It always stings a bit when they do this.
24" iMac is here
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silentbob 28,763 posts
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Registered 10 years agoWOPR wrote:
LINK YOU LAZY CUNT!!
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WOPR wrote:
Mac Mini with a monitor innit.
Bah, base model 17" has integrated gfx and combo drive. -
Ginger 6,748 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIs there a significant difference between the two core duo types?London open taekwondo champion
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Wobble 1,025 posts
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Registered 8 years agosilentbob ftw.
I looked at the first post and thought, damn i wish that was clickable, i'd kinda like to see that, i hope someone has linkified it further down the thread...
/too lazy to cut n paste, guess how much work i'm doing today
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silentbob 28,763 posts
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Registered 10 years agoWOPR wrote:
/am WOPR bitchsilentbob wrote:
Why bother when a mofo like you does it for me ?WOPR wrote:
LINK YOU LAZY CUNT!!
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Han_Solo 411 posts
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Registered 11 years agoWhere are the core duo 2 macbook pro's? Come on apple stop being a frickin' tease!! You know i'll pay for it! -
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lost_soul 9,369 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI'm surprised they didn't hold this back until the presentation on the 12th.
I expected them to quietly upgrade the MBP to Core 2 Duo and then make a bit of noise over the iMac updates.
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HoriZon 13,195 posts
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Registered 10 years agoHow much is a good mac nowadays ?Everybody has secrets, life would be boring without secrets, don't you think...?
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WOPR wrote:
Strapline on the invite is "It's showtime", so I'm pretty sure the movie crap is the big deal.
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HoriZon wrote:
While we're at it, what's the generally accepted length of a bit of string?
How much is a good mac nowadays ?
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Gl3n 4,931 posts
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TennesseeStiff 372 posts
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Registered 11 years agomouse wrote:
Twice the half of its length.HoriZon wrote:
While we're at it, what's the generally accepted length of a bit of string?
How much is a good mac nowadays ?
Edited by mouse at 15:46:32 06-09-2006
Personally I am slightly disappointed. This new model seriously reduces the chances of us seeing a single socket, duel core model added to the Mac Pro range.
As fast as this model is likely to be, the use of mobile CPUs and chipsets means that bang for bucks, a desktop based on C2D desktop parts would have been better value for money for users that don't need a fire breathing four core Mac Pro, but still need a fast desktop. Apple will point these people at this new iMac but an AIO isn't the best solution for them.
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tannerd 2,691 posts
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just ordered the lower end mac mini with the 1gb of ram, works out £150 cheaper than last time I priced it up (when it was the high end). Looks like ram upgrade prices have dropped across the board too, didn't expect that. -
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TennesseeStiff 372 posts
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Registered 11 years agoFrom the Ars forumn:
It almost seems like Apple doesn't want to sell the mini:
(Note: Cndn prices):
Mac Mini with:
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo
1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512
160GB Serial ATA drive
SuperDrive 8x (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Apple Wired Keyboard & Mighty Mouse Kits
Mac OS X - U.S. English
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo
Intel GMA 950 graphics
Accessory kit
Price: $1327
17" iMac with:
1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512
Keyboard & Mighty Mouse + Mac OS X - U.S. English
160GB Serial ATA hard drive
Intel GMA 950 graphics with 64MB of shared memory
24x Combo Drive (DVD-ROM, CD-RW)
17-inch widescreen LCD
AirPort Extreme
Price: $1,189
Or upgrage the iMac slightly:
2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512
160GB Serial ATA drive
SuperDrive 8X (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Keyboard & Mighty Mouse + Mac OS X - U.S. English
ATI Radeon X1600 128MB SDRAM
17-inch widescreen LCD
AirPort Extreme
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
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eviltobz 2,609 posts
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Registered 9 years agobut why why why do they keep boosting the brightness and shouting about it like it's a good thing? my 23" cinema hd lives with brightness turned down as far as it'll go and it's still brighter than i'd like it. bright displays ftul
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WOPR wrote:
sure is, had a quick go on a friends a couple of days ago (was making sure it could play WCIII) but was waiting for this price dropPirotic wrote:
Your first Mac?
just ordered the lower end mac mini with the 1gb of ram, works out £150 cheaper than last time I priced it up (when it was the high end). Looks like ram upgrade prices have dropped across the board too, didn't expect that. so i'm a happy bunny. -
blizeH wrote:
Here we go again. You can't wait for these threads can you blizeH?
