Same question. I am going to be buying a 24" iMac at christmas.
Do you guys think there will be a iMac update before christmas.
The buyers guide says 'mid product cycle' for imac
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iPod Touch and MacBook Updates for September?
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Same question. I am going to be buying a 24" iMac at christmas.
Do you guys think there will be a iMac update before christmas.
The buyers guide says 'mid product cycle' for imac
what makes you think so??
What makes you think so ?
The iPhone 3G has ,..well 3G and GPS and it needs good reception and it has more antenas to pack in, so there goes the plastic... so what should force apple to turn the back panels of the ipod Touch plastic ??
What makes you think so ?
The iPhone 3G has ,..well 3G and GPS and it needs good reception and it has more antenas to pack in, so there goes the plastic... so what should force apple to turn the back panels of the ipod Touch plastic ??
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An OSX/style tax of $50-$100 is reasonable enough. $1K budget laptops are a 3 year old phenomenon.
iPod touch will get new features and case refresh but retain 32gb capacity. Cheaper pricing. It'll recieve capacity bumps late January together with 32gb iPhones.
The regular Macbook name will be dropped. We'll see all alu 13" 2.6ghz entry level MBP with competitive pricing, while 15" and 17" MBPs recieve premium specs. All Centrino2 (Montevina). I'm quite skeptical Apple will unleash 3.06 ghz yet since the figures will go down again with the i7 next year. Backlit keyboards, led, new iLife and iWork, storage upto 500gb for the flagships, better power efficiency and graphics cards, thinner but no SSD or blu-ray support yet. New Cinema Display updates.
BTS ends at Sept 15 so my guess would be Sept. 23.
Oh and one more thing, new Minis utilizing Penryns at usual pricing.
The regular Macbook name will be dropped. We'll see all alu 13" 2.6ghz entry level MBP with competitive pricing, while 15" and 17" MBPs recieve premium specs. All Centrino2 (Montevina). I'm quite skeptical Apple will unleash 3.06 ghz yet since the figures will go down again with the i7 next year. Backlit keyboards, led, new iLife and iWork, storage upto 500gb for the flagships, better power efficiency and graphics cards, thinner but no SSD or blu-ray support yet. New Cinema Display updates.
BTS ends at Sept 15 so my guess would be Sept. 23.
Oh and one more thing, new Minis utilizing Penryns at usual pricing.
I have to weigh in on this one...
Apple is all about hype and spin. First it is MWSF, the iPhone announcements, then fall announcements for laptops, then it back to MWSF...and so the cycle never ends. Steve appears, the fans go crazy--(I've seen the MWSF videos) and then we wait for the summer and fall announcements.
Don't get me wrong, there are products, and good ones at that, but the hype and spin is such bovine-scat: no other word for it. And the Mac loyalists eat this bovine scat up. Now lets look at the announcements: the MacBook Air - innovative but geared for a niche market and not a big selling item so I've been told; the 3G iphone - nice but just a much needed upgrade over last year's model (new and improved?(!)) and now the 9 month overdue laptops that will miss the back to school period. Everything is a secret to build hype and the crowd eats it up.
Interesting, the one product that WAS NOT a 'secret' and is hand down Apple's best one (ever(?)): Mac OS X and it's evolution to Snow Leopard.
Hey everyone, don't you feel manipulated and, maybe, just maybe, a bit foolish acting this way?
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Apple is all about hype and spin. First it is MWSF, the iPhone announcements, then fall announcements for laptops, then it back to MWSF...and so the cycle never ends. Steve appears, the fans go crazy--(I've seen the MWSF videos) and then we wait for the summer and fall announcements.
Don't get me wrong, there are products, and good ones at that, but the hype and spin is such bovine-scat: no other word for it. And the Mac loyalists eat this bovine scat up. Now lets look at the announcements: the MacBook Air - innovative but geared for a niche market and not a big selling item so I've been told; the 3G iphone - nice but just a much needed upgrade over last year's model (new and improved?(!)) and now the 9 month overdue laptops that will miss the back to school period. Everything is a secret to build hype and the crowd eats it up.
Interesting, the one product that WAS NOT a 'secret' and is hand down Apple's best one (ever(?)): Mac OS X and it's evolution to Snow Leopard.
Hey everyone, don't you feel manipulated and, maybe, just maybe, a bit foolish acting this way?
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We're making the same argument...
