SE not finished yet.
Hi, my name is little joke from when I was boy. I have some good stories for all you guys in here. I read this page on many occasion but I can only post some things I know now.
iMac/Book SE is not over for Apple. They will be back, and some color will also return, but Apple cannot do this now. Engineers I talk with wanted Christmas time release for these machines, but probably you will not see untill 2003. I don't know iBook story very much, only that iMac has a sister. But for iMac I know something. SE version will take silver color like Pro machine, use 16/17" panel, use A/V out like notebooks. Maybe somethings can happen but everything depends for prices. These are tried but not 100% for concept. Cache system like tower, and very high screen resolution for A/V using a SCART style out. Some changes for I/O and sound DSP (for every machine I think) Concept is to be more expensive than low tower and highest iMac now. I think 2000+ US $.
You will like it.
iMac/Book SE is not over for Apple. They will be back, and some color will also return, but Apple cannot do this now. Engineers I talk with wanted Christmas time release for these machines, but probably you will not see untill 2003. I don't know iBook story very much, only that iMac has a sister. But for iMac I know something. SE version will take silver color like Pro machine, use 16/17" panel, use A/V out like notebooks. Maybe somethings can happen but everything depends for prices. These are tried but not 100% for concept. Cache system like tower, and very high screen resolution for A/V using a SCART style out. Some changes for I/O and sound DSP (for every machine I think) Concept is to be more expensive than low tower and highest iMac now. I think 2000+ US $.
You will like it.
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Lemon Bon Bon
<strong>use A/V out like notebooks</strong><hr></blockquote>
That wouldn't seem to fit in with apples digital lifestyle very well.
Color changes? easy.
Screen? easy but costly.
Faster procs? dicey but doable.
I/O and A/V improvements? When every mac gets them, then special versions would get them too.
This all sounds possible, I'd buy a $2000 17"LCD iMac or a $2000 G4 ??? iBook. But I'll believe this when I see it. 2003 is a long ways off yet. For now I'll think of this as another Kormac post. <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
[ 04-25-2002: Message edited by: Matsu ]</p>
Anyway, the new powerbooks seem to demonstrate that Apple is willing to use the more advanced cache system of the PowerMacs in a much smaller enclosure. Maybe an SE iMac could get a DDR external cache too! Maybe not 2MB, but even 1MB plus the on chip cache would be pretty good.