New Apple iMac and 15" Macbook Pro - Yonah Core Duo

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Lifer
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Holy crap. Nice.

iMac Yonah Core Duo with Radeon X1600.

15.4" Macbook Pro Yonah Core Duo

OS X 10.4.4 is also Intel native, as are iWork and iLife. The pro apps will be coming in March for Intel.

I guess I will be upgrading my iMac coming summer. :) I was hoping for a 23" incher though. :p
 
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Is the price on the new Imac still going to start at $1299?

And what about Front Row 2.0?
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: mshan
Is the price on the new Imac still going to start at $1299?

And what about Front Row 2.0?
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15" Macbook Pro (Ships February, but taking orders today.)
$1999: 1.66 GHz Core Duo, 667 MHz FSB, 512 MB, 80gb SATA, 4X Superdrive, Radeon X1600. iSight included.
$2499: 1.83 GHz Core Duo, 667 MHz FSB, 1 GB, 100gb SATA, 4X SuperDrive, Radeon X1600. iSight included.

iMac (Shipping today, but I don't know pricing.)
17": 1.83 GHz Core Duo
20": 2.0 GHz Core Duo

Front Row is included.

The pricing should be up at the Apple Store soon.
 
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Lifer
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iMac

17-inch widescreen LCD with 1440x900 resolution
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 cache
512MB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
160GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load 8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon X1600 graphics with 128MB GDDR3 memory
Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
$1299

20-inch widescreen LCD with 1680x1050 resolution
2.0GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 cache
512MB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
250GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load 8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon X1600 graphics with 128MB GDDR3 memory
Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
$1699

Macbook Pro

15.4-inch TFT display with 1440x900 resolution
1.67GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 Cache
667MHz frontside bus
512MB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
80GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory
$1999

15.4-inch TFT display with 1440x900 resolution
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 Cache
667MHz frontside bus
1GB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
100GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory
$2499
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: jdogg707
I wonder about battery life, it's got to be better than before.
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Tech specs

60-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery (with integrated charge indicator LEDs) (1)
1. Battery life depends on configuration and use.
 
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batmanuel

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I guess we better make sure we confiscate any sharp objects from anyone who just bought a Powerbook or iMac over Christmas. We probably better get their shoe laces, too.
 
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ViRGE

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Originally posted by: Eug
Holy crap. Nice.

iMac Yonah Core Duo with Radeon X1600.

15.4" Macbook Pro Yonah Core Duo

OS X 10.4.4 is also Intel native, as are iWork and iLife. The pro apps will be coming in March for Intel.

I guess I will be upgrading my iMac coming summer. :) I was hoping for a 23" incher though. :p
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I like the new PowerBook with regards to the tech, but I'm not so fond of the name. I mean seriously, MacBook? And where are the 12" and 17" versions; I don't need something as big as a 15", 12" is fine.
 
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ViRGE

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Originally posted by: toekramp
Originally posted by: killershroom1985
Originally posted by: toekramp
no pcmcia???
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and I guess their big push to 64 bit computing has stopped as well...
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and no Firewire 800
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Eh, the lack of Firewire 800 is no big deal, it wasn't heavily used anyhow. Firewire 400 is fine for a laptop, IMHO. As for PCMCIA, there's a new PCI-Express based slot, a ExpressCard/34 slot, the sucessor to PCMCIA.
 
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ViRGE

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Originally posted by: killershroom1985
No s-video out port either...
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Well few of the PowerBook G4's have ever had S-Video out, that was usually done via a dongle. However, you're right in that they aren't including a S-Video dongle with the PowerBook, which is odd.
 
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I'm in love (with the MacBook), and although I'd sell my left testicle to get one, I'd give both if it had the following: faster processor (>2Ghz), higher res (at least 1600x1200), Firewire 800, guaranteed to dual-boot Windows, and ability to burn dual layer DVD (can only read DL).
 
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Lifer
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Firewire 800 can be installed with an ExpressCard adapter.
S-video will be with the DVI out adapter.

New Macs use EFI which probably means Windows XP will NOT run on them.

I will wait for a 13" laptop, Core Solo or Core Duo. I'd prefer not to buy a Celeron M iBook, but even that would do if it's cheap.

P.S. The X1600 supports H.264 acceleration.
 
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Originally posted by: Eug
Firewire 800 can be installed with an ExpressCard adapter.
S-video will be with the DVI out adapter.
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So in addition to the $2000, you have to spend more money on an express card and adapter...
 
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ViRGE

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Originally posted by: Eug
Firewire 800 can be installed with an ExpressCard adapter.
S-video will be with the DVI out adapter.

New Macs use EFI which probably means Windows XP will NOT run on them.

I will wait for a 13" laptop, Core Solo or Core Duo. I'd prefer not to buy a Celeron M iBook, but even that would do if it's cheap.

P.S. The X1600 supports H.264 acceleration.
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That's the thing, they're not including the adapter with the laptop, which is odd, at $20 it should be included. As for EFI, I don't know enough to say for sure if I agree with you or not. I'd imagine it's possible that if there's a problem, a bootloader could be written that would be able to get Windows to work.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: killershroom1985
Originally posted by: Eug
Firewire 800 can be installed with an ExpressCard adapter.
S-video will be with the DVI out adapter.
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So in addition to the $2000, you have to spend more money on an express card and adapter...
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Well, the DVI adapter is cheap, and I don't know anyone who actually uses Firewire 800, so I'm not surprised it's gone.

The good news is the new EFI Macs still support Firewire booting. They don't support USB 2.0 booting though, despite the fact that Intel Mac developer boxes did.

So now we have Microsoft on PowerPC (Xbox 360), and Apple on Intel. The end is near...
 
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miniMUNCH

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The new Macbooks run windows just fine...EFI will not limit the installation or booting of linux or windows.
 
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