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Next-Generation iMac With SD Slot, Quad-Core, Possible Xeon? New Mouse and Remote in Pipeline?

I'd be fine with the mobile i7 chips that they just came out with, but what I really want is the availability of an SSD drive. A lot of the bottleneck of a system is the drive speed (or lack there of).

A mobile i7 @ 1.7Ghz x 4 cores (or whatever the Ghz was) + a 256GB 2.5" SSD + 3.5" hard drive for storage (all internal) would be ideal for me.

As it stands I can run 4 or 5 VM's, terminal, RDP, Mail, FF, and iTunes without a problem on my MBP's, but the SSD's would be nice. Another thing is while I don't have a problem with them using SODIMM's, why not have 4 slots instead of just 2? Some of the HP laptops now have 4 slots; this would be nice in the iMac too.
 
*LTD* said:
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If you want to generalize, then generalize from the facts available, taking into account the largest segment of Apple's market.


http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10019711-37.html

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...tisfaction-up-despite-struggling-industry.ars

http://digg.com/apple/Apple_leads_2009_customer_satisfaction_survey

http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/08/16/apple.no..1.on.csi/

http://theappleblog.com/2009/05/06/apple-customer-satisfaction-its-the-experience/

http://blackfriarsinc.com/blog/2007/04/behind-scenes-why-apples-customerbase

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/08/mac_customer_sa.html

http://www.cultofmac.com/apple-posts-highest-score-ever-on-customer-satisfaction-index/2553

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/22467/

http://bindapple.com/apple-satisfaction-2009-report/

http://www.macnn.com/news/25971

https://www.macrumors.com/2009/08/14/iphone-3gs-trumps-palm-pre-in-satisfaction-survey/

http://www.ipodobserver.com/ipo/article/iPhone_Satisfaction_Off_The_Charts/

http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/08/14/iphone-3gs-99-pure-satisfaction/

http://www.mactivist.com/2009/06/iphone-macs-ipod-sweep-2008-customer-satisfaction-rankings-in-japan

http://www.9to5mac.com/jobs-satisfation-rate-high

http://www.jdpower.com/Business/ratings/smartphone-ratings

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2248040/apple-keeps-top-billing

http://www.eweek.com/prestitial.php...ustomer-Satisfaction-Study-Finds-453807/&ref=

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2352796,00.asp

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2006/08/5002.ars

http://www.osnews.com/story/15553

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689554/posts

https://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-224872.html
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Okay, enough...thats like the 5th time that list has been posted in this thread, we get it, you know how to copy and paste...
 
mds said:
Okay, enough...thats like the 5th time that list has been posted in this thread, we get it, you know how to copy and paste...
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Maybe he puts it in because of continued ignorance shown by PC diehards who won't even acknowledge that Apple is a leader in customer satisfaction and technical support?

Nearly all Mac fans will admit that Apple products are expensive compared to their PC counterparts. What you won't find a lot of them doing is complaining about their user experience. In other words, that "under specced" Mac is usually doing great compared to a power house PC for their tasks.

I agree with the general sentiment that the iMac has become long in the tooth and under powered comparatively for its market segment.

We can only hope that Apple pushes the envelope this time around (although I'm not holding my breath) and gives us quad core i7 with Blu-Ray, larger screen, etc, in order to improve the value equation for potential buyers.

Having said that, though, I would still take my under powered iMac compared to a faster PC tower any day of the week. The iMac has improved my productivity tremendously because I can work on it without having to spend an hour a week dealing with BS issues that are related to Windows.
 
jmpage2 said:
Maybe he puts it in because of continued ignorance shown by PC diehards who won't even acknowledge that Apple is a leader in customer satisfaction and technical support?...
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I'm fine with him putting it in, but the feedback loop in these threads is ridiculous. Once per thread is fine...maybe he should save himself the trouble and put it in his signature so we can see it on every page of every thread...
 
mds said:
Okay, enough...thats like the 5th time that list has been posted in this thread, we get it, you know how to copy and paste...
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Apparently, people don't "get" it. Perhaps with a little repetition it'll start to sink in.

