iMac Updates at MWSF

Slow news day I guess.

Price, thats what I would like to know. The iBooks and Tbooks are now very competitive, (take a look at Dell and Gateway notebooks & laptops..ewww).

Damn...I want a iBook!, and a Cinema Display, iPod...time to beg Santa ;]

Why would they go back to slot-loading?

They had a lot of technical issues with those drives in the past; I can personally attest to that, as both slot-loading drives in my 2 iMacs ceased to function.

Originally posted by hitman
Why would they go back to slot-loading?

The more expensive their computers look, the more they can charge. They kept the iBook and will continue to keep it with virtually the same specs since the white version came out, what did they have to do to stay competative? They had to reduce the price, because if they added features that all the competitions laptops had, they would have ended up with something better than a Powerbook at half the cost.
They don't want the same thing to happen to the iMac. They will add new things like screens and drives and keep the bus speed the same even though that would help boost speed more than a bumped up CPU. Personally, I think that the eMac would be given a price cut before the iMac does, if only to get more school sales.

Originally posted by reyesmac
The more expensive their computers look, the more they can charge.

You mean to tell me that the change may be for purely asthetical, i.e. marketing reasons?

I don't think so...

I think a slot loading drive would be great! I think it would look a lot better then the current trays. I think that anything lower then 1 GHz is unneceptable, because the Powermacs coming out this Jan are going to be at a lot higher speeds..... They better be. I hope apple keeps up this good streak demonstrated through the laptop updates. If apple keeps it up, then they are sure to gain market share, money, and everything else they ever wanted/needed.

Originally posted by hitman


You mean to tell me that the change may be for purely asthetical, i.e. marketing reasons?

I don't think so...

Why not? Why else did the previous iMac go to slot loading drives?

arn

Originally posted by arn
Why else did the previous iMac go to slot loading drives?

Hm....dunno really... :)

It's all about asthetics I guess...

Ah well...

What's a slot loading drive?

Originally posted by Shrek
What's a slot loading drive?

where there is a slot on the side of the computer, where you stick a CD/DVD into.

as opposed to a tray-loading drive... where the tray comes out and you place the CD/DVD onto the tray.

arn