The Next-Gen iMac With Brushed Aluminum In August? 252
Alfaresy writes "As previously reported by Degadget back on June 19th, the iMac update due this summer and is expected to be available in 20- and 24-inch versions, while the 17-inch version set to be discontinued.
Apple's next iMac revision is currently tracking for release in August, and will have a brushed aluminum enclosure with measure just 2-inch thick, according to ThinkSecret's sources.
Furthermore, ThinkSecret's sources say, "The elegant new enclosure will somewhat resemble the current white iMac but is said to feature a shorter space below the actual display, where most of the internals are housed."
The upcoming iMacs are expected to be based on Intel's Santa Rosa platform with speeds to reach the highest point at 2.4GHz."
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Re:No Viral Apple Marketing On Slashdot, PLEASE!!! (Score:3, Insightful)
Sounds Decent (Score:4, Insightful)
And the mini? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:A new laptop? (Score:4, Insightful)
Is apple working on a mini-tower with desktop parts?
A mini with a real video card will be better but likely it will be a lower end laptop / low to mid-end card.
The mini needs desktop parts and a lower price. $799.00 for a system with 512mb of ram and on board video? with no mouse or keyboard? it a big rip off.
Re:No Viral Apple Marketing On Slashdot, PLEASE!!! (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:And the mini? (Score:4, Insightful)
Time for something new. (Score:3, Insightful)
The current iMac already has an enclosure 2 inches thick. And most of the internals aren't housed near the bottom of the current iMac, they're spread out all over the unit behind the display. So it's not like the new iMac is going to be this huge leap of packaging over the current model.
Regarding the brushed-metal look, although I'm sure it will look nice I think it's starting to get a bit old. I can't say I like Apple going back and forth between two design styles they've been using for quite some time now. For me personally both styles are getting a bit tired. I realize they want to maintain a brand identity but I'd prefer they choose one of the styles and evolve that look as opposed to going back and forth between the two. I'll reserve judgement until I see the design but I will be disappointed if the new iMac ends up looking exactly like an Apple display or the Mac Pro.
Re:Selling point (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:No Viral Apple Marketing On Slashdot, PLEASE!!! (Score:3, Insightful)
Most things in life don't NEED to be many things that they are beyond their original function. Thank god they are. Or we'd all be wearing dungarees cut to the functional specification and issued from the central distribution post...
Re:No Viral Apple Marketing On Slashdot, PLEASE!!! (Score:5, Insightful)
17 inch discontinued? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:No Viral Apple Marketing On Slashdot, PLEASE!!! (Score:5, Insightful)
Hear, hear. Build a regular damned computer (Score:4, Insightful)
Because they're not in that market (Score:3, Insightful)
Current market for "desktop tower" systems:
In markets (1) and (2) they're up against negligible margin $300 boxes from Dell; (2) and (3) are Windows strangleholds not well served by OSX software; the Mac Pro and 17" MacBook have (4) covered.
Apple's forte is laptops and small-form-factor PCs which can demand a "premium" price & they're sticking to it. Its hard to make a midi-tower sexy.
Avoid solipsism here - just because lots of /.ers - including myself - would have liked a cheaper single-processor "tower" Mac doesn't mean there's a viable market. Plus, many of those people might relent and (like me) buy a Pro. (My main gripe with the pro is whether it was really necessary to use the most expensive memory technology in the known universe).
Re:Can't they make a 12"/13" Macbook Pro instead? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Time for something new. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Selling point (Score:3, Insightful)
I do have a 'normal' Linux-based computer that is standing in my storage space which has umpteen drives in it for backup and media storage just because, that thing is ugly and loud so it's nicely isolated. But I think about buying an iMac just because I can VESA-mount the whole unit to the wall, only one cable is necessary, I don't know any other computer that can do that and if you have about 3-5 feet between the wall and the couch you would be appreciating that.
Apple doesn't make computers for tinkerers like some of us (I used to be a tinkerer), they make machines that have all possible necessities (Bluetooth, WiFi,