http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
Does that include a keyboard that doesn't suck?]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/The Mac Pro does not use Core i7. It uses quad core Xeon "Nehalem" processors. ]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Nehalem_%28microarchitecture%29]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Shutup.]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
What don't you like about the keyboard? Isn't it just a board... with keys on it?]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
There are legions of people who would pay $4K for such a thing.
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God I want one above my fireplace. mmmmmmm]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
You are a moron. iMacs do indeed use notebook processors. Infact, every component in an iMac is a notebook item except the HDD which is 3.5". Get your facts straight before you go flamin' people.]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
No no no, the i7 and Xeon processors use the "Nehalem microachitecture" the 2 chips themselves are different.

One supports ECC Ram(Xeon) where the other does not (Core i7).

So, no Nehalem is not the i7, the i7 is a Nehalem.

]]>Sep 24th 2009 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
I've read a lot of reports of people upgrading their quad-core 2.26 GHz Mac Pros with the i7 975 CPU.]]>Sep 24th 2009 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
What the hell would you need HDMI for then? To hook it up to your 100" TV? I gues the point of 52" display would be that you don't have to hook it to anything else.

Besides.. 24" iMac already has HD display so it would be double the size with the same resolution? That would s**k.]]>Sep 25th 2009 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/He said inputs, not HDMI outputs]]>Sep 27th 2009 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
I heard that several Intel engineers helped Apple tune Leopard's code for x86 processors, and Apple gets prerelease compilers and stuff even Microsoft doesn't get. They also got a specialised processor for the MacBook Air. I'd totally believe they got the mobile i7 chips before anyone else.]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
so yeah it is very possible that internal blu won't happen. software support for an external is still up in the air. ]]>Sep 25th 2009 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
Good job.]]>Sep 25th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
Be nice to see that notebook Core i7, but I doubt it, Apple tends to be a bit behind the curve processor-wise.]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
Apple MacBook Pro is the first Intel Core Duo notebook, they announce it even before Intel officially introduce Core Duo.
Apple Mac Pro use Clovertown a few months before Intel supplies it to other OEMs.
Again, Mac Pro use the Nehalem Xeon first.
The MacBook Air use a Custom made Intel SFF processor, well before Intel make it available to the other OEMs.]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Explain how they are "gimped."

Using GAEMAN as an example is invalid, since that isn't the audience Apple is targeting.]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/A thinner machine can reduce weight in shipping, size of the box and less material for building the unit which can add up over time and outshine the initial cost of increased R&D. But probably most importantly, it’s appealing to the consumer. There is a reason these AIOs that use mostly notebook-grade components are growing while towers are shrinking in percentage.

PS: saying it’ll be a half mm is hyperbole, which ruins an otherwise valid argument on your part.


@ Raymond,
All the processors you mentions are correct, but they are also the “black sheep” of the bunch. The ones that aren’t sold with the same bulk that Apple requires for their main machines. Intel is using Apple’s Macs as a platform for advertising their new processors when they are highly specialized, but the C2D that Apple gets 3M now a quarter for their Mini, iMac, MB and MBP are not those chips. The exception being the first MB/MBPs with Core Duos, but remember those were a staggered release along with machines with PPC and Apple was only selling less than a million total machines per quarter back then. Production for having mobile i7 ready for all new Macs and for the other vendors just isn’t feasible.
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So if I were him, I wouldn't have mentioned my employer name either. Besides, you can't believe everything you read on the internet. That's how WWI got started.]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
I've mentioned before where I work in Engadget comments. ]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/
Nevermind.]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/updated-imac-lineup-rumored-for-near-term-release/Sep 24th 2009 3:24PM