PowerMacs, iMacs and LCD Rumor Roundup

My cousin it looking to buy a new eMac very soon and has been delaying his purchase until after the updates. Anyone know anything about updated eMacs? I guess if iMac prices drop enough he might get one of those

What about the iPod? :(

I could use one of those.

Mike

I think most of these rumours have a great deal of truth to them, and I'm sure we'll be seeing the iMac updates in February; a new Apple Display product, like rumours have stated; PowerMac speed bumps and FW2 + bluetooth; etc. However, the only reason I seem so positive about the iMac and PowerMac updates is because of the natural progression of things. What type of speed bump were expected in the iMac's if it wasn't to 1Ghz!!! I think its obvious that the next iMac update would be to this speed.

People have been "leaking" information like this out because it has a very high probability of being true. Most people here can make up these types of rumours and have a 50% chance of them becoming true. Imac's will have FW2 and Bluetooth? Of course they will. Why wouldn't Apple want their computers NOT to have FW2 when Apple is the main reason for its popularity? If Apple doesn't adopt this technology, then nobody will. There are so many rumours, and yet there's also nothing shocking about the content of the rumours.

The only rumour I don't see coming true are price drops on iMacs, or any other Apple product except possibly the displays. Apple sells expensive products. They won't reduce prices because people buy their products anyway. Anyone who has the money to even consider buying an iMac with Superdrive won't care about the $100 discount. I'm sure it sounds great to save money, but it won't make or break the buying decision. Most people who want an iMac will buy one regardless of a small price drop. And if there was a price drop, it won't be major. Mac customers buy Macs because they're Macs, not because they're cheap. I don't think there is going to be a price-drop, but if there is, then it will be very small in comparison to the ridiculous prices of an iMac, eMac, PowerMac, iPod, etc...


I have a question: I have always thought of the eMac as an iMac with a worse screen, but with better hardware for a cheaper price. So for the price you pay for a midrange iMac, you could buy an eMac without the flatpanel monitor, but with a faster cpu and a superdrive. Basically, it has a better performance:cost ratio than the iMac. Do you think that if the iMac's are updated soon (in February) that eMacs will get a parallel upgrade at the same time? Looking at the specs of both machines, it would make sense, wouldn't it?

now $1300 sounds ALOT more reasonable.

I placed an order for a 12" PowerBook (SuperDrive model with 60 GB so it's a BTO). When I placed the order the wait was 2-3 weeks. The order status page still says by Feb. 19th.

Today, I checked wait times at the Apple Store online and it now says 12"'s in 1-3 DAYS - and 15" in 30 days.

I might have gone for the 15" but I expected it's be out in late March or April as the 17" was originally quoted to be.

Does anyone know if Apple allow me to change a BTO order?


moby1

p.s. I saw the 12" at my local Apple Store last night. Very slick. I did note that although the aluminium books are supposed to not chip the surface does attract dirty fingerprints like crazy. When I got there it looked like it'd been handled by dock workers.

Originally posted by Abstract
I have a question: I have always thought of the eMac as an iMac with a worse screen, but with better hardware for a cheaper price. So for the price you pay for a midrange iMac, you could buy an eMac without the flatpanel monitor, but with a faster cpu and a superdrive. Basically, it has a better performance:cost ratio than the iMac. Do you think that if the iMac's are updated soon (in February) that eMacs will get a parallel upgrade at the same time? Looking at the specs of both machines, it would make sense, wouldn't it?

The iMac has a better screen, better hardware and if you remember apple wanted the eMac *not* to fight over profits from the iMac.
eMac - Educational mac
:three days later after 3 mac users sarcasically say they want to buy one:
eMac - Everyone mac!

The eMacs might get a small bump, but I can't imagine apple releasing anything huge because they want the eMac to be their worse model.

BTW, if you read a current topic in the forums (search for it) there are a couple plagueing problems with the eMac so watch out.

I would put it off buying iMac/PowerMac intill apple release something in late Jan- Early Feb.

Originally posted by moby1
[B]I placed an order for a 12" PowerBook (SuperDrive model with 60 GB so it's a BTO). When I placed the order the wait was 2-3 weeks. The order status page still says by Feb. 19th.

Today, I checked wait times at the Apple Store online and it now says 12"'s in 1-3 DAYS - and 15" in 30 days.

I checked them today and I am afraid that you had them in reverse - it's 30 days for the 12"'s (from 2-4 weeks) and 1-3 days for the 15"'s.

One thing I noticed at Apple Store was that the PC2100 512MB RAM for the 12"'s is priced at $150 - quite reasonable, as the cheapest one according to RAM Seeker is $149.45. Will this be the first sign that the RAM prices at Apple Store would be finally competitive?

Updates definitely seem probable real soon. The ship times on iMacs and PowerMacs have all increased. iMacs are up from 1-2 days to 5-7 days. PowerMacs are up from same day to anywhere from 1-3 days to 4-6 weeks depending on model.

Now I've heard people say that the G4 included in PowerMacs running at 1.25 is overclocked, but I've also heard people refute this claim. So I went over to Motorola's website and found the operating specs for the 7455 and the max operating frequency is listed as 1000MHz.

How in the heck are they going to release 1.43GHz G4s?

eMac : $1,499.00
800MHz PowerPC G4
17-inch flat CRT display
256MB SDRAM
60GB Ultra ATA drive
SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
56K internal modem


iMac: $1,499.00

700MHz PowerPC G4
15-inch LCD flat screen
CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
256MB SDRAM
40GB Ultra ATA hard drive
56K internal modem

@MrMacnan: This is all I was talking about. Yes, the iMac has a better screen, but in terms of everything else, I think that the eMac wins when comparing price to performance. However, since they both have the same range in processor speeds at 700-800 Mhz, hard drive options, and the same number of FW and USB ports, I was just wondering whether this would continue, and whether or not the iMac and eMac will be upgraded in unison. It just makes sense, since they have the same options for everything except the monitor and style. The eMac may not be as nice as the iMac, but that's what people give up if they want a better overall computer --- the esthetics of the iMac for performance. Well, that's my interpretation when I look at the numbers.

And in response to Art Vandelay's reply above, if the shipment times on iMacs increased from 1-2 days to 5-7 days, it may not mean anything unless Apple actually plans to upgrade the iMacs within the next 2 days, and then surprises everyone with an upgraded iMac in 5-7 days. I'm sure most people won't mind the 4-5 day bump in shipment times if they are getting a better computer. ;) But I really think it means nothing, since the shipment times were bumped so little..

The Powermacs? If the bump is from 1-3 days to 4-6 weeks, THAT is very significant. It definitely sounds like a speed bump is coming very soon for these machines, and they're just building these new machines and will give you the updated computer if you ordered recently.