In any case, I can use other sources. No problem.
 
*LTD* said:
Apparently, people don't "get" it. Perhaps with a little repetition it'll start to sink in.

In any case, I can use other sources. No problem.
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No it to the point were we see that those links go against post that it does not belong.

Also please strip out all the mac site from that link because due to massive bias they are not worth anything in the argument.
Also digg.com one needs to be removed because it links to a story on an apple fan site. Also dig is worthless for you argument because digg just links you to other stories.
 
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We've all been subjected to a rehash, rehash, rehash, rehash And rehash,
of the same olde tired shopworn placards: e.g. -> mac fanbois, etc..

It seems on any Forum connected with competitive products
(motorcycles, cars, computers, cameras, Telly Sets, etc.)
it's obligatory to have the same-same group dynamics;
including the troll or three sent forth by the competition..

Currently, Macs and PC's have their pros and cons. .

Before I'd purchased my first Mac, I'd had PC's,
and, I was subjected to Mac Fanbois and Fangrrls..

I even had a spec'd-out PC ready to purchase when,
once upon a time inside B&H in Manhattan, a stranger in front of me in line to talk with some B&H video-editing rep and I were yakking and he said to me, "Don't discount the Mac!"

Then and there I made it a point to visit someone whom I knew who had a PowerMac G4 for vid-editing, and I wound up purchasing a similar rig..

Having both, for my needs and wants I now prefer Mac.

Not that Macs are perfect,
(and some arguments against Macs of recent vintage are IMO valid)
BUT for me - when taken overall,
PC's have several differing pain-in-the-neck factors
which are NOT prevalent on the Mac,
and which I do NOT wish to deal with no mo,
and which therefore tilt my buying decisions toward the Mac

So.. I visit this Forum. .and impatiently await a new iMac to be released..
and then first I'll read the reviews from the new iMac owners,
so that I'll learn what ever is out there for me to learn :)

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Rodimus Prime said:
No it to the point were we see that those links go against post that it does not belong.

Also please strip out all the mac site from that link because due to massive bias they are not worth anything in the argument.
Also digg.com one needs to be removed because it links to a story on an apple fan site. Also dig is worthless for you argument because digg just links you to other stories.
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Also this thread is about new rumored imacs. Also this thread is not about a windows computers. Also you write in a really odd style.

If you want to avoid mac bias, I'd suggest not visiting a mac fan site for your discussions. :p
 
PeterQVenkman said:
Also this thread is about new rumored imacs. Also this thread is not about a windows computers. Also you write in a really odd style.

If you want to avoid mac bias, I'd suggest not visiting a mac fan site for your discussions. :p
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No the point on the mac bias was he was arguing Apple high customer approval rating and was using links to multiple apple fan sites as backing. Those links are worthless due to massive bias and if anything do more harm that good to his argument.
 
Rodimus Prime said:
No the point on the mac bias was he was arguing Apple high customer approval rating and was using links to multiple apple fan sites as backing. Those links are worthless due to massive bias and if anything do more harm that good to his argument.
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And on the flip side when I linked an article from late last summer in which Popular Mechanics did a shoot out between the iMac and two similar Windows based all-in-one machines (and declared the Mac the winner) I was told "what does Popular Mechanics now about computers". I suppose Popular Mechanics is a Mac fan site too?

No one can win with you guys. At the end of the day you want to see a Windows site declare Apple the better buy for you to consider them valid and that's not going to happen for the same reasons a purely Mac site won't declare that PC is a better value.
 
jmpage2 said:
And on the flip side when I linked an article from late last summer in which Popular Mechanics did a shoot out between the iMac and two similar Windows based all-in-one machines (and declared the Mac the winner) I was told "what does Popular Mechanics now about computers". I suppose Popular Mechanics is a Mac fan site too?

No one can win with you guys. At the end of the day you want to see a Windows site declare Apple the better buy for you to consider them valid and that's not going to happen for the same reasons a purely Mac site won't declare that PC is a better value.
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I would of accepted it as more 3rd party. But most of those sites have Apple ore mac in the name so it will be very bias. I give windows fan sites the same treatment when it comes to users satisfactions or comparing Windows to OSX.

