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New iMac In September
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DMann said:
I would be cool if they could be available in August, when more of the education sales are. Oh well, September's not bad. This is probably the only time I've ever seen a company apologize for running out of a product like that. I wonder what caused the delay.
Metal G5 iMac on the way!
Yes. Finally a clear sign that the line is in for a major overhaul.
So they haven't released the specs because
a) they want to clear the rest of the imacs out
b) they haven't settled on the final configs (chips?)
c) they don't want to give the competition 2 months head start
I expect a G5. 1.6 is my bet. Maybe a 1.8 and 2 for high end.
I expect a dome - given Steve's search...although the fact he didn't find a computer dome might actually mean there is no dome in the next...
I expect METAL shell! I think the new 20 and 23 mean we are going to see the same "look" in the consumer line.
I am hoping for different colours.
I suspect different "arm" inline with the new stand concept...maybe something that keeps the screen better balanced so they can reduce the overall weight of the 20"...maybe a iMac that slots into/onto the base of the current new screens!!!! Ok, got a bit carried away
I think 17 and 20...maybe, just maybe a 23... Apple have always hauled the market up on screens
I expect a wireless METAL look keyboard and mouse! Finally.
I expect slot loading drive 8x super...which actually clears the keyboard height! Maybe that new ink writer one that allows you to lazer your art onto your newly burned disk.
I expect firewire and USB 2 on the screen and/or at least front mounted. Possibly a special iPod seating arrangement/holder option...
WiFi built in as standard. If they dont go with the new screens then maybe a version with the antenae in the screen like the powerbooks
Maybe, just maybe an iPod like interface on the screen or iMac base to control music! Probably dont need this if you have an iPod but it would look cool and be pretty practical for most people.
New Speakers! Maybe WiFi speakers for streaming? Probably too expensive... Maybe quad/dolby 5.1 option. Maybe iPod like volume/music control on one of those! At least an audio out like the Airport Express with fibre option.
all for now
invaLPsion said:This is ingenius marketing by Apple. If they have to "prepare" for a transition to a new line, this must be a gigantic update.
Let the hype begin.
Yes. Finally a clear sign that the line is in for a major overhaul.
So they haven't released the specs because
a) they want to clear the rest of the imacs out
b) they haven't settled on the final configs (chips?)
c) they don't want to give the competition 2 months head start
I expect a G5. 1.6 is my bet. Maybe a 1.8 and 2 for high end.
I expect a dome - given Steve's search...although the fact he didn't find a computer dome might actually mean there is no dome in the next...
I expect METAL shell! I think the new 20 and 23 mean we are going to see the same "look" in the consumer line.
I am hoping for different colours.
I suspect different "arm" inline with the new stand concept...maybe something that keeps the screen better balanced so they can reduce the overall weight of the 20"...maybe a iMac that slots into/onto the base of the current new screens!!!! Ok, got a bit carried away
I think 17 and 20...maybe, just maybe a 23... Apple have always hauled the market up on screens
I expect a wireless METAL look keyboard and mouse! Finally.
I expect slot loading drive 8x super...which actually clears the keyboard height! Maybe that new ink writer one that allows you to lazer your art onto your newly burned disk.
I expect firewire and USB 2 on the screen and/or at least front mounted. Possibly a special iPod seating arrangement/holder option...
WiFi built in as standard. If they dont go with the new screens then maybe a version with the antenae in the screen like the powerbooks
Maybe, just maybe an iPod like interface on the screen or iMac base to control music! Probably dont need this if you have an iPod but it would look cool and be pretty practical for most people.
New Speakers! Maybe WiFi speakers for streaming? Probably too expensive... Maybe quad/dolby 5.1 option. Maybe iPod like volume/music control on one of those! At least an audio out like the Airport Express with fibre option.
all for now
WOO-HOO!!
Well I for one, am excited. At least we know when it's coming now. Thats to bad for some that they are no longer taking orders on the old mac. Hopefully it will they will ship the beginning of September. It almost certainly will be a G5.
Let the speculation begin!!!
Well I for one, am excited. At least we know when it's coming now. Thats to bad for some that they are no longer taking orders on the old mac. Hopefully it will they will ship the beginning of September. It almost certainly will be a G5.
Let the speculation begin!!!
I have been waiting for this update
I am so curious what the specs and price will be like, I am hoping for an upgradable graphics card. The coming months will be some of the most interesting rumorwise
Yeah, really curious. This is the first time I see such a thing on the apple site. I was just on the apple store site checking the price of the geforce 6800 with a dual 1.8 PM when I saw this news on macrumors. All you poster should take a look at the site, because i think a lot of you made your post straight away in order to be the first (While I read this thread, it grew 40 posts), but it really looks awkward
BTW, Apple Expo Paris is on Aug 31-Sep 4 http://www.apple.com/hotnews/
(see list of events on the right)
I am so curious what the specs and price will be like, I am hoping for an upgradable graphics card. The coming months will be some of the most interesting rumorwise
madrobby said:At the austrian store the prices are announces as "-1,20" Euros for each one of them, but you can't order them...
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObj...WmmcI7oZVXUcmO/0.0.7.1.0.6.21.1.2.1.1.0.0.1.0
Yeah, really curious. This is the first time I see such a thing on the apple site. I was just on the apple store site checking the price of the geforce 6800 with a dual 1.8 PM when I saw this news on macrumors. All you poster should take a look at the site, because i think a lot of you made your post straight away in order to be the first (While I read this thread, it grew 40 posts), but it really looks awkward
BTW, Apple Expo Paris is on Aug 31-Sep 4 http://www.apple.com/hotnews/
(see list of events on the right)
Oh boy, 60 days! That's such a looooooooooong time!!!!!!!!
