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More from Apple this Week?

I hate tuesday

Ok, Ok. How long do I stay up tonight to watch and see if the apple store site does something funny? How long before I check the html to find something else hidden (remember the powerbook g5 'html switch' thread that enamored us for a week?)

Of course, I'll be taking time around 9am at work tomorrow to wait and watch for a flicker of change for that silly little imac update....that I've been waiting on since about March....

anybody with me feel the pain of 'maybe next tuesday?!' :rolleyes:


just venting, sorry..... :(
 
I could honestly see the eMac get a G5. Then all their desktops would be running on the G5 chip, except for the Mini. I am just not too sure that a G5 could be cooled in the Mini without having plastic melting all over the desk. PowerMac, iMac and eMac should be G5's. That leaves the G4 for laptops and the Mini. Well we will have to see what Apple comes up with. I remember last winter there was a rumor that the G5 was coming to the eMac, but it never surfaced. Probably an upgraded G4 is what will happen, but Apple would be smart to make an economy computer with that kind of power to compete with lower priced PC's.
 
Abercrombieboy said:
Apple would be smart to make an economy computer with that kind of power to compete with lower priced PC's.
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Apple doesn't want the eMac to compete with lower priced PCs. That's what the Mini is for. The eMac won't get a G5 because it would draw too many people away from buying a Mini, which is what Apple really wants.
 
admanimal said:
The eMac won't get a G5 because it would draw too many people away from buying a Mini, which is what Apple really wants.
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That could be a semi-valid point, except for the fact that it needs a little tweaking. ;) hehe. Apple would LOVE to sell an eMac instead of a Mac mini. $300 more in Apple's pocket. I think what you want to say is that a G5 eMac would draw people away from buying a G5 iMac. That's Apple's REAL concern. A loss of an iMac sale to gain an eMac sale is the loss of a $1299 sale to gain a $799 sale.
 
SteveC said:
That could be a semi-valid point, except for the fact that it needs a little tweaking. ;) hehe. Apple would LOVE to sell an eMac instead of a Mac mini. $300 more in Apple's pocket. I think what you want to say is that a G5 eMac would draw people away from buying a G5 iMac. That's Apple's REAL concern. A loss of an iMac sale to gain an eMac sale is the loss of a $1299 sale to gain a $799 sale.
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I don't know if any amount of upgrades could make me want to buy an eMac over an iMac. eMacs are kind of ugly in comparison, and I'm pretty hooked on LCDs at this point. Anyway my point is that I agree with you to some extent, but I think there are more factors than just power that affect someone's decision to buy an eMac vs. an iMac. For example, right now I already have a nice 19" LCD and I could buy a dual 2.0 GHz PowerMac for the same price as a 20" iMac. But I'm going to buy an iMac, despite the fact that it will be a bunch slower than the PM, because I want something that creates less clutter.

To my original point of Apple preferring you to buy a Mini over an eMac, you are right that they probably profit more from selling an eMac. However they would also probably prefer to brag to the press and investors about how they sold X thousand cool new little Mini's to people rather than a computer with a design that's like 8 years old at this point, and is probably going to be phased out sooner rather than later.
 
Order status

It's driving me nuts that the order status page is down. New models or not, I want to know what the hell is up with the new powermac I ordered.
 
Powerbook or iBook,

If they make them slightly better, I will be in the market. I would really like to have a personal laptop to not worry about introducing personal files to the work network (mind out of gutter people ). :eek:
 
840quadra said:
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Agreed,

as the G5's get faster and faster, the need for a low end Macintosh with a G5 Processor will go up. I wouldn't be surprised to see a 1.6 GHZ eMac G5 in the not too distant future.
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I dont think the eMac will be Apple's solution for a low end Mac with a G5, unless they make some significant other changes too (replacing CRT with LCD for example). But I'm willing to bet that if they do come out with something that different from what the eMac is now, they will just call it something else anyway and basically replace the eMac with it.
 
Apple store

I just tried to track my Tiger order and the Apple store said it was down for upgrades?
 
Front Page Change

Am I wrong or did the front page of Apple.com just change. It has a white background now and the new PM dissapeared. Now there are "top widget downloads" etc. And order status is down as well.
Really looks like there is an update coming. :)
If there are going to be new Imacs, we will have one 20" at work in the next days. No slow CAD drawing anymore. :D
 
840quadra said:
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Agreed,

as the G5's get faster and faster, the need for a low end Macintosh with a G5 Processor will go up. I wouldn't be surprised to see a 1.6 GHZ eMac G5 in the not too distant future.
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The eMac hasn't been updated in 13 months...it needs a MAJOR revision, but i suspect all it will get is a tiny speed bump. :rolleyes:
 
Hopefully the store goes down at 4:30 pt. Then I can get some shuteye.

Ill just assume that iMac updates happend then head to my local dealer to get my fix.
 
Tiger on new Macs

murcielago said:
i'm going on vacation at the end of this month so i need a new ibook (don't have one right now)
so i guess i have to order one soon, and hopefully they will put tiger on it
i thought i had to buy one this week so i would have it on time, but with the new updates i don't think i want to miss it, so i'll have to wait
why is apple doing this to me? :confused:
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According to a the assistant manager of Apple Centre Newfarm (Brisbane), all new stock that comes in after May 2 will have Tiger pre-installed. In-store stock still has 10.3.
 
iMacs today

Is there anyone out there who will predict new iMacs today ? How long are we wainting allready? is is really too long...... Please new iMacs today!
 
Palador said:
Why are iBook updates anticipated in the near future?
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Because they're DUE! This is the longest wait for ibook updates since 2001 when they totally changed the design! (hey... there's an idea noone's mentioned...?)
 
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