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Live Coverage of the Apple Media Event (August 7, 2007)

I don't see the problem with the iMac video cards. ATi HD 2600XT is a pretty good mid to high end card. DirectX 10 support too. I've very happy with the redesign. Roll on Rev B. :p
 
jsw said:
I'm certain the GPU is more than adequate for my tasks. If gaming's what you're after, get a PC or a Pro, or realize that the iMac will do an adequate job on most games anyway. The form factor is why many people buy it, and shoving a GPU with it's own fan in there would adversely affect that.
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I don't see why the iMac can't meet both our needs. The previous version had BTO upgradable graphics and I am hoping beyond hope that they will do that again.
 
cornerdealy said:
this may be a stupid question, but if i order ilife and iwork '08 today, will it work with leopard when i eventually get it? I'm guessing there wont be 2 versions of those suites, but I just want to be sure...
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"We've got iLife '08, .Mac, iWork '08, all work with Tiger, all will work with Leopard when we introduce it later this year."
 
"Why are you not participating in Intel Inside program and not putting stickers on your Macs?"



Please revoke this persons press pass in future years for wasting valuable time.
 
Abercrombieboy said:
Actually I am more excited about Office 2008 coming then this new iWork. Laugh at me...call me an idiot...whatever you want, but I want a product that I KNOW will work right when I email a file to people with Windows. You can say...convert this or convert that...but I just like something that works. That is the Apple approach.

No matter what iWork is still a lightweight compared to Office. I don't give much credit to Microsoft, but people saying that they want to force Microsoft to dump Office for the Mac is stupid. Not saying that you said it, but a lot of fanboys do.
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I' not in the corporate world any longer - i'm cool NOT being on Office.

I've been using NeoOffice since i got my MBP in Feb, i'm happy with it!

But i'll get a copy of iWork now that it has a spreadsheet.

The price - you can't beat it!
 
frick said:
The video card in the new iMac is a piece of trash. If gaming doesn't float your boat, you have no worries, but if you think you're going to be able to play even 1-2 year old games at the native resolution of the iMac's LCD display, think again:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3023&p=8

The above chart shows the results of a Prey timedemo running at 1600x1200. Prey was released over a year ago and is based on the Doom 3 engine, which was released in 2004. Since the result of a timedemo is an average framerate, you want to see results of 50-60 fps so that you can be sure you're not dipping down below 30 fps very often (which would cause the game to stutter). As you can see, the Radeon HD 2400 XT is at the very bottom of the chart with 14 fps, and the 2600 Pro is second to last with 25 fps. Note that the 2600 Pro does not even run the game as fast as the nVidia 7600 GT that was available in the last-generation 24'' iMac.

So much for Apple's games initiative... what a load of crock.
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Perhaps they'll be upgradable? Or a higher option? This does seem a bit sh*tty...
 
Overall, a nice release of new products. We can finally get our hands on the new iLife and iWork.

The new iMacs will sell like hot cakes!!!
 
A new mini?

Jason Chen: Q: How is the Mac Mini doing? And are you updating it? A: We are refreshing the Mac Mini and making it even faster. It's already in the online store.
 
It's slightly sad that something more appealing wasn't revealed.
This is all stuff we had hoped to see released in January, then April, then June.

Not bad, but I would have loved to have seen something truly great, like multitouch iMac. Maybe a new iSight to replace the old one that was chopped last December. But iLife and iWork are very good.
 
TraceyS/FL said:
I' not in the corporate world any longer - i'm cool NOT being on Office.

I've been using NeoOffice since i got my MBP in Feb, i'm happy with it!

But i'll get a copy of iWork now that it has a spreadsheet.

The price - you can't beat it!
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Yeah...my second job is in the National Guard and as a Commander of a unit I spend a lot of time working with Office documents. The US Government is an MS Office world.
 
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