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Come on, just build a bridge and get over it. It's in September. That's really not a long time. Think about it: 60 days ago, I was just done with spring break. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago.
Quit whining about it. It is what it is, and no amount of whining will change it.
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Come on, just build a bridge and get over it. It's in September. That's really not a long time. Think about it: 60 days ago, I was just done with spring break. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago.
Quit whining about it. It is what it is, and no amount of whining will change it.
I think you read Apple's statement wrong. They initially planned to have the new iMac ready to ship when supplies of the current iMac were hitting bone dry in the next week or two. But somewhere there was a setback and the new iMacs are not ready. So instead of producing more of the current machine they are putting a hold until the new iMacs are ready. Ingenius? Not at all. Unexpected delays? Most likely.invaLPsion said:This is ingenius marketing by Apple. If they have to "prepare" for a transition to a new line, this must be a gigantic update.
Let the hype begin.
the_mole1314 said:
nope, they just got caught with their pants down! Sort of hard to run out of inventory of a product with not explaination as to when new stuff is coming.
Steve backsteps yet again...
In a surprise move, today in Cupertino, California Apple CEO Steve Jobs held a press conference to once again backpedal on a previously made statement:
"In January, at MacWorld I stated that 2004 would be a great year for the Mac platform... due to unforseen product delays and 'the entire industry hitting the wall at 90nm' I would like to state that the 'Great year' for the mac platform will begin in 2005. Thank you for your time."
Lets hope the leap to 65nm isn't quite this rough.
In a surprise move, today in Cupertino, California Apple CEO Steve Jobs held a press conference to once again backpedal on a previously made statement:
"In January, at MacWorld I stated that 2004 would be a great year for the Mac platform... due to unforseen product delays and 'the entire industry hitting the wall at 90nm' I would like to state that the 'Great year' for the mac platform will begin in 2005. Thank you for your time."
Lets hope the leap to 65nm isn't quite this rough.
age234 said:
I think we have a right to complain.
Apple has no desktop computer in the $1000-2000 range.
That's not good.
WWDC keynote
anyone notice when SJ was demoing Spotlight his searches were imac paris and birthday?
anyone notice when SJ was demoing Spotlight his searches were imac paris and birthday?
G4 is teh sux!
You know, it's a good thing I finished drinking my morning coffee - for some reason "G4 is teh sux!" tickles my chortle gland... Now I have to figure out a way to put that phrase into a conversation today (it's even funnier spoken out loud):
Poor Sod: How are you?
Me: G4 is teh sux!
Poor Sod: Oh My God! My ears! It Burrrrns!
Now, just so I can remain on topic - If you are in Australia, you can still buy iMacs from the apple store (as of 10 minutes ago when I checked). Apparently, I have found Apple's missing inventory
-- Dan =)
You know, it's a good thing I finished drinking my morning coffee - for some reason "G4 is teh sux!" tickles my chortle gland... Now I have to figure out a way to put that phrase into a conversation today (it's even funnier spoken out loud):
Poor Sod: How are you?
Me: G4 is teh sux!
Poor Sod: Oh My God! My ears! It Burrrrns!
Now, just so I can remain on topic
- If you are in Australia, you can still buy iMacs from the apple store (as of 10 minutes ago when I checked). Apparently, I have found Apple's missing inventory -- Dan =)
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This is nuts...
G5 iMacs? Aluminum enclosures?
Apple is putting a G5 in their consumer machine before their pro laptops get them?
Starting at $2000 for the 17" model ($1200 sans display)...
So Apple is completely abandoning the consumer market... nothing but expensive pro machines from here on out (and shut your yaps about the eMac)...
The amount of heavily fanned, open-air cooling space in the lowest end G5 tower has more volume than the current iMac takes up. What kind of cooling system are you dreamers thinking of? Liquid helium?
Maybe there's a reason there was no fanfare for these machines...
G5 iMacs? Aluminum enclosures?
Apple is putting a G5 in their consumer machine before their pro laptops get them?
Starting at $2000 for the 17" model ($1200 sans display)...
So Apple is completely abandoning the consumer market... nothing but expensive pro machines from here on out (and shut your yaps about the eMac)...
The amount of heavily fanned, open-air cooling space in the lowest end G5 tower has more volume than the current iMac takes up. What kind of cooling system are you dreamers thinking of? Liquid helium?
Maybe there's a reason there was no fanfare for these machines...
Good Grief
Now my new eMac is looking older... I thought I was being smart, getting a great deal. That was just confirmed with Boger's statement about G5 delays. And now, this. They should have said this sooner... I could've waited a couple months, darn it!
Oh, well, I'm still keeping this eMac 'till graduation... Go Class of 2006!
Now my new eMac is looking older...
I thought I was being smart, getting a great deal. That was just confirmed with Boger's statement about G5 delays. And now, this. They should have said this sooner... I could've waited a couple months, darn it! Oh, well, I'm still keeping this eMac 'till graduation... Go Class of 2006!
DMann said:
Unless they can really ramp up production, they will lose market share for the back to school period. The eMac is affordable, but big and heavy for school. The PB's maybe to pricey for some compared to the offering on the current iMac side.
Though this does dovetail into a thread here that Apple may do a PB and iPod promo. This would be one way to keep some market-share for those that don't want to wait.
Also the same message is posted at the iMac website. It is great to see that a new iMac will be released in September (it is long overdue for an update).
Armsreach said:Is it possible that they truly were planning on releasing this at WWDC and that because of chip problems it didn't pan out? Insane. I'm just waiting for the, "So that means that the new Powerbooks are coming in August, right?"
<edit>D'oh! All you quick typers out there.</edit>
They could have shown SOMETHING. Makes me think there's going to be another show of some sort -- maybe at Macworld.