256MB! OMG! how do they even function!! i use OSX Server + win7 + xp at times 🙁 its torture...
im looking into a C2D 27" for a 2ndary screen to my i7/headless unit. cant find a good priced one 🙁
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Will the 27" Quad-core i7 be updated soon?
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im looking into a C2D 27" for a 2ndary screen to my i7/headless unit. cant find a good priced one 🙁
I don't know about all these new processors, I assumed a new processor would be out before the iMac is refreshed, and one is coming, but it's not a suitable fit for the iMac.
I think no one is touching the current Mac Pro because most know its like a month away from refresh. Maybe you're right, we'll see soon enough ^_^
I'm not?
We'll see what happens, the iMac isn't getting anymore expensive. The entry level Mac Pro is probably going to get a minor price bump.
I give them plenty of time before I use them.
Ahh nice, that'd be cool.
the MP had a price bump last time - im not so sure if they would give it another this time. people are already angry enough 🙁
hahaha ahh. your life might be wasted away 😛
thats just me dreaming - but i do need another screen 🙁 the C2Ds arent really available though at 2nd hand places (ebay etc)
I don't think we'll see another iMac refresh until WWDC. If the rumors reported earlier this year are true, then I think Steve Jobs will unveil a new touchscreen iMac. Just being hopeful, as I'm planning to get an iMac soon, but I would really love to see an iMac line refresh very, very soon.
Please, post your thoughts.
Please, post your thoughts.
I wouldn't buy a touchscreen iMac myself... I was just speculating the fact that if Steve did unveil a new product, it would probably be at the WWDC keynote on June 7th, along with a refresh of the iMac line.
I wouldn't be expecting an updated iMac until August. The new models just recently were meeting demand needs, plus it sounds like this year Apple is making WWDC very iPhone OS focused.
A touchscreen Mac will eventually come, but I imagine it will not be anytime soon.
The next update will likely be nothing to go crazy about, but you never know.
A touchscreen Mac will eventually come, but I imagine it will not be anytime soon.
The next update will likely be nothing to go crazy about, but you never know.
You don't know that. Last year they updated a bunch of computers. Even if it's not a touchscreen iMac, (which I really don't care about in the first place), there will probably more than likely be a small spec refresh. Nothing big, such as hardware design, etc. just a refresh on internal specs.
and you dont un-know that 😉 chances and logical thinking indicates we will see no update.
hehe logical flawed. updates for iMac will come in a little bit. i agree with you now 😀
BAHAHAHAHA eat... classic 😀 i had to turn on a VM on my MBP before, went and watched Sunrise 😉 that was boring...
MythicFrost, give up on your hexacore dreams buddy. The iMac is based off of the Lynnfield microarchitecture (P55 chipset) while all future hexacores are based off the Nehalem microarchitecture (X58 chipset). One will stay in the Mac Pro, one will stay in the iMacs. No way will Apple ever add those CPUs to the iMac, it'd murder Mac Pro sales. Apple isn't stupid enough to compete against itself.
1) I will never give up on my hexacore iMac dreams 🙂 2) @chipset info, awww
I disagree that it'll murder Mac Pro sales, but it doesn't matter since it won't be in there 🙁
What improvements will they make to the current iMac's processor then? Perhaps triple channel memory? What's a better CPU than the i7 860 that they can stick in there?
tripple channel memory isnt really an improvement - more of a marketing scam lol. or a flop 😉
they can stick any 1156 socket in there! there are faster CPUs out there, you can do it yourself 😛 the i7 870 is @ 2.93GHz. you could do that 😛 $678 from umart! lol
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Nah no 3.33 as of yet. I'd buy it though!
Triple channel yields 5-10% improvements in the real world.. Hardly impressive.
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Nah no 3.33 as of yet. I'd buy it though!
Triple channel yields 5-10% improvements in the real world.. Hardly impressive.
Not gonna happen. That's also part of the X58 chipset.
You should really look up what's actually inside todays latest PCs and Macs before having dreams about hexacore iMacs with 5850s in them 😛
Nah I'll learn as I go. What can they improve then? I need a reason to upgrade. I'm probably going to have to go back to the Mac Pro lol
I dont think they will go full touch screen for the Imac just yet. I can see them releasing a large track pad (like the mouse pad on the macbook) and give it touch control for the imac.
The big issue for me is finger prints. The idea of a imac is they look great when on or off. If the screen was off after some use with current tech it would look awful, smeared finger prints.
My iphone makes me cry every time I look at it an see fingerprints on it. I have ordered a Ipad and I know it will drive me mad. (I have real fingerprint OCD).
i hadnt thought of that! thats a great idea!!!
fully support that view point! ill be getting an ipad soon too and im worried about how it will look, ill have to carry my cloth with me LOL! 😀
I don't really get your logic... How on earth would 2.93GHz 95W six-core be cheaper than 2.66GHz 130W six-core 😕😕 Let alone iMac's 27" IPS display and everything else!