They have and $400 gets you a craptacular computer that needs to be upgraded AND re-installed the moment it comes out of the box just so it is usable...
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They have and $400 gets you a craptacular computer that needs to be upgraded AND re-installed the moment it comes out of the box just so it is usable...
No Thank You!
Why would the Mac Mini and Time Capsule require such a big box?
It has to be the 24" iMac then.
Thats the reason I don't beleive the packaging, apple is going green, no way theyd use shrink wrap on the outside packaging of the mini when its not used on either of the macbooks.
Exactly, and making the mini bigger could allow for cheaper desktop components like 3.5" HDDs so everybody wins really.
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Those are the model numbers with placeholder bits and bobs. Nice find.
Is it just me or is 24in for the 'mass market' model seem kinda large? I am typing this on my 17in iMac and consider myself to be kind of a power user compared to most people and I just think 24in would be kind of big for even me. Of course I would love a 20in, but I think the 24in is just a little too much for me, but I am sure I could adjust. 
The model numbers seem to line up with some of those in the first post of this thread. Chicken-egg? Or meaningful...?
Is it just me or is 24in for the 'mass market' model seem kinda large? I am typing this on my 17in iMac and consider myself to be kind of a power user compared to most people and I just think 24in would be kind of big for even me. Of course I would love a 20in, but I think the 24in is just a little too much for me, but I am sure I could adjust.
It's not as large as you think. I have a 22" monitor at home and you get used to it quickly. Most people will adjust and then think a 17" screen is small. (I know I did and do.)
BTW - there was an update to the Gizmodo box thing... the guy now says:
(It's not a TV)
(It's not a portable)
(It's not a dead hooker, you psychos)
(It's not a Real Dollthey come in bigger boxes)
I'll buy the mac mini if it is 399. I don't think basic configuration would be worth 500 dollars. Otherwise, I'll wait for Windows 7. I really want to try a mac, but not a ridiculous high price.
That would be cool, but even just with TOSLINK it will be pretty darn good, unless you are on the bleeding edge of 7.1 audio processing, and have a brand new receiver than can pull the Audio out of the video cabling.
I would have my HT mac split anyway. The mac would sit with my audio components, and be cabled with optical to my receiver, and cabled separately for video.
FW800 is a nice touch, and will make it nice for use with a FW800 Drobo, or something. Unless one goes with a Network-Attached storage device.
I hope the case is easily accessed, with screws, rather than a putty-knife. The internal 2.5 can be changed out to a fast SSD to run the OS(s) and sharing, and off-load the main storage to external redundant backup, like a Drobo, or some other array, or a more centralized large-cap file-server via gigabit ethernet.
As long as this has the video horsepower to actually display HD-grade local video, and good-quality streaming video without major issues...
Something that I can hook an eyeTV tuner and video encoder, a Griffin RadioShark, and other HTPC type equipment to, and control with an IR remote, and bluetooth keyboard and mouse.
Oh, and to run another one as a dual-monitor workstation, and a third as a headless mini-server.
No they haven't and no it doesn't. I sell computers and I know exactly what $400 gets you these days.
I'm sure Apple don't see it like that. The current line-up covers all bases - low budget, mid-range with little need for internal expansion (but excellent external expansion options of 2nd monitor, Firewire etc), or high end with good expansion.
Anyone that wants something that these don't provide must be a very small minority (but probably a very vocal minority - given how often people post about the xMac!).
Since the turn around that Apple made in the mid to late 90's they have deliberately kept their product line lean as it's the most cost effective way to run the business. Adding an 'xMac' would make the product line unnecessarily bloated and complicated.
I can somewhat confirm these new iMacs, even though i havent really seen them, I work at UPS and we get air shipments and as of late we have been getting these big boxes from apple, we take them off because they are important to the company. My guess is that its the 24inch, these boxes seemed different from the other apple product boxes we get through UPS.
But more often it is utter garbage.
I'll believe it when I see it. It COULD be accurate. But, not likely. The updates are coming sometime.
Are they by chance made of wood?
In what way do they differ from the current 24" iMac boxes?
I would love to see iMac with a 22" or 20" screen and 1920 by 1200 px resolution. I sold my 24" Samsung screen, I think the resolution was a bit too low for that kind of size.
And please, with a fw 800 and 400 port. Last but not least, support for BluRay in OS X, maybe Ill order this slimline Bluray drive for 99$.
When is Nahalem supposed to come out? Thats what Im waiting for, I read that Nahalem alone is a huge upgrade. Add SSD to your system, and youll be flying.
And please, with a fw 800 and 400 port. Last but not least, support for BluRay in OS X, maybe Ill order this slimline Bluray drive for 99$.
When is Nahalem supposed to come out? Thats what Im waiting for, I read that Nahalem alone is a huge upgrade. Add SSD to your system, and youll be flying.
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Funny, you just described the mac mini! Except that when you buy it from apple it costs $599...
Oh, I'm sure apple sees it exactly the way they want to see it. But Apple isn't the one in a store deciding what computer to buy. And no, I don't buy into the notion that adding ONE model would make the product line so confusing (especially considering that apple currently sells FIVE models of iPod but only two headless desktops). And you conveniently ignored the idea of apple turning the mini into a real desktop with real desktop parts (or sell an xMac INSTEAD of a mini, since it could easily have a configuration that is the same price or cheaper) - really, what would be the big downside of that?
Is it just me or is 24in for the 'mass market' model seem kinda large? I am typing this on my 17in iMac and consider myself to be kind of a power user compared to most people and I just think 24in would be kind of big for even me. Of course I would love a 20in, but I think the 24in is just a little too much for me, but I am sure I could adjust.
Once you get one, you'll never go back to 17" displays.
Is there any indication it is anything Apple made? I see nothing on the site saying it has anything to do with Apple. That wood box might be carrying bat guano.
