Apple unveils new line of 20- and 24-inch iMacs - Page 5

Originally Posted by JeffDM

I thought it was just the notebooks that had 6 bit displays.

Originally Posted by melgross

Since Apple moved to Intel they have been getting processors before their Windows counterparts. Don't for the 3GHz Xeons either.

Originally Posted by JamesG

The MacPro tower is both enormous and loud, and the MacMini seems a bit inadequate.

Originally Posted by shanmugam

yep, i mean standard. from 512 MB to 1 GB to 2 GB Now.

Originally Posted by Abster2core

Holy 'Yosemite!'. The G3/400 was introduced in 1999 with up to 128 MB RAM and a 12 GB drive for $2999 and you have the nerve to make such a statement. You have to be kidding.

If you haven't gotten married yet, I would suggest that you don't buy your fiance a ring without her being there.

Originally Posted by bennettvista

Feel like the new design of the iMac is a bit like what happened with BMW a few years back when they re-designed the new 5 series. A misstep. I don't like the black border and the whole thing has a slightly "cheap" feel to it. I would have prefered a black back and all brushed aluminum surface. The front now feels like some of those early cheap widescreen TVs made by Sony.

Originally Posted by BlackPepper

I am kinda disappointed in the new design. What is that black frame over the screen? I can't have a computer like this, it bothers my eyes. The old ones were better. Unfortunately, they again did something they think great, but it's not..

Originally Posted by JamesG

An uncalled for comment, to be sure. He was referring to the form factor and case design of the G3 and G4 towers, which a lot of people really enjoyed.

Originally Posted by Neruda

And no, I don't need to sit in front of one to say this. I am not blind.

Originally Posted by harrison

It just seems to me that several folks are passing judgement on something that they haven't even seen. To expand, I thought the iPhone looked clunky and cheap. But when you actually hold one and use it...(sigh)

The black borders, for the iPhone, really add depth and contrast to the device and make the display really pop. I think that's the reasoning behind the black border for the new iMac.

Originally Posted by iJay

i think a big problem with this design is it's similarity with the previous iMac, which most of us hated... i, for one, was expecting something breath taking... and got this.

it's so bad it looks like it was made by dell

Originally Posted by melgross

Exactly what did you expect from an all in one design that has design restraints because of the equipment inside?

How much different can it be?

Originally Posted by Neruda

My sentiments exactly. The black border around the screen is not only ugly, but would be incredibly distracting to me.

Originally Posted by iJay

i think a big problem with this design is it's similarity with the previous iMac, which most of us hated... i, for one, was expecting something breath taking... and got this.

it's so bad it looks like it was made by dell

Originally Posted by macshark

Black borders around a display is probably the least distracting option as a matte black surfe is neutral and low-reflection. Most of the high end LCD monitors (except Apple) have black borders around them. I find the aliminum border around Apple Cinema Displays quite distracting.

Originally Posted by shanmugam

2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme ???
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Intel site lists 2.6 Ghz, is it a typo or overclocking from 2.6Ghz?

Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor2 June '07 (6/3)July '07 (7/22)% Decrease

Mobile (FCPGA6)

X7800 (4M L2 cache 2.60 GHz 800 MHz FSB 65nm) - $851 -

from the CPU price list

seems this time, apple site got lots of problem, many times down and typo as well,

steve said 20" 20 " 24" config, website came with 20" 20" 24" 24" configs

Originally Posted by mrpiddly

I like the simplicity of most of apple products.

Originally Posted by BenRoethig

Like the 3.0ghz Quad core Xeon X5365 in the Mac Pro, Apple is getting the X7900 while its still in limited production.

Originally Posted by harrison

Plus, the aluminum blends into the screen. With a black border, the illuminated areas are clearly defined and makes images and programs with black backgrounds look really sleek.

