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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Wait... or wmii ... crap too much choices :(
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Brushed alu is so 2002 (Score:5, Funny)
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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, Interesting)
That's not to say I don't buy functional tools. But if I have to stare at a computer as much as I do, I'd prefer it to be a cool tool.
Life's short, go ahead and enjoy it.
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Re:No Viral Apple Marketing On Slashdot, PLEASE!!! (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:No Viral Apple Marketing On Slashdot, PLEASE!!! (Score:5, Insightful)
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But seriously, if there was a "massively moroni
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Re:No Viral Apple Marketing On Slashdot, PLEASE!!! (Score:5, Interesting)
But that's just the start! By posting this dopey Mac article--or ANY Mac article--we get to debate so many other things for the Nth time! There are already integegrated-graphics-suck posts, and if-Apple-doesn't-make-X-I'm-buying-a-PC posts, and Apple's-silence-about-future-products-is-annoying posts, and so many other things that MUST be rehashed every 3 days, lest anyone forget what they think! Articles like this are a public service for the Slashdot community as a whole--let this place go a week without Apple, RIAA, or MS Security stories and it'll turn into a ghost town.
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Those new Dell laptops... (Score:2)
And the other thing people've gotta realise is that Intel are driving most of Apple's platform development now - as I've mentioned before,
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mr c
A new laptop? (Score:5, Interesting)
So in other words, this is a tablet PC without the movable touch screen.
Now I am puzzled. Apple announced better gaming support at the latest WWDC, but the move to make the most common home Mac more of a laptop, indicates that high-end graphics cards are a no-no.
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.
Hear, hear. Build a regular damned computer (Score:4, Insightful)
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Re:Hear, hear. Build a regular damned computer (Score:5, Interesting)
I agree with your desire for a regular microtower format, but your "throw the monitor in the trash" quip is just garbage itself. Do you really throw out a 3 year old functional Mac, or do you sell it on craigslist for 3/5 of its original sticker price?
Complainers about limited upgradeability and sticker price never seem to take the inflated used Mac market into account.
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> easily swapped RAM and maybe other parts.
All you do to service an iMac is lay it on its face on a soft surface, then loosen three screws underneath the housing, and the whol
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Or would a mac require a special mac-only video cable? I recall years ago Macs had special video cab
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Re:A new laptop? (Score:5, Informative)
Given that even the 17" iMac will still likely offer as much if not more space than a 17" notebook, the use of an MXM module (or ATI's comparable product) in the future seems quite possible, especially when you consider that the 24" iMac didn't show up until well after the 17" and 20" models, which may have allowed Apple the extra time to go back and add some additional features..
NOT all MXM cards will fit into all MXM slots (Score:4, Informative)
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Maybe the new iMacs may use the same CPU as the Santa Rosa but may not use all the same chips as the platform. Or like the current generation the base model follows the platform but others do not. In the current generation the base model uses an Intel GMA video chipset while higher end models use ATI or nVidia.
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I believe multi-touch touchscreen monitors are coming to OS X for the desktop. The iPhone is Apple's brand leader right now, similar to certain car marquees have one model that represents that brand's state of the art and future design cues. So, we'll see future iPods sporting the new iPhone interface with tossable CoverFlow, as well as wi-fi to enable buy-on-the-go from the iTunes Store. But we'll also see the multi-touch capabilities come to the Mac. And I think we'll see it in
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No, it doesn't. The iMac typically uses lower-power CPU's because it's an all-in-one, but it also typically has high-end ATI or Nvidia graphics. There is a stripped-down education iMac with Intel graphics that you can only get at the Apple Store for Education.
> So in other words, this is a tablet PC without the movable touch screen.
It may have a touch screen, the touch screen in the iPhone is done through a framework called CoreSurface that could ea
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I'm happy to pay a few hundred dollars extra for
Sounds Decent (Score:4, Insightful)
And the mini? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:And the mini? (Score:4, Insightful)
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Can't they make a 12"/13" Macbook Pro instead? (Score:5, Interesting)
Their 15 inches MP Pros are too big for me (I travel a lot) and the Macbooks' integrated graphics are a deal-breaker for me.
I don't understand why they killed the 12" Powerbook. They sold very well.
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If they went so far as to allow my to drive two external monitors with it I would be even happier, but i guess thats dreaming
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What's wrong with the integrated graphics of the Macbooks? I know a guy who plays WoW on his Core2 Macbook, and he gets better framerates than his (admittedly aging) PC desktop.
If you need the accelerated graphics for Aperture or something, I can see it. But I've been hammering on a 1st edition Macbook more or less since they launched, and I've been quite happy with it. I never spent a lot of time with a 12" Powerbook, but from my limited experience it is comparable WRT size and weight, except the widescr
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What's wrong with the integrated graphics of the Macbooks? I know a guy who plays WoW on his Core2 Macbook, and he gets better framerates than his (admittedly aging) PC desktop.
Well, it's an Intel GMA 950. Here are some reviews: 1 [extremetech.com], 2 [anandtech.com].
