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Apple to launch magnesium-alloy iMac next year?

updated 01:10 pm EST, Wed December 10, 2003

New iMacs in 2004?

Apple next year is expected to launch a featuring magnesium-alloy cases and "a high proportion of plastic parts for cost reduction, according to a Digitimes report: "The first model of New iMac using a magnesium-alloy case will come with a 20-inch LCD display and is expected to hit the market in January or February...Apple will outsource production of the New iMac to Taiwan-based Quanta Computer, which will manufacture the machines in Songjiang, Jiangsu Province (China)."

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rumors

I love how MacNN has all of a sudden become a rumor site... so much for integrity of news.

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Metal is not cheaper...

Why use metal? Go to a all plastic case if they want to save money.

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metal

metal is the next logical step
mostly all other models are metal
finder is metal
so that is next trend for the iMac

COOL!

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white

i think they should keep their consumer line white, it's an appealing alternative to the pro metal look.

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Go back to old design...

...or something similar. Part of the reason the new iMacs didn't sell as well as the old is that a lot of people think they are ugly (not to metion too pricey).

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cheaper is better

If apple can cut the price of LCD iMacs in half then they would have a real winner on their hands. It would be awesome if they could sell really cheap iMacs but the fact that the first model is a 20" LCD makes me think that they will be competitively priced (for the display size) but still not cheap computers. Apple needs an $800 LCD iMac with superdrive to really win over consumers.

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just to clarify

because everywhere people seem to be misreading this - they are NOT saying the iMac will be any more metal than it is - they are talking about changing which metals are used in the case (from the current steel/zinc to magnesium). They do not say anything about an overall change in style (pro or con).

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re: rumors

They are just quoting a legitimate news source.

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Keeping the costs down?

Moving the production to China oughta keep costs down. Slave labour is cheap! Way to go, Steve....

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hahahaha...

"legitimate news source"

that's a real oxymoron.

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Ladies...

Stop b*tching about the source of the news. It's only a computer release, not anything of vast import. Lighten the frig up.

And the sooner the better on the new iMacs. The prices of the Luxo iMacs will drop and I'll finally buy one. s**** speed; I want one just for the form factor.

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Moving?

All the LCD iMacs have been made by Quanta in China...this is not a new thing to have them produced there.

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pride

Made in China.

stick it to the the U.S. workforce.

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RE: pride

If you want Apple to stick to the US workforce don't b**** about a higher price tag than the competition.

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will

will this new iMac have a G5?

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Will the people who make

it be able to buy one? Nope. Will they be able to leave the factory apartments and tell anyone of what they built? Nope. Would I gladly pay more for a Mac that said "Made in the USA, just like the originals"? Betcher a**, I would.

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bezel

I am just guessing here. How about painted from the inside just like how the G4 Lexan� shell was painted? We'll find out in a few weeks.

The 20" bezel is the only magnesium part.

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Stainless!

Stainless iMac would look so cool!

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china

I wonder what the working conditions will be like for those workers in china? are we buying products made by slaves?

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Lower cost?

If Apple wants to keep costs down, they should also make it bootable into OS 9 so people don't have to upgrade hundreds of dollars in desktop publishing software, and then spend more time and money learning Unix and all the comand line BS that goes with it! (/rant)

BTW, I'm still lovin' my original 800mhz flat panel iMac non-command-ine-running OS 9! :)

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re: Lower cost?

Your post was probably a troll, but just in case it wasn't:

> If Apple wants to keep costs down, they should also
> make it bootable into OS 9 so people don't have to
> upgrade hundreds of dollars in desktop publishing
> software

Apple has given you what, 3 years to upgrade? OS 9 is dead.

> and then spend more time and money learning Unix and > all the comand line BS that goes with it! (/rant)

You don't have to touch UNIX if you don't want to on OS X. It's there if you need the functionality, or want to make use of it.

> BTW, I'm still lovin' my original 800mhz flat panel
> iMac non-command-ine-running OS 9! :)

Time for Panther buddy...

