 iMac Next for Upgrade2/18/2K: In all the reporting on the improved iBook (more
memory, more drive space, and a model with more speed and a new
color), the new PowerBook (not called G3, has FireWire, wicked
fast), and Apple finally releasing the Power Mac G4/450, one
model has been overlooked.  So
let me start the first post-Tokyo rumor: Apple's next model to
receive an upgrade will be the iMac.
It's logical -- the current iMacs have been available for
almost five whole months without a change. That's an eternity
in computer years. Not only will Apple improve the iMac, but they'll boost the
entry-level model to 400 MHz and the to DV editions to 450 MHz. This
will keep it one speed bump behind the fastest Power Mac G4, just
where it was before Macworld Tokyo. Further, Apple will again do this with no increase in price. In
fact, these will essentially be "revision B" versions of the current
iMac, although the base model may be updated with DVD, too (but no
FireWire -- that's still for the more expensive models at this
point). In fact, Apple could have announced the speed-bumped iMacs
at Macworld Tokyo, but thought they already had enough on their
plate. They already have inventory and will probably announce and
release the Revision B models in mid-March to early-April. - Anne Onymus
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Recently on The Rumor Mill- PowerBook Cinema coming soon,
5/17/00. "Dan Knight" edition includes huge screen, three
batteries, full keyboard.
- Macintosh Love Bug, 5/11/00. It's
been a week since the LoveLetter worm attacked Windows systems.
Über-hacker Jeeves Stob explains why the Mac is not a popular
virus target.
- FireFly PowerBook on tap, 5/8/00.
Apple will illuminate future PowerBook keyboards. The technology
may surprise you.
- End of the Mac web as we know it,
3/31/00
- iCube aims for trade shows,
2/28/00
- iMac next for upgrade, 2/18/00.
Kinda "duh!"
- Apple abandons Motorola, IBM,
2/16/00. Apple throws in the towel over G4/500 problems.
- Apple, Nintendo collaborate on
MacBoy, 2/10/00. Not only that, but it will also run the Palm
OS!
- more on The Rumor Mill home
page
Recently on Low End Mac- What can you squeeze into a
compact Mac?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 5/18. There's
still life in those little Macs.
- Tangerine Fusion: Slash-Not,
Paulo Rodrigues, 5/17. Slashdot appears to have a strong anti-Mac
bias, especially in recent coverage of OS X.
- My First Mac: Raised in a Six-Color
World, Jeff Brown, 5/16. "And so that summer (1993) we bought
a Performa 450. It was my true first Mac, and I loved every bit of
it."
- Mac Scope: Advantages of a
small Mac market, Stephen Van Esch, 5/15. "Our only real
protection from similar things [to ILOVEYOU] happening is
the minority status of Mac platform."
- Mac Musings: Microsoft vs.
Slashdot, Dan Knight, 5/12. What's really going on here? I
think I understand what's at stake.
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