New iMacs?

[lirand]

Hey guys,

With no Mac-news at MacWorld whatsoever - when do you think new iMacs would be announced? I wonder if there will be a new casing... if you ask me, the current one is getting dated...

[looksthatkill]

a slide out graphics card tray would be sweet :-D

[iggypopped]

its too soon for these. they have a C2D 24" model, what more could you want?

ok, i know what people would want. upgradeable gfx, upgradeable cpu? forget it, wont happen.

[krispie]

Hey guys,

With no Mac-news at MacWorld whatsoever - when do you think new iMacs would be announced? I wonder if there will be a new casing... if you ask me, the current one is getting dated...

Are you in the market to buy one? If so, what is it about the current design that stops you buying?

If you're not in the market to buy one, then what, exactly, are you trying to say? That they should change it for the sake of it?

It ain't broke, it doesn't need fixing.

[lirand]

Are you in the market to buy one? If so, what is it about the current design that stops you buying?

If you're not in the market to buy one, then what, exactly, are you trying to say? That they should change it for the sake of it?

It ain't broke, it doesn't need fixing.

I wanna buy an iMac but i rather wait several months if they would come out with new designs.

That is because:

1. I am not crazy about the current design (the bottom part of the screen is huge)
2. The refresh rate of the current iMacs' screens is not good enough

[Apple Imp]

My Uncle (he works for apple) says apple is not working on the G6.

If thats what your asking.

[gregmightdothat]

My Uncle (he works for apple) says apple is not working on the G6.

If thats what your asking.
That's TOTALLY what EVERYONE's been asking.

Damn.

Now I guess I'll have to wait for my G7 :lol:

[polarissucks]

i think that they will be working on a new iMac. All the other companies are bringing out there new pc's i think it would be smart for apple to have more chip options for the 24" iMac. i also think that apple would be very wise with lettiing you upgrade the graphics card in the iMac like letting you have a X1900 or Geforve or Nforeve whatever like 7900. i dont know how all that would fit but apple really doesnt have a middle machine. i would buy the iMac but crappy graphics cards. i would buy the pro but my parents wont let me spend 4000 + 1000+ for a monitor i have to either sacrafice power or screen so i think apple should beef up the iMac.

[Apple Imp]

That's TOTALLY what EVERYONE's been asking.

Damn.

Now I guess I'll have to wait for my G7 :lol:

lol. Im not saying there wont be a G6. Its just not coming out anytime soon. I asked him cuz Apple has a tendencey to release something, and then in less than a year release something better (or at least thats just what it seems to me). So I was gonna buy an Intel iMac G5 but I was afraid to cuz I thought as soon as I did the G6 would come out. My uncle told me that they're concentrating on the Intels as of now and not really worrying about making the G6.

[Electrophoretic]

lol. Im not saying there wont be a G6.

I am...

As far as I am aware, Apple have shifted to Intel, completely...

they have migrated thier entire product range over to the new architecture...

Power PC G5's are no longer used so I am pretty sure that there wont be a Power PC G6...

IBM no more, long live Intel!!

G

[dacloo]

Ow hell yeah, the G6 is coming in March 2007!

It's going to be a RED version of the white iMac (just like the RED iPod), but the reason it's red is because of the processor heat.

[Lemon Bon Bon.]

I wonder if the iMac has a change of receiving the new consumer Quad processor from intel?

That and a beefier GPU would make for a very nice iMac.

Especially in a 30 inch iMac model!!!

;)

It may happen one day! Nobody could see past the 15 inch iMac once upon a time...

In the meantime, when is the follow up to Merom due? And Nvidia are releasing 'laptop' and mainstream variants of their latest gpus?

Nice iMac update about March-April?

I'd expect a slew of Mac announcements about then. It could be a long 3 months...

Lemon Bon Bon

[MacRonin]

Maybe a 30th Anniversary iMac:

30" multi-touch/pressure sensitive/stylus-enabled LCD screen
3GHz Core 2 Extreme Quad-core CPU
4GB RAM
Two 1TB HDDs
SLI & CrossFire compatible dual graphics slots
Dual FireWire400 ports
Single FireWire800 port
Quad USB2 ports
Dual 1000BaseT Ethernet ports
latest AirPort & BlueTooth
optical digital audio i/o
built-in iSight
Apple Design/THX 5.1 certified surround sound speakers & subwoofer
BlueTooth keyboard & Mighty Mouse
Apple Design Stylus
8GB iPhone
.Mac ten year membership

Say, US$10,000…?!?

Too much? Not enough?

;^p

[rminkler]

lol. Im not saying there wont be a G6. Its just not coming out anytime soon. I asked him cuz Apple has a tendencey to release something, and then in less than a year release something better (or at least thats just what it seems to me). So I was gonna buy an Intel iMac G5 but I was afraid to cuz I thought as soon as I did the G6 would come out. My uncle told me that they're concentrating on the Intels as of now and not really worrying about making the G6.

I think you're a little confused. G5 refers to the powerpc processor that Apple used before switching to intel processors. There is no such thing as an "intel iMac G5." Apple could release a new iMac design tomorrow and it wouldn't be the iMac G6.

[king_luis]

I think you're a little confused. G5 refers to the powerpc processor that Apple used before switching to intel processors. There is no such thing as an "intel iMac G5." Apple could release a new iMac design tomorrow and it wouldn't be the iMac G6.

To be fair, wouldnt a new exterior design warrant it becoming the g6???

if it were to be slightly thinner, or remove the chin, then perhaps not a g6, however if they completely changed the design on the outside it would be a g6.

thats the point he is trying to make

[ipete]

Touch Screen


There ya go I think its going to be on the phone and the iMac.;) ;)

[CaryMG]

a slide out graphics card tray would be sweet ....

