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ThinkSecret: New iMac G5s and eMacs in April
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Darn, TS is slow as molasses...
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Thanks for the link Eug.
Hopefully the Firmware update will take care of the "noise" issue that the current line-up is suffering from. That would allow me to love my iMac all over again.
I just wonder if the GPU will be updated and if Bluetooth 2.0 will be an option. Not that I have a problem with the GPU that is in the iMac now. I haven't found a game that I couldn't play well enough for my taste yet. I guess I will have to wait until Doom 3 is released.
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I hope that the new iMacs come with 512MB of RAM stock and hopefully the low end 1.8 will have no noise issue. The eMac looks pretty good at 1.5 and an upgraded GPU. I'm glad they didn't get rid of the line.
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Originally posted by iREZ:
I hope that the new iMacs come with 512MB of RAM stock and hopefully the low end 1.8 will have no noise issue. The eMac looks pretty good at 1.5 and an upgraded GPU. I'm glad they didn't get rid of the line.
512MB stock RAM would be a great addition. Hopefully if they did do something like that it will be one DIMM and not two 256MB modules.
The specs of the new eMac look like a great step up. 1.5GHz and an upgrade on the GPU for the price of the eMac would probably be a great selling point. Hopefully the card will be 64MB instead of 32MB.
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The 512 MB bit is actually one of the most certain aspects of the update. iLife 05 is more demanding, and the perceived speed of the system goes up in general with more RAM (especially when combined with the speed improvements of Tiger).
The one thing that's up in the air that I would like addressed is the video chipset. It should ideally be a GeForce 6200, whether the AGP or PCI Express versions. Apple can't really advertise the iMac as a suitable gaming platform if it's still using hardware that was effectively obsolete in 2004, let alone 2005. I'd even call it an improvement if it only had 64 MB of video memory.
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(Last edited by Simon; Mar 12, 2005 at 04:20 AM.
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Yay!
Just in time for my graduation 
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1.33GHz eMacs? That's not much a bump. It would be nicer if the base eMac was 1.5 or 1.7GHz. It would be even better if it was a 1.6GHz G5!
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1.33GHz eMac's? yeesh!
and i thought i was being conservative with my 1.42GHz prediction...
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Well, TS did say 'possibly 1.5 GHz on the high end', so there's no reason to get all suicidal yet... 
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Does the eMac even have a "high end" or "low end", aren't the processors in both eMac options out now at 1.25? I don't think we'll see it only bump to 1.33, it would have to be 1.5. If it indeed only bumps up to 1.33, then they better pop in a GPU that kicks ass or something else to sweeten the deal...maybe a big time price drop to sway PC users into all in one machines, who knows?
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It'd be pretty nice if they were upgraded. I can't imagine a CPU and specs upgrade AND a price drop, though. Aside from those already with a monitor, who'd buy the mini if you could get a machine with the same or better specs and a nice CRT in one package, with a keyboard and mouse, for just 100 bucks more, assuming they'd drop the price on the combo drive model from $799 to $699 or so. CPU, GPU, and RAM upgrades would definitely be sweet at the current prices.
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Originally posted by iREZ:
Does the eMac even have a "high end" or "low end", aren't the processors in both eMac options out now at 1.25? I don't think we'll see it only bump to 1.33, it would have to be 1.5. If it indeed only bumps up to 1.33, then they better pop in a GPU that kicks ass or something else to sweeten the deal...maybe a big time price drop to sway PC users into all in one machines, who knows?
Yeah, 1.5 is a must, I think. They only upgrade the eMac about once per year, so I'd hope to see at least slight bumps on all fronts.
1.5ghz G4
Core Image ready GPU w/64mb
512mb standard on at least the Superdrive model
Bluetooth 2 as an option (and at a lower price than $50)
Tiger and iLife '05 bundled.
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