Originally Posted by spliff monkey

I have to agree with the people who don't like the new Imac... the glossy screen is silly! It's difficult at best to work on a glossy monitor if you're anywhere near a window and most of us have windows in our offices and further most people want big windows in their offices especially the execs, photographers and designers apple is marketing to. Aluminum is cool but why the black? It makes the imac look like a cheap piece of electronic gadgetry. Almost like the iphone which is a complete piece of consumer gadgetry in my opinion. Multi touch is so much more revolutionary than the iphone reveals I hate the fact that apple chose the iphone for it's first venture into multitouch. Still waiting for the elusive tablet and most people right about now are thinking OMG another tablet dork but I think for casual computing and interfacing it's a brilliant option. I've been using my converted macbook for several months now for character designing and I love it. I know apple could do it better but they haven't tried at all. "back to black"... If you have to make the new imac "look that cool" then you're lending to the perception that you're being cheated in some way, it looks cheap like the zune or some friggin glossy cheap boombox from the 80's. Don't try so hard apple.. the aluminum display was cool enough. i like the fact that it comes standard with 1 gb of ram now.. to be honest that was the only thing I thought was a bitch when I purchased a couple of 24" imacs "off the shelf" but my crew has loved them otherwise now that they've got the full 3 gb's of ram. Do the new Imacs support 4gb yet? that would be a huge plus but then I suppose you'd want to edit on the thing and Apple couldn't force you to buy a tower for FCP (4gb of ram recommended) if you're only into "firewire" capture and output or even better offline editing which we have a huge need for inexpensive "offline edit suites". Towers minus the decklink extreme etc etc have worked well for us but a sleek little imac would be "tits" in my frugal opinion. I think the chin should have been dealt with as well, but my wife loves it for her post-its and others have said does make it 'easy to grab' so I guess some people can appreciate it. The glossy display is definitely going to make me wait for a non glossy version of the display to come out or buy something else even though our studio needs a couple more imacs for lite photography and design stuff we have huge windows in our studios and my assistants glossy macbook stinks in terms of the glare problems she has... guess I should start looking on ebay for "sealed in box" imacs now.... not cool cuz i hate ebay... nice try apple looking forward to the next revision!

Originally Posted by l33r0y

Any panel that uses TN Film is 6-bit.

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles...chnologies.htm

Originally Posted by JeffDM

What? That's a big mass of words. There exists a concept called "white space". It looks like you used proper caps only one time.

Originally Posted by spliff monkey

Should I really be concerned about formatting? I just type as I think on places like this but I suppose I'm busier than many other dorks out there... or I'm not and you're just overly sensative... I've seen plenty of misspellings and contrived confabulation left and right and I don't take time out of my day to criticize poor grammar , formatting and punctuation on a web forum. Are you the MLA authority for web forums? lighten up dude if you don't want to read it skip it!

Originally Posted by melgross

I don't agree with that at all. I think this is a beautiful machine, much better than the old ones, which looked pretty good when they came out.

Some guys will never be happy.

Originally Posted by Mr. H

What's the point of posting your opinion on a publicly-accessible forum and then not making it readable?

Formatting, grammar and spelling are all important for maximising readability and comprehensibility, and for ensuring that you are writing what you actually mean.

Originally Posted by wilco

I'm with Mel!

It's a beautiful machine, and anyone who disagrees with us for whatever reason is someone who will never be happy. With anything! Ever!

Originally Posted by spliff monkey

guess I had allot to say... overall point is... I'll be buying old imacs off of ebay or some other source for my studio. hate the glossy display, hate the black border! sorry if you don't have the attention span; I thought this was a web forum. Should I really be concerned about formatting? I just type as I think on places like this but I suppose I'm busier than many other dorks out there... or I'm not and you're just overly sensative... I've seen plenty of misspellings and contrived confabulation left and right and I don't take time out of my day to criticize poor grammar , formatting and punctuation on a web forum. Are you the MLA authority for web forums? lighten up dude if you don't want to read it skip it!

Originally Posted by mokarran

I have to say that at first I wasn't too thrilled with the new design when I first saw it, but it's growing on me. For some reason, I find most of the mockups on the Apple website tacky-looking, but the live photos actually look pretty nice. I'll have to see it in person.

Originally Posted by Mr. H

This is highly unlikely. Do you actually have any evidence of the X7900 part number?

What is much, much more likely is that it is an X7800 clocked at 2.8 GHz. The Core 2 Extremes have their multiplier "unlocked", so OEMs can run them at any speed they feel comfortable with.

Originally Posted by BenRoethig

http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/16/i...clocked-to-3g/

Originally Posted by Mr. H

Thanks for the link.

So, until someone opens up a 2.8 GHz iMac, we have no way of knowing whether it's an X7800 or X7900 inside.

Originally Posted by Mr. H

Thanks for the link.

So, until someone opens up a 2.8 GHz iMac, we have no way of knowing whether it's an X7800 or X7900 inside.

Originally Posted by wilco

It's a beautiful machine, and anyone who disagrees with us for whatever reason is someone who will never be happy. With anything! Ever!