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Today's MBP or tomorrow's iMac?

dmaxdmax

dmaxdmax

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I'm almost ready to pull the trigger on a MBP but really wish I knew what the new iMacs would offer. New industrial design would be cool but not enough to trump portability. I could live with a desktop (only kind of computer I've had for 20 years) but having borrowed a friend's MB for the last month has made me fall in love with wireless. Obviously an iMac gives you screen size and HD space but I can overcome those w/an external monitor and FW drives.

The real question is, will a new iMac offer performance that's above and beyond the MBPs? I'm not talking about modest clock-speed differences but major things like a different chip-set, internal Blu-Ray or espresso machine etc.

Thanks.
d
 
Nobody knows until Leopard comes out and we've all installed Time Machine and can jump ahead in time and figure out the future.

Just get your laptop.
 
dmaxdmax said:
I'm almost ready to pull the trigger on a MBP but really wish I knew what the new iMacs would offer. New industrial design would be cool but not enough to trump portability. I could live with a desktop (only kind of computer I've had for 20 years) but having borrowed a friend's MB for the last month has made me fall in love with wireless. Obviously an iMac gives you screen size and HD space but I can overcome those w/an external monitor and FW drives.

The real question is, will a new iMac offer performance that's above and beyond the MBPs? I'm not talking about modest clock-speed differences but major things like a different chip-set, internal Blu-Ray or espresso machine etc.

Thanks.
d
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It would most likely be the same specs: 2.2, 2.4 CPUs. 2GB RAM (or 1) up to 4GB. 250, or 500GB HDD standard. Won't be better specs. If you want portable: MBP. If you want desktop: iMac.
 
dmaxdmax said:
I'm almost ready to pull the trigger on a MBP but really wish I knew what the new iMacs would offer. New industrial design would be cool but not enough to trump portability. I could live with a desktop (only kind of computer I've had for 20 years) but having borrowed a friend's MB for the last month has made me fall in love with wireless. Obviously an iMac gives you screen size and HD space but I can overcome those w/an external monitor and FW drives.

The real question is, will a new iMac offer performance that's above and beyond the MBPs? I'm not talking about modest clock-speed differences but major things like a different chip-set, internal Blu-Ray or espresso machine etc.

Thanks.
d
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People are saying as early as next Tuesday a new iMac could come out. New industrial design, more RAM space, SR processors, ect. I can gurantee however that there will not be Blu-Ray/HD DVD on the iMac until it is introduced on the Mac Pro. Seeing as WWDC just passed I would probably not be far off to say that Blu-Ray will be in 2008. Blu Ray and HD DVD laptops/desktops are not exactly selling head over heels for a couple reasons. HD camcorders although coming down in price still cost over 1,000 dollars. Blu-Ray and HD DVD players still cost well over $300 (seen a Toshiba for $300 HD DVD all other over $400). And HD DVD/Blu Ray drives cost well over $400 to put on your computer with optical discs costing $25 a PIECE! An average DVD costs under $.50 and a CD costs about $.03. So I would see Blu-Ray FIRST on the pro version and then migrating to the consumer, possibly as early as winter of this year.
 
I'm just a little cautious since I have one of the first iMacs w/superdrive and, IIRC, it was years before the iMac could access an external one. I already have an HD camcorder and will be *really* bummed if I can't burn in HD.
 
I feel ya man, im in the same boat. I can get a 2.2ghz mbp and a 20" Dell Ultrasharp or I can get a refurb macbook and a 20' iMac whenever they come out for around the same price. What to do? I love the portablility of a laptop, and I love having all my files in one place. On the other hand, it's nice to have a desktop as well in case the laptop breaks down (which has happened to each one of my :apple: laptops) and I have my gf living with me right now who needs to use a computer, as do my parents so having a desktop makes sense that way.


Buying a mac can be a stressful time :eek: At least we don't have to wonder about the next mbp refresh since it just happened ;)
 
roland.g said:
It would most likely be the same specs: 2.2, 2.4 CPUs. 2GB RAM (or 1) up to 4GB. 250, or 500GB HDD standard. Won't be better specs. If you want portable: MBP. If you want desktop: iMac.
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Those standard specs on an iMac are exactly why I'm waiting...especially the up to 4GB of ram and 500gb HD standard. That way I could just pick my new iMac up in store.

Come on :apple: :mad:
 

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