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  • From: Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT gmail.com>
  • To: Mark Rushing <markrushing AT gmail.com>, "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Apple goes for market share
  • Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:38:03 -0500

it won't quite drive the 30"... that display has a special dual-dvi
input that the new nvidia card for apple was 'specially engineered to
drive, and the iMac has only DVI out, but you could run a 23" display
from it

~ian


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:26:26 -0500, Mark Rushing <markrushing AT gmail.com>
wrote:
> and obviously it makes no sense to buy anything but the 30" cinema
> display so you can add another 3 grand to that.
>
> http://www.apple.com/displays/#
>
>
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:21:51 -0500 (EST), Sil Greene <quack AT ibiblio.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > tsk, tsk, tsk. Careful, David, or someone might accuse you of false
> > advertising.
> >
> > for $499, you get a 1.25GHz G4 and a 40gig hard drive, 90 days
> > phone support, a one-year warranty, and no optional anything. that's
> > according to the brochure page (URL in David's message).
> >
> > did anyone manage to get to the store before it melted? what does the
> > 1.4GHz/80gig machine run? i haven't seen any official numbers, so i'll
> > predict a price in the neighborhood of $699. that's an estimated $100
> > each for upgraded CPU and harddrive, which may be off, but doesn't seem
> > unreasonable for an out-of-the-*ss estimate.
> >
> > of course, you add AppleCare, and AirPort, and maybe some more RAM, and
> > oooh what about that SuperDrive... I'll be very surprised if a
> > fully-tricked-out miniMac weighs in under $1k. And don't forget you
> > still haven't bought a screen. :)
> >
> > --sil
> >
> > from David Minton:
> > >
> > > I guess we will find out, now that Apple has released a headless iMac,
> > > with
> > > prices starting at $499.
> > [...]
> > > 1.4GHz G4 processor
> > > 256MB of PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SRAM, supports up to 1GB
> > > ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB of DDR SDRAM with AGP 4X support
> > > Slot-loading Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
> > > One FireWire 400 port; two USB 2.0 ports; DVI output
> > > Built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet and 56K V.92 modem
> > >
> > > Optional (internal) 802.11g and Bluetooth
> > >
> > > http://www.apple.com/macmini/
> > >
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