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$499 Headless iMac? [Updated] Wednesday December 29, 2004 01:27 AM EST Posted by Doctor Q Mac Rumors Based on "highly reliable sources", Think Secret reports that Apple is expected to announce a $499 G4 iMac at Macworld Expo, probably 1.25GHz, with 256MB of RAM, a 40GB to 80GB hard drive, a Combo optical drive, USB 2.0, Firewire 400, 10/100Base-T Ethernet, a modem, and support for Airport Extreme, VGA, and DVI, packaged with Appleworks and a special version of iLife without iDVD. The new Mac is said to be incredibly small and will be housed in a flat enclosure with a height similar to the 1.73 inches of Apple's Xserve. Its size benefits will include the ability to stand the Mac on its side or put it below a display or monitor. Apple has been working on the low-end Mac for almost a year, sources report. Indications are Apple has been working mostly on finding the right mix of price, performance and features that would motivate Windows users to consider a Mac, and less on the actual engineering of the product. "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to design a bare-bones PC," said one source familiar with the project. "What it takes is a team of marketing and software experts to find the right mix to convince Windows users to buy a Mac at a price that is not much more than the cost of an iPod." [Update] AppleInsider adds a few other details: There are to be two USB 2.0 ports, a single port for VGA or DVI, the iMac will draw power through an external power brick, and the price is "sub-$600". According to sources, the headless iMac was to include a built in iPod dock, though sources say this feature was scrapped and may reappear in future versions of the headless iMac. ----------------------------------------------------------- --------------- if this is true, it might change the whole business... a mac for the mass market? |
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sounds like a fine plan |
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good idea |
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give me a mouse with more than one button and I might consider it. |
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the catch? no monitor |
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i'll use my old compaq monitor, nice |
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or you could just buy one |
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thats the whole point of a headless mac, most people already have a monitor and would like to just buy a mini-tower. |
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nope, it would have to be the thought on Apple's part. I already have a mouse with more than one button. What I want is Apple to make their own as a gesture of "hey, we were retarded but we fixed our mistake" |
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haha I'm just being a bitter cunt, I have no real ill-will towards mac. I just prefer PC. |
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