$1,999.00 for a fairly large monitor and a system with incredibly mediocre specs?! O_o -
Gl3n 4,931 posts
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Registered 8 years agoLet us know how that mini turns out pirotic, i've been thinking about getting one as a backup system.. but can't really justify two intel macs -
eviltobz 2,609 posts
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phew, i'm glad to see that other people agree with me on this. i thought mebe i was a bit odd.eviltobz wrote:
I know, if I turn up the brightness on my 5 year old TiBook it makes my eyes bleed. And new ones are a quadrillion percent brighter.
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TennesseeStiff 372 posts
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Registered 11 years agoApple is certainly getting more competitive of late .... or Dell is getting less so. Either way, it is fair to say things are generally improving.
However, note that the C2D in the iMac is NOT the C2D in the Dell. Dell, uses desktop parts in ... you know .... desktop machines. The C2Ds in the Dell are the 1066 MHz FSB ones and can get to higher Hz, whereas the iMac have the slower and more expensive mobile parts. This goes for the GPUs also which are mobile versions and run at lower Hz than the equivalent desktop parts.
This happens often with Apple where form will often overrule function. What would add more value to the iMac - a machine which is as small as possible or one which is faster and cheaper? In a laptop, size and weight are very important but is the iMac, a desktop machine, better because it is a few inches smaller than it would be if it used desktop parts?
It is the same with the mini. The mini could be faster and cheaper by using desktop components. It would still be smaller than the Shuttle machines which are more than small enough for most people's needs. Yet it is slower and more expensive in order to make it smaller than it needs to be. -
Gl3n 4,931 posts
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Registered 8 years agoReading lots of things tonight about a new Cube computer.. apple just filed a patent for it as well. Would explain the price drop on the Mac mini's? They must have big news if they brought out the 24" imac just before the 12th's conferance.
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Registered 8 years agoPirotic wrote:
I was a little miffed when I saw the new minis; I've just bought one myself (the 1.66 core duo, when it was the high end machine); I wouldn't have cared if it was just a boost in spec for the same price, but I could have saved £150, which would have been more than enough to buy a DVD burner to arrive at the same machine.
just ordered the lower end mac mini with the 1gb of ram, works out £150 cheaper than last time I priced it up (when it was the high end). Looks like ram upgrade prices have dropped across the board too, didn't expect that.
Not that I'm particularly unhappy about it; the mini is a wonderful machine, the only thing it's slow for is encoding DVDs (took it 6 hours to do a 2 hour movie, thankfully it's not something I do often). -
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Registered 9 years agoTennesseeStiff wrote:
Yep, but would the mini still be virtually silent? The use of laptop parts means that less cooling is required iirc??
It is the same with the mini. The mini could be faster and cheaper by using desktop components. It would still be smaller than the Shuttle machines which are more than small enough for most people's needs. Yet it is slower and more expensive in order to make it smaller than it needs to be.
In terms of further comparisons with Dell and Apple, I'm working on setting up a couple of research centres at the moment. One of them using Dell small form desktops and one using the budget educational iMacs. The Dell machines are deceptive, as they have saved on space by having external power supplies (like the XBox 360), so you have a relatively small machine, but loads of cables (power supply, cablke keyboard, cabled mouse, and cables for connecting to the 17" display). They cost the same as the iMacs, but the research centre running the Apples looks a hell of alot slicker, far less cluttered, and has the advantage of running both OSX and, with Boot Camp, XP if necessary. -
Isn't that an unfair comparison? You are taking an AIO Mac and comparing it to a compact desktop .... wouldn't a more logical comparison be between the Mini and the Dell compact desktop? You'll note of course that they both have large external power bricks.
The noise issue would play out similarly. Is the Dell any more noisy than the Mini? Is the fact that the Mini is smaller than the small Dell much of an advantage? Is the higher price and lower performance you get from going so small worth the extra cost and smaller size?
Of course for me the answer might be yes .... but is because I want to run OSX .... the compromises made to achieve the form factor however are just a hindrance for most (not all) desktop applications. -
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