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Next-Generation iMac: Quad-Core Processors? No Blu-Ray?
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I acknowledge that the difference may be negligible on smaller screens, but that doesn't change the fact that user libraries of blu-ray are expanding.
Another excellent point. Hopefully then studios like Disney will drop their silly multi-format combo packs and give us cheaper MSRPs!
We'll see... Clarksfield is OK but expensive and may not give a real performance boost due the low clock speeds.
What's so special about watching DVDs on a Mac versus SDTV?
Maybe nothing, so why not?
Exactly --- if there is not difference why have BluRay at the EXTRA cost which will be inevitable.
Ask the PC guys how much EXTRA they pay for BluRay. If it is worth it to you, it is worth it to you. In my case, my PS3 and HDTV take care of all my BluRay needs.
the issue with not having blu-ray on all macs is not the movie support for me, it's the fact that I can't fit more than 15 minutes of video onto a standard dvd from my camcorder (less with menus)...I need blu-ray support so I can at least burn a few HD home movies properly (I don't want 4 disc editions of my wife's BD party)
And I don't see how these quad cores are better really, way more money with much lower clock speed, at dual core mode they are still a lot slower than my mom's dual core on her Imac (her's runs at 3.06 all the time, not just at single core)....its not worth the price increase
And I don't see how these quad cores are better really, way more money with much lower clock speed, at dual core mode they are still a lot slower than my mom's dual core on her Imac (her's runs at 3.06 all the time, not just at single core)....its not worth the price increase
From a financial perspective, Blu-ray does nothing for Apple, who would rather sell you a movie through iTunes.
Real world pressures and risk of being seen as technically obsolete will force their hand on the matter though, this year or next year.
Despite some of the FUD posted here earlier, Blu-ray is quite healthy and is out pacing DVD adoption rates at a similar time in that format's life cycle.
Expect $99 Blu-ray players for this holiday shopping season and $79 players by summer of next year. Movie prices have started to come down too. Many blu-ray catalog titles are down to $15 or less from major resellers like Amazon. The $19.95 new release Blu-ray is right around the corner.
Although I, too, own a PS3 (since Jan 2008) and own about 15 BR titles, BR just isn't mainstream yet...nowhere close. So it ain't gonna start showing up like hotcakes on computers until more homes own BR and people are significantly buying BR titles. Sure, it's on some Windows machines as expensive options ($150 upgrade on a $600 desktop is pricey to me). It would be nice to see BR on an iMac but I just feel the demand for BR on a computer is sooooooooooo low right now. You might want it because you are an early adopter but that's the price you pay for early adoption.
And to argue that you need to rip BR to iPhone is a joke. Buy the dvd version for $9...or buy the BR/DVD bundles (I just got Coraline with BR and DVD for $18)...or do whatever else you need to do to put a dvd quality movie on a 3" screen.
I am dying for the day someone will release a higher-capacity permanent medium storage than the crusty old dvd. The answer may be Blu Ray but again, the technology is nowhere mainstream at home let alone on a computer...and currently the blank disks are wicked expensive...but I would love a simple, cheap, reliable way to plop 25gigs on a single disc such as BR. Looks like it's gonna be 5+ years for me to see that day.
I'm not yelling at you...just making some points. Pure text on boards like this is hard to read the tone...so please don't think I'm harping on ya.
-Eric
It is the extra fees I do not want tagged onto the new iMacs that are inevitable with BluRay drives
Why would that rain on Window's parade? Windows 7 is the third generation OS that has run on multi-thread CPU's inside of consumer grade desktops available for the last few years.
"Hey look! Apple can finally offer what Windows users have had access too for months!"
I bet it will cost much more too.
Ok so at this point I'll definitely agree that the format isn't at critical mass yet so it won't be worth it everyone. But, BTO option, at least? Please?
I've watched few Blu-Ray movies on my 32" HD-Ready Sony and several more on my dad's 1080p video projector. I can say, there's a HUGE difference but 32" is okay too because Blu-Ray looks a lot nicer than DVD on it too
I think the Multi-format combos are EXCELLENT. BluRay for the HDTV and DVD for the car ride --- unless you want bluRay in cars too?
You'd see a substantial performance increase across the board. The Nehalem architecture makes many improvements, and TurboBoost eliminates the high clock speed dual-core vs. lower clock speed quad-core debate of the Core 2 days.
Ok so at this point I'll definitely agree that the format isn't at critical mass yet so it won't be worth it everyone. But, BTO option, at least? Please?
I agree. BluRay as a luxury option makes both of us happy!
Disney and cheaper MSRPs can never be used in the same sentence.
Very true, at least Snow White went for $9.99 though recently.
Blu-rays should be everywhere, even on my iphone. Super drive dock attachment anyone?
I kid I kid...
Considering the rumor with thinner iMacs and now quadcore, one of them has to be wrong...
I mean if they expect to have the full turboboost option, then it would be wiser to make more space for cooling then less.
Well.. im still curious. (even if i'm getting the feeling of being playd with, with all the upcoming rumors like a cat&mouse )
Tod
Btw: Im guessing they will stick with the 4850. Though it would be awesome to have the new 5000er series from ATI
I mean if they expect to have the full turboboost option, then it would be wiser to make more space for cooling then less.
Well.. im still curious. (even if i'm getting the feeling of being playd with, with all the upcoming rumors like a cat&mouse
)Tod
Btw: Im guessing they will stick with the 4850. Though it would be awesome to have the new 5000er series from ATI
Not bad for a 72 year old film. Even at that price, it must be a cash cow for them.
Dell charges between 90 and 120 for Desktop BLu Ray readers, 120 to 150 for slot loading laptop readers, 225 for the burner.
How anyone can claim these prices would hurt their purchase of an iMac I don't want to hear it. At least on the Dell the % price change from base machine is two digit percentage.
If Apple chooses any nehalem mobile chip, they wont be able to use Geforce 9400M anymore and they have to resort to discerete graphics (or Intel's integrated crap) for their machines. Somehow I dont see them doing that just yet
It's not like they are in a battle for hardware peformance superiority; PCs won that battle long time ago!
It's not like they are in a battle for hardware peformance superiority; PCs won that battle long time ago!