Thank you! That was really a neat link. The video was awesome w. Steve-O in a jacket 'n all.
Just to think, G3 @ 233 MHz, 2GB HD, hockey puck mouse and price is close to todays.
Seems like only yesterday.
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New iMacs Next Week?
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Thank you! That was really a neat link. The video was awesome w. Steve-O in a jacket 'n all.
Just to think, G3 @ 233 MHz, 2GB HD, hockey puck mouse and price is close to todays.
Seems like only yesterday.
More than a press release:
"Steve Jobs introduced the iMac on May 6, 1998, in the Flynt Auditorium [sic] at the De Anza Community College down the street from Apple's campus in Cupertino to a full house."
http://www.macobserver.com/columns/1temporalloop/2007/05/15.1.shtml
(It's called the "Flint Center", not "Flynt Auditorium"...)
wow that's really cool. makes me proud to be a san jose resident hah.
The desktop processors are dual and quad core, 2.5-3.2GHz and run on faster busses.
Core 2 Duo E8300 - 2.83GHz / 1333MHz / 6MB Cache / 65W $163
Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00GHz / 1333MHz / 6MB Cache / 65W $183
Core 2 Duo E8500 - 3.16GHz / 1333MHz / 6MB Cache / 65W $266
Core 2 Quad Q9300 - 2.50GHz / 1333MHz / 6MB Cache / 95W $266
Core 2 Quad Q9450 - 2.66GHz / 1333MHz / 12MB Cache / 95W $316
Core 2 Quad Q9550 - 2.83GHz / 1333MHz / 12MB Cache / 95W $530
Core 2 Extreme QX9650 - 3.00GHz / 1333MHz / 12MB Cache / 130W $999
Core 2 Extreme QX9775 - 3.20GHz / 1600MHz / 12MB Cache / 130W $1499
I continue to be really surprised - and disappointed - that Apple appears to not be going to Montevina with the new iMacs. Many of the new CPUs shipping next month use Montevina's 1066MHz FSB so while they will work on the 800MHz FSB and 667MHz memory bus that the iMac's Santa Rosa platform will remain with, it's going to hurt performance vs. using the 1066MHz FSB and 800MHz memory bus of the Montevina platform.
I wonder if this means Apple is not planning to release a quad-core iMac until Nehalem since they would be...saddled...with a slower FSB and memory bus under Santa Rosa. And does Santa Rosa's i965 chipset even support mobile quad-core or will that require Montevina's Cantiga chipset?
I wonder if this means Apple is not planning to release a quad-core iMac until Nehalem since they would be...saddled...with a slower FSB and memory bus under Santa Rosa. And does Santa Rosa's i965 chipset even support mobile quad-core or will that require Montevina's Cantiga chipset?
Is coveted info really that dire? Okay, know someone who saw the new FCP.
It's as easy as iMovie but as deep as FCP. So he says.
I don't think the info was important at all. I just hate people claiming to know something us lesser mortals don't, when I actually don't think they know anything.
It like a kid showing off saying I know something you don't know. If you know something either enlighten us or be quiet about it.
Hey i have the top of the line civic and the top of the line imac 2.8ghz! I guess this proves your theory!
Hmmm..can we conclude that C****s = Colors???? Hmmmm..will the imac be coming in different shades of colours?
I personally think that we'll see Montevina appearing in the next serious upgrade (the imminent upgrade doesn't count) which will tie in the rumoured casing redesign and will probably see the light of day around the end of the year. Think new product, new casing, new chipset, the new iMac.
As for Nehalem, that's surely got to be at least 2 upgrades away.
Sadie.
Agreed - Apple seems to take long breaks between re-designs. They didn't even re-design the iMac when it went Intel or the Powermac when it became the Mac Pro!
I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that Apple were going to make the iMac casing slimmer in some form and that was due later in the year. Ok maybe its not a complete redesign but it would be an already planned for update.
If this is the case (excuse the pun) then Apple are hardly going to just update the casing, they'll update its contents too and give the ad-men something to do.
Well the Singapore store is down as well and all the asian countries including Australia & NZ. hopefully there is something worth updating