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Next Apple iMacs with "Striking New Industrial Design"?

Like many other posters, I hope Apple introduces touch screen technology to the iMac and to other 'displays'. If Leopard is going to truly push the OS envelope then built in touch screen capabilities would be one way to go -- and with such functionality you would need a variety of ‘touch’ options for all Mac products -- monitors, iMacs and laptops. And I don't think you would just start with the iMac.

Some posters have suggested an iMac with a detachable screen to function as a ‘tablet’ -- I don’t think this will work due to size. Who wants to nurse a 20” screen on there lap? However, a laptop with some form of fold-back screen would work well as a ‘tablet’ me thinks -- and something better than what is out there now. Also, the base of an iMac or monitor would have to be quite heavy and the arms lockable so the puppies don’t move when you start poking them -- but I don’t think this is a problem for hte overall design

Let’s wait and see, but if Apple is seriously developing touch-screen capabilities in Leopard -- or subsequent OS -- I think that pro users would be at the top their list.

I will say 'Way beyond the iMac' is a phrase i hope to use in the not too distant future...
 
It's about time...

As much as I love the design from a functional point-of-view, those things are atrocious looking in a living room. They're not bad sitting on a desk in an office, but there's no way I'd have one in the lounge. Just 6 months ago I bought a Mac mini and Dell 24" as a TV replacement and couldn't be happier. I probably could have saved a bit of money and made better use of space with a 24" imac, but egad that tired old white with such a large border around the screen! What's strange to me is how nice the apple displays look versus how poor the imac looks bolted to a wall in the lounge.
 
I have some breaking news on the future iMac! It's going to be an iRubicCube. Think Cube 2.0.

Cube 2.0.

Each side will have a color customizable side, for a configured price of 199.00 per side. Your future iRubicCube will have 1 BILLION color posibilities! Furthermore, an iSteve will be available with each model to swoon customers to spend more of their hard-earned money on.. One more thing..

And one more thing.. The front will be a touchscreen, widescreen, 1080p iPod which detaches and plays music and movies, which will be cheaper than a iPhoneThat's599AndShipsInJune!
 
this really has my curiosity peaked, i don't think i'll buy one. never owned an imac. But i'm DYING to see what it looks like. Oh why do i have to wait.:(
 
Hello

I just hope they make it widescreen like the Cinema Displays. And, I'll add that I think the current iMac is the most beautiful computer on the market by far, and the chin is not ugly, its just all stunningly beautiful :)

P.S. All wireless perriferals would be SWEET :)
 
MacFly123 said:
I just hope they make it widescreen like the Cinema Displays. And, I'll add that I think the current iMac is the most beautiful computer on the market by far, and the chin is not ugly, its just all stunningly beautiful :)

P.S. All wireless perriferals would be SWEET :)
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isn't it already widescreen? oh and bring on the black ones!!
 
Black metal would rock - I like the mock up of the current ACD as the new iMac.

I do wish though that they would rotate to potrait.

Twin HDDs would be nice as well for TM.
 
iPod:current iMac design::iPhone::confused:

here's hoping the new iMacs look as sleekly modern as the iPhone!
 
I hope Apple puts some power back inside the rumored newly designed iMac. What's stopping me from buying the current iMac is all of the mobile hardware that's in it. I understand that the choice to use mobile hardware is probably the only way Apple could get everything to fit inside such a slim frame. However, as the iMac is categorized as a desktop, I wish it had the hardware synonymous to its build.

My choices in my next computer are (so far):

A) 24" iMac, 2.33 ghz Core 2 Duo, 250 gb hard drive, DL SuperDrive, 256mb NVIDIA 7300 GT, 2 gb RAM, Apple Care, and everything else it comes with... $2,514 (educational)

or

B) Mac Pro (Tower only), Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon, Single DL SuperDrive, 256mb NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT, 2 gb RAM, Apple Care, and everything else it comes with... $2,767 (educational)

Of course, I'll probably add the 23" cinema display with the Mac Pro for an additional $899 and that's not a problem. But what I'm trying to get at is this: a desktop with mobile hardware vs a desktop with more power than I will ever need?

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Sorry for the long response.:p
 
(sorry if anyone's already said this) They like bold statements. Now would be a good time to release the "most environmentally desktop ever". Might they design something with a staggeringly small carbon footprint? Reduced energy (from laptop chips) and reduced packaging for shipping costs, that sort of thing?

