why merom in imacs? and delay merom laptops?
I heard a rumor that apple merom laptops will be delayed now until 2007 because of supply issues from intel. If this be true, I wonder why apple went with merom chips in the imacs instead of conroe?? Then everyone would have been happy. :-)
I was waiting to buy a new apple laptop, and this news kinda took the wind out of my sails.
Anyone else hear this?
I was waiting to buy a new apple laptop, and this news kinda took the wind out of my sails.
Anyone else hear this?
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I heard a rumor that apple merom laptops will be delayed now until 2007 because of supply issues from intel. If this be true, I wonder why apple went with merom chips in the imacs instead of conroe?? Then everyone would have been happy. :-)
Yeah, especially the ones which are in a hurry in the morning and would like to put their bread into the Conroe iMac DVD drive and get it ready in a second from the top vent slot. That's why.
So, Apple would much liked to do what you do suggest, but once again the form factor works against function in the iMac (this does not means of course that the iMac is not an excellent machine right now). For the time being it cannot take nothing more than a mobile CPU.
Anyone else hear this?
No.
I heard a rumor that apple merom laptops will be delayed now until 2007 because of supply issues from intel.
That story has been retracted, if I'm not mistaken.
If this be true, I wonder why apple went with merom chips in the imacs instead of conroe?
For heat/noise reasons. The iMac is the flagship Mac, to the point where it symbolizes "Mac" in the commercials. Apple wants it to be as "perfect" as possible, and that includes keeping its noise levels low.
A Conroe iMac would have needed to be either thicker, or required much more active cooling, which would have been obnoxious and detrimental to the experience.
I was waiting to buy a new apple laptop, and this news kinda took the wind out of my sails.
You should wait until 26th; I expect something laptop-related at photokina.
Guess I will just keep patiently waiting for the next laptop update. I am sure it will be worth it. :-)
Guess I will just keep patiently waiting for the next laptop update. I am sure it will be worth it. :-)
I don't know who says that there will be no new Apple portables before 2007, I just find it hard to believe that the Macbook Pro will remain without update a whole year. This was the case back in the Moto days. The Macbook may be another story since it was released later in this year and could easily go into 2007 without update. But not because of chips shortage.