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

24" iMac (top of the line)

* 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme
* 2GB memory
* 500GB hard drive1
* 8x double-layer SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory

Ships: 3-5 business days
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$2,299.00


Mac Mini (top of the line)
* 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB memory
* 120GB hard drive1

Ships: Within 24 hours
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$799.00
 
Dude!!!

The Wired Keyboard after looking at the site has ton of keys just like a VT Keyboard... I am so getting one, once the store lets me in...
 
Multimedia said:
  • Video Card Offerings Are WEAK and seriously obsolete - Not Direct X 10 compatible at all.
  • Motherboard designed in 2005 is due for major update called Stoakley-Seaburg
  • That and Harpertown 45 nm processors are shipping this last half of this year
  • Blue-ray/HD DVD±RW drives are an overdue option
  • Dual 4 Core total 8 Core Clovertowns and soon Harpertowns now/will cost same as Dual 2 Core Woodcrests did to date
  • Refresh way overdue
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Good point. I was just thinking "My Mac Pro is safe, pretty up to date. All I need is a new Aluminum Cinema Display to replace my almost three year old 23" model". Thanks for bursting my bubble. lol :eek:
 
Man I have been having one heck of a time getting that iMac ad to load completely.

EDIT: Ah much better now. All of the iMac pages seem to be up and working fine now.
 
jellomizer said:
The Wired Keyboard after looking at the site has ton of keys just like a VT Keyboard... I am so getting one, once the store lets me in...
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I am too. I love the space between the keys. Ever since I used a MacBook keyboard, I've wanted them to do this. I'll make a lot fewer typing mistakes now.
 
I am a bit bummed that they took the apple icon off of the command key on the keyboards now. Its not needed, but its just been there for so long.
 
thank god for the C2D 2.0ghz mac mini! theres my next purchase anyway, same speed as my bro's macbook he got a few months back.
 
ThunderLounge said:
24" iMac (top of the line)

* 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme
* 2GB memory
* 500GB hard drive1
* 8x double-layer SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory

Ships: 3-5 business days
Free Shipping
$2,299.00
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For $2,299 I can get a Mac Pro with my student discount. Granted, I'd need a display as well, but I'd be getting more for my money with a Mac Pro (more speed, more RAM, more HDD space, upgradeability).

I like the iLife '08 update, I'll be getting that, and possibly a new keyboard to go with my Mac Pro system. However, no ACD updates, no mouse update with the keyboard, .Mac is eh, so so. Over all, very anti-climatic. Did the keyboard need more refreshing than the display line? I don't think so.
 
Deefuzz said:
Man I have been having one heck of a time getting that iMac ad to load completely.
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Loaded fine for me, but Store is back down.

I REALLY REALLY wanted a better video card! Argh... The 2.8GHz C2E is more than I was expecting though, so I suppose it's a tradeoff. Too bad it's not quad... Probably would've presented heat issues.

What is the 2.8GHz C2E codename of this chip?
 
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For those who were concerned :)
 
Excel is History?

I dunno. Excel is pretty much the only good, solid software that MS makes IMO.

I was terribly disappointed in the iWork announcements in that other than putting Numbers in and making a "word processor mode" option for Pages there is not much new here at all. I work in pretty much an all-mac environment of 300-400 individuals who have been using Apple computers since Apple Classic days, and no-one, no-one uses iWork for anything.

You can't actually use iWeb to make any kind of decent WebPage, because you can't ever get at the code. It's basically a way for your Mum to make web pages. Similarly, Pages only works for you if you have never used a word processor or a typewriter in your life. The metaphor is (again) more in line for an adult, non-technical user with no computer experience (your Mum again or perhaps Nan). While the addition of Numbers and the Word Processor mode of Pages are welcome, the way Steve breezed over them like that just makes me think that iWork is not likely an Office competitor even now.

Have to use it to be sure of course, but this was *the* moment when an Office competitor from Apple would make the most traction IMO. Unless iWork is way more robust than it looks, they might have dropped the ball here. Apple is in sore need of some "serious" apps that are not just for Mum and the kids. Not everyone just wants to make movies of washing the doggy. They have the high end apps for creative types like FinalCut Pro and Aperture, but nothing in this category for anyone else.

Outside of the Pro apps, this entire category of "serious" applications is filled by two "outside" vendors, Microsoft (for Office) and Adobe (for CS Suite). These are arguably the worst companies in the software business and the apps they make are expensive bloated ports of bloated, poorly coded Windows junk. IMO the market is wide-open right now for replacements for these two aging purveyors of crap software.

I truly *hope* that iWork is now an "Office competitor," but nothing about today's announcement makes me confident that it is.
 
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