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iMac Updates by Next Week?

new iMacs soon...

This is true.

They will be slot loading. I don't know why, but they will be.

I can't tell you how I know this, but I do.

Chris
 
I'm with you. I don't know what sense it makes in this machine. It seems a bad idea. My source is good though--gave me the heads-up on the Aluminum Powerbook (though not 17"). I didn't post it here because I thought it was b/s.

Chris
 
Re: new iMacs soon...

Originally posted by chmorley
This is true.

They will be slot loading. I don't know why, but they will be.

I can't tell you how I know this, but I do.

Chris
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Intriguing!

i_b_joshua
 
Re: Re: Wireless KB and Mouse?

Originally posted by Shadowfax


my kensington studio mouse has a groovy preference pane too. i have to say, i would severely criticize apple for its mouse preferences pane. that thing is so option devoid, and the mouse isn't fast enough even at the highest speed for me. they need to add pointer acceleration severely.
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That's one of the things that I couldn't understand when I switched: where is pointer acceleration? When I got my first modern times Apple (Apple IIc doesn't count) just after 10.1 came out, I couldn't figure that one out, but I thought it was because OS X was 'in its infancy'. Jaguar comes out and still nothing...
Wtf is going on here ?

NicoMan
 
Re: new iMacs soon...

Originally posted by chmorley
This is true.

They will be slot loading. I don't know why, but they will be.

I can't tell you how I know this, but I do.

Chris
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For me it is an odd decision, to be honest. I would have thought that slot-loading drives are more expensive and don't really bring value to the computer (I don't see them market the drive with something like 'for the same price you get a slot-loading drive'). Also I thought the loading mechanism was more complicated on a slot-loading.

Dunno, beats me.

NicoMan
 
Slot-loading iMac

I thought someone mentioned something on here about slot-loading iMacs about a month ago.

From what I recall, someone theorized that since the slot-loading Superdrive was going into the PowerBook, it would make more sense to throw it in the iMac, too. Apple could buy 'em bulk.

I'm just spitting out what I thought I read here a month ago.
 
Re: Slot-loading iMac

Originally posted by Squire
I thought someone mentioned something on here about slot-loading iMacs about a month ago.

From what I recall, someone theorized that since the slot-loading Superdrive was going into the PowerBook, it would make more sense to throw it in the iMac, too. Apple could buy 'em bulk.

I'm just spitting out what I thought I read here a month ago.
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That is reasonable. But I think the drive in the iMac is not a slim one (like in the PowerBooks). But then they might be both coming from the same supplier (if Apple choose a slot-loading drive in the iMac) and in that case what you are saying holds water...

NicoMan
 
Re: Slot-loading iMac

Originally posted by Squire
I thought someone mentioned something on here about slot-loading iMacs about a month ago.

From what I recall, someone theorized that since the slot-loading Superdrive was going into the PowerBook, it would make more sense to throw it in the iMac, too. Apple could buy 'em bulk.

I'm just spitting out what I thought I read here a month ago.
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Except that the PBG4 slot loading SuperDrive is half the speed of the desktop SuperDrives. And the iMac has a full-size optical drive mechanism in it, albeit about 1.25" shorter in front to back length.

I would not doubt though that the iMac gets a slot-loader soon, as well as the PowerMac someday, esp with two optical drives, it would be easier to load unload without all that bulk of doors and trays poking out.
 
You know what would be sweet and at the same time offer some very interesting possibilites?

Having a new imac that has a similar size flatscreen monitor as it has now 15" with a very slim neck that could be folded into a base station that is about as wide and thick as a Tibook. The monitor could be adjustable just about in every way to suit the user but the clever part is the monitor which can be laid flat on the base station (again something like 1" thick. Add some "simple" handwriting recognition and guess what we have 3 times in one product?

A laptop/imac/tablet type device which would blow away anything that is out at the moment.

Actually it sounds all a bit pooh! :)

Forget i said anything...
 
Re: new iMacs soon...

Originally posted by chmorley
This is true.

They will be slot loading. I don't know why, but they will be.

I can't tell you how I know this, but I do.

Chris
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They most probably will be, considering that Apple got lots of complaints about the drive hitting the screen when lowered.:cool:
 
Non-Macworld Announcements

Apple wants to get away from depending on Macworld for announcements. They want to move to using thier stores for major press gatherings. I believe they have held off on some major things like iMac/eMac updates for the end of this month.
 
So, when's the BIG announcements around iMac?

Is it going to be Monday? - middle of next week?


And will the Apple stores have the new iMacs in stock immediately?

Let me know.
 
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