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I'm pissed...

I got a new G4 tower a few months ago, and I tried to load system 6 on it so I could use FullPaint, and it didn't work!!! Do you believe that s***!! Leave it to Apple to s**** over its customers. We shouldn't have to buy all new software just because we have a new computer!!!!

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slave labor

for god's sake, what a bunch of teenagers you all are!

have you ever been to china and seen the 'slave laborers?' i have. factory working conditions are quite reasonable. the people are happy to work. it means they can upgrade from their malaria infested mud huts. the only thing i have heard chinese complain about it the certain westerners that 'don't want china to develop.'

wankers!

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Lower cost? -- command li

learning UNIX command line? are you stoned? i have been using OSX for 2 years now, still loving it and never touched no stinkin command line.

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Lower cost? -- command li

learning UNIX command line? are you stoned? i have been using OSX for 2 years now, still loving it and never touched no stinkin command line.

baka, omaera!

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certain westerners

You're talking about those goddamn Canadians aren't you!!! SCUM OF THE EARTH!

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Stainless iMac

Wow, that would be expensive!

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Warm and fuzzy

Apple should once again be a design leader; I suggest covering the case in simulated wombat fur (apologies to Dame Edna.) At very least you would get warm and fuzzy feelings from touching your computer!

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Hey, OS X users...

(In the words of the Simpsons' Nelson:)
Ha-ha!

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/ZDNet/mac_vulnerablility_pcmag_031211.html

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20 years ago...

New iMac? Maybe, but I'm guessing it's more likely a special edition to celebrate the Mac's 20th birthday!

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Apathy

If the new iMac isn't in a CUBE form factor, I don't care.

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Finally

It's nice to see apple finally taking an interest in what their computers cost, instead of what pretty box and packaging they can make to put it in. It seems the numbers suggest that people are starting to see past apple's appearance-is-everything philosophy. IMHO, that's a good thing. Maybe apple will wake up and shift their priorities a bit towards prividing real value to their cusomers, instead of just the appearance of value.

Don't get me wrong: I want a great looking mac. Apple's attention to deal is a breath of fresh air in this industry. But more important to me then a slick look is an affordable mac that provides a good value for my money. When apple finally admits that that's really what people want, then they will finally start gaining marketshare.

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Ahhh the good old days...

I miss my beta VCR. :::sigh::::

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Pricey Macs

Well hold on, are you saying that Apple doesn't realize they're charging so much, or that they simply can't keep costs down, or haven't tried to? Think about it- of course they've done cost analyses- they're selling Macs for the amount of money they can get. People are willing to pay that extra amount for the quality (or whatever- that's my reason). Apple very consciously does not sell cheap computers; they know they don't have to. Or think they don't. The real question is- do they benefit from building an elite image? The iMac (even the original one) never really made it as the "everyman's computer", it was still a luxury item. Realizing that they could sell it for more, they did.

Not to say that macs aren't good value- they are- but if they built a cheaper one, it would necessarily be a crappier one. I think.

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Magnesium?

...this puts a new meaning to "burning a CD" - since magnesium,
I remember from grade-school science class, is a metal that
is flammable (burns brightly like a sparkler). ;-)

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hahah

Ok first off, you won't find many if any kind of computer components made in the US..most ram, lcds and other components are made outside the US. Stfu about US made parts....

Magnesium does spark...thus the reason why if you were to use it, you'd want to make it an alloy. Like stated above...Magnesium Alloy!

al�loy Audio pronunciation of "alloy" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (loi, -loi)
n.

1. A homogeneous mixture or solid solution of two or more metals, the atoms of one replacing or occupying interstitial positions between the atoms of the other: Brass is an alloy of zinc and copper.

Thus combining it with another metal or chemichal compound you can eliminate the flammable traits of magnesium...thus you are left with a great lightweight metallic case that will keep your G5 processor cool since if used in the old plastic shells it will get too hot...

increase your knowledge....the internet just dumbed you...

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