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iMac to Come in Both Dual-Core and Quad-Core Configs?
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Because it is ultra entertaining to stoke the needy-nerdies into slavering, squealing, thrashing, deluded fan boys. I love it, love watching it.
Here, let's stoke those fires as well:
I BET THE NEXT iMAC IS COMING TOMORROW AND HAS QUAD CORE DUAL PROCESSORS WITH ULTRA-SEX FOR $999!
^-^ Ah. So refreshing.
I would like to see Apple do an update every other Tuesday for the 1st 3 months of 2009, so far (the 1st month) they've met that but I would like to see them release either iMacs or Mac Minis this tuesday, the other one on Feb 17th, and Mac Pros on March 3rd (assuming they could get the processors early as they've been known to do before) but I don't know about March 17th and March 31st....Displays and AppleTV perhaps? or perhaps some new products.
Lol. I'd love to see all environmental agencies in the world switch to Atom-based computers. See how long it takes them to find out what's going on to protest about it.
I did hear that the new 'cool' is green? Or am I missing a point?
It may have something to do with web site hits?
Still missing is a $699-$899 model that features Mac OS, Nvidia GPU, Firewire and screen or not...for $699 or so, would expect a duo core ONLY since the iMAc will ship with duo still, otherwise, for $600, you can build a quad that stomps the present Mac Pro with a HACK.
Haven't tried it but the so called EFIX allows you to update without editing plist/kext files, otherwise you have to go to OSX86.org and see what is needed to do in order to run latest OS.
Not so bad once you know how to edit.
Apple needs to keep up.
As I see it all they have to do is take the parts in the current white MB and put it in a Mac Mini case, subtract the price for monitor and battery, and you have yourself the new low end Mac Mini
me ? a 2ghz G5 PowerPC / 2gb RAM
had money saved up since forever
one idea (which I've only heard myself mention) is an Express Card/34 slot . t6hey've got all kinds of add ons (readers / EVDO, etc..) an eSata connection would be nice
yeah, right !!!!
go back and look at what he listed as configurables
if Apple lets loose one of those for $3000, it's a done deal
Ah yes I didn't see that, those might as well be $1M cause that's not gonna happen anytime soon. Maybe 2-5 years.
30" iMac Pro $2000+? Core i7? Twin hard drives? Possible dual 9800S via SLI? Very unlikely, but stranger things have happened. Who saw the 24" model coming in september of 2006?
hahaha, yeah. I'd guess $5,000 as a starting point
Quad this!!!
OOOOH the endless possiblities!! Quad-core, 8 gig of ram, bluray dvd, snow leopard. Now all we need will be the usb 3.0 and we are set....
OOOOH the endless possiblities!! Quad-core, 8 gig of ram, bluray dvd, snow leopard. Now all we need will be the usb 3.0 and we are set....
Surely they'd just have core 2 duo on the entry level and drop the 3.06Ghz model?
I'm sure a 2.83Ghz C2Q with 12Mb Cache and 8Gb of 1066Mhz RAM would be faster overall than a 3.06Ghz with 6Mb Cache and 4Gb of 800Mhz RAM just because it would have more bandwidth to keep it fed with data.
The worse case scenario would mean a 10% drop in clock speed with twice the cache and over 25% more memory bandwidth would probably just end up breaking even but that wouldn't be the case for a lot of threaded tasks like video encoding, audio work, in fact ANY kind of multitasking!
Personally, I'd like to think they're shoving the 2.4Ghz and 2.66Ghz Core 2 Duos in the Mac Mini and moving the WHOLE iMac line to Core 2 Quad processors, leaving the "high end" iMac with the same CPU as the model below it but with a better, 512Mb GPU, 4Gb standard and a 500Mb - 1TB Hard Drive so you still have an incentive to buy it over the model below or BTO up to it as you see fit.
On a personal note. I hope I have at least £800 saved by mid august whatever apple come out with by then. If I had enough for a 20" iMac, I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind giving me the additional cash to go up to a 24" model seeing as I buy a new mac about every 6 or 7 years at present
Endless possibilities? Are we talking about the same Apple, Inc. here? BR will 1st show up in the Mac Pros, new Mac Pros won't be out till March, so if you are waiting for a iMac with BR you will be waiting till at very least till March, however Snow Leopard will probably not be out till June and with it BR support so you're probably looking at waiting till June, USB 3.0 consumer devices won't be out till 2010, you're looking at a long wait for your perfect iMac, I would hope they'd release a new one before 2010.
You can easily tell that Wu is getting on these forums for his "predictions". The whole offered in duel core and quad core being options was on the "Limited iMac Availability Suggests Possible Refresh" forum board posted by us days ago. So everyone wave and say hi to Mr. Wu
that is why apple is now about to release the quad core imacs in the coming months
ah love it this 'll make em squeal
I could win a lot of money off of people on this site
isn't going to happen
Well I'd assume Apple is trying to stay clear of a marketing nightmare. Having purely Quads would work wonders for marketing, but it could raise the price of the low-end models (something I don't think Apple is too keen on). Dual on entry-level does make more sense, but the catch is that a lot of dual-cores are clocked higher than the available quads, so marketing would have their work cut out. However Apple could go to Mobile processors on the entry-level, or use custom made (or underclocked) processors.
Unlikely as the 20"models would have trouble with the 65w SFF quadcores and 2.0ghz mobile quadcore costs as much as the 2.83ghz SFF ship.
Considering Apple made 17" iMacs which could handle toasty G5s and the current processors have a 55W TDP, I'm sure Apple's engineers could work some magic. Some people don't really need (or have the room) to put a 24" beast on their desk, but want some decent power.
Hopefully we get some form of announcement sometime soon since I have earmarked March 23rd in my calendar as the day I go and buy my new iMac. Obviously Apple do not revolve their releases around WeegieMac's calendar though!
In all seriousness though, I have £900 set aside for a new iMac, which works out at around $1,280 going by the current exchange rate. Now, assuming Apple go for a fair currency conversion, $1,280 (£900) covers the current entry level 20" model. My concern is that Apple put the prices up for the entry level 20" model when they introduce these new chipsets, much like they did when the new Aluminum Macbook came into effect (in comparison to the "old" white/black Macbook they replaced), although I appreciate that the Unibody design also contributed to the cost.
As I explained in another iMac thread, my budget is locked at £800-£900 due to the recession, my wife being made redundant and the only reason I have this money set aside is from my Freelance Web Design work.
Fingers crossed the refresh doesn't see a £1000+ entry level iMac due to the Quad Core being implemented.
In all seriousness though, I have £900 set aside for a new iMac, which works out at around $1,280 going by the current exchange rate. Now, assuming Apple go for a fair currency conversion, $1,280 (£900) covers the current entry level 20" model. My concern is that Apple put the prices up for the entry level 20" model when they introduce these new chipsets, much like they did when the new Aluminum Macbook came into effect (in comparison to the "old" white/black Macbook they replaced), although I appreciate that the Unibody design also contributed to the cost.
As I explained in another iMac thread, my budget is locked at £800-£900 due to the recession, my wife being made redundant and the only reason I have this money set aside is from my Freelance Web Design work.
Fingers crossed the refresh doesn't see a £1000+ entry level iMac due to the Quad Core being implemented.
I found this in another thread. They said the Apple store servers went down for a little last night and a couple of refreshes showed this. Looks like a fake.
I found this in another thread. They said the Apple store servers went down for a little last night and a couple of refreshes showed this. Looks like a fake.
LMAO, so the new Mac Mini is going to be $999 same as the white MacBook which has a screen and battery? Yes I agree with you fake for sure.