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Mac Mini and iMac Product Part Numbers? Available Tomorrow?

Stridder44 said:
Actually you're the one who needs to wake up because if you were awake you'd of known that the iMac has used notebook components for a long time. Do you see Quad-Cores in notebooks yet (I'm not talking about the notebooks that get a 5 minute battery life)?
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There are low power quad cores that have been developed for 'all in one' PCs like the iMac. Intel released them in January. I've already seen a quad core iMac-clone from Philips.

On a related note, can anyone recommend a decent Core i7 PC, because I'm sick of being locked in to Apple hardware and not being given the option to buy an Apple machine with the specifications that I want. I love OS X, but I'm seriously thinking that being locked into a single manufacturer is a very bad thing. I may have to go for an i7 hackintosh, at least until Apple realise that they can't go on selling obsolete hardware at a huge premium.
 
iMacmatician said:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/
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How does that help again?


iMacmatician said:
Considering that the iMac already uses 55 W CPUs, somehow they couldn't improve the iMac's cooling to handle 65 W CPUs…which are more powerful and cheaper than the mobile dual-cores they would otherwise use.
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Amazing that Apple won't drop in a 65W TDP processor. Then again TDP is just a suggestion...

wyrdness said:
There are low power quad cores that have been developed for 'all in one' PCs like the iMac. Intel released them in January. I've already seen a quad core iMac-clone from Philips.
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Don't forget the mobile quad cores from last year either.

wyrdness said:
On a related note, can anyone recommend a decent Core i7 PC, because I'm sick of being locked in to Apple hardware and not being given the option to buy an Apple machine with the specifications that I want. I love OS X, but I'm seriously thinking that being locked into a single manufacturer is a very bad thing. I may have to go for an i7 hackintosh, at least until Apple realise that they can't go on selling obsolete hardware at a huge premium.
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Dell Studio XPS
 
Tallest Skil said:
Well, if they can manage a desktop chip in an iMac for once in I FORGET how long, more power to them.

But, being me, and Apple being Apple, I don't see it. :(
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Hey there is always that 1% chance. But given the fact that model numbers and specs have come out (and might even be the real deal), it's even more unlikely.

.005%? And yes, that number came right out of the air.
 
iMacmatician said:
They would use the latest technology, just not the latest high-end technology. And that can be a problem.

Nehalem should solve the FB-DIMM and memory bandwidth problem.
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Yah.

Sadly doesn't stop FB-DIMMs being stupidly expensive (cf DDR3). :(

Just it seems that for whatever reason - sticking to lower TDP CPUs for iMacs, there's a bigger-than-ever gap between the iMac and the high-end - a stroll round the highstreet shows Quad Core is regarded Mainstream these days.

Unless... Unless.....
 
rockosmodurnlif said:
I know but I can't afford a 17" much more to pay $50 on top of that.
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Wait till the 15" mbp is updated again and there is a 50% chance they will add the same upgrade option. Apple saw how much people needed an anti glare screen so they added the option to the new 17" but the 15" hasn't been made since their terrible decision back in late '08.
 
NT1440 said:
Cheapest mac around. There you go.

The mini is apples bottom of the barrel device, if you want cheaper, you dont want mac.
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I'm not sure what that has to do with my response.

Apple blew it by going with a design requiring laptop parts. If they had gone with desktop parts, they could have made the box better, or cheaper, or both. As it is, the mini has long been extremely uncompetitive - it fails at being cheap and it fails at having decent specs.
 
jackjason said:
http://i.gizmodo.com/5162911/what-is-inside-this-huge-mystery-box


WTF???
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Interesting. The Apple remote and California reference seem to confirm Appleness. Using the shoes as a guide, the box looks a bit too big for an iMac (unless super padded). New Mac Pro or 30" Cinema Display perhaps? Or maybe the new Mac mini, but Apple messed up on the packaging ;)

Oh and if it's ultra-heavy embargo and it turns out to be an iMac, people obviously aren't doing as they're told at Apple ;)
 
cheradenine said:
Yah.

Sadly doesn't stop FB-DIMMs being stupidly expensive (cf DDR3). :(

Just it seems that for whatever reason - sticking to lower TDP CPUs for iMacs, there's a bigger-than-ever gap between the iMac and the high-end - a stroll round the highstreet shows Quad Core is regarded Mainstream these days.

Unless... Unless.....
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$24/GB is stupidly expensive?
 
milo said:
Sorry, but I'm going to differ on that one. I'd argue that the mini design, specifically requiring the use of laptop parts (especially optical and hard drive) is one of the biggest design blunders Apple has made in recent years.
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We'll just have to agree to disagree. If these new minis are Teh Realz, I predict they will fly off the shelves.

I happen to know that at least two will fly off the shelves and into my house to replace my remaining Windows PCs. :cool:

I'd get just one, but I'm betting the 9400 would be enough to reasonably run Spore and that means I'll never get my son off that one. :eek:

:apple:
 
milo said:
I'm not sure what that has to do with my response.

Apple blew it by going with a design requiring laptop parts. If they had gone with desktop parts, they could have made the box better, or cheaper, or both. As it is, the mini has long been extremely uncompetitive - it fails at being cheap and it fails at having decent specs.
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And after the update im sure the sales numbers will be dismal right?:rolleyes:

Apple continues to flourish, as much as every spec jockey says they will fail for not giving average joe complete overkill for his needs.
 
Why would they give the Mini 5 USB ports when the iMac only has 3? Only the Mac Pro has 5.

Why would they give it 1 MDP and 1 Mini DVI?

Why would they give it Firewire 800? What happened to Firewire 400?

None of this makes any sense.
 
I was just going to post that Gizmodo thing. Anyone willing to assume an AppleTV? (One with an LCD)

mystery-big-box.jpg
 
I can believe that it will come out tomorrow because its on hardmac, but the spy shots do not look accurate at all.

White Plastic? 5 USB ports? It doesn't make any sense to me.
 
BlizzardBomb said:
Interesting. The Apple remote and California reference seem to confirm Appleness. Using the shoes as a guide, the box looks a bit too big for an iMac (unless super padded). New Mac Pro or 30" Cinema Display perhaps? Or maybe the new Mac mini, but Apple messed up on the packaging ;)

Oh and if it's ultra-heavy embargo and it turns out to be an iMac, people obviously aren't doing as they're told at Apple ;)
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Nehalem X2?
 
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