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

[jellomizer]

"Introduced multitouch on iPhone, what about for the Mac?"

Steve: "Makes sense for the iPhone, not sure it makes sense in the Mac. Classify that as a research project."

Honestly a multitouch iMac wouldn't be that useful if you use the demo iPhones at the Apple Store you see how they are unresponsive compared to using a mouse, trackpad or keyboard, even bluetooth. Also there will be limited use and hard on the hand... No real benefit with the current technology, yet... The iPhone is a better use of the technology just because it helps maximize screen use and functionally but it is a technology that still needs some cleanup work.

 

[mongoos150]

New iMac is online!

Not yet it's not.

 

[devman]

"Steve: "Makes sense for the iPhone, not sure it makes sense in the Mac. Classify that as a research project."

I'm going to permanently leave this on my clipboard for every time some nut job suggests a multi-touch iMac.

it won't stop them.

(but I wish it would)

 

[suneohair]

it's over. iMac page is up!

It was up!!! I saw the ad!!! Some song with some do-do-dos. Very cool!

EDIT: Its back! Gone again!

 

[smythey]

The iMacs were OK. The stonewash brigade, however, was all the way lame.
<snip photo>

They look like a fugly boy-band to me....

 

[mrfrosty]

Can "They are updating the mini" become a new kind of chant for macrumors?
For those who remember the 80's comedy "the young ones" it's getting kind of like "Oh, have we got a video ?"

 

[moonzilla]

where's the < 15.4" MBP??

 

[Cloudane]

OK OK. I can still see Multitouch as an interesting idea for the desktop in the future, *in addition* to the existing keyboard and mouse of course. I can see him arranging windows with his fingers and flicking through photos in iPhoto '09 already.

 

[Mysrt]

it cant be over, what was under the sheet ppl were posting about?

 

[Aperture]

No it isn't.

Yes it is.

As is iLife & iWork.

 

[mongoos150]

I didn't see the x1600 on that list.

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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.

 

[mongoos150]

Yes it is.

As is iLife & iWork.

Still showing the old iMacs on my end. It's not.

 

[ezzie]

it's over. iMac page is up!

not for me...not yet anyway.

EDIT: as i typed that, of course it showed up! nevermind me!

 

[DakotaGuy]

New iMacs available on Apple Website

Not from what I can see. All I am greeted with is the iPhone. Which I am sure will continue to occupy the front page. The store is still down and the iMac page still shows the old one.

EDIT: Oh now it is!!! NICE, but the black plastic rear looks CHEAP!!!!!!!!!

 

[chr1s60]

I was at Apple.com and it showed the new iMac but when I refreshed it was gone.

 

[drchipinski]

What Apple site are you on?

 

[Architect4122]

Acd

Of the many ACDs I've seen people use, they usually use it at an angle or in a way that an iSight may make it difficult to either use the iSight or the display. Not everyone looks at the screen perpendicularly.

side note: I got my ACD within the last 3 days thinking it safe -- as this event was over the iMac, so also, I would be a little mad

 

[goosnarrggh]

All speculation.

Yep. So is the idea the it will immediately supplant Excel in terms of feature-richness.

In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say that Numbers cannot immediately supplant Excel as an industry standard (even if it beats Excel on every feature-for-feature comparison) for the same reason that Pages hasn't supplanted Word: Perception of interoperability, and brand recognition.

Now, it has been known to happen from time to time. (Anybody remember Lotus 1-2-3?) But it's usually an evolutionary process.

 

[Mysrt]

store is up

EDIT: my page froze halfway through load of store... maybe its my bad comp at work or maybe i lied

 

[mrfrosty]

Internal server error on the UK page.....oops !

 

[kellen]

Up on mac pages, not store pages. Says it can get a 2.8 extreme processor. I at least was a little confused between the reports of 2.4 and 2.8.

 

[monke]

Wow! Amazing event.

Passed my expectations by far!

 

[metallicaisgood]

 

[kellen]

store up

 

[Roderick Usher]

Why do so many people care about mac mini? It always seemed kinda dumb to me.

It's important that Apple have a true entry-level option - one that meets the widely-accepted concept of "entry-level" - and the percentage of their userbase that actually buys it has surprisingly little to do with it.