What??!!

No G6 in them? Unbelievable Apple...

...but I was promised flying cars! I don't see any flying cars!

The iMac G5 will be very big news. This might actually help get Apple's consumer line back on its feet. I just hope the new iMac looks as nice as the current one does - it would be a shame if they uglied it up and made it look like a Gateway to cut costs...

Here's a more pessimistic report on the same issue. It's questionable, and I hope it's not true. iMac G5 heat issues

Unfortunately (for AppleInsider, that is!), the article in which Mr. Oppenheimer dropped the bomb clearly states that the delay was due to supply issues, not heat.

To be picky, Oppenheimer said it was "primarily" due to G5 supply issues, but he did not describe what other issues they had. But yeah, it does seem that the rumour sites were (primarily) wrong.

yeah, i got an email from my old boss, stating that apple is running their supply of current imacs down, i just hope they release it and have it AVAILABLE for the back to school crowd, but as we all know that means they will be shipping it around Thanksgiving.

Nope, if you listen to their conference call, they've specifically allotted for increased shipping costs this quarter(air freight) for iMacs in September.

i will believe it when i see it.

So you don't believe the VP and CFO of Apple?

How about specs? Any predictions?

I'm guessing 1.6, 1.8, and 2.0. Probably same crappy graphics card, but maybe they'll surprise me with the higher-end iMac having a 128MB 9600 Pro, perhaps. Sizes: 17", 17", 20". ComboDrive, SuperDrive, SuperDrive. 80, 80, 120GB. FireWire 400�one 800 on the high-end. Maybe Bluetooth built-in? Price: who friggin' knows.

1.4 at the bottom to 1.8 at the top. (Or maybe up to 2.0 if we're lucky.) And cheaper.

over the past few years name one big product that apple has come out with that has shipped the day they announced it, software doesn't count.

way to link to your own blog.

It's my prediction (as requested in this thread):

G5 970FX 1.8 GHz, with 512 KB L2 cache
3:1 multiplier, for a 600 MHz bus
256 MB Single-channel DDR333 memory, with 2-3 memory slots
80 GB 7200 rpm hard drive, upgradable to 160 GB
8X SuperDrive (DVD-R/W, CD-R/W)
nVidia GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 64 MB DDR
Airport Extreme ready
Bluetooth ready
Firewire 400 and USB 2.0 ports
VGA/S-video/composite video output
Analogue audio input and output

Who said anything shipping the day it was announced?

Anyways, the iBook G4 shipped immediately. And my TiBook 1 GHz SD shipped before when they said it would.

Or that they claim they'll be available in September... not have them ready to go and end up spiff all the unfilled orders of disgruntled purchasers orders in late November and spiffing 'em free airmail as a bone. No, Apple would never do that (as I type at my dual 2 gig G5 delayed for weeks and weeks and weeks. But hey, I got free Airmail!)

Wasn't this already posted in the iMac & eMac forum?

Oh yeah, http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?threadid=220362

Is that bad nettiquette?

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It would be nice if the G5 imac had an optional detachable screen that you could then use as an upgrade path to a tower. ($2,500? Why not? I already have a matching monitor!)

If apple wants the iMac to be around for a while, they'll put 128MB video cards in them. I could see buying one of these, and not worrying that it was going to be obsolete in a year.

As long as the monitor is not attached!!!! Please Apple! I;d love to get an affordable machine that I can use my old monitor with!

So what was all that "Moterola sucks because they can't make fast processors and can't ship in quantity, bring on IBM all all the problems are solved".

No offence but your guesses are normally worthy of MacOSrumors.

Anywho, I think it will be a 1.6 G5 and I hope to christ it is not any of that crap with the logic board behind the monitor because Apple did that with the TAM and every PC company has already tried it. Also when Steve intro'd the current iMac he dis'ed the locic board behind the monitor thing saying the CD drives would be to slow if they did it. The TAM had the same problem.

Yeah, IBM's situation isn't ideal, but I'm not complaining too much since all the competition is having the same problems, and if it weren't for IBM and its 2.5 GHz G5 (and probably 1.8 GHz for the iMac), we'd still be stuck at 1.5 GHz on G4s. ie. Without IBM, you wouldn't have your dual 2.0, from 1 year ago.

Oooh, the ultimate insult. At least I don't claim to have inside info. Anyways, you say 1.6 and I say 1.8. Not all that much different really.

Ya the slight numbers mean nothing to me anyway, I am more concerned with the design of it as more people will be compelled to buy it based on the design and not 200MHz speed dif.

I am praying it is not that old computer built into the LCD crap.

I want a headless Mac myself, but I'm not expecting it. (My sick PC is still on the floor, half-disassembled, waiting to be either replaced or else fixed/upgraded.) If not headless, I'd consider an iMac, but I already have a nice 17" LCD.

A non-widescreen 17. Yech.

The current widescreen 17 inch iMac's are even cool.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that mean you want this.

The price is rather different. And no, he pretty much wants a cube. Don't know why that is any different then a low end G5 as his PC is GIANT!

Correct. I want a G5 Cube:

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As for my PC, it's quite a bit smaller than it used to be. I had a server-sized case before. Now it's smaller than a G4 Power Mac.

Widescreens are nice, and I prefer them, but it's not really a big deal for me for a low to mid-range consumer desktop. I MUCH prefer widescreen for screens 20" and larger though.

Not to mention the fact that the area of the two monitors is basically identical.

In before the move to Hardware (or the lock).

Ah, ok. Yeah, a new cube would be nice.