Possibility of new iMacs for Leopard?

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who say's the Merom is less speedy? If this is true then someone please explain why this is the case. My impression was that a 2.3GHz Merom would be exact same speed as 2.3GHz Conroe. I mean they have same clockspeed, same cache, same basic design, what would make Merom slower?

 

[zerolight]

Another vote for a 24" now. I have a 2.16ghz 24" with the 7600GT and 2GB ram. It's a bit quicker than the dual 2.7gz G5 I had before, and plenty fast for any kind of regular non-gaming tasks for quite a long time I imagine. Certainly copes with everything I've thrown at it. And it ran Quake 4 at 1900x1200 with everything on max, pretty well too. If you play the waiting game, you'll never buy as there'll always be something new coming along in 6 months. Sooner or later you have to take the plunge. With the new iMacs out just weeks, now is arguably that time.

 

[zerolight]

who say's the Merom is less speedy? If this is true then someone please explain why this is the case. My impression was that a 2.3GHz Merom would be exact same speed as 2.3GHz Conroe. I mean they have same clockspeed, same cache, same basic design, what would make Merom slower?

I believe there are some slight differences in architecture which help the Conroe to be faster. But I don't believe the difference is particularly marked.

 

[jaw04005]

I would expect an iMac update in February or March after Intel ships Santa Rosa chipset.

 

[jaw04005]

I believe there are some slight differences in architecture which help the Conroe to be faster. But I don't believe the difference is particularly marked.

Conroe is substantially faster than Merom for the simple fact that the Conroe chipset operates at a 1066Mhz front side bus, compared with Merom's 667mhz.

 

[Eidorian]

Conroe is substantially faster than Merom for the simple fact that the Conroe chipset operates at a 1066Mhz front side bus, compared with Merom's 667mhz.

The Front Side bus matters very little in the benchmarks. (3-6% boost going from 1066 to 1333 MHz.)

Conroe clocks a lot higher, faster then Merom. Don't forget about the X6xxx series.

 

[mongoos150]

no new design... the only thing i would change is the speakers go on the side and are meash like so you see them... this way it can loose its chin

I think Apple should lose the speakers completely, and allow people to buy add-ons if they want. Just like high-end HD panels - use your own speakers and cut down the size of the machine.