12/10/2003, 1:10pm, EST

Wednesday, December 10th

Apple to launch magnesium-alloy iMac next year?

Apple next year is expected to launch a next-generation iMac 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

12/10, 1:21pm, EST

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...

12/10, 1:36pm, EST

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

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metal

12/10, 1:41pm, EST

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

12/10, 1:59pm, EST

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...

12/10, 2:02pm, EST

...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

12/10, 2:07pm, EST

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

12/10, 2:40pm, EST

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

12/10, 2:42pm, EST

They are just quoting a legitimate news source.

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Keeping the costs down?

12/10, 2:54pm, EST

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

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hahahaha...

12/10, 2:55pm, EST

"legitimate news source"

that's a real oxymoron.

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