Apple Event 8/7 - New Macs, not iPods

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Comes with a wireless keyboard.
 
I'n still curious about the macbook--- I'm still planning on buying the $1299 mid-range version-- but apple has a history of updating or bringing in new versions nearly every season--- so now I'm wondering if I should just wait.
 
Fifty said:
10:10AM: "What about the inside? Up to 2.4GHz Core 2 Extreme processor, up to 4GB of memory. ATI Radeon HD graphics card, up to 1TB of hard drive storage. 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.0 built-in. What models will we have? Up until now, 17-inch, 20-inch, and 24-inch. Well, today we're replacing the 24-inch, lowering price by $200, 20-inch ]
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Thank you for not putting in the integrated card.
 
shidoshi said:
Or compare the iMac to Dell's all-in-one, sleekly designed... oh, wait.
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O, you mean the non-upgradable things known as iMacs. O ya, those.

I'll take any Dell over that poorly designed new POS.
 
Looks nice. Thinner, black trim around the monitor. Hm. I like the upgradeable to 1TB of storage. That could be good.
 
courage201 said:
I'n still curious about the macbook--- I'm still planning on buying the $1299 mid-range version-- but apple has a history of updating or bringing in new versions nearly every season--- so now I'm wondering if I should just wait.
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Then you might as well never buy anything from Apple. If you want an Apple product, just buy it a month or two after it's introduction. I think that's the best option to not have an outdated product soon.
 
pxleyes said:
O, you mean the non-upgradable things known as iMacs. O ya, those.

I'll take any Dell over that poorly designed new POS.
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That wasn't your argument; your argument was one over design. And now you've changed your argument, because you were called on it.


jjasper said:
Thank you for not putting in the integrated card.
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Why would you have been worried that it would have had one of those "integrated" graphics solutions? The iMac has never not had an actual graphics card, so long as I can remember.
 
pxleyes said:
Talk about spin. Dissing Dell's design on PCs and trying to say they are cluttered compared to iMacs... Really Steve, have some balls and compare a normal Dell PC with a normal Mac Pro. Such a pussy.
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Mac Pro still wins on design so what's your point?
 
10:11AM: Aluminum and glass design, incredible reaction from consumers we've shown this too. Say it looks even more with a high end consumer product. Pros say they think it looks more like a pro product. We're using very high quality plastics, glass, and aluminum. All models available starting today."

As a person who wants to buy a new imac for photo editing I'm kind of bummed about the forced glossy screen. I have good inside lighting though so once I calibrate it I should be ok and glare won't be an issue
 
shidoshi said:
That wasn't your argument; your argument was one over design. And now you've changed your argument, because you were called on it.
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Well I guess I win then because that design is utter shit. :lol :lol :lol

Kung Fu Jedi said:
Mac Pro still wins on design so what's your point?
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My point is he made an invalid comparison, aka spin.
 
I'm in 2 minds about it really.

Like the thinness, don't like the black border. As with most Apple stuff though it will probably look much better in real life.
 
Argh, they still only come with 1 gig ram default. I need 2..Does that mean I couldn't just walk into a store and pick up one with 2 gigs in it?
 
Nash said:
I'm in 2 minds about it really.

Like the thinness, don't like the black border. As with most Apple stuff though it will probably look much better in real life.
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I tend to agree, but I have to wonder if it is so minimalistic that it wont look empty or off balance between the size of the screen and everything else.
 
shidoshi said:
Why would you have been worried that it would have had one of those "integrated" graphics solutions? The iMac has never not had an actual graphics card, so long as I can remember.
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Didn't the low end iMac ($999) have them? I can't check the store but I am pretty sure they did.
 
i wonder what the spec of the 1199 one will be. probably shatty, but if not i might get this.

edit: yeh give me 250 gigs of HDD like i need it instead of 2 gigs of ram. i want a 160 gig with 2.4ghz core2duo and 2 gigs ram for 1399.
 
