RUMOR: Apple to unveil new iMacs next week

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“Our Apple tipsters haven’t let us down before, so we know that this hot-off-the press news is definitely fact and not fiction,” geeksugar reports.

Says geeksugar, “Next week (most likely Tuesday) Apple will be introducing new iMacs to their product line-up!”

The full article mentions processor speed bumps and hard drive capacity increases without stating actual figures with prices remaining as they are currently.

Full article here.

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  12. @Mac Fanatic

    Couldn’t agree more. These PC fanboys just don’t understand that we like paying twice as much for our Macs than more powerful PCs. Who wants an “ugly” PC on their desk when for $500 more I can have a “Delicious” and “Sexy” and “Just Gorgeous” Mac…

    Us Mac users are much more intelligent. We know what REALLY Matters!!!!

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  14. I never have liked the all in one solution, I’d like a tower or even a cube! with dual monitor support and the ability to use a less expensive monitor(s) than Apple’s aging line. It’s the missing piece of the apple. A Mac Pro would be using a shotgun to go fishing for me, even though they kick ass. A Mini is under powered. I know this has been written before, but that’s what I need.

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  15. @ Fan,

    Apple could really afford having us paying just 1.5 more than the average consumer, and deliver quality. Twice as much, is way too much. They only do it, because they know some people will line up to buy their products anyway. This starts to look like an insult to the consumers. I trully think Apple could come up with an innovative and decent overall solution for $799.

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  20. krautpastry… Germknödel, vielleicht?

    Yeah, lots of us have been screaming for a mid-sized PRO-level pizza-box/mini-tower/cubische Mac for quite some time.

    We KNOW it will be popular, but tell that to Cupertino.
    I’ll buy TWO!

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  22. @ Fan ,

    Yep, you said it!!! That what the Mac Mini should have been… if Cupertino was really thinking of us. In a different industry, even Mercedes and Volkswagen have lines of “low cost” high quality models.

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  26. “@bobo

    there are some people who drive ford focus’s and some people who drive bmw’s… Guess which one you drive”

    This is the typical Mac Fanboy nonsense. Macs and PC are almost identical inside. Yet you morons have yourselves convinced that “Apple can’t make junk”…. Well neither can anyone else. The problem with PCs is Windows, Period..

    Unless you believe that Intel, ATI, and nVidia only sells the “good stuff” to Apple and ships their junk to Dell……

    Let’s face it, you Mac Morons like Apple’s non expandable systems because most of you wouldn’t know a video card from a ROM chip. You have idea what’s inside a Mac. You only believe what “Steve Says” and Personally, I could care less what my desktop PC “Looks” like. It’s going to SIT there. If you feel proud to pay an extra $500 for an underpowered, non-expandable but “DELICIOUS” computer, you have more money than brains..

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  29. @Fan, guess you drive a focus too… Oh ya, and G5’s are totally not expandable, give me a break… They may have some of the same components inside, but when the same company makes the hardware and the OS 99% of the bullshit problems go away… Have fun installing drivers over and over loser ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”raspberry” style=”border:0;” />

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  30. Just sold my 2,5 year old iMac Core Duo for 700€ (common second hand market price in Europe – check out http://www.mac2sell.net/ ), thus, it means I can upgrade from a 17″ to a new 20″ adding about 500€ which is a bargain for a new up to date iMac every 2,5 years. I know this leaves you with a first investment of 700€, but imagine selling a 2,5 year PC box for that price, very unlikely.

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  33. The TROLL call was sent out today worldwide. The emergency FUD button was pressed when Apple financials blew away expectations.

    Zune Tongued In The Butt and his cohorts collectively sat on the Big Ass Table prototype with the Big Ass Red Virtual Button called FUD ALERT and sat on it! ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”wink” style=”border:0;” />

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  34. I’m waiting on the version with a multi-touch keyboard. Seems reasonable that this would be in the line up at some point in the future. Basically same keyboard extended out in front to accommodate a touch pad.

