New thinner iMac

[Stolz25]

Some of us actually use our computers in the family room, instead of spending all our time in a dark basement staring into the screen all night long.

This is nonsensical. While I understand it's advantageous not to have a box and cabling to deal with, once you get the imac to it's current size, it is plenty compact to put in a family room or anywhere else you want to use it.

Why would you sacrifice any functionality (not to manage get added heat issues) to save an inch or two at that point?

Seems some of you are more concerned about showing your imac off as a decoration than actually using it.

 

[BlazednSleepy]

This looks shop'd.

Noooo, you think?

 

[Roller]

Some of us actually use our computers in the family room, instead of spending all our time in a dark basement staring into the screen all night long.

Actually, I have an iMac in our family room, as well as in my home office. I don't pay much attention to the profile of either computer. (The only place I stare at screens in the dark is at work, and those monitors are a lot pricier than an iMac.)

 

[Liffey]

Good example. Also - The quality of the sound on a CD is vastly superior to any downloaded Mp3, worth to think about.

You can download ALACs just as easily as mp3s, you know. And if you have a decent internet connection it doesn't take much longer than ripping the CD.

I personally won't miss the drive.

Though I think it's skinny enough already. I'd rather they increase the horsepower than lower the form factor.

 

[Crazy82]

Honestly, with the way Apple is pushing to remove the superdrive from their portables, it would make sense for the iMac to follow suit. Apple really wants their external superdrive to be that extra accessory, and removing it from the iMac would make sense from a business standpoint.

Truth be told, I've only used the superdrive in my MacBook Pro twice..once to import a Rage Against the Machine album, and once to watch Groundhog Day. I could probably do without it.

Back on topic though, great concept in the original post. I would definitely invest in an iMac with that resolution.

Yeah you right! But i wonder one thing; all thees people with a lot of games that thay baugt on rom how will thay install and play them on an iMac without ODD? Is the ongly way to by an external or can you get it to work on someother way?

 

[theSeb]

This looks shop'd.

Are you Sherlock Holmes?

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You can download ALACs just as easily as mp3s, you know. And if you have a decent internet connection it doesn't take much longer than ripping the CD.

I personally won't miss the drive.

Though I think it's skinny enough already. I'd rather they increase the horsepower than lower the form factor.

Exactly. You can even download lossless files that are much higher quality than CDs.

e.g: https://www.hdtracks.com/

 

[7709876]

Are you Sherlock Holmes?

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Exactly. You can even download lossless files that are much higher quality than CDs.

e.g: https://www.hdtracks.com/

What do you do if you have a collection of CDs - like many people actually do?

Do you pay money to buy digital copies rather than being able to rip them yourself?

 

[theSeb]

What do you do if you have a collection of CDs - like many people actually do?

Do you pay money to buy digital copies rather than being able to rip them yourself?

I ripped all of them myself to Apple Lossless using an external LG optical drive. I buy high bit-rate copies of the stuff I REALLY like.

 

[Icaras]

It's not deprecated at all. Optical drives on desktops have a use. For example I use my iMac as my music store. Guess what that means? Oh yeah I have to rip my cd collection onto it.

And guess what else? External super drive.

Axe the ODD!

 

[old-wiz]

I would much rather have the iMac have room inside for decent components. You need room for a decent GPU, memory, and HDD. If it's on a desktop, why worry about how thin it is? If it's too thin it will get too warm, which isn't good for electronics.

 

[forty2j]

And guess what else? External super drive.

Axe the ODD!

Cuz everyone needs an All-in-two computer.

 

[Occamsrazr]

If it gets too warm and components die then that is a good thing because it gives you an excuse to buy a new apple product.

 

[Puevlo]

What's the point?

 

[seanm9]

the dock connector on the side makes that a photoshop FAIL.... all that work to make a nice fake and you miss that detail...

oh that is the MMC card slot

 

[washburn]

looks like a giant ipad, dont like it

 

[cocky jeremy]

Cuz everyone needs an All-in-two computer.

Once it's dead, you'll never miss it. Same as floppy drives, serial ports, etc.

 

[lannisters4life]

Once it's dead, you'll never miss it. Same as floppy drives, serial ports, etc.

