iMacs Update Rumors?

These are the spec they provided. They said there will be 4 models but only recieved 3. I guess this will determine how accurate their sources are. Here they are. Personally I hope the high end comes with a 64mb card for those mac people who wanna play those few games for macs they have and have them look somewhat nice. For a more in depth look go to www.looprumors.com

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15-inch LCD flat screen
800MHz PowerPC G4
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
256MB SDRAM
40GB Ultra ATA hard drive
10/100BASE-T Ethernet
DVD/CD-RW
56K internal modem
Apple Pro Speakers

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17-inch LCD flat screen
867MHz PowerPC G4
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
256MB SDRAM
80GB Ultra ATA hard drive
10/100BASE-T Ethernet
SuperDrive
Bluetooth
FireWire 800
56K internal modem
Apple Pro Speakers

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17-inch LCD flat screen
1GHz PowerPC G4
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX
512MB SDRAM
120GB Ultra ATA hard drive
10/100BASE-T Ethernet
SuperDrive
Bluetooth
FireWire 800
AirPort Extreme
56K internal modem
Apple Pro Speakers

iJon

Did they mention whether or not the two bottom line ones would be airport extreme ready?

This is pretty well in line with the speculation that's been going on for weeks now... so it's hard to give it any more or less credibility than the other rumors...

:)
pnw

Originally posted by paulwhannel
Did they mention whether or not the two bottom line ones would be airport extreme ready?

This is pretty well in line with the speculation that's been going on for weeks now... so it's hard to give it any more or less credibility than the other rumors...

:)
pnw

actually i didnt see anything there tha said that. that would be a very stupid on apples part not to do it. but im sure it would. they just may be building airport into it and just having a slot on the bottom. personnaly i think it would be dumb for apple to give away a free airport card on the imac, unless it is very very cheap. the powerbook i can understand because of mobility, but an imac i wouldnt give away for free.

iJon

I don't think you have anything to worry about on the VRAM front. The top of the line with the GeForce4 MX already has 64mb, which leads you to wonder what could possibly be the speed/screen specs for the "Ultimate".;)

Originally posted by MacKid
I don't think you have anything to worry about on the VRAM front. The top of the line with the GeForce4 MX already has 64mb, which leads you to wonder what could possibly be the speed/screen specs for the "Ultimate".;)

read your specs again, it is 32.

iJon

I thought the 15"line was discontinued?
This rumor makes more sense with the instistance that there is an uknown fourth model to be rleased. A 133MHZ bus is pretty well represented with multipliers of 6, 6.5, and 7.5... the 7 multiplier creating a 933MHz would fill the gap.. but not really make much sense.

Who in their right mind would pay a couple hundered extra for 66MHz? It's not logical to me... unless they do a 15" 800MHz and 933MHz and then a 17" 866 and 1GHz....

Originally posted by cr2sh
I thought the 15"line was discontinued?
This rumor makes more sense with the instistance that there is an uknown fourth model to be rleased. A 133MHZ bus is pretty well represented with multipliers of 6, 6.5, and 7.5... the 7 multiplier creating a 933MHz would fill the gap.. but not really make much sense.

Who in their right mind would pay a couple hundered extra for 66MHz? It's not logical to me... unless they do a 15" 800MHz and 933MHz and then a 17" 866 and 1GHz....

nope the 15 was never discontinued, just the 15 inch flat panel for the powermacs. apple hasnt discontinued any imacs so far, just added more to the bunch, but that will all change here soon. i have a feeling they will released here soon, with the announcement of ilife preloaded, kind of what they did with the powermacs and jaguar.

iJon

Originally posted by iJon

read your specs again, it is 32.

iJon

Uh, oops. . .:rolleyes: :cool: :)

Originally posted by iJon
nope the 15 was never discontinued, just the 15 inch flat panel for the powermacs.

I have to believe though that the 15" iMac has only a limited existance in the future... maybe I'm totally off on this, but how many people still use a 15"? Then again this is consumers we're talking about... who knows...

I agree though, I think we'll see the updates very soon.. but I don't think they'll ever reach the index page of apple.com.. I think it'll be a quiet update, with a nice little "NEW" sticker on the store page... with the PowerBook(year of the laptop) surge as of late, I really doubt that they'll push the desktops anytime soon.. We'll see though.

Originally posted by cr2sh

Who in their right mind would pay a couple hundered extra for 66MHz? It's not logical to me... unless they do a 15" 800MHz and 933MHz and then a 17" 866 and 1GHz....

Well I shelled out $1500 for 80mhz a few years back. Of course it was a computer...:p powermac 7100/80 to be exact.

cheers!
john