The new iMac G5

[Lew]

http://www.apple.com/uk/imac

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• Available in 1.6GHz 17", 1.8GHz 17" and 1.8GHz 20" models
• Up to 2GB RAM
• Combo drive on 1.6GHz model
• Superdrive on 1.8GHz models
• VGA, S-Video and composite outputs

UK pricing not yet known as the Apple Store page is currently being updated.

I WANT ONE!!!!

frankly i think the new design is a joke, its big and ugly not at all apple. The bottom of the screen is horrid, makes you want to be sick! look how big the white space is! Then theres the thick backing, the only good thing is that you can mount it on a wall so you could have a wireless display set up with the computer on the walll!

[MadGamer]

Originally Posted by Damien

frankly i think the new design is a joke, its big and ugly not at all apple. The bottom of the screen is horrid, makes you want to be sick! look how big the white space is! Then theres the thick backing, the only good thing is that you can mount it on a wall so you could have a wireless display set up with the computer on the walll!

Makes you want to be

[Richard M]

It's pretty incredible when you think about it, although they probably used laptop technology to make the thing.
Forget about upgrades if you buy one though.

[Lew]

Originally Posted by Richard M

Forget about upgrades if you buy one though.

How is that different to any previous iMac?

Originally Posted by Damien

frankly i think the new design is a joke, its big and ugly not at all apple. The bottom of the screen is horrid, makes you want to be sick! look how big the white space is! Then theres the thick backing, the only good thing is that you can mount it on a wall so you could have a wireless display set up with the computer on the walll!

Thus spake a committed Mac hater. If the worst you can say about it is there's lots of white space on the front, then I'd say it's a pretty good machine altogether.

Originally Posted by Richard M

It's pretty incredible when you think about it, although they probably used laptop technology to make the thing.
Forget about upgrades if you buy one though.

I bought an 'original' iMac five years ago. I've upgraded the memory twice without any problems. I've considered expandnig my available HDD space but kept putting it off - if I needed to, I would have to buy an external model, but that's no big problem for me.

The original iMac had ethernet, firewire and USB built in at a time when a great many PCs were lumbered with serial and parallel ports and a modem if you were lucky. It avoided the need for upgrading by being cutting edge.

The majority of PC users don't want to geek around inside their case and add new cards, drives and whatever. They just want something that they can plug in, will work straight away and will keep working. That's what the iMac is designed to do, and that's what it does. Speaking as someone who has one, I can say it does it very well indeed.

We're thinking of buying a new one next year, by which time I think my indigo classic iMac will have more than represented value for money. I know exactly what I'm going to be replacing it with.

Originally Posted by Mimizuku no Lew

http://www.apple.com/uk/imac



UK pricing not yet known as the Apple Store page is currently being updated.

I WANT ONE!!!!

Basic starts at £919 , top model starts at £1,349, but probably costs more like £1,650 once you add bigger HDD, bluetooth, wireless networking etc.

All told, not bad for a 64-bit 1.6Ghz or 1.8Ghz machine.

Originally Posted by Chris T

Thus spake a committed Mac hater. If the worst you can say about it is there's lots of white space on the front, then I'd say it's a pretty good machine altogether.

Hey! I use a powerbook, i am not a mac hater. I like macs but i that doesnt mean i have to praise apple for every product they produce. I was saying i do not like the new design of the imac because of the amount of white space at the bottom and how thick it is, i think the G4 design was better.

The only way i would like the look of the new imac is if it was mounted on the wall with a wireless set up but on a desk the montior is huge compared to other apple displays

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Chris T

Basic starts at £919 , top model starts at £1,349, but probably costs more like £1,650 once you add bigger HDD, bluetooth, wireless networking etc.

All told, not bad for a 64-bit 1.6Ghz or 1.8Ghz machine.

Personally, if I had £1,650 to spend on a PC, I wouldn't waste it on a bit of junk like that, you get much more for your money with a 64bit based PC.

[MadGamer]

Originally Posted by Bifta

Personally, if I had £1,650 to spend on a PC, I wouldn't waste it on a bit of junk like that, you get much more for your money with a 64bit based PC.

Cant argue there

on other pcs you cant put a screen on the wall that is completely wireless. Internet, mouse, keyboard, computer in screen! alll wirless

Also the power may be slower buts macs are diffrenet they are more about design, reliable, and easy to use. They do everything PCs can do and also contain a lot of things bulit in, (bluetooth, wireless in bulit, etc etc) they are diffrenet so comparing them to a normal pc is stupid.

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Damien

on other pcs you cant put a screen on the wall that is completely wireless. Internet, mouse, keyboard, computer in screen! alll wirless

Also the power may be slower buts macs are diffrenet they are more about design, reliable, and easy to use. They do everything PCs can do and also contain a lot of things bulit in, (bluetooth, wireless in bulit, etc etc) they are diffrenet so comparing them to a normal pc is stupid.

I don't think the ability to mount something on a wall would be a selling point for me, neither would it being what looks like almost legacy free. As for things like bluetooth and wireless, you can add them to a PC for next to nothing, as I recall, it cost me £2.50 to add a bluetooth dongle to my machine.

[dilli-theclaw]

I'd like to play with a mac for the day to see what all the fuss is about...

My missus would love a mac - but purely because of the way they look.

Originally Posted by Bifta

I don't think the ability to mount something on a wall would be a selling point for me, neither would it being what looks like almost legacy free. As for things like bluetooth and wireless, you can add them to a PC for next to nothing, as I recall, it cost me £2.50 to add a bluetooth dongle to my machine.

Again theres more to mac than that, theres the use, the style and the OS all these things you dont get on a pc. Using a mac REALLY does feel diffrenet

[keithwalton]

i quite like it, though its lost the funky swivel of the old imac it is darn small.
I am supprised they've managed to squeeze the toast'y g5 in there, that must have some special cooling, that or its an equivelent mobile chip (ppc970 aka g5 is very very similar to the amd a64)
For those saying its hughe, huh ? the entire machine is in that screen yes its twice the thickness of a normal screen but think about, they've got the entire computer in thickness of an lcd space. The cd/dvd draw alone will require that sort of space alone.

Its a traditional thing for an imac to be an all in one unit, put this up against an orignal imac (crt) and it'll look miniscule.

I would be worried about it clogging up with dust and overheating as the old g4 imac filled up with the stuff and had some issues, and the workstation g5 has overheating problems as it is even with its extravegent cooling system