“Several tipsters are reporting that, like the iPod mini, iMacs are suddenly reflecting wait times of 7-10 business days for direct orders from the Apple online store. iMacs had previously shown ‘same business day’ ship estimates… sources close to the company claim that the flow of G5 microprocessors from IBM has improved significantly over the past few months. Apple, at its discresion, could improve on the iMac’s performance anytime, sources said. The iMac continues to be a hot seller in February, and such a move would aim to preserve the iMacs momentum, sources added. A 2GHz iMac has been stable for some time. Meanwhile, reports from inside the company hint that a significant announcement will be made on or around Wednesday of next week,” AppleInsider reports.
Full article here.
The 2Ghz iMac would be sweet.
A 128 graphics card option would be great, too!
baah, iMac upgrades….I have a big pile of cash waiting to buy a dual 2.8 or 3GHz PowerMac..HOW LONG AM I GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT?
It says 3-5 days on the US store and 4 days on the UK one.
Hah! I have a mountain of cash waiting to buy a dual 4.5 GHz PowerMac.
…but only if they can deliver by next week.
ah, i just bought iMac G5 20 inch two weeks ago.
maomao: How is it?
2GHz iMac? And what will it cost, like 2 grand?
Big frickin’ deal. You can pick up a Dell Dimension 2400 with a 2.4GHz processor for about $350. Hmmm… 2 grand for a slower machine? I don’t think so.
And you Mac zealots wonder why the other 98.2% of the computing world laughs at you!
For god sakes Nomacforyou…don’t make all PC users look like idiots. That 2.4ghz is a crap Celeron, no match for a G5.
Please, just shut up and go away.
enjoy your viruses and blue screens nomacforyou..i am quite happy doing what i need to do on my computer with no distractions or headaches..thanks
Even though Apple has the fastest top end computers that sell for less than the Dell equivalent, I still think it’s high time Apple unleashes a better PowerMac. They are far off the timeline when they introduced the G5, but the success of the iPod and MiniMac have kept everyone happy. Now it’s time for them to unleash the 3ghz G5.
NoMacForYou, for your $350, do you get a 20″ Cinema Display quality moniter in 1/4th the footprint, a slot-loading Superdrive, no noise, no power supply to trip on, no external speakers to spill on, no blue screen of death, no bat/exec files, no control/alt/delete, no going to the start menu to shut down, no searching for my apps/no Fisher Price non-transparent interface, no apps that quit when you accendently hit the window button, no waiting to come out of sleep mode, no installing an internal firewire card to have 1394, and no extra cable clutter unless I choose.
For any person that uses it, the $79 iLife suite that is included for free is far worth more than twice the $350 your empty box cost.
Me and my Mac and out smaller percentage laugh in YOUR face, NoBrainsForYou.
I know, I know, I replied to a troll…I just couldn’t help it today. Sorry
no, what is really needed now is a mid-level corporate powermac for $1400. You provide us with a 2ghz single G5, 512MB ram, 128 meg AGP graphics, 120GB HD, 17″ LCD, keyboard and 2-button mouse. Give us that and many companies will rethink Dells and HPs.
Ignore him and he will go away.
You mac ffols – our wintel PCs are so much faster – you guys will never be able tin infect you computers with virus’s, spyware, etc. near as fast us we can….
What, Dell pay you $350 to take a Celeron-based PC off their hands?
But I’d probably land up paying that much in therapist’s bills, just to come to terms with the shame of having an ugly box running a quarter-assed security-compromised operating system, incapable of being connected to the Internet for longer than 10 minutes without being accosted by malware written by socially retarded, hygiene challenged teenagers who downloaded a virus writing kit from somewhere in the Urals, and then there’s the constant round of downloading patches which fix the patches that should have fixed the patch you downloaded in the first frickin’ place.
No, Dell can keep their money…
What’s that? They want me to pay them $350.00? For some reason, that just doesn’t sound right.
Word is “friends”: As in “Friends don’t let friends use Windows”.
It would be sweet unless they give it more FX5200 crap video. If its more Fx5200 why bother at all? Apple has a big problem and its lame ass GPUs and a ugly Imac that looks like the ugly Pod.
Newmanswine:
You Mac slugs will never get it, will you? Not everyone is looking for pretty little toys. For real work, we don’t need all the useless garbage you ramble on about. The key is that with the $1600+ that I’ll save on my FASTER Dell, I can do so much more than you can with your toyMac.
This is exactly why Mac users will always be relegated to the fringes of the computing world. You just don’t get it.
Don’t get me wrong, I love reading your homerish proselytizing – it’s really funny stuff. But c’mon! Be real here. Enough with the ridiculous charade! You can’t actually believe your pathetic drivel… can you?
You really are a dumbass troll aren’t you? It’s obvious you can’t afford anything decent if you’re on here promoting $350 Dell shitboxes anyway…
NoMacForYou
Did you factor in the price of Anti Virus and spyware software ? Oh i forgot, you probably just pirate them. Or the time lost with security updates ? Or the constant restarts ? Or the sluggishness of Windows over a period of time ? Or the free software you get on a Mac that most people will need and use ? That $350 doesn’t even include a 17″ flat panel monitor, as does the iMac. And don’t compare Celeron with a 64-bit G5.
Magic Word: Just. As in, just go away.
If you ignore NoMacForYou he will go away. When you respond, he comes back. Your responses are his reward.
I swear so many Mac users are a bunch of oversensitive techno-elitests. Someone takes a shot at you and everyone chimes in with name-calling and sarcasm.
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Back to the topic.
I’d like to see the iMac with an additional video out (DVI). The $499 Mac Mini has one and allows for a monitor of your choosing. The iMac just seems built to have a sister display sitting next to it.
The big limiter on the iMac is its graphics. Rather than bump the CPU, bump that a couple notches and the iMac will be an awesome buy.
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With Apple computers, you can’t help but wish for that “one” additional feature for every single offering.
For me:
iMac – DVI out/Graphics weakness
PowerBook – G5 (current PBs are dog slow)
I swear so many Mac users are a bunch of oversensitive techno-elitests. Someone takes a shot at you and everyone chimes in with name-calling and sarcasm.
—
Back to the topic.
I’d like to see the iMac with an additional video out (DVI). The $499 Mac Mini has one and allows for a monitor of your choosing. The iMac just seems built to have a sister display sitting next to it.
The big limiter on the iMac is its graphics. Rather than bump the CPU, bump that a couple notches and the iMac will be an awesome buy.
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With Apple computers, you can’t help but wish for that “one” additional feature for every single offering.
For me:
iMac – DVI out/Graphics weakness
PowerBook – G5 (current PBs are dog slow)
iMac (the one I’d like):
CPU bump
GPU bump
23″ display for high end
plus… one DVI out for dual-monitor setup
iMac (the one I’d like):
CPU bump
GPU bump
23″ display for high end
plus… one DVI out for dual-monitor setup