As far as I can tell that first review says at 640x480 you get 6.4 frames per second in Half-Life 2. The second review lists the GMA 950 as not performing very impressively, though it doesn't list the units being measured. I'm no gaming geek, but half-life 2 is several years old (released Nov. 2004), and 640x480 is a resolution I haven't heard mentioned in years.
As I say, I'm not a 'hardcore gamer', but I like to play the odd game now and then. But e
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In summary people don't like Macbooks' integrated graphics because reviews of that particular hardware indicate it performs poorly.
Well, again, I watched this guy play WoW at perfectly respectable framerates. It wasn't annoying at all. So, I dunno--seems to me it can work in a gaming environment just fine, it just depends on the game. Since I don't play games at all, except the occasional NWN on my desktop, the GMA 950 is swell.
I was asking the OP what his requirements were. The 12" Powerbook only has
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Typing this on a 3.5-yr-old 12" iBook that I hope keeps running until Apple releases a 13" MBP.
If they made a Macbook without the glossy screen, I might settle for one; I want better graphics than that, but it'd be such an upgrade from my current machine that I could definitely live with it. Barring that, it's gotta be the 15" MBP... but that really is a lot larger than I want to haul around.
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Re:Can't they make a 12"/13" Macbook Pro instead? (Score:5, Interesting)
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While I'm on the road, I'll gladly settle for a smaller screen if it means I get a smaller laptop. The 12" iBook I'm typing this on has a built-in full-size keyboard that I can use all 10 fingers on, which the iPhone never will. Try running SSH on your phone, and try to get any serious work done while you're sitting in a restaurant waiting for your food to arrive. This works g
White was looking dated (Score:3, Funny)
(And yes, I am almost embarrased to be seen in public with my white Ipod now, so I stuck on better aftermarket headphones and keep it covered)
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Actually, I think the OP made a good point. And as far as Macs are concerned, it is dated. It also lacks wide appeal so the change should increase sales.
Looks are important. Imagine yourself working on a pink laptop, or staring a monitor with pony decals all over it and then ask yourself that same question. The best designs in everything are always
Selling point (Score:2, Interesting)
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Apple does not have a head less system with good video or desktop parts. They are a over priced mini with laptop parts and high prices + a high server / workstation with FB-DIMMS.
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. It
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I do have a 'normal' Linux-based computer that is standing in my storage space which has umpte
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Sleep Light? (Score:5, Funny)
Switching to aluminum can only mean one thing - Apple has invented transparent aluminum!
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Although, the thought of apple inventing transpraluminium is nice.
While we're rumourmongering, what about the mini? (Score:5, Interesting)
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I just bought a 55-inch HDTV, and my mini is going t
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If the Mac Mini really gets phased out, I'll have to decide between a full-sized computer hidden behind the TV or one of those pre-made MythTV set-up boxes (which wouldn't be a big deal, except that I would likely have to troubleshoot the system occasionally).
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Another great thing about the Intel Mini is that if you aren't happy with OS X, you can always boot linux and run MythTV off of that - the mini uses well-supported-by-Linux parts.
You know what? You're right. (Score:2)
I bought a mini when it first came out, and am using it now to type this reply.
My power bill is only $16 a month, and falling. It does everything I need for normal usage. Once in a while I play some games, and I have my old supercomputer for that. But it's 750W, this one's 30W. So it gets used 95% of the time.
Apple should give us another cube (Score:4, Interesting)
I mean, I would be even happy with the iMac hardware without the screen so they can reuse the same iMac and Mac Book Pro designs in three form factors, it is simply that I want to use an external monitor!!
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For me, this mythical xMac needs to support not one but two external monitors. The Mac I want from Apple should cost between $1000 and $1500 and support dual external monitors.
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.
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How About a Nice Dark, Useful Color? (Score:2)
The problem? It's always grimy-looking. I don't think I'm dirtier than the average person; things around here get dusted and vacuumed with reasonable regularity. I also wash my hands a reasonable number of times during the day. But this white case is always a nightmare of filthitude, and the keyboard always lo
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17 inch discontinued? (Score:4, Insightful)
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Next time you go to buy an iMac you will almost certainly be able to pay the exact same price as last time but you'll get a bigger system.
Reduced space below screen? (Score:2, Funny)
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Why link to Degadget? (Score:5, Informative)
By doing so Slashdot rewards these parasites with millions of hits, earning them a tidy sum for their plaigiarism. ThinkSecret has ads too, but they dig up their stories, not just copy and paste them from other sites.
USB port on front (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:no need for USB port on front (Score:2)
I believe this has been the case since back when USB was made standard on the original gumdrop iMacs.
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The Kensington one that is like a little dome has a port on top for quick and easy use, and then six more on the back. If you do any plugging and unplugging at all then it is well worth it.
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ThinkSecret's had a lousy track record (Score:4, Informative)
I really hope... (Score:2)
Giant iPhones (Score:2)
It's the TV form factor, I think (Score:4, Interesting)
Incidentally, I have an iMac as a TV, with daisychained tuners for DVB-T and DVB-S controlled through EyeTV. This setup rocks. Add in the fun of iPhoto, iTunes and video chat using iChat - it's pretty sweet.
Apple seems to be aiming at the living room, first with Apple TV and now, this new iMac.
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2002 called and wants Intel's OLD marketing campaign back.