They went with plastic across the whole back for reception yes but the original iPhone had, as you well know, plastic at the bottom for reception. The only problem with the new one is that there are too many/too big components that need reception for them to fit all of them in the tiny plastic part at the bottom (while maintaining the "thinness"). So rather than make it half plastic and half aluminum they went with all plastic and spread the receiving components across the entire body.
Also, I'm glad you like your new iPhone but I've seen the new one, held the new one and I prefer mine any day over that plastic thing. I've never had reception problems on my phone or my PB so it doesn't really matter if doesn't pick up a wi-fi signal from an ultra long distance as I don't find myself sitting three stores down from a Starbucks trying to get on their Wi-Fi. All I care is if it works at my house and, occasionally, at the airports and I've never had that problem at all.
I think that has to be one of the most over-rated features out there. Oh yay, my Wi-Fi can work 1/4 mile away. Do you ever walk a 1/4 mile away from your router to surf the web? If you do then you must have 1 big @ss house...
pleeeeeease
the MBP NEEDS an upgrade ...desperately - a whole year++ has passed and the only thing was the processor upgrade + touchpad upgrade(a little one- the AIR has smth better ...ahead of the pro !??!) so ...
PLEEEASE As Soon As Possible !! (the first days of September )
the MBP NEEDS an upgrade ...desperately - a whole year++ has passed and the only thing was the processor upgrade + touchpad upgrade(a little one- the AIR has smth better ...ahead of the pro !??!) so ...
PLEEEASE As Soon As Possible !! (the first days of September )
Alergy to Apple's aluminium* products
Hi, as friends and family can confirm, and I can prove anytime in person, if I touch ANY Apple product made from aluminium, from the 12" PowerBook to the keyboard on the MacBook Air, within minutes, my skin will feel dry and begin to feel sensitive. After a few days, it will crack and bleed from the cracks, taking about a week or two to recover. I have researched this online and found a few references. Some believe it could be a coating used on Apple's aluminium products - even including the new Apple keyboard sold with the new iMacs.
For the last two years, since parting with my 12" PowerBook, I have used a MacBook and am currently using a lovely Mac Mini with a plastic 3rd party keyboard as a go between until the new MacBooks arrive.
My question is this: If the new MacBooks are what I am after (light, compact and at least as powerful as my former 2GHz MacBook) but made from aluminium, what are those of us alergic to aluminium Apple products going to do? Who else suffers from this condition? (I do plan to contact Apple on this at some point.) *Aloominum to those the other side of the Atlantic!
Hi, as friends and family can confirm, and I can prove anytime in person, if I touch ANY Apple product made from aluminium, from the 12" PowerBook to the keyboard on the MacBook Air, within minutes, my skin will feel dry and begin to feel sensitive. After a few days, it will crack and bleed from the cracks, taking about a week or two to recover. I have researched this online and found a few references. Some believe it could be a coating used on Apple's aluminium products - even including the new Apple keyboard sold with the new iMacs.
For the last two years, since parting with my 12" PowerBook, I have used a MacBook and am currently using a lovely Mac Mini with a plastic 3rd party keyboard as a go between until the new MacBooks arrive.
My question is this: If the new MacBooks are what I am after (light, compact and at least as powerful as my former 2GHz MacBook) but made from aluminium, what are those of us alergic to aluminium Apple products going to do? Who else suffers from this condition? (I do plan to contact Apple on this at some point.) *Aloominum to those the other side of the Atlantic!
I'm really sick and tired of these so-called analysts. They're probably rehashing information they've read here and other blog sites, then try to put their spin on it as if they're going out on a limb or they're the first to announce it.
I remember a previous declaration of "50/50 chance of an update" in a previous news article... Now, that's confidence!
He probably heard of the previous references to the "1,2" and "1,1" in the new firmware releases, so it's easy for someone to now speak of a likely update to the iPod touch. And with all those spy shots of enclosures, a pre-teen fanboy would have come up with the same conclusions.
I remember a previous declaration of "50/50 chance of an update" in a previous news article... Now, that's confidence!
He probably heard of the previous references to the "1,2" and "1,1" in the new firmware releases, so it's easy for someone to now speak of a likely update to the iPod touch. And with all those spy shots of enclosures, a pre-teen fanboy would have come up with the same conclusions.
A Back lit Keyboard would be nice!
