Who Else Is Disappointed In The Imac G5

[vouder17]

Ok considering the all in one design i really don't think you should worry, apple is usually very good in this department, and if you read the TS post they say that it is the same principal as the Sony but it doesn't look anything like it, and the TS report even says that it will look good.

Ok well considering the specs, yeah i am slightly dissapointed but they are afterall rumors, and MOSR has a completly and much more optimistic view on the iMac G5, but i am not sure on there validity.

Well anyway lets wait and see.....
DjVoteZ

 

[AliensAreFuzzy]

It's all PURE SPECULATION at this point. There are NO COMFIRMED SPECS out right now. We should find out in about 2 weeks and 1 day.

 

[sigamy]

This is for the new eMac, not iMac

OK, here is my view. I think the line up is changing. I think Apple (Steve) has finally moved passed the product matrix that was introduced with the original clamshell iBook. For those who don't remember this matrix called for a consumer desktop (iMac) and a pro desktop (PowerMac), then a consumer laptop (iBook) and a pro laptop (PowerBook). This matrix was broken when the eMac was released and I think we are now seeing the final transistion.

Does anyone remember the rumors of a 17" CRT iMac back in 1999/2000? I remember because that is the machine I was waiting to purchase. But Apple just kept introducing minor speed bumps and new colors to the original 15" CRT iMac. Then in 2001 the radical redesign brought us the flat panel iMac.

Do we even know if the eMac was a planned product? Or was it a reaction to the education market's need for a more durable iMac? Remember, that the eMac was originally only available to the edu market until consumers kicked and screamed and got Apple to sell it to everyone. I think Apple had the 17" CRT iMac sitting on the shelves of their labs, destined to never be introduced. Then the edu market needed a more durable machine and the 17" CRT iMac became the eMac.

Remember the intro of the flat panel iMac? In one of his many miscalculations Steve said, "the CRT is officially dead". I don't think Apple EVER planned to release the 17" CRT all-in-one under either iMac or eMac.

They were wrong about the CRT--both due to price considerations and due to the need for a durable, kid-friendly machine.

The other quotes that stick with me from the flat panel intro are all the talk about keeping the flat screen FLAT. Steve said, "make each part true to itself". Brilliant design-speak. Why have a flat LCD and then slap 8" or 6" or even 2" of crap on to the back of it? Is it still flat? They had that idea--actually Ive's first prototypes where of that design--and they dropped that design.

I don't think the rumored specs and design are for what we (today) consider the iMac--I think they are for the eMac replacement. I think they fit the requirement for making a somewhat more durable machine for the edu market and for households with kids. They'll have a smaller footprint than the eMac and a G5. They will have an LCD, which is an upgrade to the eMac. The rest of the specs, simply, do not matter for these markets.

Everyone second-guessed Apple when they removed the floppy drive from the original iMac. Guess what? Apple was right and consumer adapted. No one seemed to second guess the 2001 decision to not have a CRT-based machine. Guess what? Apple was wrong, it was too early for an all LCD line up. Now in 2004 the time is right. This is truely the death of the CRT.

Then I think we will see a true iMac replacement that will WOW us. It may be this rumored tablet thing, I don't know. It may offer a headless option (I hope). No matter what, it will be insanely great.

This is what I hope happens. I can't see Apple going backwards with the iMac in terms of design. I think they will keep the iMac as a pro-sumer machine (except for the video card!) or a machine for the design conscience customer.

This new computer-behind-the LCD is the new eMac. That is an impressive upgrade for the eMac and still leaves something wonderful for the iMac.

 

[dontmatter]

OK, I know it's been said, but... processor=awesome. Plenty.
HD space=perfectly practical. I'm about to get an external for my PB, because my 60 gigs are totally full and fragmented. But I have a rediculously huge music collection, and I know almost nobody who has more. Few people use more than 40-50 GB, so 80 is just fine for the majority, and a hard drive is one of the easiest and cheapest things for people to upgrade. Not to mention, whether people need it or not, they can see if they have extra ram or processor speed, but extra hard drive space and you're just raising the prices with no gain for 80% of people. The way HD prices are falling, the other 20 can wait a year as they use up there current space and then get it cheaper.
Graphics card I can't speak to, b/c the most graphics intensive thing I ever do is itunes visualizer (which actually, I'm dissapointed in the smoothing on for my PB).

BUT THE RAM IS SHAMEFUL. Everybody can see the change in performance there, whether or not they know what it's coming from. Apple is being cheap, and it's majorly crippling what many would call their signature computer.

Let's just hope it's a little better than this, or cheaper, and comes with a design so stunning and appealing that it'll make the ipod mini look only kind of like a hot product, in demand.