Now the sites are useful for finding some trouble things or seeing what is around the bend but not useful for comparing.

Now it is no win with apple fans because if you say anything against them they think you are a Troll, or an paid by windows.

As for LDT links just at a quick glace I would throw out over 1/2 of them based on URL alone (apple, mac, OSX and so on) and I would not be surpised if I went though them to find that some are blogs, and apple fan sites.

I am not agruing that apple is has better customer satisfaction I just saying some of the sources used are not worth anything because they are coming from apple fan sites.
 
My $500 lenovo laptop does everything I need it to do. 2 GHz C2D, 4 GB RAM, ~220 GB hard drive space... 4 hours of battery life isn't too shabby; it's more than enough for me considering how I use it.

Basically, different strokes for different folks.
 
Rodimus Prime said:
No it to the point were we see that those links go against post that it does not belong.

Also please strip out all the mac site from that link because due to massive bias they are not worth anything in the argument.
Also digg.com one needs to be removed because it links to a story on an apple fan site. Also dig is worthless for you argument because digg just links you to other stories.
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Are you new here?

Mac fan sites post from other sources. They don't make them up, just report them. if you took the time to actually READ those articles, you'd know that. I mean, some of them are reported right here on MR.

Where's a :facepalm: emoticon when you need one . . .

LOL.
 
PLEASE STOP ALL THE BORING MAC VS PC DILEMMA...GET A LIFE...

WHERE ARE THE MOCKUPS, IMAGES, FAKE PHOTOS, SPY SHOTS????

GET BACK ON TOPIC...

Moderators: pleaso open a forum section where all these stupid non-sense tedious boring Mac vs PC fanboy and their nemesis can discuss their "topics" and we can divert them to that section.

please...thanks
 
*LTD* said:
Are you new here?

Mac fan sites post from other sources. They don't make them up, just report them. if you took the time to actually READ those articles, you'd know that. I mean, some of them are reported right here on MR.

Where's a :facepalm: emoticon when you need one . . .

LOL.
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Just ignore them.
 
*LTD* said:
Are you new here?

Mac fan sites post from other sources. They don't make them up, just report them. if you took the time to actually READ those articles, you'd know that. I mean, some of them are reported right here on MR.

Where's a :facepalm: emoticon when you need one . . .

LOL.
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Then why list them for an agrument that apple customer satisfaction is higher. Just post to the orginal article itself. Do you fail to understand that or does it make you feel better that you can use the same article 20 times over.
 
McGiord said:
PLEASE STOP ALL THE BORING MAC VS PC DILEMMA...GET A LIFE...

WHERE ARE THE MOCKUPS, IMAGES, FAKE PHOTOS, SPY SHOTS????

GET BACK ON TOPIC...

Moderators: pleaso open a forum section where all these stupid non-sense tedious boring Mac vs PC fanboy and their nemesis can discuss their "topics" and we can divert them to that section.

please...thanks
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That's just the ebb and flow of the conversation. It's going to happen. And while I think it's kind of sad that Windows users are camping an Apple fansite, that's life. They have a right to their views as well, and we have a righ to respond, etc.

There's really no way of policing the debate (nor should there be) beyond checking for trolling, profanity, and the like.
 
Povilas said:
Now look at the prices of Quad Core Intel CPU and BR drives and think again. I would like to see better LCD panels and LED backlit this is more realistic.
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I agree that it's not likely that we are going to see anything revolutionary but I would love to see it anyways even as a BTO option.

I would happily shell out the extra $300 that a mobile i7 and BD burner would likely add to the cost of the iMac.
 
jmpage2 said:
I agree that it's not likely that we are going to see anything revolutionary but I would love to see it anyways even as a BTO option.

I would happily shell out the extra $300 that a mobile i7 and BD burner would likely add to the cost of the iMac.
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In USA it's fine, but in Europe those 300 bucks are more like 300 euros.
 
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