Only problem is they'll set themselves up for a big fall when 1000000 environmentalists start looking for flaws in the claim.

And I hope it's beautiful too, not made of recycled cardboard and powered by horse manure or anything.
 
That sucks, my friend wants to get a 24" iMac but is waiting for the next revision. I have the old model! nevermind I'm very happy with my 24" iMac anyway:p
 
dnedved said:
As much as I love the design from a functional point-of-view, those things are atrocious looking in a living room. They're not bad sitting on a desk in an office, but there's no way I'd have one in the lounge. Just 6 months ago I bought a Mac mini and Dell 24" as a TV replacement and couldn't be happier.
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A 24" TV? Um, OK. I currently have 32" TV, and it's replacements will be either 37" or 42".
 
Wow!
I just sold my 20" iMac desk lamp type.
I loved it...just had no more need.:(
Actually I prefered it to the latest type which is a bit brick-like for my tastes.....plus I really dug the beautifully adjustable swivel screen.

Regardless, every generation of iMac has been a groundbreaker and I can't wait to see what they have in store for us next.
If these rumors are true it's gonna be a dussie!

Yes touch screens rock...I have a very advanced POS (point of sale) computer system that is touch screen and it is way cool for general web work etc....it's so fast doing things.
It would be the next logical step for both home and business general use.

This is looking like an amazing year for us Mac maniacs eh!
 
HiFi sound

Hi

Apple will be where Intel is on technology, so hopefully they will add options for high-end processors like quad-core and big disks. Disk space will be an issue for me since I am looking to by my first iMac and use it as the media hub for an AppleTV.

At the moment I have a G4 1.25 MacMin (my first mac) and is using that for all my music, cal, pictures.. etc. I have friends that based on my experience with using a Mac as your home computer has bought iMac's. They love the iMac except for one important point, and that is sound. How can Apple that has the biggest online music make a computer where the sound quallity is bad? Hopefully they will make sure that the revisions will have higer quallity sound.

Also it must be time to add higher bit-rate tunes on iTunes.

regards
Michael
 
Zwhaler said:
Nothing will happen until Santa Rosa, which is May 9th, I believe. Even then, Apple will probably wait for a few months until they adopt the new technology.
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Does it piss anyone else off as much as it does me?

I think bringing back the colors would be a nifty idea, but more so for the mobiles (MacBook mainly) rather than the desktops.
 
Mac Fly (film) said:
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*shakes head in disgust*

Schill359 said:
I have some breaking news on the future iMac! It's going to be an iRubicCube. Think Cube 2.0.

Cube 2.0.

Each side will have a color customizable side, for a configured price of 199.00 per side. Your future iRubicCube will have 1 BILLION color posibilities! Furthermore, an iSteve will be available with each model to swoon customers to spend more of their hard-earned money on.. One more thing..

And one more thing.. The front will be a touchscreen, widescreen, 1080p iPod which detaches and plays music and movies, which will be cheaper than a iPhoneThat's599AndShipsInJune!
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*weeps in disgust*
 
Mac Fly (film) said:
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This design is much more apt to be an iMac. The Mac Pro will never come with a display, not to mention a complete and utter lack of expansion. It would be nice if Apple integrated the entire line with the same industrial design. I, for one, happen to love the brushed aluminum look of the Mac Pro.
 
Notice how the Appleinsider article mentions a "pair" of C2D processors. Which means quad is coming!

Seems sensible, as the Pro line is still differentiated with the use of Xeons.
 
bigraz said:
How about a touch screen imac, that can detach and be used to sit on the couch to browse the internet, etc. You can take it to the desk when you need to do more serious work.

I would be smitten with that!
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I can't quite imagine sitting a 24" screen on your lap. Are you going to use it as a dinner tray too?:D

My worry is that as is typical of Apple they typically like to do one thing at a time, so the redesign will probably mean that the multi-touch does not come along until the next revision - but I'd be very happy if they proved me wrong.
 
Pleeease not the stuupid lamp thing! I never did like it, it looks like a toy!

Far more likely we'll see something like that picture in a few of these posts, ie. an iMac with no chin, and made from Aluminium.

And hopefully no touch screen. Just too expensive and impractical.
 
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