19 inch iMac?
Ok, 17 inch I could see, but 19 inch?
<a href="http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2002/05/31&pages=02&seq=5"; target="_blank">Linkage</a>
Maybe they meant to say "LCDs" and not "iMacs" <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
<a href="http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2002/05/31&pages=02&seq=5"; target="_blank">Linkage</a>
Maybe they meant to say "LCDs" and not "iMacs" <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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<strong>Maybe they meant to say "LCDs" and not "iMacs"
I would have to imagine that's what they meant....... Either way it's info on potential new stuff. That or it's a pile of dog doo doo
i think the 17" LCD's ARE for the iMac ... maybe an SE model .. who knows .. wouldntbe hard to retrofit existing iMac's since the base will still same ... basically a bolt on for apple .. which couls translate into east extra revenue fo them ...
as far as the 19" lcd's .. there is no way they would put that on an imac .. first off the imac would be then way too expensive for the "consumer" audience its targetted at ...
im fairly confident that the 19" lcd's are for a new model in the cinema display series .. to fill in the gap between the 17" and 22" models ...
juist my 0.02$
ps: my first post on appleinsider ... hello to all!
Go to the following for article:
<a href="http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/news/187557"; target="_blank">http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/news/187557</a>;
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It's not impossible, but I do agree, it seems unlikely given the costs of a 19" screen.
<strong>It's not impossible, but I do agree, it seems unlikely given the costs of a 19" screen.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Unless, of course, it's an iMac Special Edition
Screed ...wouldn't a 19" LCD iMac be a bit top heavy? And perhaps too heavy for the swivel arm??
steve is now climbing onto his gulfstream V. in about 8 hours, if you listen really quietly, you'll hear a very faint scream echoing across the pacific...
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<strong>fyi: quanta is the ONLY manufacturer for the imac, so if they say they are making 17" and 19" displays, they are making them FOR the imac.
steve is now climbing onto his gulfstream V. in about 8 hours, if you listen really quietly, you'll hear a very faint scream echoing across the pacific...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Is it from Steve or is it from the guy who talked...
<strong>Quanta doesn' manufacture LCD's. They assemble them into various laptops for Apple, Dell and others and the iMac. The story is interesting but goes against one yesterday that said that Quanta was going to be replaced by Hon Hai in making the iMacs because of production problems and parts shortages at Quanta.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes I read that story too. Just suppose Hon Hai have quoted a 30% cost reduction to Apple, I assume Apple could lower the price of the 15" model to increase market share.
Quanta could then concentrate on a 17 or 19" SE model at the same or slightly higher price level of the 15" model. Seems unlikely, but who knows what Apple have in store. Expect the unexpected!
17" iMac $2399?
19" iMac $2899?
but no 19", that'd be an iMac $$
G-news
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Anywhoo, unless Apple buys from Sony... or whoever it was who just built the billion dollar plant to make large sheets of LCD... then this can't be true.
Hmm,,,, best case for iMac MWNY 2002
15in 800 MHz $1399
17in 1 GHz $1799
19in 1 GHz $2399
This will compare to the lowest Power Mac, which will hopefully be a single processor 1 GHz with a 17" Apple panel - $1499 + $899 (now the 17" costs $999) is $2400.
A 19 inch iMac will be top heavy.
get the idea?
New factories are not yet on-line and won't be until the end of the year and early 2003. This is all speculation (rumor) so don't get upset. We'll know when Apple announces any new products.
The only reason I wouldnt buy an iMac is because the current screen is too small ( too low res really ). That means that Ill have to get a PowerMac, to expensive atm, but it will be my next computer purchase ( instead of a new PC ).
IF - the iMac was 17", 1280x1024 or so, or, it actually supported a dual head operation with its vga out, I would jump on it.
To Apple that means a lost sale of a Powermac, to a machine that is already selling well, and at a lower profit margin.
Not very smart thinking if you ask me.
The iMac just isnt meant for us more demanding users. I think that you will see a much more attractive Powermac released so that high end users dont jump ship ( either in price or features ) before a better iMac comes out.
yeah, that'll be affordable.
For one thing, a bigger screen on the current base would throw off the proportions of the unit as a whole. For another, as the screen gets bigger (and heavier), the center of gravity for the unit shifts upward; add one cat, & you have an iMac upside down on the floor.
Finally, the strength of the arm is not to the point; if the arm was not engineered to support the weight of a bigger/heavier display at all angles, just like it does w/ the 15", then adding a bigger screen will result in the big-screen iMac becoming the most complained-about Apple nodel since the Performa.
As in, "What are you people thinking?"