Online Ad Evidence of Imminent iMac, Mac Mini and MacBook Updates?

[bobertoq]

I don't care if a desktop is thinner. I'm not going to be putting it in my pocket. You know what I want to see from Apple? A cheap mid-end tower. Tape an LCD to the side. Then you have a cheap iMac!

 

[IWantItThatWay]

This "thinner" design hang-up at Apple is now officially ridiculous. Unless someone totes the iMac about and plugs it in, maybe a trucker at truck stops and such, it makes no sense to work the iMac thinner. No one is presently bitching about how cumbersome the width or weight is....

However, this might be an engineering step in a direction which will create, in 4 or 5 years, a portable desktop tablet affair.

I just wish they would give us more value in the iMac: more drives, a card slot, etc.

Apple has always been style over substance.

 

[ziggyonice]

New MacBook really needs to happen. The look of that machine has gone on for far too long, and something really needs to be done about the plastic cracks along the palm rest. Do this, while lowering the price another $100 or $200 and you'll have a hot ticket item.

 

[jdm111]

Screen shots:

 

[dwd3885]

Who cares how many cores it has?? Over 99% of the people that buy computers can't tell one way or another or don't even know what that means. Thinner will be so much more appealing than quad core.

99% of the people who buy computers won't care that it's 1/8 inch thinner.

 

[bobertoq]

Who cares how many cores it has?? Over 99% of the people that buy computers can't tell one way or another or don't even know what that means. Thinner will be so much more appealing than quad core.

You're forgetting the normal ignorant computer user isn't the normal Mac user. I most certainly would like a quad-core. I wouldn't be surprised if you say the exact opposite when Apple puts a quad-core in the iMac. I care much more about performance and price then how thin something I will never move is.

 

[hefeglass]

just got a mac mini a few months ago...
but since I am planning to buy one for the rents...i might just have to hand off this one to them and buy myself a new one when its out!

 

[iMacmatician]

Did the MacBook Pro get to Penryn before the iMac did?

Yes it did, although the iMac update gave 1067 MHz FSB.

It seems kind of odd that Apple would update their entire consumer line except the MacBook Pro to Core i5 / i7.

I'm fairly sure the MacBook and Mac mini will stay with Core 2 (more sure than with the iMac).

I wouldn't be so quick to claim this. People are likely to be very hostile if Apple delivers another Core2Duo.

Any guesses on the length of the complaint threads?

CPU possibilities from pessimistic to optimistic:

• Penryn, little or no change, still 3.07 GHz maximum
• Penryn, small update, 3.2/3.33 GHz maximum
• Clarksfield
• Arrandale (early)
• Arrandale (early) and Clarksfield
• Desktop CPUs

The bold possibility is my current prediction.

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

The Only reason I can thin of for a thin iMac is to hang it on the wall....hmmm. I use my 20" as a TV everyday.

 

[DaBrain]

Honest Question All:

How many Apps right now actually utilize dual cores and or Quad Cores?

I was under the assumption that apps have to be written in proper code in order to utilize multi cores and threads.

Is that assumption wrong?

 

[ticklemonster]

I will be interested to see what happens to the MacBook.

 

[billystlyes]

I've said it once, I'll say it again. I could care less about AIO desktop computers. I'm glad to see the Mac mini getting some love though.

 

[Karukuubis]

Same Ad on the UK Google site about the MacBook

Crap Google Translation
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[powers74]

thinner?

It's only 2" thick eherm, thin as it is!

Honestly.

 

[shaunymac]

Why do so many people criticize great minimalist products like the Mac mini or the Macbook Air? I love the idea of eliminating useless things like optical drives and empty space in computers.

My next purchase will be a maxed-out Mac mini. I don't care that for "only" a few hundred more I could get an iMac or a Macbook. I don't care that it lacks a super fast graphics card; I don't play games. What it has now is plenty fast, and with 4 GB of ram in there, I think it'll do just fine on performance.

The Mac mini is simple and perfect, almost like the NeXTcube or G4 cube reincarnated. For those who hate it so much, try to understand why it appeals to people like me. There is no need for nasty comments.

And people like me!

I don't have a mac mini but have always loved them.

If you are an apple fan, you should know by now that their design minimalistic. That is one reason why I love my apple products so much. Probably 75%. They just look good sitting on your desk. Love it.

Oh, and some people live in small spaces. Like me! I live in a studio. So when they decided to shave inches, that is welcomed news to me.

 

[zw-gator]

I think people are underestimating the demand for quad cores.

Just wait for Apple's marketing people to spin it and before you know it, you'll wonder how anyone got by with just a duo core in their desktop.

 

[sushiman]

Come on Apple i want the new imac to be more powerful than a dell LAPTOP

LOL !

 

[AAPLaday]

We want 4, we want 4

 

[baryon]

I wonder what Apple is going to do with the MacBooks. If they go Unibody, then we're getting a MacBook Pro again, aren't we? Or will they just make 13" MacBook Pros without FireWire and all that Pro stuff, and basically we'll have the 13" Unibody MacBooks again (the ones that first came out and now are called MacBook Pros)?

I mean if you look at the low end 13" MacBook Pros, they're pretty much just Unibody MacBooks aren't they? Except for the FireWire, but the white MacBooks also have FireWire... So what will make the new MacBook "MacBook" and not "MacBook Pro"?

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

I think people are underestimating the demand for quad cores.

Just wait for Apple's marketing people to spin it and before you know it, you'll wonder how anyone got by with just a duo core in their desktop.

Lets face it todays iMac has more power then 95% of the world even needs, 4 cores would just be icing on the cake. Gpu wise though Apple needs more then a 9400 in it.

 

[Macka3]

Thinner imac's.. Is this lowering the chance of us getting quad core and/or a decent gpu. Because if im not mistaken quad cores are obviously going too take up more room. So no doubt its going too c2d's again.

 

[RazHyena]

a dual core iMac is not going to be a good upgrade for current al iMac users. It's not a 'must' upgrade unless it's quad.

If we see dual cores in these new iMacs, it will be nothing but a step backwards, period. Aesthetics can only go so far before the unit becomes a joke.

Who cares how many cores it has?? Over 99% of the people that buy computers can't tell one way or another or don't even know what that means.

No comment, but I am laughing....hard.

 

[newfoundglory]

I want to see some Xeon action in the new Mac Mini!

I know what you are going to say..... But I can dream at least.

 

[sam10685]

99% of the people who buy computers won't care that it's 1/8 inch thinner.

Touche. Still is more appealing to the general customer though than "quad core."

You're forgetting the normal ignorant computer user isn't the normal Mac user. I most certainly would like a quad-core. I wouldn't be surprised if you say the exact opposite when Apple puts a quad-core in the iMac. I care much more about performance and price then how thin something I will never move is.

I don't even know what "quad-core processor" means besides having something to do with the number 4. How does it enhance the quality of the computer beyond the technology already in use? If you compare computers today to ones even just 2 years ago, technology is getting to the point where you have to be a bonafied nerd to tell the difference.

 

[sirgant]

"iMac: Ultra Thin 20 & 24 inch models. From only € 1099. Apple Store"

I called it. They are just going to make it thinner. I doubt anything else will be upgraded besides the keyboard, mouse and remote alongside it. Glad I purchased my iMac in June, seeing as how I really couldn't care less on how thin it is.

You called what? There is no full disclosure of what the new computers will be. Let's just wait and see the entire lineup announcement. I'll pick up an iMac either way, a new one or the last iteration.