New iMacs on Jan 7th?

let's hope it's more than that. i mean, obviously it'll be more. just hope it's something big.

that said, the powermacs aren't due for much/anything so that huge factor won't be there for them. same with powerbooks.

i'd guess software will be pretty big... we shall see though.

When is iSync supposed to be finalised? Could that be a major software announcement?

I would think that FCP4 would be a pretty significant announcment on the 7th.
Any thoughts

Originally posted by bennyek
I would think that FCP4 would be a pretty significant announcment on the 7th.
Any thoughts

iTunes 4 would be even bigger.
Seeing as we got iTunes 3 6 months ago...
whatever they call it, I hope it has AAC support.

Translation - note I've skipped a couple of things not relevant to the machine such as MacBidouille's statistics concerning how many were interested in rumors - note that its also been about 6 months since I was living in France and I might have missed a couple of things. - Aram

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We are normally very hesitant to post rumors and on that note, we want to remind you that a rumor is an unverifyable fact.

Certain large national companies have already entered in this data; there will be a new model of the iMac G4 with a processor speed of 1 Ghz, a hard drive of 120 GB, and the machine will contain 512 mb of ram - nothing surpising yet.

The surprising item will be that the machine will sport a price tag that is 1200 to 1400 euros higher than the top of the line now; bringing the machine in the 4000 euro range; an astronomical price for an iMachine. It is difficult to imagine that the machine wouldn't support a 19" LCD or other new items/technology to justify such a high price.

Another informed source (in another European nation) told me that it was impossible to order 15" LCD iMacs that contained the CDRW or Combo drive and that it was also possible that it might be difficult to order the superdrive equipped 15" LCD model.

[Update] Another person informed that on Jan 8 a conference between european and american staff to present to journalists two sessions; one on hardware, the other on software. The hardware sessions seemed to be oriented towards wireless and mobile items. Leave your mind to imagine things...

Thanks for translating that for everyone aram. I was not aware that the iMac was hard to order right now....that is also a huge price tag and a 19" screen would just look odd on the current base, not to say it wont happen though, perhaps it will be an even bigger surprise and the iMac will have some changes happpen in the appearance....

15" iMacs are listed as 1-2 days on Apple's website as of right now.

I can see the higher price if it comes with a 19" HD screen.

Software updates will most likely be a new iMovie and iPhoto, iSync, Rendezvous and wireless support.

And maybe a Mac version of the smart display ?

Originally posted by aramk
Leave your mind to imagine things... [/B]

I like this part, maybe I've found my sig? MOM

$4,000 is a very big price for an iMac of any flavour. If it's true, what on earth is it paying for? Frankly, my mind is boggled! It can't be two processors because of the heat: would a 19" screen add that much? Bear in mind that traditionally any speed bumps alone would not increase the price. Come on guys, this site is for speculation, so speculate already!