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Next-Generation iMac to Offer Two 'Compelling' New Features?

Introducing the all new iMac! 😀

I would love it to look JUST like the LED Cinema Display. It would be perfect to have a second display match it exactly! 🙂 That AND, they REALLY REALLY REALLY NEED TO MAKE THE IMAC WIDESCREEN!!!

I think an LED Cinema Display redesign for the iMac making it widescreen would be HUGE, and could be one of the eluded features. Blu-ray is possible too. There would be a LOT of pissed Mac Pro owners though lol. 🙄

azentropy said:
How about an option for a screen that doesn't double as a mirror? 😀
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motulist said:
Totally, if there's no matte screen option, then I can't even begin to consider purchasing an imac.
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Why don't one of you pro matte screen people start an online petition??? If you make enough noise Apple will listen! 😉
 

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Its gonna be integrated with new new Tablet. Where the tablet will fit inside an iMac to sync and keep working on what ever the user was doing.
 
They will go to Blu-Ray eventually ...

It won't go away. In a couple years we won't think of buying a machine with only a DVD writer any more than we would buy one now with a CD writer.

I hope now. The licensing was adjusted because it just wasn't taking off! It is starting to do so. Prices are dropping on the writers. The disks will follow. It still isn't practical to download a BVD worth of data, though possible if you have a primo connection and a few hours.
 
SilentCrs said:
If they "fix" the screen to go back to matte I'm definitely NOT buying one. iMacs are for consumers, not professional photographers (they should be using Mac Pros). I want to browse the web, watch videos, play games -- all of those look better with a glossy screen.
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Not intending to fire up the age old debate of Matte Vs. Glossy, but why not offer at least the option hmmm? 😱
 
We aren't there yet ...

JonDownin said:
I just can't see Apple going with Blu-ray. Physical disc media is on its way out and Apple has obvious motive to push consumers towards digital downloads.
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It isn't practical to download a BVD of data yet. It would take hours for most people. HD on demand is good, but it isn't Blu-Ray quality! Plus, a rewritable 25GB backup would come in very handy.
 
What about matte, 8-bit monitors?

Apple has been long forgotten about their professional users, with the all glossy, consumer-level-everything, imo. So I don't expect much from these "compelling" new features, it will be most likely just a SD reader ("boom!") and maybe a new form factory.

What I'd love to see (and I know I won't) is decent panels, faster graphic cards, quad-core processors, a decent mouse (lol, at this time and age and we still ask for a good mouse...) and more connectivity options.



Oh, and the xMac. 😛
 
ULFoaf said:
It won't go away. In a couple years we won't think of buying a machine with only a DVD writer any more than we would buy one now with a CD writer.

I hope now. The licensing was adjusted because it just wasn't taking off! It is starting to do so. Prices are dropping on the writers. The disks will follow. It still isn't practical to download a BVD worth of data, though possible if you have a primo connection and a few hours.
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The problem with downloading extends beyond just the fact that you get a much lower quality version that takes a long time to download.

It's also the problem that you don't own the movie. You can't loan it to a friend, sell the disk when you tire of it, not to mention the inability to play your 'download' on different hardware.

These are issues that the industry needs to overcome before downloads gain real market share.
 
Then there will be something better than Blu-Ray ...

Cougarcat said:
Until the rest of the world gets Japan-like internet speeds, physical media isn't going anywhere. Also, a Blu-Ray movie with special features is what, 20-30 GB? The cost of storage will have to come down too. When everybody enjoys 60 Mbps connections and 5 TB drives are standard, then disc media will die. 2020, maybe?

Oh, and my number one wish for new iMacs? Non-crappy graphics cards. But that's a concept that seems to baffle Apple.
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And the cycle will continue! Maybe holographic 3D. :>D
 
Yes ...

jmpage2 said:
The problem with downloading extends beyond just the fact that you get a much lower quality version that takes a long time to download.

It's also the problem that you don't own the movie. You can't loan it to a friend, sell the disk when you tire of it, not to mention the inability to play your 'download' on different hardware.

These are issues that the industry needs to overcome before downloads gain real market share.
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That's why I don't "get" the Apple TV!
 
non-pro Mac and iMac thoughts

glassx said:
i would like them to call it "mac" instead of imac
probably a sd card slot, and unibody
blu-ray would probably go on a mac pro first
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I'd rather they release a decent mid-range tower with the "Mac" moniker (as opposed to the Mac Pro).

Things which would compel me to buy a new iMac would be SATA and a quad-core i7 processor. I have a 2006 Mac Pro now, so the only way I'd go down to an iMac is if it had 4 cores. A user-replaceable hard drive also ranks high on my list of wishes for the iMac.
 
Let's see now...

1 - Blu-Ray
I wouldn't buy a Windows desktop without one at that price point, why would I buy an iMac without it?

2 - Matte, high resolution RGB-LED display
Shiny screens are bad when one of your primary hobbies is photography.

The only thing that my guesses haven't covered is the audio part of audio/video crowd. But these things are easy to do and to be honest shouldn't be creating a buzz at all - they should be there anyway.

So maybe the next iMac will have these two things as well as the two compelling features mentioned in the report. I do not think we'll be seeing any consumer towers with user-replaceable components though...
 
The iMac is a very beautiful computer, making it marginally thinner will only serve to exacerbate the challenge of cooling/performance.

It is also pitifully weak at its current price point: a C2D and 4850 in the top models are a joke. Rather than pay £1800 for such a machine, I recently built a Quad Core Hackintosh with a 4890. Sure I miss the Apple hardware aesthetic, but my computer was half the price and eats any iMac for breakfast when it comes to performance.

Apple should have had i7 iMacs with Radeon 4870s in the spring.
 
I think LED LCD is obvious they have already changed all MBP's, airs and displays to they new tech.

but who thinks that this is so obvious apple didn't think to say three new things? I believe this is just becoming the standard so it will be led and two new features
 
edoates said:
You author with what? Toast? That's not authoring, that's making it sort of play on a set top box. Clearly more than a burner is needed: DVD Studio Pro (that is Final Cut Studio 3) needs an upgrade to properly author DVDs AND Blu-Ray.

Eddie O
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Although Toast is not as robust as other programs, it still is authoring. Eventually programs like Final Cut Studio and maybe even Final Cut Express will be ugraded to handle Blu-Ray authoring. When that happens, I will be ready no matter what Apple does with the hardware.

All I'm saying is that for anyone who wishes to burn Blu-Rays right now on a Mac either for Blu-Ray video or data, it is possible.
 
I wish I could get my hands on one and gut it to see just how much space is inside them and see just what *could* fit. Like a system of head pipes and heatsinks to keep the processor cool or something.
 
options

new oleophobic touch screen (with super-extra-so-glossy-it-reflects-not-only-light-but-you-can-see-back-in-time-as-well option)

and blu-ray
 
My guess

I'm thinking they've team up with pampered chef to include an integrated Apple corer/peeler/slicer. No question, this has got to be the most requested feature for myself.
 
It won't be rename, especilly to "Mac." Apple dtid that in 1984. Don't forget the brnd rtectognition tht goes witth the nme "iMac."

Plese exctuse the crpplytt grammar andt spelling; I typedt this on my PS3 using a roll-up keyboartdt.
 
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