They should reintroduce the cube again. Or at least a new innovation between the imac and the mac pro, with the option to upgrade hardware after we buy it
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High level video card in iMac???
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I agree, I'm sick of reading all these posts about gaming. If you buy a Mac than enjoy it for what it does best, allowing an individual to easily create ideas on a computer. If one isn't happy with the choices from Apple, than buy a PS3 or Xbox or build your gaming PC. I like games, but do so much more on my Macs that gaming is secondary.
yeah. an absolutely tiny, "barley-there" form factor with USB and Firewire for upgradability.. just like a Mac Mini.. oh wait.
You people all miss one important factor. Apple makes its money from hardware sales. Joe Sixpack buying your beloved mid-range mac tower and then upgrading the box with a different cpu, gpu, ram, hdd, optical drive, PSU doesnt help apple at all.
Because if human beings weren't constantly striving for something better, we'd still be dancing around a fire pit in our cheetah skin outerware.Techguy said:
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Who's forcing you to read these kinds of articles? If you don't like the article, move on. Secondly, you seem to be missing something. Your statement "all these posts about gaming" implies recognition that there is a very real craving for a real consumer machine. You're obviously a creative professional. You want an easy way to create media. Consumers want something different. They want to easily communicate with friends, work with their digital photos, type book reports, surf the internet, and play games. Apple creates excellent machines for doing all but the last point. There is a hole in their line-up that people want addressed. I am one of them. There is a huge pool of PC users that won't switch to a Mac simply because they won't be able to play games. If Apple doesn't adjust its way of thinking, it will continue to lose out on these sales. What kind of company doesn't like money?! iMac hardware minus the monitor with a good graphics card would be an excellent gaming rig with inexpensive memory options. Get it together Apple.
If your sick of reading what people want from Macs, then maybe you should question why your on a Mac forum where people generally talk about such things.
Anyway, gaming has always been a secondary activity for me. Doesn't mean that I should just ignore it though when it comes to making a purchase. I'll probably just buy a 720P TV and connect that to the iMac to play games anyway, as its less pixels to push and I can use it with a Wii.
Yeah, The 8300 and 8600 GeForce Go will be release in April. With up to 512MB.
The Next iMac needs to have at least the 8300 512MB for its top end. This way we can run DX10 in vista if need be.
Also, on a side note, we deffinatly need more than 3 USB 2.0 ports.... this is rediculous
Aren't the 7300's and 7600's currently used in iMac 24" theoretically upgradable? In that they are based on a standard type of socket, but because all Mac hardware has to be EFI there are no cards out there to buy practically speaking?
Does that mean when Apple come out with the upgraded 24" with a new GPU (say, the Geforce 8300/8600 Go), if they use the same standard type of socket as the current 24" iMacs they'll be able to place the new GPU into the current 24" iMac?
Just a thought. Hope that makes sense.
Does that mean when Apple come out with the upgraded 24" with a new GPU (say, the Geforce 8300/8600 Go), if they use the same standard type of socket as the current 24" iMacs they'll be able to place the new GPU into the current 24" iMac?
Just a thought. Hope that makes sense.
Other MXM graphics cards do work in the 24" iMac. You'll only get Windows support using them for now though.