New iMac G5 Announced

[stevehaslip]

nice

when i first saw it i wasn't exactly convinced. I thought the branding on it was too big and that there was too much white at the bottom of the display. But now i actually quite like it, its well thought out and the speakers that bounce off the desk are genius! (much like the powerbook speakers) I can see these selling well but is it just a little bit too late for the back to school market?

Its very impressive how much they got in to such a small enclosure. They look good in the non studio photos and in the quicktime 3D movie.

 

[fistful]

ahhh much better!

now taking orders!

ships? uh, it's in the mail!

 

[CmdrLaForge]

It took me a while, but I really like the new design. The 20" model is more balanced and I would definitly go for that model.

Enough said about the RAM and the Video, they are both disappointing.

Overall: great new iMac, I hope it will attract many many switchers and will be a success like the first iMac.

 

[ChrisH3677]

well... a nice machine of course... but ho-hum design when compared to the iMac G4. Now that was futuristic! Not even Apple could top that!

The G5 iMac looks like a computer. It looks like a terminal. It looks like something you'd see someone entering your order into at a restaurant.

Sure people will say "Where's the computer" but they said that about the G4 iMac too.

This new iMac is a laptop on a stand. Nothing revolutionary or even evolutionary about that. Anyone one could have done that. All they've done is taken out the battery and put in the power supply.

These will sell, but they just lack the "Wow!" factor the G4 iMac had. It's not a head turner.

I'm sad, but I guess I knew it was going to happen.

 

[aussie_geek]

Apple Australia site updated

For all the aussie's out there - the site has been updated.

$A 2199 for 20 inch 1.8 GHz = $US 1,537.83

$A 2499 for 17 inch 1.8GHz = $US 1,747.63

$A 3199 for 17 inch 1.6Ghz = $US 2,238.10


we are still getting ripped off down here


aussie_geek

 

[jaw04005]

I think its rather ugly, but I wil give it a chance in person. Its just not what I was expecting. Nice pricing though.

 

[xsnightclub]

It took me a while, but I really like the new design. The 20" model is more balanced and I would definitly go for that model.

I agree, and the 23" model will look pefectly balanced!

 

[aswitcher]

For all the aussie's out there - the site has been updated.

$A 2199 for 20 inch 1.8 GHz = $US 1,537.83

$A 2499 for 17 inch 1.8GHz = $US 1,747.63

$A 3199 for 17 inch 1.6Ghz = $US 2,238.10


we are still getting ripped off down here


aussie_geek

Not as much as we used to be but yeah, still some overheads

 

[Belly-laughs]

iMac G5 internal volume: 1930.66 in^3
iMac G4 internal volume: 1273.36 in^3

Did you include the iMac G4s monitor volume as well? Otherwise one could argue that the new iMac uses 0 cubic inches.

As for G5 in a small unit, I seem to remember that in the discussion that went on you argued that they´d have to clock it down to 1,4GHz and a that the G4 at that speed would outperform the G5. Also, even though they´ve cut the bus speed to 600MHz, it´s still higher than the 400MHz bus supported by the not yet seen Freescale G4.

I think it´s safe to say that Apple has come out with a product that not even you would have thought possible.

 

[Frump]

Apple fails to innovate, Mr. Ives runs out of ideas.
It is a Flat panel monitor! Not much on the innovation and design front.
All in one flat panel computers are not new.
I do have to say that the price is excellent for a G5 + Monitor.
This will most likely sell very well. I might even think
about getting one for Christmas.


Frump.

 

[jaw04005]

ahhh much better!

now taking orders!

ships? uh, it's in the mail!

Ill take one, except can you make the Apple logo like the new displays? Lol. Sigh.

 

[aswitcher]

I would have been quite impressed if they had done a limited edition 20" with 128 meg vram, 1 gig ram, and with a metal not a white shell, for the 20th anniversary of the Mac.

 

[thatwendigo]

and since when has this machine got a slower processor?? its a 1.8 g5 for god sake wendingy, im sure it wouldn't be too hard to get it too 2 gig... but that would be bad marketing..its not due to the possibility of it

Top of the line PowerMacs are now using 2.5ghz processors, middle grade on 2.0ghz, and the bottom of the line are hitting at 1.8ghz. The fastest iMac is a single processor version of the slowest PowerMac, minus 30% of the bus speed and dual-channel RAM. Even if the processors are identical, the processor performance will not be because the ability to access and move data around will be lower.

I'd love to see how it would be bad marketing to have a single-processor 2.0ghz machine, though. Enlighten me.

 

[hob]

sorry if i missed this somewhere along the line - is the expo gonna be webcast similar to WWDC? I'm checking quicktime but i'm not seeing it there!! Maybe Schiller fell over on stage or something and they're quickly re-editing it?

