New iMacs on Tuesday?
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Found this on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac
"On August 7th 2007, Apple announced it was retiring the aging iMac line and replacing with a new consumer desktop notably named Mac. The Mac featured a brushed aluminum finish, and was also the first Apple computer to included a Blu-Ray player."
What do you think? I think it might be true and that is gonna come in 20,24 an 28" models.
"On August 7th 2007, Apple announced it was retiring the aging iMac line and replacing with a new consumer desktop notably named Mac. The Mac featured a brushed aluminum finish, and was also the first Apple computer to included a Blu-Ray player."
What do you think? I think it might be true and that is gonna come in 20,24 an 28" models.
aswitcher
macrumors 603
Um seems up to me...
Manic Mouse
macrumors 6502a
No it's not!
thekingdavids
macrumors newbie
If this is true, that would be awesome!
aafuss1
macrumors 68000
False-it was quickly removed.
aafuss1
macrumors 68000
False-it was quickly removed.
Apple Oz and US store still up-and iMacs are 24hr shipping time as of 9pm AEST.
Its still there.
Apple will not simply add a Blu-Ray player...they are supporters of BOTH HD DVD and Blu-Ray. IF anything is added in this regard tomorrow, it will be a combo drive similar to the LG Players.
a456
macrumors 6502a
No it's not.
thekingdavids
macrumors newbie
Also if they were to offer a combo drive, Apple would most likely make it an expensive option on the high end model!
thekingdavids
macrumors newbie
I really hope that when they say the iMacs are expected to have brushed aluminium they do not just mean keeping the current design but adding brushed aluminuim instead of the white plastic.
Dont Hurt Me
macrumors 603
The all in one does seem to force people with decent monitors to go Mini or Macpro with nothing in the middle. This has to run off a lot of people wanting a mid grade machine. Mini is barebones and Pro is just to much. Not having a mid grade machine to compliment the imac is a strange formula for chasing off people.
Having a combo drive in there or even one of the formats would be commercial suicide. There is no real need for either of them (or both) and I doubt they'll commit until the discs are cheap enough to buy and when there's a real demand for it. Optional on the high-end iMac and Mac Pros would be fine, but mandatory wouldn't be wise.
Kebabselector
macrumors 68030
To be fair to MarkFC, the UK Apple store does seem to fall down when more than 12 people access it.
I completely agree, it would likely be an option only...the point was that a lot of people are posting either to add a Blu-Ray player or HD DVD player, when Apple is committed to both...
stephenli
macrumors 6502
Apple is one of the BOD of the Blu-Ray disc association.
well...a BD-R drive for Built-to-order option would be nice.
pls also include free upgrade for Leopard....please~~~~~
As anyone can edit a wikipedia article, I wouldn't treat it as any sort of authority on upcoming events.
If you have every used DVD Studio Pro, you would know that Apple currently can deliver Red-Laser HD DVD's...THEY SUPPORT BOTH>what is so hard to understand...they supported HD DVD first in fact because it was first to allow for H.264 playback...Blu-Ray added it later on...Apple supports both due to the support of their codec.
Leopard may be needed though to playback or write to the disks...
AlexisV
macrumors 68000
It 'supports' both, but is on the side of Blu Ray.
HD-DVD is dead in the water anyway and it's becoming increasingly evident that it will be the 'losing' format.
We might see an option of a Blu Ray drive, but it will be expensive. Sony are selling them at a loss because they want to get them established. Apple won't do that.
HD-DVD is dead in the water anyway and it's becoming increasingly evident that it will be the 'losing' format.
We might see an option of a Blu Ray drive, but it will be expensive. Sony are selling them at a loss because they want to get them established. Apple won't do that.
ImAlwaysRight
macrumors 6502a
Maybe that's because on everything but the Mac Pro/Power Mac, memory is the only thing Apple tells one they can upgrade.
Excluding the Mini, that is.
I'm thinking this could well be right. If the rumours about Intel bringing Penryn forward are right, then the dates would line up well.
Then again, Steve did say that the iPhone pre-announcement was not the new normal process for Apple product releases..... so an iMac pre-announcement would go against this.
Anyone referring to that fake google adsense (http://pablogger.wordpress.com/)for the 28/24 inch touchscreen iMac... Photoshop: upped the levels... Showcases the fakery... They'll need to try better than that! A challenge!
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If Apple announced the new iMacs and then didn't make them available till the release of Leopard they could wave goodbye to making ANY revenue from the current iMacs for the next two months. Stock price plummets, they lose a LOT of cash. Stupid, and never going to happen. The only reason they did it for the iPhone was because they had to register the phone with the FCC and it would have leaked so they made the announcement. Also, they weren't going to kill exisiting sales because the device didn't already exist...
Anyway, a chum on another forum has posted this:
Who knows? Maybe time to stop speculating and wait, eh? But if the new iMacs have 1GB of RAM I'll be VERY p'd off.
Anyway, a chum on another forum has posted this:
Who knows? Maybe time to stop speculating and wait, eh? But if the new iMacs have 1GB of RAM I'll be VERY p'd off.