Christ Almighty would that be a Godsend ....

All the easier to engage the GeForce8800 while using "Parallels" to play "Crysis" !


Later!
8) 8) 8)

[Gandalf the Semi-Coherent]

I wanna buy an iMac but i rather wait several months if they would come out with new designs.

That is because:

1. I am not crazy about the current design (the bottom part of the screen is huge)
2. The refresh rate of the current iMacs' screens is not good enough

I think the iMac should be blue.
And have a toaster built in.
And come with little magnet artwork thingys so that I can change the look of the casing every day.

Apple sucks, I tell you.

GTSC

[dacloo]

Touch Screen
There ya go I think its going to be on the phone and the iMac.;) ;)

As if you are going to point your fingers at your monitor all day. NOT! We're talking about a desktop computer here, not a phone gadget thingie. *IF* Apple releases touch stuff, the monitor will be placed on your table or sumthing, or more realistic, a keyboard with a multitouchpad.

[king_luis]

Apple Imp i hope your news is correct, i am going to buy my first mac after leopard comes out, i am hoping to god not to spend £800 and then see a new design come out within 6-7months.

if it was after about 12 months i could deal with it, but any less i would regret buying it, and if there was a new design within 3-4 months i would hate myself lol

Does anybody know if for instance i bought an imac, and a new one came out 3-4 months later, and my imac developed a "fault", whether they would send you a new one design one, or an old one?

anyway, i want a new design if they are to bring it out in time for leopard, if not i dont want one for at least 12 months.

oh and how high up in apple does your uncle work?, is this as in they are not working on one in production, or in design, or even in the though process?

[onlooker]

Graphics upgradeability is what this machine has always missed.

[KD86]

To be fair, wouldnt a new exterior design warrant it becoming the g6???

if it were to be slightly thinner, or remove the chin, then perhaps not a g6, however if they completely changed the design on the outside it would be a g6.

thats the point he is trying to make

No, G5 was a processor name.... the IBM PowerPC G5 was the name of the chip, so naturally the iMac that used that chip was called the iMac G5. Intel has nothing to do with that naming system. Some refer to the first gens as the G3 iMacs, then the first major revision of the iMac with the LCD later became known as the G4 (since it used the G4 chip) and then when they got the G5's, it became known as the iMac G5. Now that they switched from Intel and used the Core Duo and now the Core 2 Duo, it wouldn't make sense to call any iMac the iMac G6.

[KD86]

Are you in the market to buy one? If so, what is it about the current design that stops you buying?

If you're not in the market to buy one, then what, exactly, are you trying to say? That they should change it for the sake of it?

It ain't broke, it doesn't need fixing.

I COMPLETELY agree. I don't get the gripe so many have with the current case design. I still think it looks beautiful. I like the chin! I don't see what's so wrong with it. It gives them enough room to put that nice big Apple logo in the center!

[Apple Imp]

I think you're a little confused. G5 refers to the powerpc processor that Apple used before switching to intel processors. There is no such thing as an "intel iMac G5." Apple could release a new iMac design tomorrow and it wouldn't be the iMac G6.
Im sorry. lol. I always use G5, G4, G3, etc to reference the design of the system. lol. When I say G6 what i really mean is a newly designed Mac. I know thats not really what it means, but thats usually how I use that. sorry.

[TenHanger]

I wonder if the iMac has a change of receiving the new consumer Quad processor from intel?
That and a beefier GPU would make for a very nice iMac.
Especially in a 30 inch iMac model!!!
Lemon Bon Bon



If it's going to have Quad core soon, why wouldn't the iMac have the ability for multiple OSs to run virtually and simoultaneously and natively (no reboot, as easy as switching from say Firefox to IE on a PC). Quad core is a lot of power than should be able to be parsed between OSs, in addition to just applications. Think about it, that's 2 cores for each running OS.

[lfe2211]

Maybe a 30th Anniversary iMac:

30" multi-touch/pressure sensitive/stylus-enabled LCD screen
3GHz Core 2 Extreme Quad-core CPU
4GB RAM
Two 1TB HDDs
SLI & CrossFire compatible dual graphics slots
Dual FireWire400 ports
Single FireWire800 port
Quad USB2 ports
Dual 1000BaseT Ethernet ports
latest AirPort & BlueTooth
optical digital audio i/o
built-in iSight
Apple Design/THX 5.1 certified surround sound speakers & subwoofer
BlueTooth keyboard & Mighty Mouse
Apple Design Stylus
8GB iPhone
.Mac ten year membership

Say, US$10,000…?!?

Too much? Not enough?

;^p

You forgot a Flux Capicitor. ;)

[iMick]

Two slide-out cup holders would be nice too. One could be heated, the other chilled.

[Poppet]

Shoot me down but I don't want a massive white thing in my home when everything else is silver or black. White when out of fashion a long time ago. You don't see a white kitchen these days!!!

Come on move with the times. An apple logo is not enough for me.

[RobM]

Silver and black ?
bleh

Sounds like you need to get some beige in there !

[Poppet]

Well depending on which room depends on which colour.

How many hd tv's are white I ask??? How many microwaves are white??? The only bloody thing that is white is the macbook and the imac. It just looks like plastic. As soon as it changes design I am buying but not until.

[Poppet]

Besides Apple have pissed me off. I have been waiting for a true widescreen ipod so I can watch movies and recorded tv but no they bring it out in a phone which we can't get for a year over here.

It sucks.

I shall keep watching all the special events from over here just to be disappointed.

[RobM]

lol - I can sympathise.