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iMacs Freshened with 2.0 GHz G5, Bluetooth, WiFi
amichalo writes "Apple has updated the popular consumer level Mac, the iMac G5.
So better support the now standard Mac OS X Tiger, Apple has made significant improvements to all standard configurations including 512MB RAM, Radeon 9600 128MB graphics, and on 2.0 GHz models (17" and 20"), a slot-loading dual-layer 8x SuperDrive is standard. The 1.8 GHz 17" model includes a slot-loading Combo Drive.
Also standard are Apple's AirPort Extreme 802.11g WiFi and Bluetooth. Pricing remains at $1300, $1500, and $1800 respectively for 1.8 GHz 17", 2.0 GHz 17", and 2.0 GHz 20", though 2.0 GHz models include additional upgraded features.
These improvements are significant as this line has not seen a refresh in about a year and the upgrade to a Radeon 9600 graphics card will allow the new iMac to take better advantage of Tiger features such as Core Image, which is significant because the video card cannot be upgraded. Lastly, Apple is continuing the interactive chat and QuickTime support program for the iMac G5."
Must be Slashvertisement Day ..
It's not a lie. It's the truth with lossy compression.
Does it have that puzzle game with the apple logo? Best game on the mac.
my AdBlock doesn't seem to be working correctly. I still see ads on Slashdot.
Any tips or regexps I can use?
Freshend - is that like Freshmeat for your backend? Uh, wait, on second thought... that's really naughty...
In Soviet Rush, today's Tom Sawyer gets high on you.
"So better support the now standard OS X Tiger,..."
Or else!!
No no no. It's FreshenD a new daemon that works in conjunction with LaunchD to add a fresh pine scent. It is used in conjunction with the new iSmell software/hardware introduced in the latest iMac.
Whell, I gess litteracie be over-reighted, these dayz. Who needz, it, huh? Seeing others miss-uze the langwidge, like me do, haz brightend up my day!
Mods: it's a joke. Phil Schiller is Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. Sad that I had to explain that to (hopefully) avoid being modded "Flamebait"
Why is it that when someone (rightfully) comments on the level of English employed here, people will moderate them down? Isn't correct language usage important? More proof that 90% of /. moderators are ignorant, humourless wankers.
because you are cheap?
Make a better double-sized Mac Mini now!
2GHz PowerPC G5
667MHz frontside bus
512K L2 cache
512MB DDR400 SDRAM
160GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load 8x SuperDrive (double-layer)
ATI Radeon 9600
128MB DDR video memory
56K internal modem
Sam
Mod points are not given to anyone who has ever posted a +5 Funny comment or otherwise made anyone laugh. Only those with absolutely no sense of humor are allowed to moderate comments, around here. (And when I get mod points, it's always when I'm hungry, grumpy, or otherwise unwilling or unable to find anything funny.)
Or to pass those tiny M$ Word files to someone else on the network.
hahahahaha
Mods: it's a joke. Montreal is a city in Canada. Sad that I had to explain that to (hopefully) avoid being modded "Flamebait".
My child, it is a pleasure to lend you some of my wisdom
Wow, that's amazing! You must be extraordinarily sharp of wit to craft such a clever post, not to mention generous for sharing with those of us who never would've thought to compare prices between Macs and PCs.
Now, if you'd be so kind as to let me know how well the Athlon will run my OS X software, you'll earn all the karma you deserve.
for making Apple employees look like a bunch of assholes.
Do the new models ship with turtle-shell rimmed glasses and pompous hipster attitude? The other models only came with mildly revolutionary bumper stickers so my level of Mac-induced techno-pretense is at a minimal level. =(
Hey, how's the Tiger upgrade work out on your 3.6 GHz machine? Snappier? 64-bit support working for you?
Dude! You're getting your ass handed to you here. Bail out and change your username. "Comet69" is now the laughing stock amongst anyone with more than one brain cell. Not that "comet69" wasn't a idiotic name in the first place. Ooooo! You have "69" in you name! Wow! That is so BOLD and CLEVER! Heh heh heh... sex and stuff, Beavis!
So stop fucking them.
But seriously, ever think people are tired of ignorant little trolls with the communication skills of stillborn fetuses? How old are you? 12?
Actually, Windows XP runs fine on my Mac.
1000 sockets? Weak. I got 65,536 sockets free with my computer.
Now I want lunch, and it's only 8:49am. Goddamn it. :P
Oh, how bourgeois! This is an Apple Macintosh! The FreshenD feature would never be used to exude a smell of something so crass as pine! Macintosh users expect and demand more, and the FreshenD daemon delivers--a light, ethereal scent with notes of jasmine and citrus, evoking memories of a mountain lake after a spring rainfall.
Maybe you're thinking of Microsoft's SmellMe feature (which is rumored to be included with Longhorn). It's a shame--they throw all this money at this cool new feature, but it winds up smelling like a freshly cleaned toilet.
Your mind is squeezed by a blast of pain!
It's a German present participle, which means "to make fresh or cause to be in a state of freshness." In other words, "das freshende iMac" means "iMac: the freshmaker!"
Shop as usual. And avoid panic buying.
While I personally would never recommend it, a straightened paper clip stuck into every available hole and wiggled usually does the trick. I used to sell them for $19.95 at my old office in a package that said "Computer Upgrade Kit." Sales were low - never got the &*^%$ patent on it!
Ahem, I think this may help...
...but if your wife asks, you could always say that you thought it was the cable you needed for gigabit Ethernet.
Or just get a good pair of running shoes.
"She's furniture with a pulse"
Quite. There's no way anyone so arrogant, pretentious, and smugly superior could possibly work for a company known for its relaxed, you're ok and I'm ok and that's all gooood, attitude like Apple.