No new PowerMac towers? They've got to come soon because that top of the line iMac makes the present towers look a little underpowered and expensive.
But I think the iMac is a homerun. $1299? Sure that's expensive for the entry level model - but that thing is powerful. Really powerful. Hopefully I can convince my friends Virginia and Steven to buy one.
The biggest surprise for me was the new top of the line 14 inch iBook. I definitely didn't see that one coming. $1799. Makes it kind of hard to justify the TiBook. This is just like the iMac/PowerMac problem. The consumer machines are so rocking that they will take a bite out of the professional lines. So I think it won't be very long (way before MWNY in July) that those machines get bumped up too.
I was really expecting a "one more thing..." release for the towers. I thought they'd be 1.2 Ghz, 1.4Ghz, dual 1.4Ghz G4s. The fact that this didn't happen makes me think that the G5 is coming, but wasn't quite ready. Look for a special event by the end of the month, or maybe a MacWorld Tokyo release. I had made H. wait to buy her new tower, and she's a little disappointed, but what could I do? It might have happened today. Soon hopefully.
So while it wasn't "way beyond" the rumor sites - frankly it wasn't anywhere near what some people were expecting - I think the iMac is right on. Priced well. Beautiful. And sure to be a big seller.
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But I think the iMac is a homerun. $1299? Sure that's expensive for the entry level model - but that thing is powerful. Really powerful. Hopefully I can convince my friends Virginia and Steven to buy one.
The biggest surprise for me was the new top of the line 14 inch iBook. I definitely didn't see that one coming. $1799. Makes it kind of hard to justify the TiBook. This is just like the iMac/PowerMac problem. The consumer machines are so rocking that they will take a bite out of the professional lines. So I think it won't be very long (way before MWNY in July) that those machines get bumped up too.
I was really expecting a "one more thing..." release for the towers. I thought they'd be 1.2 Ghz, 1.4Ghz, dual 1.4Ghz G4s. The fact that this didn't happen makes me think that the G5 is coming, but wasn't quite ready. Look for a special event by the end of the month, or maybe a MacWorld Tokyo release. I had made H. wait to buy her new tower, and she's a little disappointed, but what could I do? It might have happened today. Soon hopefully.
So while it wasn't "way beyond" the rumor sites - frankly it wasn't anywhere near what some people were expecting - I think the iMac is right on. Priced well. Beautiful. And sure to be a big seller.
- jim 1-07-2002 7:06 pm