The New iMac (real, with a photo!)

[loup garou]

I like it. Then again, I like most of Apple's designs, excluding the old iMac and the old iBook.

I'd just be worried about tipping it over. I hope that the base is heavier than it looks...although it should be pretty heavy considering it contains all the components.

 

[hoihtah]

i guess ATOT is filled with Mac-un-avocates.
i always thought very highly of macs.
the only downfall , i thought was its price.

if they would just cut their prices by 25-35%... that would make their products lot more 'attractive'.

 

[Gameboy999]

i seriously think it looks cool, but in areas other than cosmetics- macs usually suck.

 

[jhu]

i like it. i'd get one if i made lots of money.

 

[DVeditor2k2]

<< Jobs wanted the new IMac to be "true to itself" and to look like a "sunflower". It's
Jobs' philosophy that "less is way more"(lol!). However nothing is as telling about this
new super Mac machine as a six page article that dedicates 4 pages to the design, 2
pages to Jobs and absolutely nothing about the system specs. What processor
does it use? How much RAM does it have? Will it still use the "revolutionary" Rage 128
card? I guess if you cared about any of those questions, you'd probably wouldn't look
at a Mac in the first place. >>



All of the new iMacs are running w/G4 procs, have 15" flat screens, 2 Firewire and 5 USB ports and GeForce 2mx cards. The top of the line iMacs are running the 800mhz G4 with 256megs RAM (upgradable to a gig), 60gig HD, and SuperDrive (CD-RW + DVD-R). Not bad for it's target audience. Personally, I'd probably recommend this to any of my friends who never crack their case and "upgrade" by buying a whole new system. Just looking at the pix, I'm still trying to figure out how they fit everything into that "dome" case.


DV

 

[hoihtah]

for those of you... that wanted to find out about the spec...

they now have this up on the web.www.apple.com

Technical Specifications

Processor and memory
700- or 800-MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine

256K on-chip level 2 cache at full processor speed

100MHz system bus

128MB or 256MB of SDRAM expandable to 1GB; one factory installed 168-pin DIMM and one open user-accessible SO-DIMM slot


Storage
40GB or 60GB Ultra ATA hard disk drive (1)

One of the following optical drives:
? CD-RW drive (writes CD-R discs at 24x speed, writes CD-RW discs at 10x speed, reads CDs at 32x speed)

? DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo drive (reads DVDs at 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at 12x speed, writes CD-RW discs at 8x speed, reads CDs at 32x speed)

? SuperDrive (combination DVD-R/CD-RW drive; writes DVD-R discs at 2x speed, reads DVDs at 6x speed, writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at 8x speed, reads CDs at 24x speed,)


Support for external FireWire and USB storage devices


Display
Built-in 15-inch (viewable) TFT active-matrix liquid crystal display

Millions of colors at 1024-by-768-pixel resolution

Typical viewing angle: 120 degrees horizontal; 90 degrees vertical

Typical brightness: 200 candela per meter squared

Typical contrast ratio: 300:1





Graphics support
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics processor with AGP 2X support

32MB of dedicated Double Data Rate (DDR) video memory

Three flicker-free screen resolutions: 640 by 480 pixels, 800 by 600 pixels, and 1024 by 768 pixels (optimum resolution)

24-bit true color at all resolutions for displaying millions of colors


Communications
Built-in 56K V.90 fax modem (RJ-11 connector)(4)

Built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)

Built-in antennas and card slot for optional 11-Mbps AirPort Card; IEEE 802.11b compliant (5)


Audio
Built-in speaker
Apple Pro Speakers (9 watts each) (3)

Internal 18-watt digital amplifier

Apple speaker minijack for connection to Apple Pro Speakers

Headphone jack

Built-in microphone for speech recognition and audio recording

Support for external USB audio devices


Video
Mini-VGA output port (requires VGA display adapter)

Support for video mirroring: external devices display an image identical to that shown on the built-in display

