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It'd be swell if Apple released new iMacs soon. They're hopefully going to be ordering me one at work within the next month, and I'd be pissed if they came out with an update right after 
I have to drive into Chicago on Wednesday - it would be great if they had the new iMacs then so I'd go and pick one up. Its too bad they didn't release them for the Tiger event.....
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I get on well with my local apple dealer and dropped in for a look at the tiger release on Friday night
Told him I was in the market for a new IMac
He said under the counter hang on, they are due in to stock in the next few days
asked him if we had the usual deal and he said yes
He'll buy me a bottle of wilfd turkey if they do not turn up
That's money in the bank for me
So I placed an order sight unseen
Went to Donmayne and they are giving all sorts of goodies away free of charge with the purchase of the last 6 IMacs they have in stock
That to me is a sure sign of a new model hitting Australian Apple stores this week
Told him I was in the market for a new IMac
He said under the counter hang on, they are due in to stock in the next few days
asked him if we had the usual deal and he said yes
He'll buy me a bottle of wilfd turkey if they do not turn up
That's money in the bank for me
So I placed an order sight unseen
Went to Donmayne and they are giving all sorts of goodies away free of charge with the purchase of the last 6 IMacs they have in stock
That to me is a sure sign of a new model hitting Australian Apple stores this week
Hopefully I helped the iMac revision release a bit. I've been holding off on buying 10.4 because I've been waiting to get a new iMac. For whatever reason 10.3.9 has been poison on my Mac so I was looking at a weekend getting it back to 10.3.8 and I just couldn't see doing that with a new OS out so I gave in and bought it.
So I'm figuring now that I've spent $99 on Tiger (Fry's.... pretty decent price) new iMac should be released any time.
So I'm figuring now that I've spent $99 on Tiger (Fry's.... pretty decent price) new iMac should be released any time.
What's new in iSync
Just found this ...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iSync/2.0/en/wn.html
Just found this ...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iSync/2.0/en/wn.html
Note: If you have iTunes 4.8 or later installed, you use iTunes, not iSync, to transfer contacts and calendars to your iPod. For more information, open iTunes and choose Help > "iTunes and Music Store Help."
theFly said:
Yes and yes. The thing I don't understand is how Apple differentiates version upgrades from the little bits and pieces it pushes out when you load up iTunes. (I'm not a code jockey, but I'm pretty sure I've read that Apple sometimes pushes out small updates that load when you open iTMS. Call me crazy.) Seems like Apple could bust Harmony and update its DRM everytime you surf iTMS.
I suspect Apple is saving iTunes 5 for the next iPod revision -- probably June at WWDC or September in Paris. Give me:
* Heiarchical playlist folders similar to iPhoto's folders.
* A 99-cent credit toward an album for purchasing a single on that album. (I would buy more albums if this were the case.)
* Alias song info, I can have a song from the OC mix also show up on the album it came from.
Here's hoping iTunes supports AAC-Plus streaming format so I can listen to Minneapolis' 89.3 The Current (Minnesota Public Radio music station) on the web.
I really hope that the imacs are out soon. I can't stand waiting any longer. I NEED my new imac!!!
As long as the new iTunes has folders ala iPhoto5, I will be the happiest Apple Customer in the world: my Christmas playlists are out of control, and look how easy it is to use the triangle tabs when looking through the complete U2 on the iTMS.
It's getting harder and harder to defend Apple. My friends are VERY loyal to Microsoft and their excuse is always, "Macs are nothing but underclocked pieces of trash with no graphics power, no processing power, and users that can't handle more than a one button mouse." No joke, that was quoted word for word. What they don't understand is, Mac OS X Tiger isn't a resource hog like Windows XP. It doesn't need powerful hardware to run fast. Come on Apple... you gotta beef up the hardware. You will NEVER win die-hard Windows users over...
As for me... CURSED MICROSOFT!
As for me... CURSED MICROSOFT!
I went ahead and took the plunge on a new iMac on Friday night. I got a 10% discount via the Tiger promotion (my wife won a 1GB shuffle) so I figured it would be a good deal. I have absolutely no regrets...i got the bluetooth model with wireless kb&m - 20" w/ 1GB of RAM. Biggest regret is the size of the hard drive, which I would have bumped up to 250GB if I had BTO. If the new iMac has a faster drive, the apple sales guy told me that if the iMacs were reved within 2 weeks of my purchase I could either bring in my receipt and get the difference in price btw the new model and what the current model will be selling at then or I could swap mine out (but pay the open box fee) for a new one. Tough call really. Here's a pic of my setup:
http://homepage.mac.com/burrellfami...-01 18.24.19 -0700/Image-709741CABAA811D9.jpg
Also picked up a pink mini for my wife and a 30GB iPod photo since I was gonna get that 10% off the whole order.
http://homepage.mac.com/burrellfami...-01 18.24.19 -0700/Image-709741CABAA811D9.jpg
Also picked up a pink mini for my wife and a 30GB iPod photo since I was gonna get that 10% off the whole order.
CmdrLaForge said:
I think your iMac predictions are pretty much inline with everything that has been discussed on this and other sites; however, although it would be a bit of a surprise, a G5 eMac isn't completely unthinkable. As has been previously discussed, the eMac form factor works great for education, so that doesn't have to be completely renovated. Also, if I recall correctly, the original eMac was released with very little fanfare. A 1.6 G5 makes sense to me, but I won't cry over a G4.
CmdrLaForge said:
These specs are an improvement, but I sure hope they also come with price drops! They also need faster system busses and cheaper prices on RAM upgrades - I'm not getting less than 1MB this time! Surely there will still be two eMac models - Combo and Super drives...no?
I'm hoping for the following MSRP's:
$749 eMac 1.42mhz Combo
$899 eMac 1.42mhz Superdrive
$1199 iMac 17" 1.8mhz Combo
$1349 iMac 17" 2.0mhz Superdrive
$1699 iMac 20" 2.0mhz Superdrive
Edit: OMG! Finally - I'm no longer a newbie!
OnaMacSince1989 said:
wow, that would be great if we saw a price drop of 200 on the top end...although that might be a bit much, but who knows. I might have to pick up another iSight then
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Let's get these updates out of the way and focus on some real updates like G5 Powerbooks, or 970MP Powermacs, or some new device. Not that these updates aren't appreciated it just seems like small news compared to what could/should be happening.
Man iTunes is REALLY getting long in the tooth. IMHO this .x release junk that offers no real update isnt cutting it. They really need to focus on a upgrade. There IS room for improvement in iTunes.