http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 17th 2007 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 17th 2007 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/
Wake me up when they make a sub 5lb laptop.]]>Jul 17th 2007 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 17th 2007 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 17th 2007 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/
The Mac Mini is much more akin to a Shuttle PC or a media center PC (only in terms of size).

I too would like to see a sub-$1500 desktop from Apple. Perhaps something with similar specs to the current MBP lineup, with more options to customize? They've been making quite the sexy desktop tower for a few years now but as is, I can't really justify the premium to use OSX.]]>Aug 5th 2007 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/"...both of these rumors carry no backup..." - So proof.

So exactly how did this become an Engadget post again?]]>Jul 17th 2007 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/
Same goes to MSfanboys...

Still, I wouldn't be surprised if this is true; apple seems to be all about asthetics these days...]]>Jul 17th 2007 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 17th 2007 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 17th 2007 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/
The Q3 reports are released on Wednesday, July 25th. The stock will soar. Apple does release new iMac and iLife/iWork/.Mac two weeks later would make sense. Waiting until just after the Back to School special to release the new 6G iPods with OS X, high capacity Nanos, and a Shuffle with a lower price-point (there is no reason to up the storage of a device with no display) would make sense as it would usher in the Holiday shopping season.

But would need something else for the weeks before these assumed iMac release and iPod release. Maybe some significant new features to the iPhone. After all, we can't have Apple's new cash cow get forgotten among their other products, can we?]]>Jul 17th 2007 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 17th 2007 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 17th 2007 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/
Too bad you can only upgrade it to a less crappy one, though.]]>Jul 18th 2007 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 17th 2007 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/
Do you have a link showing successfully upgraded the CPU to a faster proc?

I realize it Can be done, it doesn't mean that the firmware in EFI has been written to detect the CPU speed automatically. ]]>Jul 18th 2007 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/welcome ILife07 for WINDOWS/OSX/IPhone ;-)]]>Jul 18th 2007 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/
There is too much to release before October, which the latest date when the Xmas refreshes/updates can come out to be highly viable for Q1 2008 (which starts Oct. 1st), Apple's busiest season.

Software:
• Leopard
• iLife '08
• iWork '08
• .Mac '08

Hardware:
• iMac redesign
• iPod Video redesign
• and possibly some performance and spec upgrades

That is too much at once. Apple doesn't want any one thing to get lost so I suspect it will be broken up as new iMacs first in Aug, then the release of new iPods in Sept, then the new software in Oct. That gives us a new in each month.

Disclaimer: pure speculation on my part

]]>Jul 20th 2007 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/
Obviously you have never touched or opened an iMac it IS upgradeable. Stop posting FUD.]]>Jul 18th 2007 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/faq_cd/imac-intel-processor-upgrade-video-upgrade.html
The article further goes on to say that there is a slot that a third-party manufacturer could use to upgrade the graphics capabilities.
All this is a moot point, since hardly anybody would bother to upgrade this type of machine except to say yippee, I knew it was possible. And as of yet no company has made a card for that special graphics slot.

The rumor has it that the Intel Mobile Extreme Processor is going to be used in the upcoming iMac. That chip probably is soldered to the motherboard, so it's not gonna be upgradeable. Apple is going for thin so the soldered chips have a lower profile.]]>Jul 18th 2007 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/
But thats just me. Enjoy what you got if you want, its still an awesome computer. ]]>Jul 18th 2007 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/
Also, people keep talking about an iPhone nano being released soon. Don't we all remember the reason Jobs introduced iPhone months before its release? He said the federal government filings would undoubtedly reveal their plans and he didn't want someone else to steal the glory of announcing this awesome item. It wouldn't be any different if they released a simpler, smaller iPhone. ]]>Jul 18th 2007 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.9to5mac.com/August-Aug-7-seventh-iMacs-Apple-Event-ipod-ipod-micro-nano-3450897543]]>Jul 18th 2007 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/I waited & waited to get my first Mac because of all the rumors and crap floating around (pun intended) but decided to pull the trigger in June on a new imac and I haven't regretted it once.
If you wait until the "NEXT BIG THING" comes out, you will be waiting all your life!
"Do not fear the Mac it will not harm you!" (Takes drink of Apple Kool-Aid)
]]>Jul 18th 2007 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/Jul 18th 2007 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/apple-rumor-report-new-imacs-and-ilife-on-august-7th/"i iz replaced?" This would make the picture lolmac compatible.
Thanks. ]]>Jul 18th 2007 6:08PM