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Next-Generation iMacs Already in Production?

globalhemp said:
To make a truly Eco iMac, Apple should allow for the computer and LCD monitor to be separate. A good quality monitor will outlive the speed of the computer.

Another mater is that while the monitor can be tilted, it can not be raised up and down. This has been an issue with ALL iMac's. Something that Apple designs fail to address. I had my first iMac/G3 sitting on top of an old Performa as it looked nicer sitting on that than a NYC phonebook.

So, any improvement to an iMac should focus around the monitor. I think the computer should be a "box" below the monitor (like my old iMac/G3 that sat on top of a much older Performa) and where the monitor can be re-used with the next purchase.

Yes, the Mac mini already exists, but it also does not have as powerful components and the Pro line is "too much muscle" and too expensive for most users. So, the iMac has the right price point, but marrying it to the monitor is a poor decision.
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Nice Idea but why not think in the box with your out of the box thinking?
The mobo in the laptop fits neatly under the keyboard in the unibody macbookpros, the macpro uses a processor riser card. Add those two together.

The case is really just a monitor, power supply a whole bunch of prewired connections, similar to the Patent App with the dock slot for a Macbook.

But it has two big slots either side into which slots two unibody panels that act as heat skin and structure for the CPU chipset and memory the other side the GPU.

They could have one production line just pump out cases for the life of the design. any other upgrades can just happen in the slot in modules.
 
Hopefully this will be a decent upgrade over my 24" white iMac! There really hasn't been anything in the past few Alu gens that has made me want to upgrade.
 
MattInOz said:
Nice Idea but why not think in the box with your out of the box thinking?
The mobo in the laptop fits neatly under the keyboard in the unibody macbookpros, the macpro uses a processor riser card. Add those two together.

The case is really just a monitor, power supply a whole bunch of prewired connections, similar to the Patent App with the dock slot for a Macbook.

But it has two big slots either side into which slots two unibody panels that act as heat skin and structure for the CPU chipset and memory the other side the GPU.

They could have one production line just pump out cases for the life of the design. any other upgrades can just happen in the slot in modules.
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Except that The Steve doesn't want you to open up *his* Apple.

Never has.

So, it won't happen.
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What I would love to see is a user replacable hard drive or failing that an eSATA connector. I have just upgraded my MacBook to have an SSD and the difference is amazing.

I was thinking of replacing my iMac with a Mac Mini just so that I can replace the hard drive easily.
 
Eidorian said:
It makes me ill. I can't watch them and the motion looks too smoothed.

It reminds me of running a game designed for 30-60 FPS at +200 FPS.
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I was waiting for a new XBR8 when my 36" XBR CRT died. So I got a cheap Vizio 46" at Costco while I waited for the new XBR to come out.
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Most of the time, the 60Hz Vizio was fine - but some panning scenes were really jarring. 99.5% of the time fine, 0.5% of the time jarring.

The 52" 240Hz XBR is 100% of the time fine, 0.0% of the time jarring.

Aiden likes digital image processing 😉 ...
 
As Steve Jobs gets thinner, so do the iMacs it seems.

My wish list:

-Matte Screen
-LED backlight
-SSD

Question: Have iMacs always been made in Taiwan, or is this something new?
 
Thunderbird said:
As Steve Jobs gets thinner, so do the iMacs it seems.

My wish list:

-Matte Screen
-LED backlight
-SSD

Question: Have iMacs always been made in Taiwan, or is this something new?
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isn't it mainland china? there are a few companies in the world that make computers and they are all in china. they sell to apple, dell, hp who mostly just rebrand or just tell them what parts to use
 
We need some elevator action here. Waiting to see this thing in the wild is too much strain for me.

Has Apple announced any events?
 
I feel like much of this thread has devolved into more Blu-ray round-and-round. I'm curious about some other parts of the the original report that hasn't really been discussed.

I'm quoting me from from the first page as that stuff gets quickly forgotten. Any thoughts on these parts of the rumor?

bagelche said:
I'm curious about that "audio related" feature (which a previous report stated was "expected to cater to the semi-professional audio/video crowd"). eSATA was my original guess, but that's not directly audio-related. HDMI port? 5.1 output? something completely different?

