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More from Apple this Week?

fidel castro said:
First post from a future partial switcher (I have a home built 3ghz pc...when you don't deal with the dell crap, they're not so bad). I am kind of stuck right now, I need to get a powerbook before september, so I can't wait till the Paris show (which I am planning on attending), but I want to pick up a 12" Powerbook. Through a good friend I have 25% off, so I am not worried about a price drop. I heard from another friend of the possibility of a better Powerbook update in June...is that gonna happen, or should I just order it now and enjoy? Any advice would be great.
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I say go for it now. There won't be any updates to the PB line in June. That's just too soon considering they were just updated at the end of Jan. Get it now and enjoy it. If something comes out (I'm guessing MW Paris?), you could alway eBay it and you'd probably break even since you're getting a 25 percent discount.

Would your friend by any chance be an Apple store employee? 25 percent off is very very good. Can I be his/her friend too? :D
 
all this is great but...

updated hardware is nice and more possible music stores are cool but what is calling for an iTunes update to 4.8? There haven't been any problems to my knowledge, what new features will this bring?
 
Specs

Hi there,

we will see iMacs and eMacs tomorrow with the following Specs:
eMac :
1,42 Ghz G4
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 64MB
80 GB HD 7200
DVD-CD-RW
Software: iLife, iWorks, Mac OS 10.4.0 + Games

iMac :
iMac 17":
G5 1,8 GHz
512 MB Ram
160 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Combo Drive

iMac 17":
G5 2,0 GHz
512 MB Ram
160 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Superdrive

iMac 20":
G5 2,0 GHz
512 MB Ram
250 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Superdrive

Cheers
 
CmdrLaForge said:
Hi there,

we will see iMacs and eMacs tomorrow with the following Specs:
eMac :
1,42 Ghz G4
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 64MB
80 GB HD 7200
DVD-CD-RW
Software: iLife, iWorks, Mac OS 10.4.0 + Games

iMac :
iMac 17":
G5 1,8 GHz
512 MB Ram
160 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Combo Drive

iMac 17":
G5 2,0 GHz
512 MB Ram
160 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Superdrive

iMac 20":
G5 2,0 GHz
512 MB Ram
250 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Superdrive

Cheers
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Why would the eMac get iWork and no others :confused:
 
cosmoed said:
It doesn't look very bright for iBooks this batch, what I would do in your situation is wait till the end of the week (or when ever you need to order it by) and order it. You will enjoy it no matter what. It does however look pretty grim for ibook this week.

Maybe you could shell out a little more for a PB?
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i'm afraid the ibook is the only one i'm able to afford
i do hope it has tiger onboard, that's what i do want, and that's what i've waited for, i'll call my local apple store tomorrow about this
the ram-upgrade is the other thing i'm waiting for, thought it only costs an extra 30 euros if you will do it by yourself, and i dont't thinks doing it myself will be a lot of trouble
 
I agree with CmdrLaForge.

Any specs higher than 2.0 GHz, or any better grfx card than a Radeon 9600 will suprise me.
Maybe, just maybe, the SuperDrives will be 16x Dual Layer drives.....
 
New iMacs will be out this week FOR SURE!

Been saying that for months...man I feel so used.

All the same, as soon as it's out, it's mine!
 
Fabio said:
It seems there are no imminent upgrades for the PB line so it really depends on your needs. If you buy it now you get a great peace of hardware anyway, the aluminum series has been on the market for a while by now and you should be relatively sure you get a mature product whilst getting the very latest interface ports.
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I wouldn't bet on that - I just got an Aluminum PB two weeks ago. Mine is doing relatively good (except for the dead pixel in the middle of the screen and the fan being constantly on, which seems to be one of the bugs re-introduced by Tiger - had been fixed in 10.3.9). A colleague of mine got his on the same day but his still has the bad trackpad. They still haven't fixed that.

Plus: if you're planning on using Tiger, make sure you get 1gb of RAM. Mine was running very fast using Panther and 512mb - but Tiger made me go to the store and buy another 512mb because the harddisk was constantly rattling, which in turn shortened battery time by about 30%. And no, this had nothing to do with Spotlight indexing.
 
