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iMacs Update Rumors?

iJon

iJon

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These are the spec they provided. They said there will be 4 models but only recieved 3. I guess this will determine how accurate their sources are. Here they are. Personally I hope the high end comes with a 64mb card for those mac people who wanna play those few games for macs they have and have them look somewhat nice. For a more in depth look go to www.looprumors.com

Fast

15-inch LCD flat screen
800MHz PowerPC G4
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
256MB SDRAM
40GB Ultra ATA hard drive
10/100BASE-T Ethernet
DVD/CD-RW
56K internal modem
Apple Pro Speakers

Faster

17-inch LCD flat screen
867MHz PowerPC G4
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
256MB SDRAM
80GB Ultra ATA hard drive
10/100BASE-T Ethernet
SuperDrive
Bluetooth
FireWire 800
56K internal modem
Apple Pro Speakers

Fastest

17-inch LCD flat screen
1GHz PowerPC G4
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX
512MB SDRAM
120GB Ultra ATA hard drive
10/100BASE-T Ethernet
SuperDrive
Bluetooth
FireWire 800
AirPort Extreme
56K internal modem
Apple Pro Speakers

iJon
 
Article Link
https://www.macrumors.com/2003/01/16/imacs-update-rumors/
Did they mention whether or not the two bottom line ones would be airport extreme ready?

This is pretty well in line with the speculation that's been going on for weeks now... so it's hard to give it any more or less credibility than the other rumors...

:)
pnw
 
Originally posted by paulwhannel
Did they mention whether or not the two bottom line ones would be airport extreme ready?

This is pretty well in line with the speculation that's been going on for weeks now... so it's hard to give it any more or less credibility than the other rumors...

:)
pnw
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actually i didnt see anything there tha said that. that would be a very stupid on apples part not to do it. but im sure it would. they just may be building airport into it and just having a slot on the bottom. personnaly i think it would be dumb for apple to give away a free airport card on the imac, unless it is very very cheap. the powerbook i can understand because of mobility, but an imac i wouldnt give away for free.

iJon
 
Personally. . .

I don't think you have anything to worry about on the VRAM front. The top of the line with the GeForce4 MX already has 64mb, which leads you to wonder what could possibly be the speed/screen specs for the "Ultimate".;)
 
Re: Personally. . .

Originally posted by MacKid
I don't think you have anything to worry about on the VRAM front. The top of the line with the GeForce4 MX already has 64mb, which leads you to wonder what could possibly be the speed/screen specs for the "Ultimate".;)
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read your specs again, it is 32.

iJon
 
I thought the 15"line was discontinued?
This rumor makes more sense with the instistance that there is an uknown fourth model to be rleased. A 133MHZ bus is pretty well represented with multipliers of 6, 6.5, and 7.5... the 7 multiplier creating a 933MHz would fill the gap.. but not really make much sense.

Who in their right mind would pay a couple hundered extra for 66MHz? It's not logical to me... unless they do a 15" 800MHz and 933MHz and then a 17" 866 and 1GHz....
 
Originally posted by cr2sh
I thought the 15"line was discontinued?
This rumor makes more sense with the instistance that there is an uknown fourth model to be rleased. A 133MHZ bus is pretty well represented with multipliers of 6, 6.5, and 7.5... the 7 multiplier creating a 933MHz would fill the gap.. but not really make much sense.

Who in their right mind would pay a couple hundered extra for 66MHz? It's not logical to me... unless they do a 15" 800MHz and 933MHz and then a 17" 866 and 1GHz....
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nope the 15 was never discontinued, just the 15 inch flat panel for the powermacs. apple hasnt discontinued any imacs so far, just added more to the bunch, but that will all change here soon. i have a feeling they will released here soon, with the announcement of ilife preloaded, kind of what they did with the powermacs and jaguar.

iJon
 
Originally posted by iJon
nope the 15 was never discontinued, just the 15 inch flat panel for the powermacs.
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I have to believe though that the 15" iMac has only a limited existance in the future... maybe I'm totally off on this, but how many people still use a 15"? Then again this is consumers we're talking about... who knows...

I agree though, I think we'll see the updates very soon.. but I don't think they'll ever reach the index page of apple.com.. I think it'll be a quiet update, with a nice little "NEW" sticker on the store page... with the PowerBook(year of the laptop) surge as of late, I really doubt that they'll push the desktops anytime soon.. We'll see though.
 
Originally posted by cr2sh

Who in their right mind would pay a couple hundered extra for 66MHz? It's not logical to me... unless they do a 15" 800MHz and 933MHz and then a 17" 866 and 1GHz....
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Well I shelled out $1500 for 80mhz a few years back. Of course it was a computer...:p powermac 7100/80 to be exact.

cheers!
john
 
Well I shelled out $1500 for 80mhz a few years back. Of course it was a computer... powermac 7100/80 to be exact.
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Ah, I can beat you're record.

£200 for 8Mhz !!!!

Of course this is £200 more than £0 and it was an Atari not a mac but at least the mouse I got with it still works after 13 years :D
 
Still only a Gforce 2mx in the mid range, I'd like to see it higher up myself. And the bottom end seems to be lacking
 
Originally posted by paulwhannel
Did they mention whether or not the two bottom line ones would be airport extreme ready?

This is pretty well in line with the speculation that's been going on for weeks now... so it's hard to give it any more or less credibility than the other rumors...

:)
pnw
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Airport Extreme works with Airport, so because all iMacs have an airport slot, I'd venture to say 'Yes, it will have Airport Extreme support'.
 
Originally posted by Kid Red


Airport Extreme works with Airport, so because all iMacs have an airport slot, I'd venture to say 'Yes, it will have Airport Extreme support'.
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well it depends how you look at it. its backwards compatible with airport but doesnt utilize all the new features that airport extreme has to offer. i would be 100% that they will replace the airport slot on the bottom of the imac with a mini pci slot. it would be so stupid if apple didnt and wouldnt make much sense.

iJon
 
iMacs Update Rumors?

LoopRumors claims to have specs for the upcoming iMac updates with up to 1GHz speeds as well as Firewire 800 and Bluetooth integration on all but the low end.

MacNews.net.tc also claimed similar iMac specs and prices in late December.

Information available to MacRumors include the following: iMac updates with _slight_ speed bumps, Firewire 800, Airport Extreme-ready, ambient light screen-brightness sensor.

All the above sources (including our own) are relatively new and have no history of accurate predictions... and should be considered accordingly.
 
Ship date has to be with iLife

My guess is that these get announced on Jan 24/25th. Same as final ship of iLife. In addition, it allows big Super Bowl ads for them the next day.

Let's pray we also see a 19" model as part of the "4".
 
A light sensor for the screen? That just doesn't seem to useful to me.. Different people will like different brightness levels. I'd rather see processor updates and a 133 MHz system bus, and a $999 flat-panel machine.
 
Originally posted by pgwalsh
Wasn't this LoopRumors rumor already posted?
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true... it was in the Current events. I merged the two threads now.

arn
 
Originally posted by dricci
A light sensor for the screen? That just doesn't seem to useful to me.. Different people will like different brightness levels. I'd rather see processor updates and a 133 MHz system bus, and a $999 flat-panel machine.
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Yeah. This may be a punt but once you've set it how you like it the sensor would maintain that relative brightness.

i_b_joshua
 
Not a very exciting upgrade

Not the biggest jump, but a worth while refresh only if the prices remain the same. Was looking for a new consumer system to hold me over until the Rev B of what ever new type of powermac comes later this year.
 
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