
iMacs and iLife maybe, definitely not for the iPod. The mockup is horrendous, but realistically no chance for the iPod to be wider, what does it get Apple? Wider screen that's still not wide screen? No way they'd make that change. Also, I don't see an iPod coming out before the free iPod deal is done.
I disagree. There's a good chance Apple will roll out the new iPods before the Back to School promotion ends. The new iPods won't qualify for the rebate. That's not going to stop students from buying laptops before school begins and getting the free (old) iPod.
Same thing happened last year. It wouldnt hurt Apple at all.
I agree... I think LED LCD is in because LEDs use less power... less power usage = less heat.... less heat = more stuff they can stick in the computer, including a (hopefully) desktop CPU!!!
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What I would think would be cool:
6 USB ports!
(maybe even on the side of the computer?)
Power button like on the cube where it's touch sensitive and on the front of the computer
Display capable of 1080p (I know the 24" one already is)
If the keyboard is to be redone, make it flatter, slimmer, more touch type like, and spill resistant
And for the mouse, basically anything other than the might mouse would be an improvement
6 USB ports!
(maybe even on the side of the computer?)
Power button like on the cube where it's touch sensitive and on the front of the computer
Display capable of 1080p (I know the 24" one already is)
If the keyboard is to be redone, make it flatter, slimmer, more touch type like, and spill resistant
And for the mouse, basically anything other than the might mouse would be an improvement
I don't like the clickwheel... touchscreen is better for an iPod. I would agree that the iPod is going to be horizontal, not vertical. It won't have nearly the functionality as the iPhone since the iPhone's true uniqueness is that it can send and recieve signals. The iPod probably never will; it will use the space for the hard drive for the big ones and just be skinny for the nanos. The nanos won't get touchscreens in order to keep down costs.
Does anyone remember Apple's Web site at the start of the year? "The first 30 years were only the beginning. Welcome to 2007."
Now more than half over, has 2007 seen anything significant from Apple, besides a $600 phone on the wrong carrier? Any new iPods? (iPhone doesn't count; nobody cares about a VIDEO iPod with only 8GB.) Any truly significant updates to ANY Mac model? Any actual "top secret" features revealed in a repeat performance of a previous keynote speech?
The only thing revolutionary about Apple in 2007 has been its disdain for anything revolutionary where its core business was concerned. As such, banking on their track record this year, you might want to curb your enthusiasm for a new iMac. Why should it be any different than any of their other computer updates this year? Which means you'll get a new processor, maybe a new graphics card, maybe (or not) a better hard drive, and that's about it. You might get a defect-ridden new LED display.
I really hope I'm wrong.
Now more than half over, has 2007 seen anything significant from Apple, besides a $600 phone on the wrong carrier? Any new iPods? (iPhone doesn't count; nobody cares about a VIDEO iPod with only 8GB.) Any truly significant updates to ANY Mac model? Any actual "top secret" features revealed in a repeat performance of a previous keynote speech?
The only thing revolutionary about Apple in 2007 has been its disdain for anything revolutionary where its core business was concerned. As such, banking on their track record this year, you might want to curb your enthusiasm for a new iMac. Why should it be any different than any of their other computer updates this year? Which means you'll get a new processor, maybe a new graphics card, maybe (or not) a better hard drive, and that's about it. You might get a defect-ridden new LED display.
I really hope I'm wrong.
Personally I think the Macbook Pro release was pretty good. While not revolutionary, the updates gave a nice refresh to the range - especially to the 2.2GHz base model. As for the iPhone, this is basically Apple's way of giving the 'finger' to the rest of the world outside the USA. The Macbook update was very disappointing. Leopard would've been good, ah, about 2 months ago.
Let's see what happens with the iMac. I'm only interested out of curiosity now. My new PC will handle what I need right now, and I've always got my iBook if I need some OS X lovin'.
I'd expect a new iPod to have the same formfactor and display/controls as the iPhone, but without anything other than the iPod functionality. It should be quite doable and amount to leveraging off of the R&D of the iPhone. It would have a great functionality for watching movies and so forth and it would not need a click wheel. Further, it could have the same portrait/landscape mode function of the iPhone.....as to the iMacs and iLife, it's actually due so perhaps this will happen. I think it certainly needs to.
The problem with the 24th is that we haven't had an announcement of a media event yet. If the iMac has a new form factor and will be introduced with iLife '07, you can bet your bottom dollar that there will be a media event, which Apple will need to announce at least a week in advance.
"anodised - brushed aluminum" white plastic. What ever it is I will be getting it when OX10 comes out although I do like the sound of aluminium. By then maybe Blue-ray, iLife, iWorks and a minor bump of specs. Hate waiting but it will be worth it at least for me.
I really wish they would put a built in TV tuner for the iMac and a Blu-Ray (or HD-DVD, someone please win), it would be SOOO kick ass to have a 24in 1080p screen, oh yeah and 2 HDMI ports and one component for good measure.
Throw in a quad core processor and I will be all over that.
As for the iPod I can't wait to see what they do with it, it has been way too long since an update. I just hope they don't surprise us by making all these new features we don't really want and skipping all the ones we do (WiFi, and large touch screen).
Throw in a quad core processor and I will be all over that.
As for the iPod I can't wait to see what they do with it, it has been way too long since an update. I just hope they don't surprise us by making all these new features we don't really want and skipping all the ones we do (WiFi, and large touch screen).
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