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New PowerMacs and 20" LCD

Re: This is just becoming a joke...

Originally posted by littlerich
I have just bought a dual 1ghz and am pretty pissed off at the fact if I had waited until now then I could have got a dual 1.25 for the same price.. Or if I didn't get the dual 1.25 now just wait till August to get a dual 1.42 for the same price.. This never used to be like apple... If you buy an apple it usually keeps its value but the way thing are going it seems that apple may and possibly will lose alot of sales to pc's unless they make their prices as cheap as them and as cheap to upgrade.
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PC's are just as bad, if not worse... If you're always worried about your machine - PC or Mac - being upgraded just down the line you'll never buy anything.

Relax & enjoy the machine you've got. It's still a better spec than the new entry-level PowerMac.
 
Re: This is just becoming a joke...

Originally posted by littlerich
I like to keep a track of the way that apple moves and I think its great that they do all this upgrading but when I get a new machine I might aswell get a pc. I have just bought a dual 1ghz and am pretty pissed off at the fact if I had waited until now then I could have got a dual 1.25 for the same price..
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I'm sorry about your predicament, I really am. Nothing is more depressing than seeing your hard earned cash disappear before your eyes. With that said, the PowerMac line hasn't been upgraded for about 5 months, and you had to see this coming. It's the nature of the beast.

Furthermore, you'll be hard pressed to find a computer that keeps it's usability and value like a Mac.

-Nate
 
Originally posted by littlerich


iJon, its just a single 1ghz processor in the low end machine.
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oh really, didnt notice that, i got ahead of myself, im in school right now so i cant spen to much time. thanks for the correction, slipped past me.

iJon
 
Re: This is just becoming a joke...

Originally posted by littlerich
I like to keep a track of the way that apple moves and I think its great that they do all this upgrading but when I get a new machine I might aswell get a pc. I have just bought a dual 1ghz and am pretty pissed off at the fact if I had waited until now then I could have got a dual 1.25 for the same price.. Or if I didn't get the dual 1.25 now just wait till August to get a dual 1.42 for the same price.. This never used to be like apple... If you buy an apple it usually keeps its value but the way thing are going it seems that apple may and possibly will lose alot of sales to pc's unless they make their prices as cheap as them and as cheap to upgrade. Anyone agree?
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not to kick you when you're down... cause I understand the frustration... but PowerMacs have been updated every 6 months for the past 2-3 years. We're coming on the 6th month.

I'm sorry that you weren't aware of that... and I suppose I should make that clearer on th site.

arn
 
Originally posted by iJon
now i get a new dual 1.25, apple 20 inch, and a 12 inch powermac.
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A 12 inch PowerMac?? Woah that's amazing... do they have a 1.42 GHz in that model too?? :eek: :eek:

:rolleyes:

Anyways, amazing new display, great price cuts.. Apple is going the right way here, even though they said it was the "year of the laptop".. just hope they continue doing this throughout the year.

Oh, and it's good to see that all those sources arn uses weren't wrong :D




irmongoose
 
Re: Re: This is just becoming a joke...

Originally posted by maehara


PC's are just as bad, if not worse... If you're always worried about your machine - PC or Mac - being upgraded just down the line you'll never buy anything.

Relax & enjoy the machine you've got. It's still a better spec than the new entry-level PowerMac.
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Or better yet just keep up with the rumor sites and you'll have a decent picture of what is coming. Duhhhhhh....
 
Originally posted by iJon
one thing i noticed is the dual 1.25 doesnt have a superdrive, probably a smart move because it will convince people to go with the higher end one of get a new imac when it comes out.
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The superdrive is available as a BTO optioin on all three models for an additional $200. No need to get the high end processor just to get the superdrive.
Also, Bluetooth seems to be an option as well, not built in.
 
Excellent pricing.. 1299 for 20!! great I would think in the future they might update the 17 as widescreen. Powermac now at 1500!
all around great updates. I'm hoping I can have that setup by the end of the year.

apple now get the ilife up for download!
we need also the new ipod 40Gig???
 
Screw the new PowerMac. Did you see that price on the 23" HD Display? $1999????

Holy Cow!

I've been lusting after the PM / 23" Display, and I just built a config on Apple and it's only $4000 now instead of $7000! That's with the 1.42 GHZ model.

Wow. Great price drop. Wonder if all the press about 'Yeah, GHz doesn't matter, but when it's 3 to 1 it does' helped with that.

Now, when the ATI 9700 is available for order, I may just go for it.
 
Price cut vs PPC 970

So for all you Pro users out there - how well is this price cut on the towers swaying you towards buying now rather than waiting for the next revision and the likely introduction of the Power Mac 970?

