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With WWDC approaching it’s not just the iPhone that has captured all the headlines – the rest of Apple’s range is being scrutinised to see what’s next for a Santa Rosa upgrade. The venerable iMac looks to be the likeliest candidate, with rumour suggesting the casing will see a reshaping (losing much of the under-screen bulk) and swapping the white casing for a smart brushed-metal one.
Obviously the innards are getting some attention too, with the obvious Santa Rosa upgrade and Apple discontinuing the 17-inch TFT panel in favour of a 20-inch version (which will apparently come in cheaper), while the current 24-inch flagship might get some even larger siblings.
I’m more excited by the reshaped casing than the change to brushed-metal, to be honest, since to my myopic eyes the iMac always looked a tad ungainly (especially when compared to the beautiful Cinema Displays, which this new iMac is meant to more closely resemble). Word has it that prices will be similar to the current lineup, with availability coming just after WWDC.
Brushed metal iMacs dropping at WWDC [9 to 5 Mac]
4 Responses to “More WWDC anticipation: brushed-metal, reshaped iMac”
djfredflintstone June 4, 2007
Seems right on the money, except for the brushed metal casing. That might make sense if the new macBooks were brushed metal or the macBook Pros in carbon fiber or any of the other rumored new casing materials that have been floating around the blogospere but right now Apple has a pretty well defined white/aluminum color scheme to delineate between the consumer and pro lines.
+1On the other hand I thought the iPhone would be called macPhone and that they would change the name of the iPod to macPod to match.
mswift June 4, 2007
Will be great if they get rid of that big lump of plastic under the screen, that always bugged me.
NeutralWithout that space the display will appear larger.
Flyboy June 5, 2007
[quote comment="23030"]Will be great if they get rid of that big lump of plastic under the screen, that always bugged me.
Without that space the display will appear larger.[/quote]
The screen will appear larger?!? Well, now my 19″ looks just like a 23″, just remove the frame. I just love this kind of psychological reasoning. 19″ is 19″. Trust me.
NeutralTravis June 10, 2007
The screen will appear larger?!? Well, now my 19″ looks just like a 23″, just remove the frame. I just love this kind of psychological reasoning. 19″ is 19″. Trust me.[/quote]
Sorry, but I don’t trust you. Take a look at the effect a larger border has on the circles below. Perhaps at first looking the circle with the larger border will appear smaller, but the truth is the circles are the same size.
Ergo, a bigger border on the iMac = smaller looking display.
[img src=http://snarkmarket.com/blog/snarkives/optical-illusion.gif]
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