More evidence on the iminent iMac 2011

[TMRaven]

They use desktop grade cpus. And nah you still don't have much room to compare. Although they're both cramped up in tight spaces, iMacs get a dedicated heatsink that's the size of your fist for both the gpu and cpu. iMacs tend to stay way cooler than macbookpros.

 

[spcdust]

That used to be correct, but not any more. A couple refreshes ago (actually, it might have been this last one when we moved to the iX processors), Apple started using desktop components in the iMac.

CPU's are desktop class, however the GPU's are either mobility class OR are so under clocked Desktop variants as to make them mobility class in performance.

 

[powerslave65]

If anyone can figure this out it's JI. But the entire company around him has a different idea of what success is. The iMac is simple concept executed beyond what most companies are capable of, but there are limitations like high component temp that persist model after model.

 

[Pavia]

some people make me laugh - comparing laptops to desktops...... desktops will not inherit all issues that the laptops have

Some people make me laugh - Not knowing desktops is actually a windows-running computer.

Read this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_computer

 

[Chris5488]

Some people make me laugh - Not knowing desktops is actually a windows-running computer.

Read this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_computer

I don't really think 'desktop' is a term only for windows-computers...
Just because there's written 'PC' on the Wiki it doesn't mean it can't be a Mac. calls windows computers 'PC's and their computers Macs, it doesn't mean that Apple doesn't make desktops or laptops. Just terms... that's all... get over it. And fairly off-topic.

 

[ascii42]

Some people make me laugh - Not knowing desktops is actually a windows-running computer.

Read this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_computer

Erm, what?

 

[Demosthenes X]

Some people make me laugh - Not knowing desktops is actually a windows-running computer.

Read this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_computer

Maybe next time, you should actually read the link you're posting.

All-in-One computers are desktop computers that combine the monitor into the same case as the CPU. Apple has manufactured several popular examples of all-in-one computers, such as the original Macintosh of the mid-1980s and the iMac of the late 1990s and 2000s.

 

[TMRaven]

Some people make me laugh - Not knowing desktops is actually a windows-running computer.

Read this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_computer

Good post.

 

[Benz63amg]

man i cant wait for the new imac 27 to come out, i need to buy one asap

Where do u guys think is the best place to buy from? Apple Store? it sucks ill have to pay alot for taxes as im in NY, ill be buying the base model 27 incher which will be around 1600 im guessing.. plus taxes it will be like 1750 im thinking..

 

[masta beta]

This is new and exciting.

 

[Benz63amg]

sure is, late APRIL or early may cant come sooner bro

 

[Hellhammer]

CPU's are desktop class, however the GPU's are either mobility class OR are so under clocked Desktop variants as to make them mobility class in performance.

Mobile GPUs = underclocked desktop GPUs

 

[cinek]

Some people make me laugh - Not knowing desktops is actually a windows-running computer.

Read this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_computer

hahahahahahaahahahahahahahhaha OMG this is a good one!!!!!!!!!

check out the categories on top of the forum (you do know what a forum is right?) MacRumors Forums > Apple Hardware > Desktops > iMac

 

[zephonic]

I don't know about the current or future iMacs, but my '07 20" has a mobile CPU, GPU and system memory.

I figure that's what they need to do to fit it all in such a small space.