I would think that this price cut was done primarily to give potential buyers a reason to buy now rather than wait for the next big thing which we all know is further on up the road and fast approaching.
 
Sure.. the p4 is at 3.06 or whatever, but we're at 1.42 now with dualy and it feels good to be a Mac guy again. This system is stunning, the os is amazing, and it's absolutely blazing fast.
If only we could get shipping times down...

Year of the laptop. :rolleyes:
 
Hrmm.. good deal or not?

The new single 1GHz PowerMac, with a 17" studio display, speakers, 80GB HD, and a superdrive comes to 315,000 yen (sorry, I'm gonna buy it here in Tokyo, so pricing here)..

If we predict a 1GHz iMac coming out next Tuesday, but otherwise keep the specs of the current 17" iMac, and the same pricing, that's 249,000 yen.

What's the benefit to me of paying almost 70,000 yen more for the same machine specs? Is there really going to be that much of a performance difference just from the DDR (or fake DDR) RAM, the 133mhz bus and the 1MB L3 cache?

I realize that it's adding 802.11g and Firewire2, but those require me to purchase even MORE hardware. My ADSL is only 12 Mbps anyway, so my current Airport (AirMac here in Japan) setup is just fine, and I don't own any firewire2 devices.

I'm considering getting rid of the iBook (it's a short commute from Shibuya to Daikanyama) and going to a desktop in the next few weeks. Any advice on a good purchase here would be more than helpful.

Cheers!
 
Radeon 9700 is a BTO option now. :D

All models have 64Mb VRAM. :D

The entry level is a single cpu model with only 1Mb of L3 :mad:

They still only have 256K L2, that means they're not 7457 G4s. :confused:

That 20" LCD is amazing, the prices on the displays are amazing. :)

I can't afford any of them but I'm definately going to upgrade my beige G3 and wait a while so I can afford an new powermac of ANY spec just so I've got one of those amazing displays.

I'm quite annoyed that it's taken over 5 years for the entry level model to hit 1Ghz and now it has, the previous 867Mhz model is better suited to what I'd want it for.

I wonder if the cooling has been improved and any motherboard bugs effecting audio cards have been solved ? If they're just as noisy or buggy as the older DDR models I'm less than impressed.
 
Perfect!

Gr8!

WOW.... they even have the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro coming soon!

I think I'm going for the Dual 1.25 GHz with a Radeon 9700 Pro.... drool, drool.... can't wait.
 
I just ordered myself a 20'' cinema... I just wish i could trade in my current 22'' cinema for a second 20'' so i would have matching displays.
 
still love my 1ghz...

I still love my little dual 1ghz.. now I just want to start developing on the thing.. Anyone no of any books for learning objective c?
 
Originally posted by irmongoose


A 12 inch PowerMac?? Woah that's amazing... do they have a 1.42 GHz in that model too?? :eek: :eek:

:rolleyes:

Anyways, amazing new display, great price cuts.. Apple is going the right way here, even though they said it was the "year of the laptop".. just hope they continue doing this throughout the year.

Oh, and it's good to see that all those sources arn uses weren't wrong :D




irmongoose
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damn, see what school does to you when your excited about mac products. but yes, my statement is true, there is a 12 lcd that flips out of the side of the computer,haha. i meant powebook but i think you all knew that.

iJon
 
Originally posted by Chaszmyr
I just ordered myself a 20'' cinema... I just wish i could trade in my current 22'' cinema for a second 20'' so i would have matching displays.
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How ever will you survive..... :eek: :eek: :p :p
 
1.42 Dual...I know most people on here are going to complain that is too slow and would get kicked by a Celeron...but I would have to think that thing must be a fast computer!!!
 
Originally posted by Abercrombieboy
1.42 Dual...I know most people on here are going to complain that is too slow and would get kicked by a Celeron...but I would have to think that thing must be a fast computer!!!
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I reckon it'll be a tad dandy on the performance as well!! ;)
 
no bluetooth either, not that i really care but i thought they would throw it on the mobo, oh well 50 for a module isnt that bad but it takes up from the very few usb ports we had in the first place.

iJon
 
Re: iMacs to Follow

Originally posted by pkradd
Now that the Pro product has been upgraded all around, I suspect the Consumer stuff will follow, possibly as early as next Tuesday (Feb. 3).
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Really? I hope so.

I haven't been following the mac product distribution cycle for very long so maybe someone can help me out here. Is it odd for Apple to introduce new software and new laptops at Macworld, then just a few weeks later introduce new PowerMacs and new monitors, and (as many are suggesting) new iMacs and (maybe--I hope) new iPods a week later? Do they normally do thigns like this? I mean that's the just about whole product line right there.


What do you all think the chances of us seeing iMac and/or iPod upgrades next week?

Thanks!
 
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