Output resolutions: 640 by 480 pixels at 60 Hz, 800 by 600 pixels at 75Hz, and 1024 by 768 pixels at 75Hz





Keyboard and mouse
Apple Pro Keyboard with 15 function keys, 4 arrow keys (inverted ?T? arrangement), audio controls, and media-eject key; two built-in USB 1.1 ports; two-position tilt

Apple Pro Mouse with optical sensor for precise cursor control


Peripheral connections
Two 400-Mbps FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports (6); 8 watts shared

Three USB 1.1 ports (shared on two 12-Mbps controllers); two USB 1.1 ports on keyboard

Support for FireWire target disk mode for high-speed transfer of files between two computers

Electrical requirements and agency approvals
Line voltage: 90V to 264V AC

Frequency: 47 to 63 Hz, single phase

Maximum continuous power: 130W

Meets ENERGY STAR requirements


Environmental requirements
Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)

Storage temperature: -40° to 185° F (-40° to 85° C)

Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing

Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet


Size and weight
Height: 12.95 inches (32.9 cm) minimum; 20.0 inches (50.9 cm) maximum

Width: 15.1 inches (38.3 cm) minimum; 16.3 inches (41.5 cm) maximum

Depth: 10.6 inches (27.0 cm) minimum; 16.3 inches (41.5 cm) maximum

Diameter of base: 10.6 inches (27.0 cm)
Weight: 21.3 pounds (9.7 kg) (7)

 

[Adul]

I for have to say it is tempting to buy a imac witha super drive.

 

[beekman]

its a hat
http://sakots.pekori.jp/imgboard/imgs/img20020107162803.jpg

(stolen from /.)

 

[CStroman]

I dislike small systems. I like to have a large system that takes up an entire desk, or even a room. Small, compact things don't seem as useful.

 

[Carrot44]

Just remember that the Grass is always Greener over the Septic Tank

 

[LakerGod]

Where can I download the full keynote in high quality?

 

[Qacer]

The guy on CNN said: "Apple released a new virgin ... ahem.. version of their iMac series."

Hehe. Pretty sweet looking machine. I'd rather have that than my bulky tower.

 

[Nefrodite]

thats a lot of usb/firewiire

 

[IcemanJer]

It's..... cute.....

betcha girls would dig it majorly tho.

 

[SWScorch]

I dont like it, but it sounds like agood idea; this computer (ahem) was not meant to be a speed demon gaming power computer, but rather a device to simplify our lives; it was made to do ordinary family stuff like download digital images and surf the web without being horribly complicated. As long as you keep that in mind and stop looking at it from a power PC user point of view, its actually not so bad.

BTW check this out ironic or what?

 

[Jen]

ewwwwwwwwww grosss



Jen

 

[randomlinh]

as much as i like nice compact things... this is not one of them. I *do* like the push for more lcds into the common household... DRIVE THEM PRICES DOWN PLEASE!!! heheh... i want a 17" lcd very badly..

 

[ultimatebob]

Of course, now that the product has been "offically" released, you can read all the system specs on Apple's web site. Personally, I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't release any new systems with a 1Ghz+ "G5" processor, as the 800Mhz G4 is starting to look pretty slow compared to a 2Ghz+ Pentium 4 systems.

 

[extro]

"Apple's secret, which doubtless comes from Jobs' early flirtation with Zen Buddhism, is knowing what to leave out, understanding that in the complex world of computers, less is way more."


Yeah Steve, give 'em less and charge 'em more!

I think this thing was designed by someone who flirted with too much LSD and bad, 60's sci-fi movies.

 

[MustPost]

awsome lamp, but you might want to replace the LCD screan with something that has a higher light output.

 

[Nefrodite]

Yeah Steve, give 'em less and charge 'em more!

well not if you've seen their recent prices, their laptops are rather cheap.

 

[theplanb]

shame it's a mac.. that's allI can tell..