iMac Rumours

Justin

Justin

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Apple Haters, GTFO!

As some of you know, I was choosing between buying the new Macbook Pro Aluminum or the current iMac. And some of you said that new iMac's are coming out during the Macworld Expo. So now I would like to say I'm glad I haven't bought either but most likely I'll end up getting iMac due to the bigger screen and better specs.


OK, just thought I'd post some intresting rumors speculating the new iMacs:

It seems that an upgraded iMac is a shoe-in at Macworld Expo in January. It's a consumer show, and the iMac is Apple's consumer desktop. Plus, it hasn't received a significant change in a while, so it's due. Now that the winter holidays are just about over, the Expo rumors have begun to circulate.

AppleInsider has posted a few iMac rumors. First is mention of a new "...magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis," as well as a "cooling module." That's all the details there are, folks, so your guess is as good as ours if the current fan system will be replaced. We all know Steve and Jon Ive like quiet machines.

The more solid rumor is about the new 65W, low-power, quad-core desktop chips Apple is expecting from Intel. Along with Acer, HP and Dell, Apple has decided to make use of these chips, according to DigiTimes, though their target machine has not been identified. DigiTimes claims that these chips are suited to small form factor and all-in-one PCs.
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Article Link: http://www.tuaw.com/2008/12/29/rumor...und-new-imacs/

More details have surfaced about Apple's new iMac rumored for release next month.

Economic Daily News, a Chinese publication that reported the iMac rumor last week, says the new all-in-one desktops will sport magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis. Further backing the rumor of new iMacs, the publication also cited the suppliers of the machine's cooling module.

The publication says component providers Foxconn and Catcher Technology are supplying the aluminum chassis. And Foxconn is partnering with Auras Technology to provide the cooling module, the report says.

Though these details are still rumors, it's highly likely a new iMac will be launched January. It's been about eight months since Apple last refreshed its iMac; January's Macworld Expo 2009 would be a prime opportunity to announce upgrades.

We're guessing the iMacs will ship with a quad-core CPU -- in anticipation of Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which Apple says will optimize multi-core systems.
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Article Link: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/1...-upgraded.html

Configuration files buried within some versions of Mac OS X show evidence that the next iMac and Mac Mini will indeed be based on the NVIDIA MCP79 chipset. Apple recently switched their MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models to the NVIDIA chipsets in October. Amongst other benefits, the new notebooks have much improved graphics card capabilities, which make them more suitable to take advantage of OpenCL technologies coming in Snow Leopard.

Apple will apparently be bringing these improvements to both the new iMac and Mac mini. While many have expected the iMac to receive these upgrades, the fate of the Mac mini has been less certain.

A configuration file found in the Mac OS X version that ships with the new MacBook and MacBook Pros reveal entries referencing unreleased "MacMini3,1" and "iMac9,1" models. The relevant lines have been excerpted here:

The CFG_MCP79 appears to refer to the NVIDIA MCP79 chipset, which suggests these unannounced models will use this new chipset. The currently shipping iMac and Macmini carry model numbers of iMac8,1 and Macmini2,1. The findings were originally described in a forum post that we've subsequently verified. The references are found in System -> Library -> Extensions -> IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext -> Contents -> PlugIns -> ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin.kext -> Contents -> Info.plist in the new MacBook or MacBook Pro.
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Article Link: http://www.macrumors.com/2008/12/19/...idia-chipsets/



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I'm stoked! The iMac is going to be my first Apple computer! I'm glad I haven't bought one last December.
 
ew MACS! OMG HOW COULD YOU GTFO X.x

lol just kidding
thats pretty sweet, im probably gonna make these my first mac computers.. its a shame its too much of a hassle to build one =/
 
Get a Macbook just cause they're awesome. Can't say the same about Mac desktops though...PC desktops are just as awesome...
 
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The iMac will have the same GPU as the MacBook Pro so you will got more portability out of the MacBook Pro
 
I want the iMac. It's cheaper, eventually better specs and if it has a quad core, i need that for video and graphics rendering.
 
Macrumors just calculates how long its been since the products been updated and compares that to the average time it takes for them to upgrade it. (just sorta a heads up)

However, thats can be a pretty accurate way of predicting when the next ones comming out :D

I'd highly recommend the imac, especially if youre doing rendering. The only reason to get a laptop is if youre going to take it places and from what it sounds like, this will be primarily your desktop comptuer. So it would make sense to go for the one with the best price/performance value.
 
oregon said:
Which is definitely not a Mac :D
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ellanky said:
Apple makes overpriced computers
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Not necessarily. I've seen plenty of arguments stating that the hardware macs use and the efficiency (or something like that...im really tired sorry) of the OS make it so that it is equal to or better value than a PC...but, this argument is an ongoing thing that will never be resolved so im not gonna pick a fight (/take the time to go research this stuff again).

To each his own.
(this is not a mac vs. windows flamewar yet so lets not ruin it ;) )
 
epidemik said:
Not necessarily. I've seen plenty of arguments stating that the hardware macs use and the efficiency (or something like that...im really tired sorry) of the OS make it so that it is equal to or better value than a PC...but, this argument is an ongoing thing that will never be resolved so im not gonna pick a fight (/take the time to go research this stuff again).

To each his own.
(this is not a mac vs. windows flamewar yet so lets not ruin it ;) )
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That statement is just my opinion, dont want arguements or fights either :p
 
Most worthless mac ever? I think so. Introducing the macbook wheel.
http://www.likecool.com/Apple_MacBook_Wheel--News--Gear.html

It took a guy 45 minutes to type a email, it's battery only lasts 20 minutes and it's $2600. It seems like it is a joke, is this for real? If so it was well done.

Qoute "anything on the computer is just a few hundred clicks away:


EDIT: Ok, it is a joke, Online zine the onion put that together. It was very well done.
 
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paratwa said:
Most worthless mac ever? I think so. Introducing the macbook wheel.
http://www.likecool.com/Apple_MacBook_Wheel--News--Gear.html

It took a guy 45 minutes to type a email, it's battery only lasts 20 minutes and it's $2600. It seems like it is a joke, is this for real? If so it was well done.

Qoute "anything on the computer is just a few hundred clicks away:


EDIT: Ok, it is a joke, Online zine the onion put that together. It was very well done.
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lol I saw that it was hilarious. The Onion loves to put out these stories right before a new upgrade.
 
i'm really disappointed... well seeing as there's no new iMac, i might just do that. i was really hoping for a quad core version to help me with video rendering.

so with that out of the way, should i get the current core2extreme 2.8ghz w/ 8800gs 512mb iMac or a MBP with a c2d running @ 2.53, 4gb ram, 9400/9600gt? is the core2extreme waaaay better than the c2d in the mbp? will it help with editing and rendering as good as a quad?

EDIT: i might just wait til march, they may release one without a major event like what they did with the refreshed iPod Touch and iPod Nano.
 
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