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

I'm interested in the MacBooks myself. I'd like a laptop to compliment my desktop, but the MacBook Pros are bit expensive for what I'd use it for. So of course I'm hoping for a lower priced option... maybe even a 12" screen.

As for the iMacs I'd hope they'd at least have a Quad-Core option...and yes it seems ridiculous that they constantly seem concerned with making it slimmer.
 
Like most I'm not too thrilled over the wording in the iMac ad ... thinner means nothing, but possibly more overheating issues ... FASTER or CHEAPER would make me much HAPPIER! :cool:
 
Beric said:
If Macs weren't hot and underpowered enough, now they're going to make them even thinner and more underpowered? The thinner a computer is, the less powerful it can be and the more cooling it takes, which also takes room. The issue isn't with thinness, it's with being so thin you can't fit any good hardware. My Macbook of 2 years ago heats up during Youtube videos, even web browsing. Can't imagine how hot they'll be now, unless Apple has invented some new cooling technology, which I doubt.
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While Dell, HP, and many others are seriously upgrading their pcs (yes I know it's not os x!), Apple supposedly is making their iMacs thinner? Possibly, their later generation is less powerful than their present. Give me a break!
They are going to be slammed in the ads! Let's hope that there is more than this coming up.
 
Dear Apple:

People want thinner mobile devices, not desktop devices. Why did you make the iPhone 3G & S thicker than the 2G, but want to make the iMac thinner?
 
rhinosrcool said:
While Dell, HP, and many others are seriously upgrading their pcs (yes I know it's not os x!), Apple supposedly is making their iMacs thinner? Possibly, their later generation is less powerful than their present. Give me a break!
They are going to be slammed in the ads! Let's hope that there is more than this coming up.
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Negative press can be a powerful source of motivation for Apple's...uh...innovation. :D
 
There will be no quad cores on the iMacs. And this would have been the perfect time to introduce the i5 to the lineup. :( And there will be no improved graphics, because it would be too hot for such thin devices.

Sure would like an update to my Macbook, but it looks like it'll be another year.
 
Thinner, lighter and stronger

I am surprised that nobody noted it. The MBA's latest upgrade wasn't really one. A bit faster and still 2G of RAM, small SSD or HD. Why? This might be the answer, maybe? Drop the MBA and present a thinner (think MBA slim), lighter and stronger (think unibody aluminum and faster processor) MB. Or better said - drop the plastic MB overall, improve finally the MBA and leave it as MBA (or call it now the thinner, lighter and stronger MB). Would make sense looking at both, the current MB and the MBA...
 
If this is true, evidence is mounting that there will be no October surprise -- since there's no event scheduled, could it just be a thinner version of the same iMac? And a few speed bumps to try to holdover until next year?
 
Hrmm, I'll be pretty angry if all they do is make it 0.1" thinner and just lower the price by a bit, and box in a new kb and m. I want more power!
 
c.s. said:
If this is true, evidence is mounting that there will be no October surprise -- since there's no event scheduled, could it just be a thinner version of the same iMac? And a few speed bumps to try to holdover until next year?
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The notice for the October event last year was dished out to attendees 4 days in advance.
 
Thinner= Less power . No. Please. Either way its coming by midweek the latest, cause supplies are almost dry, and people know something is coming, so they are not buying.
 
sam10685 said:
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.
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You obviously don't sell computers.

Why, in the name of all that is holy, does the iMac need to be thinner ? More appealing than what ? Faster and cheaper is more appealing. Do you live in a closet that you need a thinner computer ? :rolleyes:
 
Screen prices have come WAY down in the last 2 years...32" iMac maybe?

Apple could easily offer a 32" iMac for the price of the old machines since panel prices have come WAY down over the last 2 years

Maybe they will surprise and THAT'S why the smaller/thinner enclosure matters

Agent 001
 
Would an iMac being an inch or two thicker REALLY be that big of a deal?

Apple could easily play it off as allowing for more powerful components. Or not mention it at all.
 
MacRumors said:


Feeding into recent rumors of imminent iMac, MacBook and Mac Mini updates, some new online ads have been spotted at Google.nl that potentially point to new versions of these products. While Apple's Google text ads always refer to their products as "new", these specific ads do highlight features that have not been the focus of previous revisions. The translations provided by AppleInsider describe the possible changes:Of note, the current price of the Mac mini in the Netherlands online store is € 599.

These imminent updates were first reported back in September with the iMac specifically described as "thinner, organic design, likely with smoothed or rounded edges".

Article Link: Online Ad Evidence of Imminent iMac, Mac Mini and MacBook Updates?
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Sounds asthetically nice, but really what's the point? I think the current iMac size is perfect for an all-in-one. I'm not sure making it thinner has any practical implications besides possible thermal issues with faster processors/GPUs.
 
Apple, what we need is:

- 400 to 500 g or so (as light and small as possible) MacBook. Or tablet. With Mac OS X inside, video-out and USB2 ports for Keynote and PowerPoint presentations. The MacBook Air is too heavy and too large to carry!

- Mac miniTower with Intel quad core and as quiet as the Mac mini.

- Apple cinema displays with matte-screen (no glossy!).

THAT IS!
 
Insider Trading

Is anybody else striked by the fact, that this is actual insider trading?

"Advocates of legalization make free speech arguments. Punishment for communicating about a development pertinent to the next day's stock price might seem to be an act of censorship [1]. If the information being conveyed is proprietary information and the corporate insider has contracted to not expose it, he has no more right to communicate it than he would to tell others about the company's confidential new product designs, formulas, or bank account passwords,..."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insider_trading
 
The iMac has been quiet in general since the Rev. C iMac G5 w/iSight update that rearranged the internals and got rid of the user accessibility.
 
Marx55 said:
Apple, what I need is:

- 400 g or so MacBook. Or tablet. With Mac inside, video out and USB2 for Keynote and PowerPoint presentations.

- Mac miniTower quad core and as quiet as the Mac mini.

- Matte Apple cinema displays.
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Correction made.
 
JazzJohannes said:
Is anybody else striked by the fact, that this is actual insider trading?

"Advocates of legalization make free speech arguments. Punishment for communicating about a development pertinent to the next day's stock price might seem to be an act of censorship [1]. If the information being conveyed is proprietary information and the corporate insider has contracted to not expose it, he has no more right to communicate it than he would to tell others about the company's confidential new product designs, formulas, or bank account passwords,..."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insider_trading
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Insider trading is when you get information from people inside the company that the public at large does not know and buy equity based on that information. This is a rumor, and has been well spread among the public.

Buy stock if you want, but honestly this isn't going to increase the stock price much.
 
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