Thank you for educating me. This makes sense and I understand what you are saying
. I just don't think it is worth paying extra for BluRay player in iMac. I don't want price hikes on iMac's right now.
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Next-Generation iMac: Quad-Core Processors? No Blu-Ray?
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Thank you for educating me. This makes sense and I understand what you are saying
. I just don't think it is worth paying extra for BluRay player in iMac. I don't want price hikes on iMac's right now.
makes sense. but will apple have an iMac lineup in which the low-end models have a higher clockspeed than the high-end models? will they trust consumers to look beyond that number?
I'm in the market right now for a new 24" iMac and have NO PROBLEM with the ones that are currently available and even those are more than adequate to fulfill my needs. However, I don't necessarily need the computer right this moment but the anticipation is killing me.
I nearly went out and bought a Mac Mini to hold me over because I've got a really nice 22" monitor.
Anyways I hope that I/we hear something soon!
I nearly went out and bought a Mac Mini to hold me over because I've got a really nice 22" monitor.
Anyways I hope that I/we hear something soon!
I don't think so, considering that the Clarksfield is MUCH, MUCH slower than the Xeon Quad.
If only Apple would give us a Lynnfield in the iMac, THEN you would have a point. I wish Apple would offer a Lynnfield in a tower for $1500....but no, it's more important to make the new iMac thinner and prettier.
This concedes a HUGE market to Dell, HP and others. Soon I will buying my first PC for precisely this reason.
I would suspect the option to be in the $150-$200 price bracket for Apple considering it will have to be a slot loader and depending on the speed.
I think so. After the netburst disaster most consumers are now comfortable with clock speed != performance. They will likely just emphasize the Quad-Core i7 in their literature.
Originally Posted by NeverhadaPC
You must not have watched HD content on an Samsung 8000 series LED HDTV (1080p). It is AMAZING!
Though on an iPod or a smaller TV (42 and less) I find that HD content is overkill.
does it not make more sense that on a 17" MBP 1920*1200 HD content will be at its best because the pixels are packed as tight as possible... whereas on a 42" TV the pixels are stretched a bit more therefore resulting in a loss (very slight, but if you sit in front of your TV about 2 foot away you could see the stretch, whereas on a 17" MBP it would be next to perfect?
You must not have watched HD content on an Samsung 8000 series LED HDTV (1080p). It is AMAZING!
Though on an iPod or a smaller TV (42 and less) I find that HD content is overkill.
does it not make more sense that on a 17" MBP 1920*1200 HD content will be at its best because the pixels are packed as tight as possible... whereas on a 42" TV the pixels are stretched a bit more therefore resulting in a loss (very slight, but if you sit in front of your TV about 2 foot away you could see the stretch, whereas on a 17" MBP it would be next to perfect?
That's 10+% increase in price on current iMac prices... add in the Apple-Care and you suddenly have a $2500-3000 iMac.
I think the iMac is meant to be for those who do not want to spend on a Mac Pro and is willing to compromise performance and price. $3000 is not compromising price
I would only see it as a BTO option. The Mac Pro would also have to get this option at least at the same time.
Blu-Ray is a STILLBORN technology, how many times do I have to say it?
Apple is more than wise to steer clear from that ridiculous bag of hurt, as its added value and benefits are marginal, its costs high, its usefulness in computers close to nonexistent and its licensing+DRM schemes simply ludicrous.
Just add quad-core, a thinner enclosure if possible, a newer GPU, perhaps media reader ports and more default RAM/HD...nothing else is needed to what is already the best desktop lineup on Earth.
BLU-RAY IS DEAD. MS IS DEAD.
The Mac Pro line starts at $2,499. Apples least expensive quad core.
How can a $1,100 iMac eat into the sales of a $2,499 workstation for a completely different user group ? I can't believe Apple won't offer an affordable quad core two years after they've been available.
The only reason I say this is that the price difference will likely be only 300-500 dollars difference with out a monitor, which honestly most people have. Why would not spend the extra money to get some upgrade ability.
top of the line iMac only 2199.00 vs 2499.00 MP
So you want a blu-ray disc released on ALL iMacs so that you can "rip" your "HD" discs to watch on an "iPhone"?
You fall in the other 20%.
I am 100% positive the iMac or any Mac for that matter won't have blu-ray before 2010.
I know (I bought one back then) but that was back then. Now is now. iMacs have been reduced recently to compete better with other PCs. I think another price cut will come from Apple on Oct. 20th.
No way will they increase prices. That is business-nonsense and apple suicide
Do you know what the word stillborn means ? It doesn't matter how many times you say it. It's still absurd.
Put the bong down and very slowly walk away.
piggly sum' b****
beep.
ah you're startin to piss me off, you little piggly sum' b****. call me!
i'm not buying another mac til they get blu-ray. i only have one, got it two years ago with the release of leopard, but still. it has to happen. enough people want it. no one cares about you people who don't want it. blu-ray is the future, and i'm not gonna buy another mac only to watch them come out with one that has blu-ray 6 months later. though i hope this addition is sooner than later, as i'm looking to get a laptop next semester. come on apple! you're killing me!
beep.
ah you're startin to piss me off, you little piggly sum' b****. call me!
i'm not buying another mac til they get blu-ray. i only have one, got it two years ago with the release of leopard, but still. it has to happen. enough people want it. no one cares about you people who don't want it. blu-ray is the future, and i'm not gonna buy another mac only to watch them come out with one that has blu-ray 6 months later. though i hope this addition is sooner than later, as i'm looking to get a laptop next semester. come on apple! you're killing me!
This has been my issue too. I can't burn finished HD content created on my iMac to a format for HD playback on a Blu-ray player.
Thank god you dont make decisions for Apple. Otherwise we would have never had DVD (1999) or DVD-R (2002) drives in consumer Macs years before the bulk of the PC industry.
They were priced similarly to the current Blu-ray drives at the time they were introduced to the iMac line. In fact, Apples slot-loading DVD drive might have been one of the first in the industry. It was the first Id ever heard of.
Easy. Look at TV's claiming a dynamic contrast ratio of 50,000 - i.e. it's really 10,000 but it shifts the range that 10,000 is plucked from according to the picture on screen.
Apple could sell this as a dynamic CPU with up to 3+ GHz for power and it drops down to <2GHz to conserve power. Just like selling a hybrid car, eh?
Probably YOU don't know what it means, so here it is:
stillborn |ˈstilˌbôrn|
adjective
(of an infant) born dead.
figurative (of a proposal or plan) having failed to develop or succeed; unrealized : the proposed wealth tax was stillborn.
That's what Blu-Damn-Ray is: a technology that FAILED TO SUCCEED, period.
lol rip your HD discs to put on an iPhone.. i thought this was pretty funny too, the iPhone has a resolution (width) equivalent to a non-HD American television ... try tv rips or try downloading on iTunes... although i dont like wasting money on iTunes so download Handbrake and rip your regular DVDs for good quality on the iPhone
surprised nobody is mentioning the potential new keyboard and mouse? im saving my student loan pennies hoping they will release some new gobsmackingingly awesome mouse and keyboard lol