04-14-2005, 03:19 PM

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0504macs.html

Just giving a heads up to those that don't check thinksecret.

iMac and eMac get better video cards, speed increases all around.

04-14-2005, 03:31 PM

NOOOO!!!!!! My iMac G5 will now be outdated!!! Is there a way to upgrade my videocard?

04-14-2005, 03:38 PM

Nope.. Unfortunatly, the videocard in the iMac isnt actually a card. It's onboard. Meaning its soldered onto the mother board.

04-14-2005, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by shaun89

Nope.. Unfortunatly, the videocard in the iMac isnt actually a card. It's onboard. Meaning its soldered onto the mother board.

And that is why no matter how good of a value the iMac is/will be, I will spend more $$ on the PM so I wouldn't be locked into something that can be upgraded on any other computer in 10 minutes

04-14-2005, 05:18 PM

For the price I paid for my iMac and the footprint it takes up.. Ill just buy another when it comes to that time

04-14-2005, 08:39 PM

i am glad to hear that the powermac upgrades arent that significant... i just got mine 3 weeks ago, i was worried they were going to like start at 2.5 and go up to 3.5 or something. oh well

04-14-2005, 09:08 PM

weird..i thought the eMac line was over

04-14-2005, 10:05 PM

I've tried to tell peeps for ages now that they would continue the eMac line...the mini doesn't replace it...there's no built-in monitor.

04-14-2005, 10:08 PM

does anyone else think that the 64mb radeon 9600 thats going into the new emac will probably go into an updated ibook? :miner:

04-14-2005, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by BigBear

does anyone else think that the 64mb radeon 9600 thats going into the new emac will probably go into an updated ibook? :miner:

I hope it does, it would be nice if all of their computers could support Core Image.

04-14-2005, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by xthisisRomancex

weird..i thought the eMac line was over

I thought it had started to fade out as well. It seems like, lately, there have been a few more emac users joining us here. I'm glad to see it's still popular. I think they (apple) sell the imac so hard, that people forget about the emac. More power to those who buy it, and i hope they enjoy it.

04-15-2005, 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by mcsenerd

I've tried to tell peeps for ages now that they would continue the eMac line...the mini doesn't replace it...there's no built-in monitor.

i knew the mini wasnt gonna replace the eMac.. It just seems that the better choice would be the imac if u are looking for an all-in-one

04-15-2005, 04:54 AM

.... Cool!

... This would mean that the current iMac G5's will go down in price???

Correct??


Ill probably buy a used one.... I was thinking of getting a new powermac but maybe just a used iMac and new Powerbook, that'd be cool.

... For all I do anyway I doubt it would make a big difference.

I'd be mainly using Macromedia Director MX
Flash MX
Photoshop

Surfing the net

Microsoft office.

Who will benefit most from these new upgrades? :headphone

04-15-2005, 07:01 AM

I think Apple would be silly NOT to upgrade ALL systems to support all features of Tiger - Core Image included.
It's likely the iBook will get an upgraded video card, but then again there are factors that I don't know about, like would cooling be a probblem on a more powerful graphics card?

04-15-2005, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by iRock

.... Cool!

... This would mean that the current iMac G5's will go down in price???

Correct??

They'll probably stop selling the current ones, they will probably put them on sale to get rid of what they have in inventory.