iMacs in September?

Why am I just not interested in the iMacs anymore. Is it just me?

Originally posted by Flowbee
Why am I just not interested in the iMacs anymore. Is it just me?

Because they are last years news, but believe me, when you can get a G5 iMac for around $1000 then you will be interested.

If it is a G5 iMac I *will* be interested.

OOTH, I've got a TFT iMac now and while it's a wonderful machine, I'd really like to have the option to upgrade my machine and use 2 monitors. So I'd better start saving for that dual 2GHz G5 then ;)

I need a new Mac, and I've looked at the iMacs. All I need to do is run Doom 3 and Quake 4 when they come out, plus some audio/graphics work. The current iMac is very underpowered, some games need the high end iMac as minimum requirments.

The new iMac should have a G5 to distinguish it from the G4 eMac, even if this is only a 1.2 Ghz G5. As a consumer machine, consumers like to play games, and so having the option of a 128mb graphics card would be nice. It seems the current iMac range won't cut it for Doom 3 etc so I'd like to see something a lot more beefy than we have at present! New PCs come with 256mb graphics so I'm sure something like the Geforce 4 Ti 128mb which has been an option on the G4 PM for ages would not be impossible!

Is there at all a chance of some form of iMac G5 in the near future(by the end of the year), but i am happy that it will upgrade to USB 2.0.

Well i quess the only way to know, is to wait:(

I doubt it will be a G5, and if so, they'd probably have to redesign the case. The iMac is an overprice, slow, joke. In 18 months it's gone from 800 MHz, no L3 to 1000MHz, no L3. Sadly, they are unlikely to go above 1.4 GHz given how stuck the G4 is. They will likely still hobble it by leaving out the L3 cache. No wonder iMac sales are in the toilet. I'd like to see prices down to $1299 for the SuperDrive model, $1149 combo, and $999 15" combo. Even that would be pricey.

What PC out there is only 20% faster in the real world after 18 months? None. The iMac 2 was competetive for about a month when it was introduced. But it shipped in volume about 3 months later than it was supposed to, so from the moment it was out it was not a very good deal. Then they had the idiocy to raise the price while sales were already weak. Apple's latest brilliant move is to heavily advertise the G5 which nobody can get their hands on and likely won't for 2 months. People who need computers need them now! They don't think, well gee, I'll go back to a typewriter or a pad and pencil for 3 more months since my PC died because I'd like to wait for a G5. Apple should fire whoever is in charge of their marketing and pricing. They've been totally unable to grow Apple market share and the reasons why aren't hard to figure out.

Originally posted by rog
I doubt it will be a G5, and if so, they'd probably have to redesign the case. The iMac is an overprice, slow, joke. In 18 months it's gone from 800 MHz, no L3 to 1000MHz, no L3. Sadly, they are unlikely to go above 1.4 GHz given how stuck the G4 is. They will likely still hobble it by leaving out the L3 cache. No wonder iMac sales are in the toilet. I'd like to see prices down to $1299 for the SuperDrive model, $1149 combo, and $999 15" combo. Even that would be pricey.

What PC out there is only 20% faster in the real world after 18 months? None. The iMac 2 was competetive for about a month when it was introduced. But it shipped in volume about 3 months later than it was supposed to, so from the moment it was out it was not a very good deal. Then they had the idiocy to raise the price while sales were already weak. Apple's latest brilliant move is to heavily advertise the G5 which nobody can get their hands on and likely won't for 2 months. People who need computers need them now! They don't think, well gee, I'll go back to a typewriter or a pad and pencil for 3 more months since my PC died because I'd like to wait for a G5. Apple should fire whoever is in charge of their marketing and pricing. They've been totally unable to grow Apple market share and the reasons why aren't hard to figure out.

I totally agree, the iMacs are fine if you want a work of art that is just going to be used for office and the Internet, but anything more and you need a G5.

Anyone that wants to run games like Doom3 on their Mac will need at least a 1.4Ghz G4 and a Radeon 9600 or better. Now if the new iMac has these, I will be very supprised.

I expect the iMac to have, Nvidia Geforce 5200FX and a 1.2Ghz G4, although I expect they will add 1Mb L3 cache since the pro models now use G5s.

Originally posted by hvfsl
I expect the iMac to have, Nvidia Geforce 5200FX and a 1.2Ghz G4, although I expect they will add 1Mb L3 cache since the pro models now use G5s.

Interesting concept, but wouldn't that suggest AGP 8X on the iMacs? I know that the FXs can run on AGP 4X but it doesn't seem that Apple is willing to make them an option (as seen on the 1.25Ghz MDD towers; the Radeon and GeForce Ti are the only two BTO cards.) I would expect the Radeon 9000 sooner.

I'm very happy with my iMac - I love it!

Originally posted by job
Interesting concept, but wouldn't that suggest AGP 8X on the iMacs? I know that the FXs can run on AGP 4X but it doesn't seem that Apple is willing to make them an option (as seen on the 1.25Ghz MDD towers; the Radeon and GeForce Ti are the only two BTO cards.) I would expect the Radeon 9000 sooner.

The Graphics cards that support 8x AGP also work on computers with 4x and 2x AGP.