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[dakinky]

Meine Meinung:
Raus aus Compaq, rein in Apple!!!




 
Reports spread of new iMacs coming out next month
By Ian Fried
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
June 29, 2000, 1:05 p.m. PT

Cyclical inventory patterns suggest Apple will revamp the iMac next month, say analysts and resellers, with the debut of other new computers possible at July`s MacWorld Expo.

The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker is apparently clearing out inventories of iMacs and encouraging dealers to get rid of stock on hand, a sign that new models are on the way.

More special iMac bundles are being advertised than in the past. Prices have also dropped in certain locations.

Discount retailer Costco, for instance, is now selling standard iMacs for $949 as well as the more upscale DV Special Editions for $1,449, $50 less than what Apple sells the machines for on its Web site. One Costco outlet said the store began selling iMacs roughly a week ago.

"We think Apple is stocking (the) channel with old products in order to stop production and prepare for new products as it has before," Morgan Stanley Dean Witter analyst Gillian Munson wrote in a note this week. MacWorld, which takes place July 18 to July 21 in New York, should mark the start of a new product cycle for Apple, she said.

One prominent Macintosh reseller said that the company is suggesting to dealers that they clear out their iMac inventory by the time MacWorld rolls around.

Apple officials were not immediately available for comment.

Upgrading the iMac, which has remained essentially unchanged since last October, makes sense, said analyst David Bailey, who covers Apple for Gerard Klauer Mattison.

"It`s impossible to know for certain what Apple is going to do because they do such a great job of keeping hardware plans under wraps," Bailey said.

Apple has typically used the annual New York show to debut new hardware, especially consumer computers. At last year`s show, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs used his keynote to unveil the portable iBook and the AirPort link to allow Macintoshes to exchange data wirelessly.

Two years ago, of course, the show served as the formal debutante ball for the original iMac, which turned Apple`s fortunes around and helped kick off a craze for translucent plastic gadgets.

Among the features rumored to be part of the new iMac is a larger, 17-inch monitor. Currently, iMacs come with 15-inch monitors. Future iMacs are also expected to come with wireless keyboards and mice.

Then again, history shows that preshow speculation and eventual product releases often don`t match. Last year, Apple observers predicted an iMac with a 17-inch monitor might come out in 1999. It didn`t. The gray shell that comes with the DV iMac was rumored long before it ever got released. Other metallic iMac prototypes were shown internally at Apple but never emerged.

Apple and Palm have also had discussions about producing a handheld. Mock-ups of an Apple-branded Palm have been shown at meetings at Apple, sources have said, but again, no products have been released.

Bailey said he also expects Apple to update its Power Mac desktop and PowerBook notebook lines in the second half of this year, although not necessarily at MacWorld.

Software will likely be a key focus at MacWorld. In particular, Mac fans are hoping Apple will hand out a test version of its new OS X operating system.

Apple has promised a widespread "public beta" version of the new OS will be available this summer, with a final commercial version to go on sale in January. Earlier, the final commercial version was expected to emerge this year.

The new operating system is based on an open-source core, known as Darwin, topped by Apple`s sleek new Aqua interface.

Apple will report corporate earnings the week of MacWorld. Bailey said he expects the company to be in line or slightly ahead of expectations with any gains coming from higher profit margins.

"We think they will tell a very bullish story about the second half (of the year)"

News.com`s Michael Kanellos contributed to this report.




dakinky

[ibmisout]

da kaum jemand in Compaq ist kann auch kaum jemand raus.

[dakinky]

Da hast Du recht! IBM is out, aber auch in und zwar in Apple
Computern.

[deller]

hallo an alle Mac- Specialisten

Die zur Zeit meistdiskutierteste Aktie ist die von Metabox
Der dort besprochene Wert hat einen Großauftrag über 1,8 Mill. Stück erhalten.

Metabox läuft auf einen OS Betriebssysthem.
Das würde einen Großauftrag für Apple bedeuten.
Angeblich läuft die Metabox auf einen G3 Rechner.
Dieser Auftrag ist aber wohl noch nicht ganz in trocken Tüchern.

Aber wenn das stimmt wäre das auch für Apple ein ganz dicker Brocken.

Wie seht Ihr das?
Was kostet so ein G3 Rechner mit Betriebsysthem ?

Gruß deller

[NambaWan]

@deller
so einfach wird das nicht gehen....
Wenn Du wissen willst, was ein G3 Rechner kostet, gehe auf die Apple Seiten und konfiguriere Dir einen. Dort gibt es ein Tool, mit dem man seinen Rechner zusammenbauen kann.
Wahrscheinlich ist aber nur ein Prozessor mit Peripherie und Betriebssystem in der Met@box. In jedem Fall wäre es ein schöner Deal für Apple.

[cobalt]

Bilder von der neuen Applemouse!!!!

Auf www.appleinsider.com gibt es die ersten Bilder der neuen Applemouse.

Faszinierend....


Cobalt

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