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Quote: Originally Posted by rageous The chin gives the iMac it's distinctive look. I hope they keep it (knowing full well it'll be gone eventually). But curses to all who stick post-its on there! I would say just the opposite, I don't like the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by rageous where Apple needs to rise above the market is if these companies are selling tons of mini towers but at next to no profit. it doesn't matter how much something sells; if the price point is bad and it's not profi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ajprice I thought the iMac would handle a Conroe because it had similar heat levels to the G5 that was in the original iMac iSight model? I think that the Intel iMac is thinner than the original iMac G5.
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Apple has appeared to wait on new product releases until stocks have cleared, but not always. They have said that they release new products when they are ready, now we will see if that is true. If the iMac gets a Conroe a month from now in in a n…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PB The 20" iMac can get a Conroe but this would make a noisy machine (very noisy when the processor is taxed). I believe it will take on of the mobile processors (Yonah or Merom), but which one depends on the way Apple …
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Mac, Don't read anything into it other than the ATI guy likes and uses an Apple laptop. I doubt that Apple knew about the merger, there was no real reason for ATI or AMD to tell them unless they were going to cut the supply of ATI chips to Apple.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PB The G5 in the iMacs was around 45-50 Watts. And the heat and noise issues because of this are well known. Conroe can push that at 65 Watts (I don't remember at which clock speed, perhaps 2.4 GHz). This is more than d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by minderbinder I'm glad AI pointed out the ship dates. Many mac users are whining that apple is "late" with a merom release. As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care when they announce as long as machines actually…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DotComCTO See, now I would do the opposite; I would launch *before* the weekend to take advantage of the number of buyers looking for new machines. I mean, do I (Joe Consumer) want to buy an Apple with "old chip technol…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Celemourn As of 11:50 A.M., Eastern Standard Time, Core 2 Duo for laptops is up at Intel's site. Are any of them actually shipping to customers yet? Can I buy one in Best Buy or CompUSA today? Not trying to be a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM I think that clutter is likely bad because too many companies come up with weird form factors in the first place, particularly the game consoles. For media center use, the mini is more like the game console type…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinea Its not "vastly superior". It's nicely superior and that doesn't show up that well in sales brochures. Most folks couldn't tell superior OS if it walked up and bit them on their bit bucket anyway. Catering to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by crees! Is the Macbook expected to get a bump up to the new processor or is it just the Macbook Pro? I know someone who needs a laptop for school in mid-October and I told him just to hold on and see what happens. Any wo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by extremeskater ...The imac has far more issues and I dont believe it has to do with supply. The market seems to have plenty of e6300 e6400 chips with the 4meg e6600 and e6700 a bit behind. I dont see a 6800 in a mac ever…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kukito I apologize for calling you ignorant. That wasn't very nice of me. And I agree that Apple should offer a more affordable desktop than the Mac Pro, aside from the iMac. I don't blame you for being confused about t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kukito Wrong! Apple was the first to use Core Duo, among the first to use Woodcrest and will probably be among first to use Merom. So your argument that Apple is "a month or more behind the rest of the industry" is not …
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Quote: Originally Posted by kukito Wrong! You are as ignorant as you are stubborn. G4 and G5 use different cores. Woodcrest, Conroe (Core 2 Duo for desktops) and Merom (Core 2 Duo for laptops) are based on the same core. For your edification, I re…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kukito Wrong. The Mac Pro does not use Core Duo. The second sentence contradicts the first. Also, the Mac Pro uses Woodcrest, a more powerful version of the exact same core used in the Core 2 Duo, so Multimedia's point …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Celemourn ??? Who are you replying to? btw, remember the september 5 High Security Freight Delivery? I'm not on the 'in' on how the industry manages it's logistics system, but HSFD sounds like an unannounced product…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Leonard Apple isn't gonna announce something it doesn't have, it's as simple as that! You yourself have given the FACT that the Core 2 Duo isn't shipping until this month and Apple isn't gonna announce a consumer produ…