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17" and 19" inch iMacs Coming in 3Q
ikioi writes "It looks like Apple will have 17" and 19" flat panel iMacs later this year."
It's funny- the publicity photos of the 15 inch macs really make it look a lot
nicer then it is. I finally saw one up close a few weeks ago- the arm and screen
is super smooth, but the base looks like a cheap toy. That said, larger screens
for the iMac definitely push it into a new territory... not sure if it would
convince me to buy one, but it sure would add magic shell to the ice cream.
This may be extrapolating a bit much from one little tidbit, but whatever. I think Apple is setting themselves up to completely miss the price point for the market, after they came so, so close with the OG iMac.
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There is no way the 15" would tip over, and I doubt that the extra LCD and plastic needed to go to 17" or 19" would make much of a difference.
I'm working on one now, and there is no instability at all. That little base is actually fairly wide and low, and it has a power supply, hard drive, super drive, etc... inside to weigh it down. It weighs about 22lbs, and I move the screen about without any worries of it tipping.
Will it have a microphone? My girlfriend has a G4 Cube, and it doesn't have a microphone. I thought all Macs since like the Classic came with mics. She even got the Apple monitor that "goes with it" (the 17" CRT) and no mic. :( I consider a microphone essential.
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How utterly ironic that the Xserve has been much lauded for being very competivly priced. Perhaps you should have done a little bit more research before posting?
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Having a bad day?
I have to disagree. Mine looks the same as the day I pulled it out of the box. As long as you dust it off periodically like you would anything on your desk it'll look fine for years.
Hell, they give you a dusting cloth *with* it.
I'm actually kind of glad they're getting away from the clear-plastic look...it's starting to get dated. I guess I'm over the "oooh shiny!" stage.
-brain
control-eject will bring up the shutdown dialog, just hit return ;)
of course, this take care of powering up...
But who turns off their OSX machines anyway?
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Given how much secrecy Apple shrouds their product announcements in, the veracity of this story is either suspect or else Quanta Computer's tenure as the supplier of the flat panels is short-lived.
A few years ago someone from ATI leaked some details about an upcoming Apple product (like the day of or the day before the announcement) and ATI was immediately and severly slapped down by Apple.
You can very easily remap the control key to the caps lock key.
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"Our information thus far differs significantly from what this article offers up; we do believe that there will be a 17-inch widescreen display option either this summer or towards the end of the year -- but nothing larger, at least not yet...."