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More iMac Possibilities

Tuesday February 4, 2003 3:42 am PST by Arnold Kim
AppleInsider updates after a long break, and under new management and claims to have detailed specs on new iMacs.



According to their report, the low end with feature a 15" LCD at 867MHz at $999, with the rest of the line sporting 17" LCD's ranging from $1199 - $1699 and toping out at 1GHz.



15" LCD, 867MHz, CD-RW, $999

17" LCD, 867MHz, Combo Drive, $1199

17" LCD, 867MHz, SuperDrive, $1499

17" LCD, 1GHz, SuperDrive, $1699



While AppleInsider has had a good rumor record in the distant past, the site has not seen regular updates and has also seen a change in management. As a result, overall reliability of its current incarnation is unknown. (Note, the exact same specs were posted on MacNews.net.tc but it's unclear which were posted first)



Our own information suggests that Appleinsiders' prices/specs are incorrect, and we expect the new models to have $1299, $1499 (15" LCD, Superdrive), and $1799 (17") price points with no CD-RW model.

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paulie
118 months ago
$1699!! Sign me up for one of those bad boys!!

Wonder what Apple Japan's slightly inflated price will be..
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dricci
118 months ago
This sounds great, but shouldn't we have seen these already at apple.com if they are infact coming out today (as TS claims?). Midnight has come in gone in Cupertino (Apple usually makes changes to their site at exactly midnight Cupertino time)
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Knox
118 months ago

Originally posted by dricci
This sounds great, but shouldn't we have seen these already at apple.com if they are infact coming out today (as TS claims?). Midnight has come in gone in Cupertino (Apple usually makes changes to their site at exactly midnight Cupertino time)


Last week's Powermacs were announced at 8am PST and i vaguely remember previous upgrades being announced at the same time, so I wouldn't be expecting to see them before then, assuming the rumours are correct.
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beez7777
118 months ago
woudnt this also mean eMac price drops? who would buy a 1499 emac with a superdrive, when hey can get a 17" iMac with a superdrive for the same price?
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MacsRgr8
118 months ago
Very nice prices!!!

Too bad not all of 'em reach the psycological 1 GHz barrier... and a GeForce 2 MX in the low end :confused:
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arn
118 months ago

Originally posted by Macrumors
Our own information suggests that Appleinsiders' information is incorrect, and we expect [b]$1299, $1499 (Superdrive), and $1799 price points with no CD-RW model. [/B]

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Stof
118 months ago
So, MacRumors thinks the AI specs for the 17" models are correct, but wil come at the pricepoints predicted bij TS. That seems like a nice rumorblend to me. If this is true (no longer having the 15"), then Apple is creating more distance between eMac and iMac. In fact the iMac seems to be targeted at the prosumer (or did we ban that word after the Cube?);) I wonder what they'll do with the eMac; lower prices, better configurations or both.

P.S. The European Apple stores just went down for maintainence!
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arn
118 months ago

Originally posted by Stof
So, MacRumors thinks the AI specs for the 17" models are correct, but wil come at the pricepoints predicted bij TS.


actually, I think AI's report is incorrect... of course they might hit a couple of details just out of random chance/specualtion...

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/01/20030129220556.shtml

arn
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Bear
118 months ago

Originally posted by Knox


Last week's Powermacs were announced at 8am PST and i vaguely remember previous upgrades being announced at the same time, so I wouldn't be expecting to see them before then, assuming the rumours are correct.

I don't know what time the official announcement was last week, but the Apple Store updates were done a bit before 6AM Pacific Time.
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Stof
118 months ago

Originally posted by arn


actually, I think AI's report is incorrect... of course they might hit a couple of details, but I stand by this report.

arn


Sorry, I thought you meant that AI was only wrong about the prices and the 15" but correct for the specs. AI's prediction for the top model seems to resemble yours.

Well, we will know in about an hour:cool:
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