iMac/eMac Bumps

1 ghz eMac for less than 1000 dollars? I'm Sold

hopefully these new models will have the long awaited 19" flat panel. I also wish that the 19" will be available as a display as well. id like to see significant price drops in the studio and cinema displays. that would make a great belated christmas gift for me!

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Come to me widescreen 19" iMac with HD display, come to me.

1GHZ iMac, YEAH!

This is good news. I'd imagine the pro line will have speed bumps too, but I could be wrong. :)

Originally posted by rman2008
hopefully these new models will have the long awaited 19" flat panel. I also wish that the 19" will be available as a display as well. id like to see significant price drops in the studio and cinema displays. that would make a great belated christmas gift for me!

-ray

the thing is... i looked at a 17" iMac next to a 17" studio display... and man, it's obvious that the size difference is there.

What i'd HOPE upon HOPE that apple would do is keep the iMac at 17", because a 19" iMac, if done properly would be too bulky and done improperly would just be marketing hype.

Apple can't afford that...for sure.

I'd be happy if the spread went like this:

933 iMac 15"/256/60/32mb vram/combo $1199

1.0ghz iMac 17"/256/60/32mb vram/combo
$1399

1.0ghz iMac 17"/512/80/64mb vram/superdrive
$1699

As for the ol' eMac.....

800 mhz 256/40/32mb vram/cd-rw
$999

933 mhz 256/60/32mb vram/combo
$1199

1.0ghz 512/60/32mb vram/superdrive
$1499

I think that's a doable little speed bump. and makes the iMac and eMac very competitive.

Also, I think that if Apple wants to do something with displays.... well:

drop the 15"

Make the 17" 599
Make a std aspect ratio 19" @ $999

Make a wide 17" (same as iMac) @ $999
Make a wide 19" at $1399

I think that would be nice, to have a mixture of wide and traditional aspect ratios....maybe a new case too.

Maybe i'm dreaming.

Who knows. And give me a CF reader that attaches to my iPod! PLEASE!

1GHz eMac? no thanks
those 800 mhz imacs/emacs are fast like powermacs@500 mhz, they all have some sort of crappy scaled down processors
performance in games is terrible compared to half cheaper pc's.. no support for secondary display
they all come with those superdrives? why would i want superdrive who reads cd's @ 24x and burns them @ 8x? Why cant they sell them with some 40x cdrw burner or 32x8x combo, why do they always put inferior stuff in it?

seems to me powermacs/powerbooks are the only way to go.

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Speed bumps ahead
for the next
6 to 12 months

After that, the road should be much smoother and faster.

1-gig 19" Photoshop 7 machine w/maxxed-out RAM -- sure, I'll buy it. :cool:

19" on an iMac. I shudder thinking at it. The 17" is already a bit too big for the base, so I'm doubtful. Besides, its MOSR. they totally ****ed up on the reports of my dual 867, all the more reason to doubt. Although I can see a 933 / 1GHz processor in the revisions

Originally posted by Moxiemike



1.0ghz iMac 17"/256/60/32mb vram/combo
$1399

I would run, not walk, to MicroCenter to put an order in for one. But, I doubt they will be that cheap.