Comments on: Rumor Has It: New iMacs and MacBooks Coming Just in Time for Windows 7

By: james braselton

james braselton — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:24:36 +0000

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By: The Gizzle

The Gizzle — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:39:30 +0000

I’m in the market for a new iMac. I can’t wait to see what the new models offer.

For my windows using friends. Enjoy that.

By: NVIDIA Halts Chipset Development Until 2010

NVIDIA Halts Chipset Development Until 2010 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:01:15 +0000

[...] as Apple) have long-term supply contracts NVIDIA is obliged to honor. Indeed, Apple’s upcoming rumored iMac refresh may well see no change in the use of GeForce 9400M chips in its low-end 20 and 24 inch [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:39:59 +0000

@ Darwin

“A service pack (in short SP) is a collection of updates, fixes and/or enhancements to a software program delivered in the form of a single installable package.”

The immediate update for SL is a service pack. Duh.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:37:38 +0000

@ James

Who’s mocking SL? I’m saying they rushed it out several weeks ahead of schedule for no good reason except to try and prempt MS, caused customers problems as a result, and needed a nearly immediate service pack to fix a lot of things that could have been avoided, which they did.

By: Rumor Has It: New iMacs Already in Production, Could Sport Blu-Ray

Rumor Has It: New iMacs Already in Production, Could Sport Blu-Ray — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:55:18 +0000

[...] 2009 by Darrell Etherington and No one has commented Lately, rumors have been popping up that new iMacs could well be on the way. Well now AppleInsider is reporting that they’re not only real, but [...]

By: Новые iMac и MacBook затмят Windows 7 - BeMac

Новые iMac и MacBook затмят Windows 7 - BeMac — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:51:53 +0000

[...] дизайне. Об этом рассказывают обозреватели The Apple Blog и Barron’s (издание Wall Street Journal, ссылаясь на сообщения [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:10:47 +0000

I think the mini needs a standard memory of 4GB an.
d a hard drive of at least 320GB at a price that matches their current introductory price.

I am in the market for a 17″ MBP and wonder what new processors could be announced from now to Xmas. I would hate ot buy too early and miss an upgrade

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:08:12 +0000

The GeForce 9400M is a terrible device that Apple has somehow leaned on for it’s new models. They seem to be shoving them into their imacs almost reluctantly. The Raedon HD 2600 that was on last years model imac’s outperforms the 9400m by margins. I just bought the 2.9 GHZ 24″ imac with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 because I couldn’t stand the thought of using that crap card.

Think about it….. the “new” mac has a worse card than the old one. Doesn’t make it so “new” does it.

We’re returning this mac and waiting out this rumor. I want to buy one at the refresh.

By: Namke von Federlein

Namke von Federlein — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:06:45 +0000

Disclosure : I am a big fan, supporter and user of Ubuntu Linux. I’ve also been using a MacBook lately. I only use Windows under duress.

I think Apple needs a new advertising campaign for these economically challenged times.

The slogan : “For 50 cents more per day – you could be using a Mac”

These are just some ‘back of the envelope’ calculations but the marketing folks at Apple will get the point :

I can get a new Mac computer for about $ 1.50 per day. (assuming that it will last for 3 years). Or I can get Windows for about $ 1.00 per day. Or I can get Ubuntu Linux for about $0.80 per day.

My cost question (Mac vs Windows) as a user is : Am I willing to pay $1.50 – $1.00 = $0.50 cents per day for peace of mind about hardware and software reliability ?

In some countries, that’s a lot of money (especially if you have a lot of users – like a university, government or business – in which case Ubuntu Linux can’t be beat for a lot of economic and geopolitical reasons).

But for most desktop users, that price difference between a Mac and Windows is less than the cost of a coffee per day.

By: Хитрый ход Apple: новые iMac и MacBook затмят Windows 7 — MacRadar

Хитрый ход Apple: новые iMac и MacBook затмят Windows 7 — MacRadar — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:41:20 +0000

[...] дизайне. Об этом рассказывают обозреватели The Apple Blog и Barron’s (издание Wall Street Journal, ссылаясь на сообщения [...]

By: Andrew Hime

Andrew Hime — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:25:17 +0000

You are out of your mind if you think the new iMacs will have Core i7s. Core i5 is best case scenario with an i7 in the top model MAYBE. Since the two use different sockets, I highly doubt it.

Wouldn’t be shocked if they’re just Core 2 Quads.

By: Nunuv Yerbizness

Nunuv Yerbizness — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:52:41 +0000

“We may also see Apple’s first move away from NVIDIA’s GeForce 9400M as the fallout from GPU-gate continues.”

What is this ‘GPU-gate’ you’re talking about? Searching shows that you seem to be the only person on the internet who’s mentioned it. Enlighten us, oh omniscient one.

By: ziggy8502

ziggy8502 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:33:49 +0000

@Astrochimp – Ha, it’s funny how you think there are those in politics who do not lie…

By: Master Po

Master Po — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:48:53 +0000

Apple just came out with new iMacs in February. Why would anyone think there would be another update this soon?

By: KsbjA

KsbjA — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:49:38 +0000

@Darwin – nobody said Snow Leopard is a service pack. The 10.6.1 update is kind of a service pack (bugfixes).
@James – I second that.