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New iMac G5 Announced
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Love hate relationship?
For one thing, i truly dislike the big empty space on the front. i personally wouldnt have minded a thicker body and just one big screen. maybe the next revision!? but, it has an awesome prosessor and jsut about everything except for a replaceable graphics card. Whoopie! now i can say without a doubt i will get a Powermac! Sorry iMac, you just dont move with the times.
For one thing, i truly dislike the big empty space on the front. i personally wouldnt have minded a thicker body and just one big screen. maybe the next revision!? but, it has an awesome prosessor and jsut about everything except for a replaceable graphics card. Whoopie! now i can say without a doubt i will get a Powermac! Sorry iMac, you just dont move with the times.
Power cord
Too bad the power cord comes off the back instead of the bottom. If it had a bottom-mount power cable & was removable from its stand, then you'd have a perfect format for a wall-mount (if the wall weren't too far away & you didn't need any of the other connectors on the back).
Too bad the power cord comes off the back instead of the bottom. If it had a bottom-mount power cable & was removable from its stand, then you'd have a perfect format for a wall-mount (if the wall weren't too far away & you didn't need any of the other connectors on the back).
ipiloot said:
I agree. Obviously Apple will announce it a great success on the back of the initial 'faithful' orders, then go strangely quiet. Sorry, a tad miffed about the Geforce 5200...great processor, screen, design but why oh why that graphics card??? give us a BTO at least.
iMacs
come back luxo, all is forgiven ....j/k
im ambivolent, but i was ambivolent about the G4 iMac as well, and now i love it. i was also unsure about the cinema displays, but having saw one last saturday in John Lewis, i love em (might go back today to look again in lunch)
Yes the logos are a bit to big and and make it look a bit childish, and the strip under the monitor cries to have some sort of speaker grille, or vents (rather than having them underneath as they are now)
this will take more deliberation on my part, if i like it or not
let the lack of work and image browsing begin...
come back luxo, all is forgiven ....j/k
im ambivolent, but i was ambivolent about the G4 iMac as well, and now i love it. i was also unsure about the cinema displays, but having saw one last saturday in John Lewis, i love em (might go back today to look again in lunch)
Yes the logos are a bit to big and and make it look a bit childish, and the strip under the monitor cries to have some sort of speaker grille, or vents (rather than having them underneath as they are now)
this will take more deliberation on my part, if i like it or not
let the lack of work and image browsing begin...
I think I'll need to see this in person - before I decide...
Some initial thoughts...
no upgraded specs on the 20" model..
no bluetooth (has to be added)
no video upgrade (as mentioned above)
No front USB ports...
actuall all the ports seem fairly close together...
Nice footprint - but the thick white below the widescreen display - Mmmm will need to see it.
I would have liked to have seen the 17 come in under AUD$2000... but only with the EDUC prices get it under the psychological 2000 barrier.
Wonder how long it will take to get to us here in Oz?!
Lack of vents -and thickness - does help keep the G5 PB rumours alive I guess...
Some initial thoughts...
no upgraded specs on the 20" model..
no bluetooth (has to be added)
no video upgrade (as mentioned above)
No front USB ports...
actuall all the ports seem fairly close together...
Nice footprint - but the thick white below the widescreen display - Mmmm will need to see it.
I would have liked to have seen the 17 come in under AUD$2000... but only with the EDUC prices get it under the psychological 2000 barrier.
Wonder how long it will take to get to us here in Oz?!
Lack of vents -and thickness - does help keep the G5 PB rumours alive I guess...
From the graphics page:
Modern Art Installation
The iMac offers the smallest footprint ever, but you can make that zero with an optional VESA mount. Hang it from the wall or swing it around on your desk.
Straight from Apple.
Chase
Modern Art Installation
The iMac offers the smallest footprint ever, but you can make that zero with an optional VESA mount. Hang it from the wall or swing it around on your desk.
Straight from Apple.
Chase
dbally said:
Someone else said you can, but I don't see where Apple said that, and i HIGHLY DOUBT IT. The reason i doubt it is because if you cuoldnt put a security cable through that hole on the stand, then I see no way to secure the unit, meaning anyone could steal them from school labs and such with ease.
The graphics card is a bit of a shame...
Though on the bright side it does look pretty cool.
It'll be interesting to see how hot it gets inside that small space - maybe that's why they had to tone down the bus speed a bit.
Though on the bright side it does look pretty cool.
It'll be interesting to see how hot it gets inside that small space - maybe that's why they had to tone down the bus speed a bit.
rendezvouscp said:
Where do you see that? Might that only be true of the pro displays? This foot attaches differently. (But the foot must come off to get the back off--and you know third parties will make a VESA adapter even if Apple doesn't.)
EDIT: It's on the graphics page. Nice. (I only searched for VESA on Design and Specs.)
I wonder if it'll prove to be really weird with the ports on the back? I mean, coming from the back of your screen?
Chase
Chase
rendezvouscp said:
Well, I guess that's a feature... except that you wouldn't be able to access any of the inputs/outputs.
I do feel it's a bit bland though - not much personality unlike the previous models - I guess there won't be any cool animated adverts for this one.
But then again, just because it doesn't meet my highly refined aesthetic tastes
doesn't mean it wont appeal to it's main target groupsYou know what's impressive though - no only is it thin for the G5 heat issue, but they chucked the power brick in there also, and that's another quite considerable heat source to deal with.
iGAV said:I really like... especially from the rear.
Sweet attention to detail, especially it's cooling capabilities.
Nice... very, very nice.
I think the graphics card and bus speed is going to be a bone of contention for some on here though...
Everything Apple does is a bone of contention for some. A 600 MHz bus is awesome compared to what we've all been using to now (except the PM G5). Probably went to a 3:1 ratio due to heat issues.
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