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  40. @ Fan

    Your response is fairly typical of a PC (stands for “piece of crap”). You know you are right about intel, ATO and nVidia. Absolutely good components.. but have you every tired to plug those things in without a motherboard or power supply or HD, etc? Kinda sucks.

    Most (not all) PCs are built by the lowest bidder with the lowest priced components and that can have a few problems – on occasion.

    “Almost identical inside” is the real rub. That small difference can mean the difference between PB failure because of a bad Power Supply or not. But with a 90 day warranty, what’s to worry. Your systems is so cheap (not necessarily inexpensive) you can buy three while my 3 year warranty keeps me hummin! And if I have a crapped out system – Apple replaces it – WITH A NEW CURRENT SYSTEM – not a POS from yester year!

    Will Dell or HP do that for you without a class action suit. And you better hurry with your Dell -looks like they may be closing up shop.

    Let’s see, I have a pretty “stock” machine – 7 TBytes of HD (4 external), Dual Quad 3.2 Ghz processors, 16 Gigs of RAM, 2 30″ monitors and a whole bunch of other stuff I do not even need to mention because you may not understand because it is Mac Stuff.

    Does Apple make junk? Well, let’s see. I have had Apple products since 1983 – yep – long time. I have also had everything from an 8088 to the latest PCs today. And I can say by far apple products for the most part have served me well.

    My curiosity is if you are such a PC Fan Beotch and love Monkey Boy and his PC BS so much why are you hanging out here? This IS an APPLE dedicated website. Sounds like OS envy to me.

    In all of this we haven’t even mentioned VISTA… hmmm.

    If you can’t afford to by Apple products and wish you could, there are second hand products you can start with. And they even look good.

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  43. “Hey, 2.4% of the world agrees with you. Everyone’s wrong and you’re right!!!”

    So, how’s groupthink working for you? Such a low self-esteem that you have to rely on “everyone else’s” action?

    How typical and pathetic. Automaton loser.

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  48. @Fan

    Gosh I love it when POS users equate Volume with Quality! Let me see…if they sell the most they must be the best. I am pretty sure I’d rather have a Porsche 911 over a Geo Metro but I bet there are more Geo Metros on the road than 911’s.

    Yo….wanker…..VOLUME does not equate to QUALITY

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  50. OK, the source may be BS.
    But AAPL has been pumping out refurb iMacs like mad over the last couple of weeks – and a big dealer here (we don’t have “official” Stores in this country) has started to offer “special deals”, which usually is a good sign that the shelves have to be cleared and something new is on the horizon).
    I’ll have to see if the speed or feature increase is worth the money – else I might go with a previous generation refurb.
    A MacMini with 4 GB RAM and ATI card all soldered together a la MBA would also be OK – I already have a big screen.
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  51. @Fan,

    Yep you’re right your PC is just going to be sitting there…….because it’s crappy OS won’t actually let it run for any significant period of time. Since PC’s do tend to sit around (not running) alot it’s too bad that they don’t look as good as Apple products because then at least you’d have something worth looking at. As it stands your PC is ugly and does not run reliably how sad is that? Mean while my 7 year old Power Mac that has never once failed to start or never once had a hardware failure hums along nicely…..oh and it looks pretty good too.

    Even if you were correct about the “insides” of the PC and Mac you miss the point that while good hardware is important….so is good software and the software on the “inside” makes the Apple systems sooooooooo much better than the software on the inside of your PC, it’s just simply a fact, pure and simple.

    Now go dust off your non-running and un-productive PC and see if it will start.

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  52. To all trolls and… that @ Fan

    1: Mac´s don´t crash
    2: No viruses
    3: Mac´s come bundled with great user-freindly software
    4: Owning a Mac opens doors to a truly great eco-system, that you are a part of right away
    5: The eco-sytem = iTunes/iPods/iPhone(+iPhone SDK)/AppleTV/.Mac/iLife and more….
    6: More and more are realizing the truth, that mac´s are the way of the future… (including the enterprise)
    7: All of this you pay for + damn good looks that have won design prizes all over the world
    8: The above makes mac´s a very cheap and clever bargain!