CmdrLaForge said:
Hi there,

we will see iMacs and eMacs tomorrow with the following Specs:
eMac :
1,42 Ghz G4
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 64MB
80 GB HD 7200
DVD-CD-RW
Software: iLife, iWorks, Mac OS 10.4.0 + Games
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I would hope for at least that and maybe a 1.5GHz given the eMac may have another year before updates. I still figure a low end G5 has to come sometime.

iWorks would suprise me.

iMac :
iMac 17":
G5 1,8 GHz
512 MB Ram
160 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Combo Drive
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80gig for this basic model is my view
64 Meg video with 128 meg option, again because its an entry model...Apple are slow to push up vram. I do wish though that the did go 128 across the board (logic board that is ;))

iMac 17":
G5 2,0 GHz
512 MB Ram
160 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Superdrive

iMac 20":
G5 2,0 GHz
512 MB Ram
250 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Superdrive

Cheers
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20" looks right on the money to me. Anything less would be disappointing.
 
CmdrLaForge said:
Hi there,

we will see iMacs and eMacs tomorrow with the following Specs:
eMac :
1,42 Ghz G4
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 64MB
80 GB HD 7200
DVD-CD-RW
Software: iLife, iWorks, Mac OS 10.4.0 + Games

iMac :
iMac 17":
G5 1,8 GHz
512 MB Ram
160 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Combo Drive

iMac 17":
G5 2,0 GHz
512 MB Ram
160 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Superdrive

iMac 20":
G5 2,0 GHz
512 MB Ram
250 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Superdrive

Cheers
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Looks pretty much like thats what we are all hoping for... maybe the 128mb vr is supposed to differentiate from the mini? Anyways im seriously considering replacing my iMac, or getin another to sit along side it. One more thing... i hope that they get rid of the blank white space! i would be ok with an extra .3 inches thick, its not like im carrying it around. :cool:
 
whats the likelyhood of more better video cardz in teh iMacs?


iMac 20":
G5 2,0 GHz
512 MB Ram
250 GB S-ATA HD
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Superdrive


this is more likely consumer wet dream than mac reality
 
Montserrat said:
As Nermal Pointed out I should also be keeping my fingers crossed for NZ and Denmark - Go you guys too.

I was looking at the QT 7 Pro page and one of the features struck me as a possible addition to iTunes 4.8

New AAC constant-quality mode. Create AAC audio files optimized for constant quality for a consistently high-quality listening experience.

Maybe VBR AAC encoding in iTunes 4.8? Here's a hopin'

(Keepin' those fingers crossed)
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There is indeed VBR AAC in the audio options with QT7Pro.
 
cosmoed said:
I doubt iBooks will get updated in this coming batch. Most rumor sites agree and the iBook ships in 1-2 buisness days, whereas the iMac and the eMac are still 5-7.

But who knows.
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Steve must know! Let's ask him! :D
 
theFly said:
Anyone think that perhaps Apple will use iTunes 4.8 as a platform to push out the new version of QT to Windows users? And of course, don't forget that 4.8 has to have a fix to the Harmony issue.
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What I want is for them to fix the damn gaps between tracks. Ripping them as "joined tracks" just doesn't work, you lose the actual tracks in the process.

Exemple: if you rip tracks 1-3 as joined tracks and the other as single tracks, you can no longer skip to tracks 2 and 3 and it shows up as tracks 1,4,5,6,etc in iTunes. How dumb is that?! :mad:
 
aswitcher said:
Waiting for TS to say something more...
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Yeah, I'm waiting for TS to give an updated report on the iMac. Two weeks ago they said "within two weeks." The last item, posted Apr 28, says iMacs "around the corner." I want to know if this is this Tuesday corner or 2 weeks from now corner. Desperately waiting for a new iMac!!!!!
 
rockthecasbah said:
updated hardware is nice and more possible music stores are cool but what is calling for an iTunes update to 4.8? There haven't been any problems to my knowledge, what new features will this bring?
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As I said earlier: they still haven't fixed the damn gap when playing tracks. See my previous post for the specifics of the problem.
 
nate13 said:
Maybe the 128MB VRAM is supposed to differentiate from the mini?
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The Mac mini has a Radeon 9200/32MB. The eMac and iMac don't need 128MB VRAM if that's only to differenciate them from the mini.

I do wish the entry models (Mac mini, eMac, iBook) had 64MB, iMac had 128MB and PowerBook/PowerMac had 128MB/256MB.
 
easymac800g4 said:
i cant wait to see what they are gonna do with these new imacs, i need a new computer and really want to move to a G5 but the powermacs get too expensive, too quick, But you gotta admit, the price of the dual 2.0 is sweet, especially after the EDU markdown.
wish i could afford it at this moment
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I agree totally. I am very interested in the updated imacs. If they top out at over 2Gightz I believe I will use my edu discount.
 
I'm interested to see what exactly Apple does in terms of eMac updates. I am also surprised there is nothing on iBook updates yet though, as they're definitely due. Guess we'll see...
 
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