Nope, I'd say will not ship BEFORE October. Could be much later than that if it's delayed again - which is very much a possibility.
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Nope, I'd say will not ship BEFORE October. Could be much later than that if it's delayed again - which is very much a possibility.
To each his own. I'd much rather pay the slight premium for a computer that runs Mac OS X... Windows just gets in the way, and you run a much higher risk of getting viruses/spyware.
Plus, I really like Aperture - and that won't run very well on the cheapo HP system.
I was just reading in another thread that the standard Apple keyboard and mouse have dropped to huge shipping times (haven't checked myself). Given that leaked keyboard photo set that came out a while ago, I wonder if actually the entire Mac line is going to be revamped, from mini to Mac Pro, with keyboard and mouse.
Obviously that would be an uber-update and worthy of a special event.
On the other hand, seeing as they called a special event to unveil the iPod leather case and that lame hi-fi thing, I'm starting to worry that this event is going to be about JUST the keyboard and mouse! Especially as all the Mac computers have normal shipping times from the online store last time I looked!
Heh. I doubt it of course. But I wonder about mini + iMac + Mac Pro + .mac - a complete desktop overhaul?
Obviously that would be an uber-update and worthy of a special event.
On the other hand, seeing as they called a special event to unveil the iPod leather case and that lame hi-fi thing, I'm starting to worry that this event is going to be about JUST the keyboard and mouse! Especially as all the Mac computers have normal shipping times from the online store last time I looked!
Heh. I doubt it of course. But I wonder about mini + iMac + Mac Pro + .mac - a complete desktop overhaul?
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Plus, I really like Aperture - and that won't run very well on the cheapo HP system.
To be fair Aperture doesn't run very well on most of the cheaper Macs. It's a hog of a program compared to Lightroom.
Think big, people
Here's how it's gonna go down.
The new iMac is a full touchscreen interface, like the iPhone. It is an ultra-thin panel that pops off of its base and becomes a touch-interfaced tablet computer.
If you want a more conventional desktop Mac, then get the high end Mac Pro, or the new Mac mini, now with a Core 2 Duo and a PCI slot. Plug either into the new Apple Display with iSight.
Concurrent with this, Apple is releasing iWork '08, which includes Charts for spreadsheets and a new fully Word-compatible version of Pages, making it a great MS-Office-killer.
They're also releasing iLife '08, which brings iChat into the iLife suite, because...
iLife will integrate into the new .Mac, which now has full VOIP telephony as part of its service. It also has a robust blog engine (tied to iWeb), plus a couple features you never really thought of before.
Oh, and the Apple TV will, of course, interact ingeniously with all of the above.
There. Now isn't that more interesting than some little iMac redesign?
Here's how it's gonna go down.
The new iMac is a full touchscreen interface, like the iPhone. It is an ultra-thin panel that pops off of its base and becomes a touch-interfaced tablet computer.
If you want a more conventional desktop Mac, then get the high end Mac Pro, or the new Mac mini, now with a Core 2 Duo and a PCI slot. Plug either into the new Apple Display with iSight.
Concurrent with this, Apple is releasing iWork '08, which includes Charts for spreadsheets and a new fully Word-compatible version of Pages, making it a great MS-Office-killer.
They're also releasing iLife '08, which brings iChat into the iLife suite, because...
iLife will integrate into the new .Mac, which now has full VOIP telephony as part of its service. It also has a robust blog engine (tied to iWeb), plus a couple features you never really thought of before.
Oh, and the Apple TV will, of course, interact ingeniously with all of the above.
There. Now isn't that more interesting than some little iMac redesign?
Lightroom for Windows/Mac
Yes, you'd need to switch to Lightroom for similar capabilities on Vista...
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/03/05/lightroom-vs-aperture.html
Probably the 4 cores of the HP would help too
Plus, I really like Aperture - and that won't run very well on the cheapo HP system.
Yes, you'd need to switch to Lightroom for similar capabilities on Vista...
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/03/05/lightroom-vs-aperture.html
"Overall, Lightroom was much faster, but if I had a super fast MacPro and 5 or 6GB of RAM, I bet that would speed up Aperture. Of course, Lightroom would feel like it was on crack cocaine if I was using that same computer."