    Am I a Fanboy? NO! I´m just a practical and intellectual man, who knows what´s good and what´s comming!

    I´m danish… so sorry for any bad spelling ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”wink” style=”border:0;” />

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  54. @ Macfabulous

    Here’s my secret. Here’s the difference between me and all of you..

    I OWN:

    1. A 1.8 GH iMac 17″ that I bought new
    2. A 1.5 Core Solo Mini That I bought new
    3. A 2.0 GH MacBook (White) that I bought new
    4. A 1.2 GH iBook that I bought used on eBay
    5. An 8 Gig iPhone

    Difference between me and all these people (and you) is I don’t wake up every morning wondering what Steve Jobs is wearing. Apple hardware is a rip off. Its the same as all the other hardware except it allows the user to run Apple’s “Hardware Limited” OS… You’re too much of a blind fanboy to see that.

    Cut the prices Steve. Make a good headless low end machine. And license a clone to one other company (so corporations can buy them – Do you have any idea what No single source means????????

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  55. @ fan

    It’s exactly that closed loop, that makes apple systems so reliable. I’m surprised you cant see that owning several macs. And since you can now run windows on intel macs, how can you say it’s os limited? Do you want to run Linux over unix? I don’t get it…

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  57. there are some people who drive ford focus’s and some people who drive bmw’s… Guess which one you drive”

    Well cars never did analogize well to computers.

    When you’re burning away $3.55+ gas, sitting on decrepit roads in gridlocked traffic, who really gives a shit. And iPod or iPhone work great regardless of what you drive. ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”smile” style=”border:0;” />

    As for new iMacs, I’ll believe it when I see it. The timing isn’t right, unless it has something to do with the displays…

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  59. @ Another IT Guy

    It’s Apples attention to quality and detail, that have made such a loyal following. Know of any other company that has a fan base? I guarantee if apple were to license out the OS, to run on god knows what hardware, it would be plagued by widows like problems. So i say yes, less choice is better. Call me crazy, i like my computers to be hassle free, and I’m willing to pay extra for that.

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  60. What I want are ford parts that will fit my Porsche! And let’s through in some KIA parts, too….

    Why is it so difficult to consider that having a complete system developed by a single manufacturer is actually a common thing. Try “building” your own car out of various parts just hanging around at a Pep Boys or wander around the various car dealers and grab a piston here and a valve stem there and a timing belt or chain form somewhere else.. oh yes, the parts are “almost the same” as in your Ferrari but I sure have saved a heap of money!

    This really isn’t even an argument. It is mental masterb@tion with not orga$am. PCers like to have POS systems that they can make pretty with glowing lights and neon water. I prefer my systems to just work. And I can focus on what I do – write, invent, create music, edit film. illustrate and research. All of this can be done on a PC but I flatly prefer my Macs!

    It is about choice and taste. Oh, and money. Yes… I do pay for my Macs… and in the long run – they are less expensive. Exponentially less expensive.

    Not one – read that again – NOT ONE phuquen virus, etc. No need to reload drivers every time I change my headphones or add a new keyboard or webcam – etc, etc., etc.

    Denigrate all you want – but reality is – no one will convince me that a PC is better.
    Not a chance.

    That is probably why I drive a 911 rather than a Pinto.

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  63. “What I want are ford parts that will fit my Porsche! And let’s through in some KIA parts, too….”

    This analogy is so silly, but since it comes back over and over again, I’ll play…

    In the 70’s and early 80’s Ford produced an intermediate sized car called the Granada. It was meant to have “European” styling. It as basically a decent mid size for a family of 4….

    Of course, Ford wouldn’t leave it at that. They created a Luxury version – It was no long a “junky” Ford, but now it was a “Lincoln Versailles”. It was “Sexy” and “just delicious” . And it had a Lincoln Grill and a Lincoln Spare hump, and Power Windows, Power everything, fancy dashboard, and leather interior.