Hob

 

[usay]

Good Machine for Internet Cafe

If I am going to open internet Cafe in Tokyo, I'll use this iMac.

Making computer and display into one has many advantages.
iMac + Bed = iBed.
iMac + Sofa = iSofa.

These could not be made with old iMac. Now it is possible.

iBed, iSofa, iInternetCafe.
If you are CGI designer, please create these.

Like iPod, I think there will be many options for this new iMac.
I think iPod is successful partly because it has many options from other companies.

Please someone invent iBed. "Now you don't have get up"

Thanks.

 

[sebisworld]

I'm so utterly disappointed. This iMac is not innovative at all, at least from design point of view. It's just a tablet PC that stands. I wonder if it will be user expandable, according to http://scr3.golem.de/?d=0408/imac_g5&a=33294&s=3 it could be.

 

[Stella]

Too expensive and too ugly.

It looks like the front of an eMac.

 

[dekator]

It has stereo speakers built-in. They emit from the bottom edge and reflect off the desk.

Hidden speakers--cool I wondered the same thing though until I read Apple's page.

Watch "journalists" make the same mistake now (They probably think the 12" PBook has no speakers when it has three.)

Thanks for the clarification! Yes, I couldn't really believe there were no speakers, as I read something about 'speaker grills' with respect to cooling. Will have a closer look at Apple's page... lookong forwards to hear more about (from) those speakers

 

[hob]

I wonder if it will be user expendable

Sounds like an Arnie line...

I hope it will be!

 

[jim_az]

Tablet

Want a (large) Apple Tablet? Just exchange the internal power supply for a battery

Az Jim

 

[slipper]

Well I love the machine. I won't be buying one but I think it's an amazing design. This announcement was the decider for me 64MB 5200 just won't do; full stop. I was just waiting to see if I could put a good graphics card in a consumer Apple and it's not to be. It's quite a tear really since I've used macs since 1987 but I'm going to build myself a PC box and run linux. And one thing's sure that PC box will have one whopping graphics card that I may decide to UPGRADE in a year or two. I suppose I'm just outside Apple's target market but I'm still torn I can't get one of these.

youve been using apples since '87 but you dont know about the powermac? i dont get the big deal. yes it would be cool if the iMac came with a better graphics card, but for the market it is targeting, its absolutely fine. if your gonna do advanced work or gaming or are worried about upgrading, get the powermac.

 

[Poff]

Am I the only one noticing that it seems they've re-used their chimney-patent?

It seems to me the chimney-patent from the Cube is what helps the fans running at such a slow speed. The idea is that when the air gets hot, it rises. Thus, it will automatically flow out of the top of the computer, and cold air will then follow through the opening in the bottom. The computer has a couple of fans to speed up the process, but it seems to me this is the basic idea.

From the Apple website:

Cool Operator
The speaker grill lets a trio of ultra-quiet blowers draw cool air into the system. These custom heat dissipaters can rotate at speeds as low as a few hundred RPM. Advanced thermal software spins them as fast or slow as needed and you’ll hardly ever notice them. Quieter than a whisper, the iMac G5 measures less than 25dB when idle (at the same distance of 50cm, a whisper in a quiet room measures more than 30dB). A slit in the back of the case allows heat to rise out the top.

 

[MacFan26]

Looks pretty cool to me so far. I'd like to see them in person. True they may not have all the best specs, but everyone wants a consumer model, and these prices are pretty good I'd say. Sure, it not $599 with instant rebate! But people buying that aren't going to look at Apple to begin with. The front looks a little weird since it's so eMac like, but I did like whose ever idea it was to put sticky notes there btw, my post wasn't supposed to be mean spirited or anything, but it is really early and I should be in bed and probably don't know what I'm saying.

 

[nagromme]

It IS an innovation

I'm so utterly disappointed. This iMac is not innovative at all, at least from design point of view.

To the handful who say this has been done before. A link, please? Because it really hasn't. Find me an all-in-one that's even remotely so thin and elegant.

And yes, the old swingarm G4 was cool too--a classic! But now you can put a VESA arm on this one anyway (or simply rotate the stand on your desk--the new iMac's lighter after all).

BTW while I'm thinking of it... I like the new game bundle better. Marble Blast is a great game, and Nanousaur II looks great as well. Tony Hawk and Deimos Rising weren't much to offer, but these are actually good games!

 

[AppleJustWorks]

Too expensive and too ugly.

Too Expensive? You are the first and probably the last to say this!!! Those prices are superb! 1299 for a widescreen 17" LCD with a G5!!!!!