New eMac looks pretty good

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  • Reply 81 of 100
    For those of you that are wondering about how ram is installed, here it is from the developers notes:



    RAM Expansion Slots



    The eMac has two RAM expansion slots. The slots accept standard PC-100 or PC-133, 168-pin DIMMs (dual inline memory modules) that use SDRAM devices. A DIMM for a eMac can contain either 64, 128, 256, or 512 MB of memory.



    A door on the bottom of the computer provides access to the RAM expansion slots. Before opening the bottom door, the user should place the computer face down on a soft cloth.



    When the door is open, the portion of the main logic board that contains the two RAM expansion slots is visible. The top slot is normally occupied by the factory-installed RAM DIMM. Either RAM expansion slot can accept a user-installed DIMM.



    Important



    The user should be reminded to observe the usual precautions to avoid damage to the electronic components due to static electricity.



    Note: The eMac does not use memory interleaving, so installing two DIMMs of the same size does not result in any performance gain.
  • Reply 82 of 100
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    [quote]The eMac appeals to most of the market because of it's 17 inch screen.<hr></blockquote>



    DING!



    The head proctor of my lab bought powemacs instead of iMacs because of the 15" fishbowl madness (the last Mac purchase was pre-iMac2). I think this eMac would be a great idea and a real cost-saver.



    If it uses the same CRT as the 17" ASD, then damn, this is a great little machine. I would seriously consider finding some weasly way to get my hands on one if I was in the market for a Mac.
  • Reply 83 of 100
    sithsith Posts: 25member
    Dunno if anyone posted this already, but the Star Tribune for today had a little blurb about the eMac in the business section - they said it was 700 gigahertz. Now I *really* want one.



    It was an AP article, so probably got printed a lot of places... anyone else see it?
  • Reply 84 of 100
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Sith:

    <strong>Dunno if anyone posted this already, but the Star Tribune for today had a little blurb about the eMac in the business section - they said it was 700 gigahertz. Now I *really* want one.



    It was an AP article, so probably got printed a lot of places... anyone else see it?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I haven't seen it but 700 GHz sounds great.
  • Reply 85 of 100
    bradbowerbradbower Posts: 1,068member
    [quote]Originally posted by Sith:

    <strong>Dunno if anyone posted this already, but the Star Tribune for today had a little blurb about the eMac in the business section - they said it was 700 gigahertz. Now I *really* want one.



    It was an AP article, so probably got printed a lot of places... anyone else see it?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Hahahah. Screw the megahertz myth, Apple needs to get AP to do their press releases!
  • Reply 86 of 100
    pushermanpusherman Posts: 410member
    What I found really interesting was how Apple is now marketing (at least to education) all three machines as their "all-in-one" line of solutions. So I take it they're not just trying to get rid of the last of the old iMacs, they actually perceive it as still being part of a strategy.



    <a href="http://www.apple.com/education/products/allinone/"; target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/education/products/allinone/</a>;



    [ 05-01-2002: Message edited by: Poor taylor ]</p>
  • Reply 87 of 100
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    Interesting. For those productmatrix "nazis" (not being serious with that term) this shows that Apple has its own education matrix in a sense.
  • Reply 88 of 100
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    [quote]Originally posted by satchmo:

    <strong>The only blemish was the iMac price hike.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    That's not a blemish, it's a stain on Jobs' immortal soul that can never be removed unless a 999 LCD iMac becomes available. He will sit to the left of Bin Ladin and Sadam in eternal lakes of fire for this transgression.



    [ 05-01-2002: Message edited by: Matsu ]</p>
  • Reply 89 of 100
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    [quote]Originally posted by Poor taylor:

    <strong>What I found really interesting was how Apple is now marketing (at least to education) all three machines as their "all-in-one" line of solutions. So I take it they're not just trying to get rid of the last of the old iMacs, they actually perceive it as still being part of a strategy.



    <a href="http://www.apple.com/education/products/allinone/"; target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/education/products/allinone/</a>;

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    It is part of a strategy until Apple can get the eMac down to $799 or so. Low prices are critical in education, especially these days.



