Comments on: Apple Revamps iMac, Mac Mini, iLife

By: franklin

franklin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:16:05 +0000

i want to know if the apple computer or desktops can burn dvd and i’m asking becuse i saw the images and did not say it

By: David Moore

David Moore — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:55:11 +0000

And next will be this:

http://www.appleresource.net/new-large-ipod-aluminium

By: Armen

Armen — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:48:53 +0000

Hi Paul,

When will iLife ‘08 start shipping with the MB and MBP?

By: J.P Cleary

J.P Cleary — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:39:26 +0000

Im going for the wireless keyboard Paul. The only time I use the number pad is when I do online banking, but Im sure I’ll get used to using the number keys along the top. Plus you still have all the multimedia keys like volume, screen brightness etc

By: Christoph

Christoph — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:32:41 +0000

I can’t help thinking that the lack of the numeric keypad on the wireless keyboard could somehow be a hint to some kind of Media Center Mac coming from Apple. Couldn’t that be?
That’s the only use where I wouldn’t miss a numeric keypad and where I think that this design would make sense.

By: Ian Halliday

Ian Halliday — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:16:11 +0000

I think it’s safe to say that this iMac refresh hasn’t gone down too well with some people, but if you think of the problem Apple has with the iMac, I don’t think they’ve done too bad.

When the All-in-one iMac G5 came out it was like the ultimate ‘wow, how can you better that?’ moment, and that’s their problem. Where do you go from the most logical design solution there is? Until there are such things as translucent displays on the mass market or something radical like that, there isn’t anything more you can really do with the iMac concept in my mind.

The Alu case is a nice touch, and the black details are growing on me. I’ve read elsewhere that the black bezel is born from a constraint with the way the glass is attached to the rest of the screen. I’ve been waiting for this iMac to come along before I made the switch to Mac, and I just hope that glossy screen is okay. Hopefully once calibrated and in a correctly lit environment the gloss shouldn’t be too much of a problem.

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:03:16 +0000

@David – the only keyboard with a number pad is the wired one, not the BlueTooth one.

By: David

David — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:01:24 +0000

ok so are they offering a wireless keyboard with number pad?. I suppose its intended for sofa surfing but what about large desks.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:54:58 +0000

Paul, I think you’re right on this one. The black accents are a terrible idea. The aluminum is nice and they should have just used that. I’m pretty sure the black accents will disappear in the future. The black distracts your eyes from items on the screen.

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By: Mifeng

Mifeng — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:48:54 +0000

Nice update! Coool

By: blauereiter

blauereiter — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:10:16 +0000

Nice update, but where’s the new Ipod Steve ?

By: MarkMS

MarkMS — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:00:20 +0000

I don’t know about you all, but the back of this iMac is nothing but disgusting. All the black accent will definitely keep me from upgrading my 20″ C2D. Not that I needed an upgrade, but I was hoping for an all aluminum casing.

As for the keyboard, I need to see it and try it out before I think about purchasing it.

By: Ash Haque

Ash Haque — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:37:40 +0000

Some very slick new updates, but I dunno, I am just not feeling the whole black borders

By: Blake Brannon

Blake Brannon — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:36:11 +0000

Apple also updated their Pro computers with optional PCI Express RAID Cards.

By: Blake Brannon

Blake Brannon — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:34:50 +0000

I thought the updates to iPhoto and iMovie were impressive. The reset of the iLife suite was a disappointment to me. The iWork updates also look nice but I will have to use the software before I really make a good comment about them.

The iMac seems like a nice update but like Mike, I will need to see one in the store to fully decide. I was really hoping for a LCD MacBook.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:16:10 +0000

Paul,

I agree with you…I’m not sold on the black accents. I need to go in to the Apple Store and see/play with it in person before making any judgments. My G4 is aging, so a few minor aesthetic issues probably won’t keep me from upgrading in the next few months.

I think this pic says it all:

http://techdumpster.com/macvsdell.jpg

By: Andrew Swihart

Andrew Swihart — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:12:34 +0000

Yawn, this is really boring even compared to some of the lackluster Mac announcements. I’m still saving my pennies for a MacBook Pro, and I wish they’d fix its extreme heat issues in the meantime.

By: Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:49:54 +0000

@ Paul: My wife has a 20″ iMac and i can’t see her out growing it – getting bored and wanting the newest yes, but as a ‘pro’ machine I would never go with an iMac – we agree :-)

@ Andreas: I can recommend that option, have had that set up here for a while now and I love it.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:46:00 +0000

I like the new keyboards, but until they make a wireless version of the full-size one, I’m sticking with my Logitech wireless desktop.

I’m really happy that they didn’t kill off the Mac mini too. Thinking about picking one up for a media center like solution this year.

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:42:29 +0000

That has always been my beef with the iMac, Chris. Lack of upgradeability and especially with the 24-inch iMac – in 5 years the computer will be obsolete but the screen will still be good. Since it’s integrated though, you’ll be stuck without it.

By: George

George — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:40:40 +0000

I see the business motive, but the lack of Video In port on the iMac continues to make no sense to me as a customer. I find it ridiculous that I’m being asked to buy a monitor along with my computer and then being forced to throw that monitor away when I upgrade. The monitor I’m looking at now is *eight* years old and just as good as the day I bought it.

The new aluminium and glass seems to be as much a “because we can” change, than any principled move. It also seems strange to go to a glossy screen (pro-family user, anti-pro user) and then simultaneously move to the aluminium and raise the baseline price, as a pro-pro user repositioning.

Also boo-hiss – the top-level model is the same price in dollars as the mid-level model is in pounds.

By: Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:40:09 +0000

I still can’t see anything with so few upgradeability options a la iMac as being a ‘Pro” range machine.

The Mac mini is ’significant’ in that people had started to write it off, so it seems that there is life in the little dog yet :-)

iLife 08 and .Mac are cool, but only ‘catching up’ with what is already available elsewhere in the market.

For me the most significant thing is the almost total move away from Consumer (white) computers to Pro (aluminium).

By: John Ratcliffe-Lee

John Ratcliffe-Lee — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:36:10 +0000

I’ve been itching to pick up a Mac Mini to act as a media center/home computer while the MBP is my main machine. Anyone think this is worth it? I’ve heard various things about it being discontinued, no Santa Rosa, etc.

By: Andy Atkinson

Andy Atkinson — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:29:31 +0000

Mac mini upgrade is disappointing, no major change like including a dedicated video card and I still don’t think it supports multichannel audio. Also, has Apple made a stance on blu-ray or HD-DVD? It would have been great to see a mini with one of these two drives, while still being priced reasonably as a media center PC. With these very marginal bumps, there is still the possibility of a major overhaul, or more likely, Apple killing it off completely in favor of continuing the crippled AppleTV line.