pxleyes said:
Well I guess I win then because that design is utter shit. :lol :lol :lol
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Yeah, pretty easy to make that judgement call when you're seeing photos of a graphical representation of the product on a screen.
 
jjasper said:
Didn't the low end iMac ($999) have them? I can't check the store but I am pretty sure they did.
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I'm fairly certain that was the case. Only thing that kept me from getting an iMac (which has always been--since the intel switch--parallel to the Macbook Pro as far as hardware goes). I think the $1199 is the best deal of these judging from specs.
 
i'm also at a loss as to why they're only shipping with a gig of RAM considering how cheap DDR2 prices are at the moment.
 
It's a solid design - it fits well into the current apple aesthetic - [edit] brushed metal may be more neutral than white these days and definitely more professional.
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shidoshi said:
Yeah, pretty easy to make that judgement call when you're seeing photos of a graphical representation of the product on a screen.
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get your head out of Job's ass. It is ugly. You should know I've never been one to bash Apple and usually oogle over their design. This one I do not consider a winner. The keyboard is the bright spot if you ask me.
 
jjasper said:
Didn't the low end iMac ($999) have them? I can't check the store but I am pretty sure they did.
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I am 99.9% sure that every iMac has had SOME kind of graphics card, even if they weren't the hotness. Mac Mini and MacBooks are the only recent products that went with integrated.
 
scorcho said:
i'm also at a loss as to why they're only shipping with a gig of RAM considering how cheap DDR2 prices are at the moment.
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so they can charge you much more to upgrade your ram. Some people buy 2nd party sticks, but I have only had bad experiences doing this.
 
pxleyes said:
get your head out of Job's ass. It is ugly. You should know I've never been one to bash Apple and usually oogle over their design. This one I do not consider a winner. The keyboard is the bright spot if you ask me.
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Seriously, wrong time and place to post your nerd anger.
 
pxleyes said:
get your head out of your ass. It is ugly.
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I don't know that, you don't know that. I thought the current-as-of-yesterday iMac might be ugly until I first saw it, and then realized that I was wrong. It's absolutely impossible to make a true judgement call on the style/design of any product until you see it in person.


You should know I've never been one to bash Apple and usually oogle over their design.
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Sorry, I've no clue who you are, other than some poster I'm responding to.
 
lil smoke said:
so they can charge you much more to upgrade your ram. Some people buy 2nd party sticks, but I have only had bad experiences doing this.
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Well if you are mixing sticks then you will have problems. In the end it is probably cheaper to buy the lowest ram possible in the mac itself and buy a 2 stick package from a reliable manufacturer and just replace the stick the mac comes with.
 
Fifty said:
Argh, they still only come with 1 gig ram default. I need 2..Does that mean I couldn't just walk into a store and pick up one with 2 gigs in it?
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You can walk into the store and pick up one with 1 Gig in it and then have one of the guys there install another gig - or you could go home and do it yourself in 5 minutes :)
 
Okay, wait... what are we calling "integrated" graphics here? Because when you say that, I'm thinking the "Intel integrated" stuff where instead of an actual graphics card, it is part of the motherboard and uses some of the computer's main RAM for VRAM. Are you guys talking that? I have a G5 iMac, not a high end one, and it certainly doesn't have that.

If you're talking graphics card that can't be replaced, but are still dedicated graphics cards, then yes, all iMacs have had that. But I really, really don't think any of the iMacs have used the Intel "integrated" stuff like the Mini and MacBooks do.

Er...

PotatoeMasher said:
17-inch model with 1.83GHz processor
* Intel GMA 950 graphics processor with 64MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory
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I'll be damned... that's crazy. I honestly thought none of the iMacs were ever running that. Well, guess I was wrong.
 
sportzhead said:
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I think the new iMac looks nice.
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The biggest thing I'm not fond of and what also is the biggest surprise to me is the use o a black apple logo. I would have thought he would have at least used that inlaid logo they have on the back of the cinema displays, not black.
 
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