

New all aluminum iMac  (Source: Apple)

New aluminum Apple keyboard  (Source: Apple)

Apple aluminum wireless keyboard  (Source: Apple)
Everything is clad in aluminum when it comes to Apple's new iMac







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RE: Awesome looking stuff!
By DragonMaster0 on 8/8/2007 1:34:51 PM , Rating: 2
Your initial allegations that the iMac has lower overall performance because of its use of laptop components is unsubstantiated,

That wasn't the same person though.

As far as I can recall C2D is more affected by memory speed than latency unlike K8 which performs better with lower latency.

But still, the price I calculated for an equivalent PC was about only $100 more. This time maybe the price isn't so bad tho, since every parts are current at the moment.

The problem is, Intel and AMD are releasing new CPUs in a few months. Seagate 7200.11 HDDs are almost there. AMD-ATI is going with better GPUs in a few months, etc. I know that the PC is always being upgraded, but the Mac doesn't upgrade that often and in a year it will still cost the same price and have the same parts. The iMac is about the same price on release, but as time advances, you get a much better PC for the price until the next generation Mac is there. PC enthusiasts upgrade their computers, which is pretty much impossible on the Mac apart from a few parts.

I forgot that the cards smaller than the 2900 are 65nm and heat less. They are perfectly suited for a small space, but are pretty slow performers when talking about 3D. If something doesn't work on Mac OS, yes, you can run Parallels or Boot Camp, but you have to buy them and a Windows license, which increases the price of the computer.

There's the 10.x to 10.y Mac OS X upgrades that increase the price of the computer as well if you want to keep the latest versions of most software out there. OS X becomes obsolete fast, a bit like the hardware. Mac OS X 10.3, that was coming on an iMac bought in the beginning of 2005 and upgraded with the latest updates doesn't run Adobe Reader 8.0, nor will it run Firefox 3. Take the 2001-old Windows XP, it still works with every new Windows software except DirectX 10-only games. To run the latest software on the 2005 iMac, the OS will have to be bought twice. To do the same thing with a 2001 PC, once. (And the person can reuse the license when the computer is upgraded)


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