What "features previously unavailable to Mac buyers" might there be? BR is an obvious choice, but what else? specifying mac buyers suggests it's already available over on the other side of the PC aisle.

Also, what does "extend the capabilities of at least one technology introduced on the Mac platform as recently as last fall" refer to? It's not iMac specific, but I'm not breaking out my newly-introduced feature timeline well enough.
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My 24" iMac is the best computer I have ever owned. I'm sure they will only get better. But I think most people would rather see Quad Core than thinner. I also highly doubt there will be a bluray drive in it.

What would be cool is if they would make the desktop keyboards black and backlit like the ones on the laptops.
 
MadMacxxx said:
Um, I think part of the significance of the latest iMac's has been the merging of the screen and system unit as 1, and it's here to stay. Poor decision to you maybe, but the sales numbers speak for themselves. You're basically asking for a more powerful Mac Mini.

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iMac G3 had a computer-behind-display design as did quite a few Macs before it. It's nothing new.

ericinboston said:
a)there are people out there that own more than 10 BR titles?
b)there are people out there that want to watch movies (consistently since you are asking for the feature) on a 20" monitor/tv/screen? College kids would be the only folks I can think of. Movies on such a small 20" or 24" screen more than once a month?...sure...I can see it for a minority of consumers...but NEEDING BR?
c)the format is far from popular let alone killing the dvd format
d)it's extremely expensive to buy blank BR discs (for data or movie purposes) plus extremely expensive to buy a BR BURNER...and BR has been out for years and won "the war" in January 2008
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Firstly, it's "BD" and not "BR."

A. There are people with more than 10 BD movies. I've only got 4 (if you count The Godfather series as 3), but would have many more if I had a standalone BD player.

B. I never watch much more than House on my computer, and that's not even too frequent. Computer monitors have too high a resolution to make viewing TV-format content pleasurable.

C. Every new technology starts out unpopular, mainly because of cost.

D. DVDs and DVD burners were expensive once, too. Just like every other piece of technology.

bjorn989 said:
I would love to see Apple put some of those new 1TB 12.5mm 2.5" hard drives into the iMac. I reckon they might be able to fit two of them into an iMac. This would make it thinner, while giving the ability to do some sort of RAID set up for redundancy.

That is what I would love to see..
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AFAIK, you can do RAID with external HDDs.

Eidorian said:
When the DVD burners hit $99 for a x16 one I jumped onto that wagon.

The BD burners are getting close to that point. I go to Fry's sometimes and have to pry myself away from a BD-RE with 25 GB of rewritable storage. I have my collection of 5 DVD+RWs that I just keep reusing for temporary stuff.

Shake 'n' Bake here's that P180 mini water cooled kit. It can put a Mac Pro to shame. It's based on X58. The White P180 mini just went on sale at Fry's for about $80. It has seen massive price drops in the last few months from $120.
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Love the white. I'll have to keep that in mind of I ever get around to building a computer.

AidenShaw said:
Yes, there's something about 240 fps that makes the older technology seem quite primitive.
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Is 240 Hz the same as 240 fps? I'm sure they aren't equal, because (AFAIK) TV signals (at least in the US) are 29.97 (or there about) fps. That's a lot less than 240 fps. 240 Hz means 240 refreshes a second, not necessarily 240 pictures a second. Until recently, TVs have been 60 Hz, but the broadcast is still around 30 fps. FYI, movies are 24 fps.
 
ericinboston said:
I'm not sure why everyone is so gaga over Bluray:

a)there are people out there that own more than 10 BR titles?
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I have over 170 blu ray discs to date.

Its always worth a laugh to see such ill informed, short sighted posts like these. I'm gaga over blu-ray because compared to DVD and Apple TV, 1080p and lossless audio simply blows everything away. I can't help but assume that people like you have never experienced blu-ray when you start spouting nonsense like this. And I'm not talking about visting your local Best Buy.

But when it comes to owning more than 10 blu ray titles, I think your a few years behind there...
 
Icaras said:
I have over 170 blu ray discs to date.

