Just Mac
Do you guys think instead of calling it a Mac Pro Apple might just call it a Mac? Or is that too generic?
If they call it a Mac Pro then we have a Mac Mini and a Mac Pro. But we don't have just a Mac to go inbetween. Kind of like how we have the regular macbook versus the macbook pro.
Obviously everyone is assuming the iMac is the "regular" mac. But that doesn't really stick to Apples current naming conventions very well. Plus for all we know the imac could become just a certain niche product.
Now that Apple has moved into the x86 world and introduced bootcamp they have a little more room to stretch. And everyone knows the tower rules in the PC world. So do you think it's possible Apple will release two tiers of tower systems? One being a higher end spec'd Mac Pro and the other being a less expensive and middle of the road spec'd "Mac"?
If they call it a Mac Pro then we have a Mac Mini and a Mac Pro. But we don't have just a Mac to go inbetween. Kind of like how we have the regular macbook versus the macbook pro.
Obviously everyone is assuming the iMac is the "regular" mac. But that doesn't really stick to Apples current naming conventions very well. Plus for all we know the imac could become just a certain niche product.
Now that Apple has moved into the x86 world and introduced bootcamp they have a little more room to stretch. And everyone knows the tower rules in the PC world. So do you think it's possible Apple will release two tiers of tower systems? One being a higher end spec'd Mac Pro and the other being a less expensive and middle of the road spec'd "Mac"?
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Originally posted by ApplePi
Obviously everyone is assuming the iMac is the "regular" mac. But that doesn't really stick to Apples current naming conventions very well.
No, but the name iMac has become so iconic that renaming it to "Mac" would needlessly confuse.
Plus for all we know the imac could become just a certain niche product.
Quite the opposite.
just think of the endless confusing conversations...
Mac is a platform and not a specific product on said platform.
To this end, I think that the current iMac can hold it's own against a mini-tower model for most consumers, and those that would buy the tower over the iMac would only be looking at it as an option becouse the price of the PowerMac is quite a bit more than the iMac. There was a time when the iMac and the PowerMac were a lot closer in price than they are today, and in fact their prices "overlapped" at the high end iMac and low end PowerMac. Today however the iMac has monitor choices that are competetive in the consumer space and could hold their own in some buisness circles. The real challenge would be to find a feature set for a mini-tower that could compete with the iMac without overshadowing it in performance or being too "underwhelimng" to compete.
That's exactly what I'm saying.
Technically the platform is x86, the operating system is OSX, and the computer is whatever system you happen to have (imac, macbook, ect). So I don't think it would be that off the wall for Apple to release a computer just called a Mac. I don't think it would really confuse either.
Take this scenerio
Bob
Hey Jim what kind of computer do you have?
Jim
A Mac
Bob
Oh yeah I heard those were pretty good
(imagining a small tower like system just called a Mac)
Jim
Yeah I love mine
(thinking to myself, well actually I have a macbook but what does it really matter)
If Jim wanted to get technical he could have said macbook or imac.
Also I think a plain jane Mac tower could probably start at about $800. The mac mini has it's place and so does the iMac. So even if there is price overlapping the products themselves all have a purpose and as I said now that Apple are in the x86 world they have room to stretch and overlap a little bit.
If Apple does go this way I can see the Mac Mac having a single processor while the Mac Pro has two. Lots of options on the Mac Mac, especially in the areas of HDs and graphics - all within a smaller case that can easily hide behind the display.
Maybe release it in time for the Christmas buying season.
Uber Mac would do though
Pro Mac
Mac XL
Mac XL Pro
DuoMac
MacDuo
ExtremeMac
MacExtreme
PMac
MacTower
MacTower Pro
TowerMac
TMac
SuperMac...lol
UltraMac
UltimateMac
UMac
Yahweh Mac
Elohim Mac
Mega Mac
Mac Quatro
Quatro Mac
and of course...
Royale Mac© with Cheese.
maclite (light sub notebook)
Mac Pro Dual (with 1 dual-core Conroe CPU)
Mac Pro Quad (with 2 dual core Woodcrest CPUs)
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Originally posted by JTBLQ
and of course...
Royale Mac© with Cheese. [/B]