Yeah...it hauls arse but if the Radeon HD 4870 is available as BTO they may redeem themselves
Especially since it have just been reduced to $149, although with our luck it may run us $299
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Yeah...it hauls arse but if the Radeon HD 4870 is available as BTO they may redeem themselves
Especially since it have just been reduced to $149, although with our luck it may run us $299
No more combo drives on the Mac mini-now all minis will come with SuperDrives, it seems (I've predicted this previously).
Prices better drop for the iMac revision. This is absolutely crappy if they are gonna keep the same prices. The Core 2 Duo's aren't even 'up to date' ... let's see Quad Cores... NOW! And I'm also hoping for a better graphics card for gaming... Lets see how it goes in the morning...
You won't ever buy a computer then. Actually it normally takes a long time for Apple to update computers. Any other brand does so much faster. 4 months is a reasonable time and, remember, if your computer was good for you yesterday, it will be good for you today, no matter how many other computers are released today.
Ummm. No.
GHz is not the be all and end all. a 2.26GHz Quad Core is faster than a 2.66GHz Dual Core. My 3GHz Pentium 4 PeeCee is pathetic compared to my 2.4GHz Dual Core iMac. It's not all about GHz!!
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That definitely sounds like a nice upgrade. I had been asking questions about how to do such a thing, and Apple goes and fixes it. Still not enough to justify spending $180 on a new one with the old one working well, but a great upgrade.
Since it looks like the Mac Mini will have a 2Ghz C2D chip, I hope all the overreactors at the Intel Atom rumor will wash the pee out of their pants and comprehend what an unsubstantiated rumor is. It was a rumor without any logic that got a lot of people's panties in a wad. It was akin to "Apple to phase out OS X, run Windows on new Macs."
Anyone think we'll see more competitive pricing? I think they'll probably keep the price points but a small reduction would be nice.
I see that MacOSrumours are a lone voice still promoting the idea that the iMac update will have Core i7 desktop chips in them:
http://macosrumors.com/2009/03/02/march-24-apple-event/
It's a nice idea but everyone else points to a definite no on this - personally think we'll see the Nehalem chips in the next iMac update.
http://macosrumors.com/2009/03/02/march-24-apple-event/
It's a nice idea but everyone else points to a definite no on this - personally think we'll see the Nehalem chips in the next iMac update.
The server grade chips in the Mac Pro do a LOT more processing per clock cycle than a mobile low power chip in the laptops. Then you have the fact that there are 8 high performing cores in the Mac Pro compared to the 2 low power cores in the laptops.
Very big difference.
Seriously, you're giving them a 'thank you' for that update? You must be one hell of a nice guy
Nearly a year for the iMac to be updated, and it looks like the only thing 'new' they might get is the same gfx card as the macbook pro. That's pretty slack in my book...
I'm guessing that there will be a major update in 6 months, this is just to brush up the product specs before the i7 redesign
talk about an anti-climax...
No AppleTV? Too bad...
Hope something in the direction of an AppleTV and/or a home server is in the pipeline...
Unless MacMini and AppleTV become one (which I don't think will ever happen because of Hollywood's concerns about piracy).
Hope something in the direction of an AppleTV and/or a home server is in the pipeline...
Unless MacMini and AppleTV become one (which I don't think will ever happen because of Hollywood's concerns about piracy).
Seriously, you're giving them a 'thank you' for that update? You must be one hell of a nice guy
I wasn't serious at all.
Well the 2.66 and a 2.26 are both slower than the baseline Mac Pro's now, so might be a xMac
We can only hope... as to silence those who have forever harped on about the mythical computer
We can only hope... as to silence those who have forever harped on about the mythical computer
What in the name of Nasdaq is an xMac???
The difference is purely in the amounts of CPU(s), cores, and cache. The current Mac Pro Xeon's use exactly the same CPU cores as a laptop chip -- there is not some magical addition that allows them to process more per clock cycle..
If the 9600m GT is in the high end iMac, I will not to be happy. The current 8800GS is a better card than this, is it not?
OMG, what a whiner you are. You expect Apple to stop bringing out newer, faster, better models just so that you can feel good about your purchase a little bit longer? Get a grip. Your purchase was obviously worth your dime, and it will continue to be for a long time.
Bring on the mini, I've been waiting!
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OUR CHEAPEST MACS EVER!!!...
hopefully a price reduction if the updates are small in this 'economic climate'.
OUR CHEAPEST MACS EVER!!!...
hopefully a price reduction if the updates are small in this 'economic climate'.
I don't know if 8-core standard is new or not, but nothing else is new. Certainly not the new Nehalem Mac Pros..