iMacs next!
October 16th, 2008 | Published in Apple, Blog, Business, Gadgets
OK, Apple released some nice new laptops a couple days ago. I’ll still be waiting for Macbook Rev.B, as I’ve been burned too many times with first gen hardware from Apple. Although I should say both 1st and 2cd gen iPhones have been great.
My primary work machine is a first gen 2006 17″ iMac 1.83Ghz 2GB RAM with a second 24″ screen set up in portrait mode. While it’s still working great for most of my tasks, I’ve been thinking I’ll be replacing it in the next 3-6 months.
Apple should be refreshing the iMac line sometime within the next 90 days or so. There’s rough ideas out there on what it will offer, from most probable to least:
- Boosted CPUs: probably 2.8-3.2Ghz (up from 2.4-3Ghz)
- NVIDIA graphics, probably 9800GT derived cards
- Dual-Link displayPort
- LED backlit screens
- 64bit chipset (for 8GB+ RAM)
These are all evolutionary upgrades, and the last two are unlikely to happen soon as most consumers won’t need 8GB+ RAM for a while, and large LED backlit screens are still expensive.
My computer will be 3 years old in April, so I’ll be looking for a replacement around that time. I hope Apple can get a LED 24″ into the iMac before then.