Its always worth a laugh to see such ill informed, short sighted posts like these. I'm gaga over blu-ray because compared to DVD and Apple TV, 1080p and lossless audio simply blows everything away. I can't help but assume that people like you have never experienced blu-ray when you start spouting nonsense like this. And I'm not talking about visting your local Best Buy.

But when it comes to owning more than 10 blu ray titles, I think your a few years behind there...
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Well I guess that's one less thing that you have to be disappointed about if it's not included in the next iMac. I on the other hand am looking forward to Blu Ray because I prefer it and that's what I want. You don't want it. Don't get it.

EDIT: Wow, I appologize. Misread your comment.
 
skellener said:
What would be cool is if they would make the desktop keyboards black and backlit like the ones on the laptops.
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I second that motion. I'd love to have a backlit keyboard for the iMac (and Mac Pro) at least as a CTO or retail option.

I have used a dark grey one designed for Windows PC that is backlit with red LEDs. It looks mean when the office lights are low.
 
We won't see blu ray for one simple reason, it competes with iTunes. You think blu-ray shortages on Netflix is also a coincidence? Both companies prefer the digital distribution.

Still, I guess Jobs wouldn't mind if each digital copy was from his iTunes store would he? You'd see blu-ray on Apple so fast, it would make even the most loyal and blind of Apple fanboys have to think for a few moments to justify their new switched stances.

Oh and I already have 10+ movies, and I feel I'm just being slow, but I'd love a blu ray drive on a 24" screen. Download a 1080p trailer and then download a 480p trailer and tell me you don't see a difference. If you don't, I'd like you to sign in blood that you will continue to watch 480p material on your computer. I'll then donate your blood, because your whining was finally used for something good.
 
Just in time...

Just in time to open the new redesigned Mac Stores with new Imacs to compete with the Microsoft Store ? Maybe
 
I second (or 3rd or 1000th) the comments about no quad!
Come on apple, it's tome to play catch up, and have a thicker case with more power!
 
gr81mgbgt said:
Does Anyone think these are just rumors?????
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I think that it is conceivable that something is going to happen with the imacs before the holidays, just what that something is could be rumors. it might just be a price drop.

i would mention one thing to the folks saying 'gotta be blu-ray'. consider what was announced at the media event early this month in relation to buying movies. And consider how they tried to push the idea that now buying movies from the itunes store was even better. do you really think they are going to flip on that by putting in a built in blu-ray drive. i can see drivers for using an external but to make it that easy by putting the devil in the machine. hmmm, thought to ponder.
 
i figure out that most of the rumors(bigger and more important ones)always led to disappointment. so people, just be patient🙂
 
miki66 said:
i figure out that most of the rumors(bigger and more important ones)always led to disappointment. so people, just be patient🙂
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No. I'm going to build this up and up in my mind so I that I will be utterly disappointed by whatever otherwise reasonable update Apple may produce.
 
SAIRUS said:
We won't see blu ray for one simple reason, it competes with iTunes. You think blu-ray shortages on Netflix is also a coincidence? Both companies prefer the digital distribution.
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but remember its what the people want. Those scraming "you should watch movies on a TV" Explain something, how can you watch those digital movies? I mean watch them with out an apple TV. Even then digital copy is at a SD resolution.


SAIRUS said:
Still, I guess Jobs wouldn't mind if each digital copy was from his iTunes store would he? You'd see blu-ray on Apple so fast, it would make even the most loyal and blind of Apple fanboys have to think for a few moments to justify their new switched stances.
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No switching. You'll have the option for both.


SAIRUS said:
Oh and I already have 10+ movies, and I feel I'm just being slow, but I'd love a blu ray drive on a 24" screen. Download a 1080p trailer and then download a 480p trailer and tell me you don't see a difference. If you don't, I'd like you to sign in blood that you will continue to watch 480p material on your computer. I'll then donate your blood, because your whining was finally used for something good.
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Walk in to a Costco or even a sony style store and you'll see a Blu-ray demo.

Remember people if apple does add blu-ray, it will be an option. The low end-mid range models wont have Blu-ray standard, but the high end one will. (if oyu will spend close to 2500 on a imac, you better be getting the best of the very best
 
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