New 24" iMac out!

[sigamy]

man, I really wish they got rid of the chin on the 24"...

I need someone to educate me on the video cards. I rarely play games. Almost never. But I do want to be somewhat future proof as far as Core Image, Core Video and application support, like with Apeture, etc.

Is the X1600 on the 20" a really outdated card these days?

Also, does it make sense to upgrade from the 7300 to 7600 on the 24"?

 

[asphalt-proof]

This is my almost-dream set up (my dream set up is a 30"iMac, but that's just crazy talk). Now to dust off the ol' credit card and spend the next week sweet-talking my wife.

 

[dmw007]

Also, does it make sense to upgrade from the 7300 to 7600 on the 24"?

I think that it does, check out the benchmarks on Apples website.

http://www.apple.com/imac/graphics.html

 

[Lollypop]

ok.. now that its semi sunk in.. the 24inch is obviously a completely new design, but have the rest of the line not also possibly seen a internal revamp? Sure the C2D wouldnt require it, but is there a chance apple made the new models a bit easier to upgrade, the last ones were apparenly a nightmare!!!

And isnt the lowend 17inch just the "emac" version of the imac?

 

[Xenesis]

There's two 17' models now. One's the standard iMac iMac, while they've let out the eMac iMac for general public buying. Better deal than a Mini, really.

 

[simontarr]

Hmmm...its not actually THAT much faster looking at the specs on apples site (http://www.apple.com/imac/intelcore2duo.html)

 

[dmw007]

Hmmm...its not actually THAT much faster looking at the specs on apples site (http://www.apple.com/imac/intelcore2duo.html)

No it is not THAT much faster- the big increase in speed was when the iMac went from the PowerPC G5 -> Core Duo. But still, up to 1.5X faster is a nice speed increase in my opinion.

 

[Queso]

That $999 17" inch model has integrated graphics and no bluetooth.

That config was previously only available for educational users. It's the eMac replacement in an iMac form factor.

 

[dan-o-mac]

man, I really wish they got rid of the chin on the 24"...

I wish they got rid of it on all models. What's up with the design team. Could it be that hard?

 

[ZoomZoomZoom]

Hmmm...its not actually THAT much faster looking at the specs on apples site (http://www.apple.com/imac/intelcore2duo.html)

Actually, the speed improvements are larger than I expected. I figured that the new Rev would be better because of other features such as GPU, but if my applications are going to load 30% faster... woohoo!

 

[simontarr]

No it is not THAT much faster- the big increase in speed was when the iMac went from the PowerPC G5 -> Core Duo. But still, up to 1.5X faster is a nice speed increase in my opinion.

No I agree- not to be sniffed at! I'll be sending back the 20" I got last week to get one of these babys (Costs £60 to do it though ) Maybe I was expecting too much though. I wont be returning it just for the speed increase though. The extra screen space, brightness, FW800 etc is worth it in my eyes. (And I can have 3GB RAM!)

 

[dmw007]

No I agree- not to be sniffed at! I'll be sending back the 20" I got last week to get one of these babys (Costs £60 to do it though ) Maybe I was expecting too much though. I wont be returning it just for the speed increase though. The extra screen space, brightness, FW800 etc is worth it in my eyes. (And I can have 3GB RAM!)

Good choice simontarr, the new iMacs are definitely worth sending your old (by one week ) 20" iMac back in for. I was going to buy a 2.66GHz Mac Pro, but a 24" 2.33GHz iMac would probably be more than suffice for my needs.

 

[simontarr]

Good choice simontarr, the new iMacs are definitely worth sending your old (by one week ) 20" iMac back in for. I was going to buy a 2.66GHz Mac Pro, but a 24" 2.33GHz iMac would probably be more than suffice for my needs.

Yeah i know! I hadn't checked the rumour forums for a while when I was ordering (it didnt cross my mind- maybe I was too excited with actually owning a mac )

 

[dmw007]

Yeah i know! I hadn't checked the rumour forums for a while when I was ordering (it didnt cross my mind- maybe I was too excited with actually owning a mac )

I know all about that feeling. Either way you go (your current 20" iMac or one of the new ones), you will still have a great machine.

 

[simontarr]

I know all about that feeling. Either way you go (your current 20" iMac or one of the new ones), you will still have a great machine.

Yeah, it's a lot of hassle to change this over and another 2-3 weeks of waiting for it to be delivered (i dont think i can go through that again ) I upgrade my computers every 18 months or so, so I may just wait for the next revision and in the meantime ask apple for 'compensation' seeing as theres been a nice price drop. I like the look of the porsche external HDs. My current machine still does everything I want it to- fast

 

[Xenesis]

Huzzah! Australian Education Store has been updated with the new iMacs.

Price drop of about $150. Good good. Then I can get the 17" video card model, and get a HD upgrade for what I would have paid. ^_^

 

[FadeToBlack]

When you configure a Mac mini with a 160GB HD, the ship time goes up to 3-5 weeks!

 

[NATO]

Seems the 24" is designed to sit squarely between Consumer and Pro, the 24" not only has an LCD with an 'HD' resolution, it also features FireWire 800.

 

[Fuzzy Orange]

I feel awful. The 24'' iMac seems to have everything I wanted, but I couldn't wait that long and bought a Mac Pro.

 

[simontarr]

I feel awful. The 24'' iMac seems to have everything I wanted, but I couldn't wait that long and bought a Mac Pro.

Apple has those tendancies

 

[ZoomZoomZoom]

I wish they got rid of it on all models. What's up with the design team. Could it be that hard?

Yeah, I agree. I hate the chin. If they made the case thicker and just complete did away with the chin, I'd be happy.

 

[simontarr]

Yeah, I agree. I hate the chin. If they made the case thicker and just complete did away with the chin, I'd be happy.

I've noticed a lot of people arent happy with the chins. I dont mind them tbh. I like the apple logo being there. Anyhoo, apple can even make white plastic look good, and in my opinion its not that bad.

 

[L int.]

I wonder why the 24" model only offers 3 GB RAM (1x2GB plus 1x1GB)
any reason why it can't take 2x2GB?

 

[radiantm3]

What a disappointment. They didn't even release the 30" iMac.




















Someone had to say it. (sarcasm for those who don't get it)

 

[hadleydb]

Now I feel kind of bad for the guy I just sold my 17" Core Duo to for $1200.00.