Sandy Bridge iMacs Due Next Week

[iColombia]

They stuck with the previous design for 3-4 years. It has now been 3 years with the current look.

It has been only 19 months since they changed the look of the iMac.
In 10/20/09 the released the 21.5" and 27" models with aluminum backing, wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse.

 

[!¡ V ¡!]

screen prices are cheap and creative types would eat them up

Not with that mirror. Professionals have been alienated by to go elsewhere *cough*Dell*cough* for options.

Sure colours are bright and all with a glossy screen, however when reading text all day long, people eventually get a migraine coming along. I am not along with many other that will stay away from displays. Love my matte screen, can read on this thing for hours on end.

 

[Mattsasa]

will we be able to play crysis on bootcamp with the new graphic cards?

people need to catch up, why do people keep asking about crisis... it is old news in the graphical world....

the last 2 generations could play crisis and crisis 2 in bootcamp

 

[!¡ V ¡!]

Except for the fact you missed the golden age of computing. Telix and a 2400 baud modem was a far superior experience to this Internet crap. Long live Codepage 437 graphics. With only 16 colors to choose from, no one needed a calibrated monitor :

That was my computer screen. I used to own an Atari and had a Sony Trinitron for a gaming display. Though for some reason I still feel privileged.

 

[0098386]

people need to catch up, why do people keep asking about crisis... it is old news in the graphical world....

the last 2 generations could play crisis and crisis 2 in bootcamp

Well it's old but it still surpasses an awful lot of modern games. Plus the worlds are open, more beautiful and more demanding than all this Call of Duty stuff that's popular at the moment.

The GPU offerings will most likely be the following:
Low end 21.5" - 6490M rebranded as a 6450
High end 21.5" and low end 27" - 6750M rebranded as a 6570 or 6670
High end 27" - 6950M rebranded as a 6750 or 6770

Just looked those up, they don't seem too bad. So long as I can play Borderlands, UT3 and Valves software at max (maybe not max res on that 27"!) then I'll be fine.

 

[!¡ V ¡!]

It has been only 19 months since they changed the look of the iMac.
In 10/20/09 the released the 21.5" and 27" models with aluminum backing, wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse.

There is a difference between a revision and a dramatic change. They have not really touch the computer bolted to the back of an LCD screen for a long long time. I loved the look of the Luxo iMac, the BondiBlue would be my second. The slim iMac seems cold and heartless, lack of emotion.

Disband the the ACD and MacMini and produce an ACD display iMac with a ThunderBolt connector for a MacMini docking station on the base. This will allow for easy upgradability for components, cost and a great deal of other CO2 emissions for production and shipping.

 

[Yamcha]

Glad, hoping for a redesign, but probably unlikely, also would be great to see the yellow tint issue resolved..

 

[Mattsasa]

Well it's old but it still surpasses an awful lot of modern games. Plus the worlds are open, more beautiful and more demanding than all this Call of Duty stuff that's popular at the moment.

I agree, far better looking and beautiful, however not as cpu/gpu demanding

 

[Mattsasa]

Glad, hoping for a redesign, but probably unlikely, also would be great to see the yellow tint issue resolved..

Yea I don't think I redesign is likely, Apple likes the current one still, and it is pretty nice IMO

 

[hleewell]

I love Thunderbolt. Its fast, slim, elegant, occupies small footprint. Intel & Apple should have 3rd party manufacturers lining up offering these peripherals months ago before the latest batch of MacBook Pros are released. Western Digital versions of Thunderbolt HDDS are going to be released real soon - which is kinda too little too late to bask in the 10Gbps hype. No matter, I still want my own 32GB thumb drive running at 10Gbps. The one thumb drive to rule them all :0

 

[JMP]

Evolution of the "Operating System."

It has to happen sometime and in some form.

Apple is doing it. if you have any better ideas that *will* raise the bar and represent the Gold Standard for the rest of the industry, please let Apple know. They might be hiring.

Evolution?? No
Transformation?? Yes

I'd like "spaces" the way it is now, it's perfect.

 

[JMP]

You'll be looking forward to lion then. Not a new Mac.

Neither

 

[JMP]

Anger management is a good thing.

Thank you

 

[JMP]

Can't wait to see what they come out with. Will the displays ramp up resolution and diminish in size? Will there be a scaled down iMac? (doubtful) Will some other advances accompany Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt?



I saw a two-year-old behave like that once... before getting his face smacked.

Very intelligent response.

Give it a shot pal.

 

[InuNacho]

There is a difference between a revision and a dramatic change. They have not really touch the computer bolted to the back of an LCD screen for a long long time. I loved the look of the Luxo iMac, the BondiBlue would be my second. The slim iMac seems cold and heartless, lack of emotion.

I feel the same way about the new iMacs, their cold dark metal instead of the old warm happy white or bright colors.

 

[0098386]

I agree, far better looking and beautiful, however not as cpu/gpu demanding

True, although after inspecting some hardware benchmarks it still cuts computers in half when using the Ultra settings. At least for the same performance cut as Metro 2033 on high.

 

[bpaluzzi]

Very intelligent response.

Give it a shot pal.

I love internet tough guys.

 

[ChrisTX]

Great, now can someone please release a product that actually uses Thunderbolt so I can get it for my MBP?

+1 I know theres, an external hard drive available, but I'm curious myself to see what get's released.

 

[justinLONG]

I'm still loving mine too I did, however, just put it up for sale on CL though. Just to see if I get any bites. I'm not going to worry if I do or don't sell it though. It's still an amazing machine

thought about doing that. or maybe a trade + cash for and "old" macbook. something that would hold be back to do bare necessities, save enough money for .........
maybe a high end imac. oh joy.


..nah screw it. i'll just stick with my mid-2010

 

[IngerMan]

It has been only 19 months since they changed the look of the iMac.
In 10/20/09 the released the 21.5" and 27" models with aluminum backing, wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse.

I beg to differ, My iMac 7,1 looks like the new ones. I have had it for over 3 years.

 

[JMP]

I love internet tough guys.

That makes two of us.

 

[RKpro]

Yes! Credit card is ready.

I kind of wish they made a 24" model, but it's very unlikely. Because it would have a smaller pixel density than last year's 21.5" model.
Unless they can somehow source some 24" LCDs with very weird resolutions that slot between 1920x1080 and 2560x1440.

 

[bpaluzzi]

I beg to differ, My iMac 7,1 looks like the new ones. I have had it for over 3 years.

Similar, but not the same. The new design came out in October 2009.

New sizes, new aspect ratio, removal of plastic from the enclosure, removed the outer aluminum bezel, etc. And new guts, of course.

 

[Shirotai]

Happy with the current model

thought about doing that. or maybe a trade + cash for and "old" macbook. something that would hold be back to do bare necessities, save enough money for .........
maybe a high end imac. oh joy.


..nah screw it. i'll just stick with my mid-2010

I got a 21' iMac recently at work, it does everything I need flawlessly. While it's nice to have upgrades, I don't actually need this one.

 

[toddybody]

That display isn't happening this time.

Huh? Youre under the impression that it will have less resolution than before?