quad imac anytime soon?

[wakerider017]

Any chance of a quad core imac in the near future?

 

[risc]

All of the Intel iMacs have used notebook processors it's going to be a long time before we see a quad core notebook processor. It's possible but I would say highly unlikely considering Apple actually need to keep some distance between the consumer range and the Mac Pro.

 

[rogersmj]

Please search around a bit, this has been covered many many times.

The short answer is no way. Because the iMac uses mobile chips (not desktop chips), and there is no quad-core mobile processor anywhere on Intel's roadmap at the current time, we're not going to have quad-core iMacs anytime soon.

 

[Gigi]

Again, there's just to much heat dissipatet from the desktop processors to work (quietly) in an iMac.

 

[fivetoadsloth]

yeah as stated above because the imacs use notebook chips quad cores arnt in the near future.

 

[exabytes18]

Besides the incredible power and heat that comes with it, the QX6700 alone is more expensive than the entry-level iMac. The heat is the real issue, though. If the iMac can't handle a Conroe, it definitely can't handle 2 of them on the same chip.