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New iMac rumours - thinner.... really?
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let's see what they will release first shall we.
About thickness. If you can get a rMBP on steroids plastered behind that screen I don't really see what's the problem.
If you get a beautiful 27" screen with less reflective gloss, probably about 1tb of SSD, 680m GPU, USB 3, 32gb of ram.....all working cool and fine because of the size of it in width and height. If this doesn't give you a hard on then I think iMac never was your cup of tea in the first place.
About thickness. If you can get a rMBP on steroids plastered behind that screen I don't really see what's the problem.
If you get a beautiful 27" screen with less reflective gloss, probably about 1tb of SSD, 680m GPU, USB 3, 32gb of ram.....all working cool and fine because of the size of it in width and height. If this doesn't give you a hard on then I think iMac never was your cup of tea in the first place.
To quote a recent thread from AppleInsider:
For those who are complaining that the current iMac isn't competitive enough in the PC specs wars, or that a redesign shouldn't focus on alleged thinness, I think you've completely forgotten (or never knew) what the iMac product is and has always been all about.
Apple's marketing message for iMac has always been pretty consistent, and it's not about the megahertzes.
If this doesn't appeal to you, then the iMac is simply not for you.
For those who are complaining that the current iMac isn't competitive enough in the PC specs wars, or that a redesign shouldn't focus on alleged thinness, I think you've completely forgotten (or never knew) what the iMac product is and has always been all about.
Apple's marketing message for iMac has always been pretty consistent, and it's not about the megahertzes.
If this doesn't appeal to you, then the iMac is simply not for you.
C'mon the current iMac is all ready more powerful than the rMBP... So no it won't be like the air.
I don't care about spec wars. I want a computer that can actually do more than browse facebook whilst using OS X without hitting the thermal limits and having to put up with throttling due to the temperatures reached. The iMac is not for me then? If that is the case, then, frankly, the iMac is not for anybody. This is a simple engineering problem that Apple needs to solve. The obsession with anorexia is getting old and boring.
So you're operating purely under the assumption that Apple can't solve the problem, but have chosen to go ahead and release it anyway?
Either you're claiming that the current iMac doesn't do those things you want it to (and a move to a thinner design would be a step backwards), or that you happen to know more about this rumoured iMac than anyone else; including Apple's own engineers. Which one is it?
Apple has always been in the business of making beautiful products, inside and out. If Apple has somehow managed to fit a powerful desktop computer into something that shares a similar footprint to a Cinema Display, that is an amazing engineering feat. I don't see how you could argue otherwise.
Your requirements are not a crime. Neither is it unreasonable to expect the new model to be a better performer than the old one.
As to heat issues, throttled cpu, slow hard drive - they're all speculation based on one rumour from a Chinese website. You seem to have decided already that the new iMac is going to put form over function. I think that's unjustified right now.
Shall we wait for the official announcement and specs before we start moaning at Apple. I can't see them ruining the iMac. I think the high end 27" will pack a punch and that is all I am concerned with.
come on people look past your nose stop jumping to conclusions. You feed off negativity so much. This is speculation and also if true might be great. How do you know what will work and what won't? If you do you should be making computers not Apple. Don't judge before you try it. If you really cannot see this then you don't really care about the design anyway, may as well go with the homemade bomb.
People scream about re-designs then when they happen they all moan.
This is why Apple don't use focus groups and why Steve said "People don't know what they want"
This is why Apple don't use focus groups and why Steve said "People don't know what they want"
You can assume whatever you want. My main point was that your hypothetical beef with a hypothetical design problem of a hypothetical product makes you sound a bit stir-crazy.
Agreed. Design by committee is the enemy of innovation.
so basically what we are taking away today is that you can be sure it will be better than the current iMac even if it is thinner because Apple engineers are better than you moaners and groaners out there. Kapeesh?
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look at the title of this thread. It is sarcastic. That is just the first point of being negative.
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look at the title of this thread. It is sarcastic. That is just the first point of being negative.
The trouble is that NONE of the current line-up is for me -- and probably for quite a few other people.
And don't say "well, go buy a PC, then". Lots of people have been using Macs for decades and have software that doesn't run on other platforms. (iWork, Logic, FCP, AppleScripts for Creative Suite, etc, etc.)
If the iMac is simply a 27" MBP without a hinge, and the next option up is massively over-priced for its ageing spec, then there's a real hole in the market.
A lot of people are going to have to make a compromise when they buy their next Mac. And when you're shelling out that money, making a compromise is going to leave you unsatisfied and disgruntled.
When people have large piles of cash and are desperate to give it to Apple, it does seem a fair criticism that Apple is not giving people what they want.
I've only been on this forum for a very short amount of time and this seems to be the wall people hide behind the most. There's a difference between discussing rumours and vehemently arguing something as if it is somehow decreasing your quality of living. I'm not denying your right to complain, I'm just telling you that it makes you sound desperate.
Like I said, if Apple was to fit more powerful components (or even the same ones) into a smaller footprint, then yes, to me that is innovation.
I think your definition of 'unfit for purpose' varies wildly from mine. You make it sound like you've churned through dozens of these things. If this computer seems so crazily defective, why are you hanging around? Personally, after using an iMac at home and at work for a number of years, I am yet to have serious problem that I could pin on its design.
I'm not arguing that Apple aren't neglecting the prosumer market (I'm unsure if you fall into that category), but if you're doing work that requires constant hardware upgrades, then the iMac seems like a pretty poor choice to begin with.