    Of course, under all the “just gorgeous” stuff, it was 95% Ford Granada. It wasnt worth the money.

    “Denigrate all you want – but reality is – no one will convince me that a PC is better. “

    I can’t help it you are ignorant in the subject. The Macs and the PCs are 95% the same hardware, same parts, made by the same companies, and assembled in the same Korean “Box Assembly” plants. Your silly car analogy will work at MDN because few here understand hardware and those that do will go out of their way to justify the higher costs.

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  64. @clunker

    Each to their own (including choice of computer and OS) … But I reckon “most” people would “prefer” if they had to be sitting on decrepit roads in gridlocked traffic in a “luxury” motor vehicle.

    As for “cars never did analogize well to computers” –

    Maybe American cars represent the PC world and European / Japanese cars represent the Apple world.

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    Well that’s what Clarkson would say on Top Gear, and he loves Macs.

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  65. MizuInOz:

    Steve Jobs killed the clones in the 1990’s because the clone manufacturers where taking a toll on Apple’s bottom line. This historical reality proves that the concept of non-Apple machines with a Mac OS are viable using “off the shelf” components. In fact, my father, who used the Apple II for years, was quite content with his Power Computing machine. However, Psystar has no licensing agreement with Apple to install OS X on their machines and every user purchasing a Psystar machine and installing OS X would be violating the EULA.

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  66. @ MizuInOz:

    Here’s the thing. OK, Apple does control the entire widget, and it does lead to a much tighter system. When we talk about letting OSX run on non Apple hardware, we’re not talking about “Psystar” but officially licensed clones….

    The Clones worked well because Apple approved the hardware, made sure their OS would run well on the hardware used. In a way, they still controlled the “whole widget”… The Power Computing machines blew the Macs away in both performance and value.

    Could they do it again? Absolutely. They could allow a company such as Acer or Sony to produce a clone and dictate what type of GPU is used, what type of audio chip is used, what type of WiFi us used, etc. There would be no conflicts in machines of this type…

    The problem with Apple is that they want to sell their hardware at a premium. They can overcharge for their hardware as long as they cripple OSX not to run on anything else. If Sony would produce a mid sized tower and sold it as a complete system for say, $699, few would buy the Apple hardware (well, except the hardcore fanbois) that was not as expandable, and in many cases would have substandard specs….

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  67. @Thorin

    Amen. I want to do some occasionally hardcore gaming, but can’t afford a Mac Pro with the GeForce 8800. The iMac’s GPU is… inadequate. There’s definitely room and demand for an in-between model, but no sign that Apple is going to make one.

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  68. Unless and until Apple offers the iMac with the

    1. same or faster CPU as the 17-inch Macbook Pro,
    2. same or faster GPU as the Macbook Pro,
    3. same or faster bus speed as the Macbook OPro,
    4. same or faster RAM (up to 4GB) as the Macbook Pro, and
    5. same or better LCD as the Macbook Pro

    I’m not buying.

    Got that, Steve?

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  69. “Why is it so difficult to consider that having a complete system developed by a single manufacturer is actually a common thing. “

    Maybe you’re new to this whole computing thing, but that’s how it was before Windows…everyone had their own platform and nothing worked with anything else, thus, computers weren’t widely adopted. Just saying, some people prefer the horizontal model to the vertical.

    And your car part analogy is completely friggin’ wrong–your Mac has the same damn parts as an HP or a Dell, and they’re built on the same assembly lines. Only difference is some firmware and a different case. But if perceived value makes you feel better to have bought your Mac, then have at it.

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  70. Ampar wrote, ‘ “Macs and PC are almost identical inside.”

    Speaking of inside, you’re full of shit.’

    Another remarkable analytical composition from the resident fanboi. Succinct yet laden with fanboish objectivity. We bask in your brilliance.

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