New Mac Products 7th August

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"...this is going to be a press gathering for Mac products..."

Sounds good. Most likely the new iMacs which I'm looking foward to. If they manage to shoehorn a Q6600 into the new case design I think Ill grab one right away. :) (wishful/hopeful thinking)
 
A Quad in an iMac would be brilliant. But if I take my head out of the clouds, I can realistically see a new case and a minor bump in specs to MacBook Pro levels.

We'll see. :)
 
I think if they don't update it now, it'll be discontinued. Which is a shame because its a really nice little machine and I've been waiting for them to stick a Core 2 in there.

Maybe they'll merge it with the AppleTV and call it a Media Centre.
 
Ender said:
well if you want the mini's cpu is socketed, you can replace the chip with a core 2 memron, theres a few guides on the internet.
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Aye I know, I check thebay occasionally for a second hand mini. I wouldn't buy a brand new one to experiment on. :D
 
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Ender said:
on a side note , are the imac cpu's socketed ?
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iirc, I think they are but its not a popular upgrade path as apparently the case is a right royal pain in the ass to get open. At least the original intel one was (I'm assuming you mean an Intel iMac) :)

gumbald said:
So you think that if they don't update the Mini on the 7th, that'll be the end of it? I'm in the market for one...
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Thats just my speculation. They just seem to have been neglected for a while. We all know its thermally possible to put a Core 2 in the box and yet the Minis are still Core Duos. I just think if they don't upgrade it now they never will.
 
If the iMac doesn't get updated the Mac zealots will raise Bloody Hell I should think.

I've not heard anything about the MacBook but if they do it'll only be a minor "Santa Rosa" bump in specs. An increased fsb and maybe a new graphics chipset. Nothing to write home about. Probably to cash in on the "Back to School" segment.

And then once everyone who simply cant resist buys these new Macs with Tiger, they'll bring out Leopard and sell you that too. :D
 
Hmm, if I was in the market for a new computer then these iMacs are really nice. As it stands though, they don't inspire me to replace my current iMac (see sig). :( Never mind.

Nice to see they have updated the Minis though. Brilliant. :D
 
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