What do you guys think about AI's imac roumors?
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Well Sounds Great! I can not wait! I really hope it is true! i would love to see 1Ghz iMacs and 15in LCD!! Let's keep woer fingers crossed!
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Well Sounds Great! I can not wait! I really hope it is true! i would love to see 1Ghz iMacs and 15in LCD!! Let's keep woer fingers crossed!
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But what else do I think?
[quote] lacks the high-MHz processor and large screen necessary to compete in a marketplace <hr></blockquote>
and then... [quote] Based around a 15? TFT Flat-Panel display, running at a native resolution of 1024x768 <hr></blockquote>.
With no increase in screen size, that problem seems to still be wanting. Also, 32MB VRAM? I'd be suprised to see them willingly double the amount in the TiBook. Then again, it wouldn't be the first time the consumer offering outdid the professional (combo drive
All in all, it sounds promising, if not predictable. I just hope it comes through, both for Apple and the Insider.
- Pook
- Pook
<strong>thankfully, our spelling is a tad better than mikes...</strong><hr></blockquote>Yeah, but your use of the apostrophe isn't too hot. Since we're getting picky.
Funny, I saw the story about a half hour ago, but now it's not there anymore.
- Pook
I think someone has been hitting the bottle hard ... ah-huh... <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
The ONLY way this would be possible is if G5 powermacs were introduced, running at least in the 1.0, 1.2, 1.4 GHz range.
If so, then a 1 GHZ iMac could happen. 15" LCD, 32 MB vRAM...wow, that would actually be a competitive machine!
It's exactly what Apple SHOULD be doing. They should have released such a Mac a year ago. But they can make up for the delay if only they get it right.
Also, a new iMac MUST have good ports. Audio I/O, USB, Firewire, ect. , and an S-Video out so one can play iMovies on the TV. This is a critical feature that would most definitely boost iMac sales.
The 15" display is also key. I know so many people who wanted a Mac but couldn't afford one....they could have bought iMacs but the display was simply too damn small. If the iMac had a 17 " display, it would probably still be flying off the shelves. At least a 15" LCD is a nice boost in viewable area, although still too frickin' small for the most part. It really needs to be 16" viewable, MINIMUM. Get with the program Apple, this isn't 1991!~!!!1`!!~
Weird. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
Michael, can you give us the lowdown on what the report said?
Anyone else read this care to give us details too?
Quickly :
- 15 " LCD 1024*768
- G3 1.x GHz
- Same clock speed for all models, like iBook, but different drives (even with Superdrive ?)
- GeForce2 MX 32 MB
- Price between 999 $ and 1299 $
- Mac OS X default
[quote]The return of AppleInsider: After months of silence, AppleInsider comes out of its hibernation. Equipped with a new interface (very tempting), the site returns with an article that announces the arrival of the next iMac with a flat-panel screen. Equipped with a 15-inch flat-panel screen and a resolution of 1024x768, the computer should include a G3 flirting with one gigahertz and a GeForce2 MX with 32 MB of video memory. Just like the iBook, it seems that the various models will not be characterized by the speed of the processor, but by the optical drive, which could be either a DVD-ROM or a combo DVD/CD-RW. AppleInsider even conjures up the possibility of an iMac equipped with a SuperDrive. This iMac generation would be sold in configurations between $999 and $1299 and would function under Mac OS X by default. Update: AppleInsider has withdrawn its article without giving an explanation. <hr></blockquote>
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That is quite an interesting rumour and even more interesting now that it had been removed! Perhaps this is just AI trying to jumpstart people's excitement over its rumourmongering?
Anyway, what makes this more exciting in my eyes is that this would really herald another boost to the iBooks not too far down the road.
Favorite AI idiosyncrasies:
1.) Forums always going down before big news/shows
2.) Huge spans of time between stories followed by a rapid-fire succession of stories (repeat)
3.) Alterations/pullings of stories per outside influences. (e.g. - Apple Legal)
4.) Ironic fueling of rumors (e.g.-hosting forums which give rise to KimKapSol, WorkerBee, Dorsal) but which in turn causes Apple to plug the leaks, which in turn leads to cessation of rumor quantity/quality; leading one to believe in a fundamental misunderstanding of the symbiotic nature of the rumormill. (Case in point: Hollywood)
5.) Lovely UPtime of host server(s)
JRC
Again, as I first stated above "I love this place". One must first love the idiosyncrasies in ANY relationship, eh?
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<strong>Any form factor guesses? Kind of hard for me to get past a cpu-strapped-to-the-back-of-a-flat panel-type scenerio.</strong><hr></blockquote>That's essentially what the AI article said. It said it would look like a display from some angles, but bulkier.