LCD iMac "Confirmation"
Possibly this should have gone in one of the other threads, but here it is anyway:
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/23248.html"; target="_blank">The Register</a>is saying that the contract has been signed for the production of the new iMacs.
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/23248.html"; target="_blank">The Register</a>is saying that the contract has been signed for the production of the new iMacs.
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<strong>It just boggles my mind why Apple does not use the top of the line graphics cards for ALL their machines. </strong><hr></blockquote>
You think they should use a GF 3 in the iMac? What are you crazy? Sure bring up the price of every iMac $200 ... yeah schools, grandmothers & non gamers will really like the $200 more they have to pay for something they won't use.
Gamers are NOT the iMac's target audience. It would be nice though if the had an iMac Gamers edition or something (where they'd have say a GF 3 Ti). I can't see this happening anytime soon but it's a nice dream.
Rather Apple should do what their doing with the 2mx. It's a nice chip & it's suitable for todays graphics & will suit the iMac's target audience well. What I do think is that they need to update the iMac's video more often though & keep it more current (ie. it should've had a 2mx in the last revision, it's a very cheap card & it's been that way for a while).
nuff said.
It's interesting, although not too surprising, that Apple has awarded the contract to Quanta. It's obviously going to be very compact and sexy.
Can't wait to see it.
Knowing Apple, after having chosen the bottom-of-the-line video card, they will not feel obligated to upgrade it for several years and find eMachines selling computers with better hardware.
Why can't Apple offer a SuperDrive equiped iBook. Oh, yeah, they *have" to put into a pro machine for 6 months first.
Oh! What's that going on over at the Sony site...
Oh my! HP is offering DVD-R on it's desktop consumer machines! Sony as well!
They should have an option to pay $1-200 extra to get gaming graphics. That way, most of the iMac buyers will get a cheaper machine, but if you want to use it for games, you have that option.
Remember, many of the low-end Wintels have "integrated graphics" (i.e., no video card).
<a href="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?T=marketsquote99_news.ht&s=APBAPshW0UXVh bnRh" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a>
These people are notorious for fact checking. Maybe ther is more truth than rumor on this one...
I can only hope so.
A funny aside:
I Imagine that the new iMac is so small and efficient, that some enterprising company will make a briefcase like enclosure for it that houses an integral battery, keyboard, trackpad, and second hardrive. Taken all together in this durable case, the new iMac desktop will weigh about as much as a dell 8100 laptop! HAHAHA...
Actually, when I think about it, such a machine would make an interesting field work proposition for 'on remote' studios etc. Sure it's bulky, but it sits in a van anyway, and you get more/cheaper storage, more speed, more max ram, and a bigger screen. Maybe even a superdrive option. It could even be a better prposition than a powerbook for some scenarios: portable video/sound bite/footage archive server?
a 15" LCD iMac-desktop
a 12" LCD iMac -internet
Very interesting indeed. Wonder what the 12" could cost? Perfect for those kitchens with space and people who just want to surf the net and check email. Like my grandma, this is cool-too bad they didn't come out with these before Christmas.
They make them.
In a rare move, Apple came out and denied it, but the speculation remained that it was an iMac. Others said it couldn't be an iMac because Quanta only made laptops.
Maybe that was the initial leak of the story?
Quanta's product lineups
a. Full (complete) notebook PC line:
from commercial models to consumer models, low to high levels, both IBM-compatible and MAC models.
b. LCD line:
i. The LCD monitor: 15" panel is the major market at present to replace the 17" CRT monitor. The product has a streamlined design, with built-in speakers for available USB port, the panel is designed with 30° back and forth movement and a viewable angle at 130°.
ii. LCD PC: molded desktop PC with 15" LCD panel to replace traditional desktop PC with its light-weight and slim features.
iii. LCD IA: molded simplified desktop PC with 10"-12" LCD panel targeted at the Internet market.
c. Wireless communication line: 3-band GSM mobile phone.
d. Miscellaneous
i. Booksize PC: all-in-one design with 4 USB ports and P-III CPU supportive, with options for DVD or CD-RW.
ii. Server: 4 CPUs supportive, 840 chipset server or 2 CPUs supportive. It has been certified by Windows 2000
link to:
<a href="http://www.quantatw.com/edefault.htm"; target="_blank">http://www.quantatw.com/edefault.htm</a>;
never says that the 15 or 12" is an imac, but sounds like it may be....i like the line:
"The product has a streamlined design, with built-in speakers for available USB port, the panel is designed with 30° back and forth movement and a viewable angle at 130°."
sounds like an apple 15inch display with speakers...exactly the design i would like to see...g
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Gamers are NOT the iMac's target audience. It would be nice though if the had an iMac Gamers edition or something (where they'd have say a GF 3 Ti). I can't see this happening anytime soon but it's a nice dream.
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This is actually a good idea. iMacs are not very upgradeable. Apple should add another level higher than hte others with 512 MB RAM and a GeForce 3. That would put it at $1800, about what you'd pay for the lowest G4 on education discount with a monitor.