    Even then, there's an off chance that they'll push the CRT iMac down to $699 or $599 or something, just to tweak Dell, but I doubt it.
  • Reply 90 of 100
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    ya know, for an education machine this thing it awesome, though cd-rw MIGHT be a requirement for a few labs here and there, for the most part its not needed at all, 56k modem is definatly not needed as I'm willing to wager a very large portion of the schools that would be willing and able to buy 40-50 of these for their lab would also have some form of LAN. As compared to the iMac LCD, though price/performance is very nice on the eMac and kind of makes the iMac look bad, but it is an ed-only machine and that means that its not going to be advertised to the general consumer base, whereas the iMac has billboards all the way from LA to SF to who knows where else.

    personally I think this is a GREAT move for apple, now they have a very competitive, cheap, and slick education machine.

    the cheap CRT iMacs are probably going to fade to black though, once the g5(or new g4+ super what-ever) is released and the g4 totally takes over the consumer line.

    personally I think apple is diong very well and they definatly have a plan, and so far so good.
  • Reply 91 of 100
    Looking at that "allinone" page, Apple seems to have it right. They have a budget machine (the original iMac), a midrange machine (the eMac) and luxury machine (the new iMac). Enough choice to give something to everyone, but not so much as to be confusing.



    F*ck the product matrix. The eMac is great, and offers a needed addition to Apple's educational lineup. It adds useful choice. People too often confuse adding choices with being confusing. It's only bad to have more products when you get into the "Perform" situation, where you have nearly identical products with different names, and and only minor differences between them. That is not the case here; the differences are apparent and the choices are easy to understand.



    And Apple actually did market research on this one. This wasn't a machine that came out of Steve's ego. Unless their research is wrong, this machine will sell.
  • Reply 92 of 100
    This machine would sell on the open market as well. Too bad, el Stevo can't/won't see this.



    TING5
  • Reply 93 of 100
    fischerfischer Posts: 35member
    Apparently, due to customer demand, the $999 CD-ROM-only eMac will be made available for individual students/educators. For, uh...$1049.



    <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1040-896568.html?legacy=cnet&tag=pt.mrktwtch.story.alrt .9823193" target="_blank">http://news.com.com/2100-1040-896568.html?legacy=cnet&tag=pt.mrktwtch.story.alrt .9823193</a>
  • Reply 94 of 100
    baumanbauman Posts: 1,248member
    Not quite. My college is almost 100% Apple, so when I click through to the AppleStore through my school's website, I can still get the $999 price. However, if I just click on the education portion from store.apple.com, and select my school, I get the $1049 price.



    It's always been that way - $50 bucks less if I click through from my college's webpage. I guess my school just has a special arrangement with Apple. ::shrug::
  • Reply 95 of 100
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by There is no g5:

    <strong>This machine would sell on the open market as well. Too bad, el Stevo can't/won't see this.



    TING5</strong><hr></blockquote>



    It's because Steve doesn't want the eMac to take sales away from the iMac.
  • Reply 96 of 100
    This is great! Now all they need is a SuperDrive in it. My school does a lot of vid editing, and needs to put our movies on something other than DV or VHS... <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 97 of 100
    gafferinogafferino Posts: 68member
    [quote]Originally posted by Amorph:

    <strong>Even then, there's an off chance that they'll push the CRT iMac down to $699 or $599 or something, just to tweak Dell, but I doubt it.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    The indigo imac (500Mhz) is $699 for schools already. I am not sure if Dell is tweaked though
  • Reply 98 of 100
    glurxglurx Posts: 1,031member
    CNN has an <a href="http://asia.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/05/02/jobs/index.html"; target="_blank">interview with Jobs</a>.
  • Reply 99 of 100
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member




    the back looks like a rocket booster or something...

    very coool !
  • Reply 100 of 100
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Defiant:

    <strong>



    the back looks like a rocket booster or something...

    very coool !</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yeah, it is pretty cool. At first I didn't like it but not it's growing on me.
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