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

[mavfan11]

new features

Yup, it's this and eSATA.

The trackpad will allow for some amazing gestures as well.

If I give it a "flip the bird" gesture will it auto-generate an email to Steve Jobs with the Title "Regarding decision to block Google Voice"



and BTW guys, many of you are thinking like techno nerds (something I do quite often!), eSata, support for some this or that, quad core, slightly slimmer design, tweaking some chip, and other techie type upgrades like this just aren't what would constitute the types of changes we'll see. It's going to have to be something that you could tell your semi tech literate mom, or uncle and they'd say "oh, that's interesting" instead of "wtf?"

 

[varchar]

I am happy this report came out... I was about to pull the trigger to buy the current iMac.... now I will just wait... hey 1 month is not so far away, assuming they will release in september....

 

[carmenodie]

Look, Blu Ray is cool looking but so doggone hyped. At the movies, you are watching 35mm slides at about 30 frames per second. Listen what I said, you are looking at 35mm slides. That is what High Definition has been trying to achieve. Back in the day, the goal was to make television quality like that of 35mm photographs.At the movies you have what high def wants to be. Yes, movies are high def.Hello! And a bad movie like Show Girls was bad no matter what resolution(IMHO). And think about Broadway and off Broadway plays and musicals that have flopped! What is more hi def than natural light hitting your retina?
Bad is bad. So lets get off the freaking Blu Ray gripe wagon.

 

[Lefteous]

1. Maintainability
2, Anti-glare

 

[BrianMojo]

Chin.

 

[Scottcop]

Look, Blu Ray is cool looking but so doggone hyped. At the movies, you are watching 35mm slides at about 30 frames per second. Listen what I said, you are looking at 35mm slides. That is what High Definition has been trying to achieve. Back in the day, the goal was to make television quality like that of 35mm photographs.At the movies you have what high def wants to be. Yes, movies are high def.Hello! And a bad movie like Show Girls was bad no matter what resolution(IMHO). And think about Broadway and off Broadway plays and musicals that have flopped! What is more hi def than natural light hitting your retina?
Bad is bad. So lets get off the freaking Blu Ray gripe wagon.

Welcome to the 22nd century, everything is hyped, look at the ps2/3 segway, twitter etc
I'm loving the sd slot stuff, that would be sooo compelling, HDMI in would be cool, and would encourage me to drop my "old" 24" imac. Might actually be able to play my 360, looks at kids and wife.

 

[applesuper]

Matte Screen Maybe?

I would find better UK price points compelling

Matte for gods sake apple way way overdue.

 

[Bonsai71]

2 eSata ports and a matte screen option?

That would seal it for me, still managing with my 2006 White Intel 24" iMac, because it isn't a double mirror.

 

[slieu92]

make the stand stronger! well not the stand stand, but uh the joint, where the 30 lb monitor wiggles. get rid of the plastic. and a card slot please.

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

Why would you want HDMI on an iMac? Using an iMac in conjunction with a TV would be difficult and uncomfortable.

It would make more sense on the Mac Pro or Mac mini.

 

[Bjohnson33]

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.

I agree - I just can't get excited about Blu-Ray in a computer. For backing up purposes, hard drives are cheap enough for the most part. I'm sure there are some ways some people could put it to good use... I guess I'm just not one of them.

 

[abysstare]

COMPELLING would be THIS:

How about an iMac with dock to go with your fancy new tablet?

http://gizmodo.com/339918/apple-docking-patent-works-perfectly-with-ultra+slim-macbook

Pretty much blows everything else away, don't it?

 

[RMo]

...That AND, they REALLY REALLY REALLY NEED TO MAKE THE IMAC WIDESCREEN!!!

You are aware that all iMacs since the original G5 (possibly earlier, but I can't remember) are and have been widescreen, right?

 

[heisetax]

Glossy or Matte?

Many more people say that of glossy displays.

There should be a glossy choice for those that don't know better & matte for tose that need better.

 

[MvdM]

The question with newer generations Mac products actually is : which super handy and still widely used features will me MISSING. Causing a lot of commotion. The optical drive? The ethernet post? All those spacewasters!Sorry for being so pessimistic, but introductions to newer, lower costing (I assume) generations, always have their downsides.

How about an iMac with dock to go with your fancy new tablet?

http://gizmodo.com/339918/apple-docking-patent-works-perfectly-with-ultra+slim-macbook

Pretty much blows everything else away, don't it?

No, it don't To keep their products ultra thin they don't make a screen (the dock) with a large hole in it (to put the macbook in).

 

[Lefteous]

Imagine a full aluminium front with a matte screen

 

[Malsi]

~~Liquid Nitrogen Cooling!~~
better Graphic Card.

Perhaps the ability to transport you to any other new iMac through it's screen.

 

[radeksoftdj]

30-inch...mmh

 

[4God]

Chin.

Are you saying add another, so as to be double chin?

 

[Xtremehkr]

I'm doubtful on the Blu Ray as well, HD DVD is making a comeback via China and Apple seems to prefer Time Machine for backing information up.

Whatever it is, I am getting one when they come out, it's been a long time since the last one.

I would like to see an LED screen, the colors are better, the power consumption is lower, and they seem to run cooler.

I'm very curious to see what kind of new ideas Apple has developed.

Any ideas on the timeline?

 

[Sijmen]

Are you saying add another, so as to be double chin?

Introducing the new FatMac™ – because we learned that ‘too thin’ isn't all that great.

 

[dAlen]

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.

For many people it is not on the way out... storage - not everyone will want it in "the cloud"... As well as movies, got to be able to put better quality on media then what you can serve up worldwide over the internet connection. [not everyone lives stateside, and even then not everyone stateside has access to the latest greatest, or even to a line.]

Media is here to stay... why hold back and have dvds?
There is room for both.

Peace

dAlen

 

[mambodancer]

You are aware that all iMacs since the original G5 (possibly earlier, but I can't remember) are and have been widescreen, right?

The 17" iMac G4 was the first wide screen iMac. That's been a few years now.

 

[Jon the Heretic]

Yup, a SD..yawn

an sd card slot - thats all they'll add

You've nailed it. And honestly, what's the point? I have several card readers that hook up to USB that cost practically nothing. The card standards are changing constantly and it makes no sense to build one into a computer (microSD, and so on and so on).

I'd rather a H.264 ASIC that would cut processing video at 1080p down dramatically.

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

You are aware that all iMacs since the original G5 (possibly earlier, but I can't remember) are and have been widescreen, right?

AFAIK, a revision of the iMac G4 introduced a widescreen display.

EDIT: Got beat to it by mambodancer.

I'm doubtful on the Blu Ray as well, HD DVD is making a comeback via China and Apple seems to prefer Time Machine for backing information up.

1. That's China, not the the US. Plus Toshiba gave up and nobody wants to buy a failed format, just like most people prefer to stay away from car makers that went into bankruptcy.

2. That's just Apple. HDDs are still a little expensive for a few, especially portable ones.

And a Blu-Ray has a single format, so it works on all Blu-Ray-equipped devices, whereas HDDs can have many formats that to the layperson may be confusing.