[MW Forums]

At its press briefing in Cupertino Tuesday, Apple unveiled a remodeled iMac line that features an aluminum-and-glass enclosure. more

[Schneb]

No money from me, Apple, until you give me a half-tower MacPro.

[MacTel]

It would be nice if the new iMacs came with a coupon for a free update to Leopard too. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
They're good enough without one anyway. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[jmincey]

These iMac refreshes are most welcome. They look very impressive upon first review. But Apple needs either to scrap the Mini once and for all or refresh the damn thing. It has been left to languish on the vine, and while I realize Apple has finite resources and has had other priorities, the Mini was long overdue for a refresh six months ago -- to say nothing of the present time.

[robco]

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No money from me, Apple, until you give me a half-tower MacPro.

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Won't happen. Just wait until after Leopard is cracked and run it on a PC.

[Jarmo]

Ok, looks like no minitower before as long as Jobs is on the house.
Good call, that would have cannibalized PC sales too much.
Here's a review of the new GPU's in the fresh iMacs. What a joy joy happy thing we dont need to upgrade them.
http://www.anandtech...aspx?i=3023&p=1
A quote from the conclusions:
We want to paint an accurate picture here, but it has become nearly impossible to speak negatively enough about the AMD Radeon HD 2000 Series without sounding comically absurd.

[trip1ex]

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It would be nice if the new iMacs came with a coupon for a free update to Leopard too. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Yeah I'll wait unti they do along with iLife /08 to upgrade mine. That's ~$200 savings there.

[TheBig_L]

Now thats a damn shame..
I never checked the results for the previous Imac video cards.. but were they better??

[trip1ex]

Yeah that sucks. I think the one I have has an X1600 pro in it. It doesn't look like the 2600 pro is much of an upgrade if any.
The Macbook pros have 8600 gt's? right? Much better.

[mdawson]

Suggesting that someone run OS X illegally on unsupported hardware is not an option.

[sdf]

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These iMac refreshes are most welcome. They look very impressive upon first review. But Apple needs either to scrap the Mini once and for all or refresh the damn thing. It has been left to languish on the vine, and while I realize Apple has finite resources and has had other priorities, the Mini was long overdue for a refresh six months ago -- to say nothing of the present time.

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Mini also updated, although the details seem to be appearing and disappearing from Apple's site.

[mdawson]

The iMac has its audience and Apple, unlike most PC OEMs, was wise to create a simplistic machine the the vast majority of computer users that are more likely to replace than upgrade. As to a pro/power user system in a smaller form factor, you know that I have long been a proponent of such a system. As a power user, I quickly learned my lesson after living with a Power Mac G4 Cube for five years. In order to update the machine I would have had to risk performing surgery that aside from voiding the warranty, could have rendered the only computer I had available to meat homeunusable. I will never buy a non-upgradeable system again, but I am a power user that needs to keep his computer rather current.
Nearly everyone else, would be served well by a closed all-in-one system like the iMac and as Jobs mentioned, that is reinforced by the number of laptop sales; laptops are also closed systems that are generally not user serviceable. So while I can agree with your sentiment, I can also see, even for myself, ares where an iMac could serve as a secondary system once I am in a position to purchase my own home.

[sdf]

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Mini also updated, although the details seem to be appearing and disappearing from Apple's site.

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Strike that, rephrase: Details seemed to briefly appear on Apple's site.

[droidworx]

Mini is REFRESHED i am in the US store....