New Mac Products 7th August

ic1male · 8 Aug 2007 at 14:05

So what do they do with the previous white iMac? Do they flog it at a discounted price - I can't see anything on the Apple Store about previous models.

FirebarUK · 8 Aug 2007 at 14:08

Look in the clearance section. Due to the price drops on the new iMac's though, they aren't really worth it unless you REALLY want the better looks.

KennyBhoy · 8 Aug 2007 at 14:20

Nothing in their clearance section apart from Refurbs

lay-z-boy · 8 Aug 2007 at 14:26

kvfb97 said:
Yeah, latest version seems to be 10.4.10. There are A LOT of problems with it though, and very tricky to install. Thats why I'm going legally now and get an iMac

All the hardware I use is supported, you just have to use popular/same parts used in real macs. The only problem I have is i had to tweak rosetta to get apps such as office 2004 + adobe cs3 working and the boot.plist myself to fix a few things, apart from that runs faster than most macs

Still, can't wait for my mini

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 8 Aug 2007 at 14:46

So If I install it I am probably gonna have issues with

Abit AN832X
ATi X1800 XT 512
Creative Audigy 2 ZS
AMD 2x 4400+
OCZ 2 Gig RAM.

I wouldn't mind a fondle though.

Slogan · 8 Aug 2007 at 15:00

Fstop11 said:
I wouldn't mind a fondle though.

Surely there's an Apple store nearby?

Think you would have a much better and stress-free experience with a bit of a mess around on a Mac, in an Apple store.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 8 Aug 2007 at 15:01

I already own a Mac powerbook G4 but I wouldn't mind seeing it on my main rig.

Slogan · 8 Aug 2007 at 15:09

Fstop11 said:
I already own a Mac powerbook G4 but I wouldn't mind seeing it on my main rig.

Ah right.

Considered going down the route of running it on my main rig as well but from what I had read, it was a lot of bother. And I'm lazy.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 8 Aug 2007 at 15:14

If I wasn't so far off buying an iMac I would wait but fact Is that could be months away and I like the OS X system. I miss using it so much but Professional Photography and design demands me to require demanding performance so I am stuck with Vista.

AdWright · 8 Aug 2007 at 15:21

I don't post around here much any more, but have the admins slackened off on the moderation of illegal software discussion? All this banter about OSX86...

FreeStream · 8 Aug 2007 at 15:47

lay-z-boy said:
You expect 2 quads at 3ghz, ~3gb ram, hd2900 or quadro fx5600 (8800gtx) in a mac for around £2k?

hmmmm...... dream on?

X1900XT + 2Gb + 4x3ghz = £2k with Edu discount IIRC and no VAT.

I could infact get a X1900XTX mac Pro with 4gb with 4x3ghz for £1500 if I bought everything OEM and the base mac pro and flashed my XTX to the new card and sold the old stuff!

kvfb97 · 8 Aug 2007 at 16:43

How do you get education discount AND no vat?

And about OSX86, I don't really want to post anymore as it is illegal. If you search it through google theres an 'insane' forum which pretty much tells you what to do for pretty much every hardware situation.

FreeStream · 8 Aug 2007 at 16:46

kvfb97 said:
How do you get education discount AND no vat?

And about OSX86, I don't really want to post anymore as it is illegal. If you search it through google theres an 'insane' forum which pretty much tells you what to do for pretty much every hardware situation.

Business + education

I do business work on my computers, photography and video work.

kvfb97 · 8 Aug 2007 at 16:54

Concorde Rules said:
Business + education I do business work on my computers, photography and video work.

Never really though of that. Wonder could I try as I do some freelance work.. :rolleyes:

Caged · 8 Aug 2007 at 17:24

Concorde Rules said:
If im spending £2k on a computer, I want the best!

Why do you feel Apple need to give you a load more for your money? The Xeons are expensive chips - I just specced up a Dell Precision with the same specs as the 'standard' Mac Pro (Dual 2.66 Xeon, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD) and it came to almost £2400.

You really aren't being hard done by here.

FreeStream · 8 Aug 2007 at 17:29

Caged said:
Why do you feel Apple need to give you a load more for your money? The Xeons are expensive chips - I just specced up a Dell Precision with the same specs as the 'standard' Mac Pro (Dual 2.66 Xeon, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD) and it came to almost £2400.

You really aren't being hard done by here.

Errr, look at the Conroes, they work in the Mac Pro, they are £240 IIRC from OcUK....

Im comparing Mac Pro Vs. Something I can build myself, and at the moment I can build something better for less :/

Edit: Oh look 3ghz dual core for £180 each!

Caged · 8 Aug 2007 at 18:05

So you want Apple to build you a Mac Pro with Conroes in and sell it to you for cheap? How would that ever have been one of the Mac Pro "upgrades"? You start off by saying you're after price drops / spec bumps, then go on to say that you won't buy a Mac Pro because you could build a Conroe machine with the same CPU clock for less money. If that's your reason for not buying a Mac Pro then you're never going to own one, because they're never going to have Core 2 CPUs in.

lay-z-boy · 8 Aug 2007 at 18:17

Concorde Rules said:
Errr, look at the Conroes, they work in the Mac Pro, they are £240 IIRC from OcUK....

Im comparing Mac Pro Vs. Something I can build myself, and at the moment I can build something better for less :/

Edit: Oh look 3ghz dual core for £180 each!

Correct me if i'm wrong but the mac pro uses lga 771 W/S cpu's. ocuk only stock single cpu desktop lga 775 cpus?

Then there is the massive premium of fb-dimm....

gumbald · 8 Aug 2007 at 18:22

Slightly off the above discussion...

The Apple dealer in Hull had the old keyboard on their site this morning, but it's now been replaced tonight. Here's hoping they've still got one in the store. I'd rather buy from there than the bay

kvfb97 · 8 Aug 2007 at 18:35

gumbald said:
Slightly off the above discussion...

The Apple dealer in Hull had the old keyboard on their site this morning, but it's now been replaced tonight. Here's hoping they've still got one in the store. I'd rather buy from there than the bay

nearly posted the link by accident, but theres another shop online which has the same name as a big forest in brazil (i think) and they have the apple keyboard there! the old one! and its in stock...