I never had a collection of 100 movies on floppy disks though, only a version of Microsoft Office spread over about 25 of them. Ditching optical drives is fine if the whole little iTunes ecosystem functions perfectly. But for peasants worldwide, with internet connections barely able to rival our pigeon messaging service (PMS), it is a bit of a nightmare. Early 21st century 28/52k internet could deal with floppy disk sized information, whereas the same can't really be said for dvd sized information on a global level. I'm not expecting that Apple think of those outside America for more than 22 nanometres, but hey, I can whine.

 

[Smartie]

I never had a collection of 100 movies on floppy disks though, only a version of Microsoft Office spread over about 25 of them. Ditching optical drives is fine if the whole little iTunes ecosystem functions perfectly. But for peasants worldwide, with internet connections barely able to rival our pigeon messaging service (PMS), it is a bit of a nightmare. Early 21st century 28/52k internet could deal with floppy disk sized information, whereas the same can't really be said for dvd sized information on a global level. I'm not expecting that Apple think of those outside America for more than 22 nanometres, but hey, I can whine.

Excuse me but "America" is not necessarily the most developed country in the world when it comes to Internet. Internet access is possible through 3G USB dongles even in the midst of Africa and Asia. Those with money to buy an iMac can afford a decent Internet connection almost everywhere in the world.

 

[dylin]

I personally won't miss the drive.

Though I think it's skinny enough already. I'd rather they increase the horsepower than lower the form factor.

Pretty much this. Thinner form factor could probably mean a big issue with heat and that would be a big no no for the machine itself.

 

[lannisters4life]

Excuse me but "America" is not necessarily the most developed country in the world when it comes to Internet. Internet access is possible through 3G USB dongles even in the midst of Africa and Asia. Those with money to buy an iMac can afford a decent Internet connection almost everywhere in the world.

I am sorry for slighting Swedish telecommunications infrastructure, I do not doubt its developed nature. Despite this, your final statement could oversimplify the financial situations of many Apple customers. My brother in fact is quite a wealthy farmer in the north east of Australia, and his $180 a month only affords him 6GB of satellite internet, from our last conversation on the matter. His young and rebellious son uses most of it, we can only guess as to what on. I have only been to Africa once, visiting my great nephew who is an electrician in a mine in Mali, which from his telling is quite an impoverished nation. He flies business class once every five weeks to whichever destination he choses, very well looked after. His company's internet connection took us two hours to download a 33MB video I'd recorded of his cousins back home, all done on his Macbook Pro.

 

[forty2j]

Excuse me but "America" is not necessarily the most developed country in the world when it comes to Internet. Internet access is possible through 3G USB dongles even in the midst of Africa and Asia. Those with money to buy an iMac can afford a decent Internet connection almost everywhere in the world.

Yeah, because 3G over USB is optimal for downloading a 12 GB game. Hi Diablo!

Digital distribution of desktop software is still in its infancy; I can't see the ODD being eradicated just yet.

 

[Sackvillenb]

Certainly an interesting concept. Beautiful in fact. But, our technology is not advanced enough yet to make this without too many compromises... (reduced power, etc.). Looks nice though...!

 

[Occamsrazr]

I downloaded the entire Diablo install at a constant rate higher than 1.2MB/s

That's gotta be almost as fast or faster than installing from DVD... Sure seemed easier, at least.

 

[DeF46]

Thinner iMacs won't do scrap for your belly, sitting at the computer all day.

 

[cocky jeremy]

I never had a collection of 100 movies on floppy disks though, only a version of Microsoft Office spread over about 25 of them. Ditching optical drives is fine if the whole little iTunes ecosystem functions perfectly. But for peasants worldwide, with internet connections barely able to rival our pigeon messaging service (PMS), it is a bit of a nightmare. Early 21st century 28/52k internet could deal with floppy disk sized information, whereas the same can't really be said for dvd sized information on a global level. I'm not expecting that Apple think of those outside America for more than 22 nanometres, but hey, I can whine.

Then it can't hurt to go ahead and get those movies on an external drive, or buy a DVD player. The fact is, Apple can't wait for the entire world to be caught up to go in the direction they want to go. Most developed countries have internet as good, or better, than America. Now is a fine time to drop ODD.