Probably the 4 cores of the HP would help too
I'm hoping for 24" to fall to the $1499 bracket, but a processor improvement would be very nice. Most importantly, I'd like a 1x1gb stock ram config rather than 2x512mb, or an upgrade to 2gb stock. New graphics card, larger hard drive, and brushed aluminium to top it off.
I'm guessing new iLife/iWork will be announced and shown off, which will come with Leopard in October. I wish they'd announce free upgrades to Leopard for all Macs bought after today.
you guys are ridiculous.. it's fun to speculate, but just about every prediction is way outside of reality and apple's nature.
you won't see leopard. PERIOD.
you won't see revolutionary interface changes.
you won't see a simple rehash with nothing but new material used for the enclosure.
you will see the slimmest all-in-one desktop machine ever produced (think macbook pro thin) with the sleekest and most simple design yet. LED monitor, Santa Rosa chipset.
There will be much drooling.
you won't see leopard. PERIOD.
you won't see revolutionary interface changes.
you won't see a simple rehash with nothing but new material used for the enclosure.
you will see the slimmest all-in-one desktop machine ever produced (think macbook pro thin) with the sleekest and most simple design yet. LED monitor, Santa Rosa chipset.
There will be much drooling.
Oh man, I really don't know what the people who want a touchscreen iMac are drinking/eating/smoking, but it is utterly ridiculous. Ergonomically disastrous, screen-dirtying, and pointless when you have a MOUSE.
As for a touchscreen iMac with a screen that detaches to become a tablet - do you really think you can sit a 24" display across your lap comfortably, or carry it around?
Touchscreen desktop is both insane and completely useless.
Regarding it just being the keyboard and mouse, I was joking! But the leather iPod case "special event" still makes me laugh.
As for a touchscreen iMac with a screen that detaches to become a tablet - do you really think you can sit a 24" display across your lap comfortably, or carry it around?
Touchscreen desktop is both insane and completely useless.
Regarding it just being the keyboard and mouse, I was joking! But the leather iPod case "special event" still makes me laugh.
Apple have made quite a few bad judgement calls in the past, but they have generally responded to the reaction and rectified the mistake at a later date. SJ appears to be an opinionated chap and that drives the company on a clear track, but he is also a listener and that ensures the company hops back on the track when they take a new corner a bit wide. It is my guess that we will never see the likes of the iPod Hi-Fi and leather case fiasco again!
apple is so completely focused on the phone and its sales that you will not see anything hugely groundbreaking, and certainly nothing that would possibly steal the show from the iphone.
apple's strategy in general for the foreseeable future is phone, phone, phone.
the imac update is merely a long overdue refresh.
apple's strategy in general for the foreseeable future is phone, phone, phone.
the imac update is merely a long overdue refresh.
I've been meaning to post this forever. The whole touchscreen desktop is so far out in the future it's not even worth mentioning. There is endless amounts of usability and cleanliness issues to sort out it's not even funny. Look at how dirty your monitors get now, now put your hands ALL OVER THEM, ALL DAY. I seriously don't believe physically touching the screen is the future of interfaces.
those were different days, and it was a completely new operating system.
you can't compare OS9 --> OS X to Tiger --> Leopard.
The mac platform was in sorry shape at that time, and OS X (even if it was buggy and terribly slow) was the answer. I mean.. you couldn't even use a pulldown menu and watch a movie simultaneously in those days. It was becoming an emergency situation..
Agree completely. There is no point to it, when the same can be accomplished more efficiently, with less movement, and more ergonomically, with a mouse.
iPhone, iPod, fine. Office fax/photocopier/scanner, good. Desktop computer? No way.
For a device you hold with no other inputs, of course. But a big desktop, with a keyboard, mouse, graphics tablet, you name it, touchscreen is not going to happen.
He guys, remember this?
Ah yes. Just like 2006 (or was it 2005?) was the Year of the Laptop, and after one release they didn't get a refresh for most of the rest of the year. Or how the CRT was dead when the G4 iMac came out, then the eMac arrived.
Having said that, I'm still wondering about a COMPLETE system-wide refresh of all Mac computers today. That would certainly be a big event.
Utter iPhone fanboy rubbish
They need to put the focus back on their computers and this event will presumably do that.
Everyone is allowed to their opinion and true it is all speculation but I don't think me saying that Leopard will be included in the new iMac's and anything else that comes out is that far fetched. Curtainly not the most far fetched thing posted in this thread. If it is is would provide the "WOW" factor to the event.