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Apple iMac 2010 - What would you like to see changed?

I'm going to revise what I said before. I shall only upgrade my 24" iMac when the following happens (I predict this will come when a new model is launched at the end of 2011 - and certainly not before):

- 30" screen
- SSD drive with with more than 256GB

As for graphics / cpus / LED screens etc - don't mind honestly!

If the new model comes out without this stuff then I'll probably splash out on a 30" ACD with Mac Pro, though I'd far prefer an all-in-one please!
 
20 inch model
______________________
2.8/2.93/3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo
4GB Memory
640GB Hard Drive
Nvidia GTS 250
Mac OS X 10.6

24 inch model
___________________
2.66GHZ-2.93GHz Core 2 Quad
4GB-8GB Memory
1-1.5TB HD
Nvidia GTX 260
Mac OS X 10.6

Never gonna happen :p
 
2010 iMac:

20"/24"
Arrandale (clocks unknown)
SuperDrive
500GB HDD standard, 640 and 1TB on higher models
Integrated graphics for 20" and low 24", GeForce 250M in the higher models with the 260M as an option for the high-end 24"
4GB standard (6GB on high-end 24"?)
Ports the same, design very probably the same.
 
Tallest Skil said:
2010 iMac:

20"/24"
Arrandale (clocks unknown)
SuperDrive
500GB HDD standard, 640 and 1TB on higher models
Integrated graphics for 20" and low 24", GeForce 250M in the higher models with the 260M as an option for the high-end 24"
4GB standard (6GB on high-end 24"?)
Ports the same, design very probably the same.
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You don't think Apple is going to finally offer the 1.5 or 2 tb drives that are around? I think it's time...surprised they actually didn't already.

As for the graphics, if the Intel integrated suck like they likely will, I can't see Apple taking a performance dip. They may go to all integrated again.

I agree with most of this though, the update will not be substantial. I really would like to see LED and SSD's, but not expecting it yet.
 
Tallest Skil said:
2010 iMac:

20"/24"
Arrandale (clocks unknown)
SuperDrive
500GB HDD standard, 640 and 1TB on higher models
Integrated graphics for 20" and low 24", GeForce 250M in the higher models with the 260M as an option for the high-end 24"
4GB standard (6GB on high-end 24"?)
Ports the same, design very probably the same.
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Sounds reasonable to me.

Fall 2009 iMac:
20"/24"
Price drop
Penryn (up to 3.33 GHz?)
SuperDrive
Same HDD sizes
Same GPUs (new 2x0 GPUs?)
4 GB standard
Everything else the same, maybe SD card?

zedsdead said:
You don't think Apple is going to finally offer the 1.5 or 2 tb drives that are around? I think it's time...surprised they actually didn't already.
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Probably as a BTO.
 
zedsdead said:
You don't think Apple is going to finally offer the 1.5 or 2 tb drives that are around? I think it's time...surprised they actually didn't already.
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I believe that Apple is ignoring all 1.5TB drives because of the Seagate fiasco. If they weren't, the Nehalem Mac Pro would have had them.

The 1.5 would have been the perfect point for the highest-end drive, but since they're ignoring those, they won't go with the 2TB.

Besides, they can't do anything larger than 1TB until the Time Capsule is updated. What kind of operation would they be running if you could have more content than you could back up?
 
zedsdead said:
You don't think Apple is going to finally offer the 1.5 or 2 tb drives that are around? I think it's time...surprised they actually didn't already.

As for the graphics, if the Intel integrated suck like they likely will, I can't see Apple taking a performance dip. They may go to all integrated again.

I agree with most of this though, the update will not be substantial. I really would like to see LED and SSD's, but not expecting it yet.
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iMac is laptop internals and the large drives are desktop sizes
 
The GT 1xx series were renamed by nvidia all they are are the 9xxx series.

G100- 9400GT
G120- 9500GT
GT130-9600GS
GT140-9600? (does this exist)
GTS150-9800GT
 
and to top it off, Nvidia does the same thing as Intel. They produce high end chips and then disable circuitry and sell it at lower prices.

All Intel desktop CPU's are essentially Xeon's with circuitry disabled to sell them at reduced prices and to sell Xeon's at higher prices.
 
alent1234 said:
and to top it off, Nvidia does the same thing as Intel. They produce high end chips and then disable circuitry and sell it at lower prices.

All Intel desktop CPU's are essentially Xeon's with circuitry disabled to sell them at reduced prices and to sell Xeon's at higher prices.
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they did that with the 486SX, basically a failed DX chip in production, so they would sell them off as sx, They also do it with clock speed, those chips that fail at higher speed are sold as slower speed.
 
Best update

Drop the entire pathetic iMac line and offer a real desktop that is a small form factor case (not mini size) and new gorgeous screens. Who gives a crap if the computer is in the screen if the damn computer is slow and outdated. The iMac was cool for its time but I hope apple adds a real desktop sometime!!!
 
Shiner said:
Drop the entire pathetic iMac line and offer a real desktop that is a small form factor case (not mini size) and new gorgeous screens. Who gives a crap if the computer is in the screen if the damn computer is slow and outdated. The iMac was cool for its time but I hope apple adds a real desktop sometime!!!
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If you don't like the iMac as a desktop system buy a Mac Pro.
 
colourfastt said:
If you don't like the iMac as a desktop system buy a Mac Pro.
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some of us want a desktop with desktop parts. it's more powerful than the laptop parts that the iMac's are mostly made of and a lot of us don't need an expensive workstation like the Mac Pro
 
Apple seems to have little interest in satisfying we who would prefer a more standard desktop box when the Apple-shippers are buying iMac's in droves. This way they force people to upgrade their computer more often too as the non-upgradeable iMac goes out of date very quickly. Their marketing people may be a lot of things, but stupid isn't one of them.

For me, since Apple has become yet another PC clone maker (after the Intel switch), it's all about the OS. And one can't get run their OS without the hardware (Hackintosh aside) so you're stuck with Apple's scatter-shot, inflated price boxes. I wish they'd start offering the OS on its own and not tie it to hardware, but that's not going to happen either.
 
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