God yeah, that'd be nice. Means I could finally use it in the dark too
Well whadda ya know, ya learn something new everyday.
http://www.google.com/search?num=10...m=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=aluminum+allergy&spell=1
Or you know, you might be allergic to aluminium. Had a friend who had the same problem, not with Apple product, but most of the metals (Aluminium, steel, etc.). You should try to hold something made out of aluminium sold by another company see if it do the same thing.
Hi, as friends and family can confirm, and I can prove anytime in person, if I touch ANY Apple product made from aluminium, from the 12" PowerBook to the keyboard on the MacBook Air, within minutes, my skin will feel dry and begin to feel sensitive. After a few days, it will crack and bleed from the cracks, taking about a week or two to recover. I have researched this online and found a few references. Some believe it could be a coating used on Apple's aluminium products - even including the new Apple keyboard sold with the new iMacs.
For the last two years, since parting with my 12" PowerBook, I have used a MacBook and am currently using a lovely Mac Mini with a plastic 3rd party keyboard as a go between until the new MacBooks arrive.
My question is this: If the new MacBooks are what I am after (light, compact and at least as powerful as my former 2GHz MacBook) but made from aluminium, what are those of us alergic to aluminium Apple products going to do? Who else suffers from this condition? (I do plan to contact Apple on this at some point.) *Aloominum to those the other side of the Atlantic!
As you said I'm pretty sure it's the coating but I don't think Apple is going to change that -the only thing I could suggest would be to get a clear plastic cover for the places you're putting your hands - just be sure not to cover up any of the places that are primary heat dissipation points.
I am hoping for aluminum on the macbooks. I have debated going MBP to replace my ibook G4. I could not justify going with an MBP with the latch for closing, it feels like there have been impending updates for years now. I like metal. Sick of plastic. But in reality I don't doing anything special, so the $700 upgrade isn't really necessary maybe I'll be lucky. Hopefully updates come soon. I am itching for a new notebook and an updated iPod Touch!
It looks like updates are coming really soon. Hopefully I can hold out.
It looks like updates are coming really soon. Hopefully I can hold out.
God yeah, that'd be nice. Means I could finally use it in the dark too
Yep and I sure hope they come out with the LED back lit display too!
No new MacBook Pro? I could care less about the MacBook. I'm waiting to hear about a real laptop.
I don't believe you. I think you couldn't care less....
It might be a pain in the arse, but you could always use those disposable cheap latex gloves and perhaps cut some of the top half off or puncture the top half so your skin can breathe and not get all sweaty? Just a thought.
Bah - bought my macbook in April
bought my wife a mini two weeks ago
What I am looking for now is a sub-$1000 tablet for school (I only need it for 1 or 2 apps).
I bought a livescribe pen and I love it. however, it only works on XP and vista. The native mac client will not be out until the end of the year and then it will be a beta. Found out the hardway like everyone else that the livescribe will not work in Parallels, VM, or Crossover. It is only certified for Xp, Vista or those running through boot camp on a mac. I do not own any Windows machines now that my Dell died (except a work PC).
and since I am already running parallels, and have everything loaded on my mac - I really do not want to have to partition the hard drive and start over loading all my mac stuff and the little windows stuff I have left.
sigh......
And I really do not want to go out and buy some cheap-o windows laptop just for livescribe and word.
if there was only an inexpensive way to have my live scribe... All I want to do is use it as my tablet, and then transfer those images into Circus Ponies. Would be nice if I could transfer the audo too, but I would just be glad for the imaged pages right now and I could go back and listen to the missed audio to write down what it said.
bought my wife a mini two weeks ago
What I am looking for now is a sub-$1000 tablet for school (I only need it for 1 or 2 apps).
I bought a livescribe pen and I love it. however, it only works on XP and vista. The native mac client will not be out until the end of the year and then it will be a beta. Found out the hardway like everyone else that the livescribe will not work in Parallels, VM, or Crossover. It is only certified for Xp, Vista or those running through boot camp on a mac. I do not own any Windows machines now that my Dell died (except a work PC).
and since I am already running parallels, and have everything loaded on my mac - I really do not want to have to partition the hard drive and start over loading all my mac stuff and the little windows stuff I have left.
sigh......
And I really do not want to go out and buy some cheap-o windows laptop just for livescribe and word.
if there was only an inexpensive way to have my live scribe... All I want to do is use it as my tablet, and then transfer those images into Circus Ponies. Would be nice if I could transfer the audo too, but I would just be glad for the imaged pages right now and I could go back and listen to the missed audio to write down what it said.