New iPods and Pro Machines?

MacRumors ^ | 10/02/2005

[Panerai]

Appleinsider claims that Apple will be introducing new iPods and Pro Macs in October.

The 5th generation iPods will revise the hard drive based iPods and are rumored to provide improvements in size/form factor. The new iPods are believed to utilize a higher density 1.8" Hard Drive from Toshiba which are available in 40 and 80GB sizes.

Also expected soon are upgrades to the PowerMacs and PowerBooks, but little definitive information is not available on these upgrades. Appleinsider previously expected hardware announcements at Apple Expo Paris. Other sites also predicted PowerBook updates for Paris... but no hardware announcements came at the expo.

Dual-core PowerMac updates have been rumored since the announcement of Dual Core PowerPC chips from IBM.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I know this stuff get's you all sweaty.

[Panerai]

New Apple/ipod's in October ? ping

[Mr. Blonde]

Sweet. Forget a new big iPod though. My 20G is going strong. However, I lust for a Nano. Since the Freepathon is currently underway already, I am also accepting donations to the Mr. Blonde's Nano Fund. :)

[Glenn]

Yum.

[savedbygrace]

Also expected soon are upgrades to the PowerMacs

In a recent presentation, Steve Jobs announced that they are on target for a summer 2006 release.

[martin_fierro]

I know this stuff get's you all sweaty.

Your just pressing my buttons.

[martin_fierro]

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[martin_fierro]

Mr. Blonde's Nano Fund

Sorry, but that sounds even more shaky (and less tax-deductible) than United Way.

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[SamAdams76]

Been waiting for the 80gig iPods for a long time now. I maxed out my 40gig a long time ago and the 60gig just won't cut it. My iTunes library is already up to 67gig.

[Mr. Blonde]

Geez, what all music do you have? That's a pretty huge investment if you paid for all of it.

[SamAdams76]

Yeah, I have 1150 CD's I've ripped so far and I've purchased 700+ songs from iTunes over the past year and a half. I no longer buy CDs. But I still have hundreds of audiotapes and vinyl LPs to transfer to MP3 as well as about 600 more CDs (mostly classical) to rip.

iTunes and iPod is not classical music friendly though. I'm hoping future upgrades will address that.

[stayathomemom]

But will they come in pretty colors?

[Swordmaker]

Apple Rumors of upcoming Pro Macs and newer iPods... PING!...

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[Swordmaker]

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[SunkenCiv]

Interesting, but why on Earth would I buy a PPC-based Mac, even if I had the money, unless it was a full system (monitor, kb, mouse, cpu, and RAM that wasn't a joke), with the Intel-based, better-markup Macs only a year away?

[Yossarian]

Interesting, but why on Earth would I buy a PPC-based Mac (...) with the Intel-based, better-markup Macs only a year away?

Because you can enjoy the advantage of the Mac right now, not a year from now. With Apple's architecture, the PowerPC Macs will be well supported for years to come, well after your machine outlives its reasonable life.

And most of all, you should buy a PowerPC Mac because I design PowerPC chips, and I need money for downpayment for a house in the $ilicon Valley. I thank you in advance of your generous purchase.

[SunkenCiv]

I'm using a PPC Mac right now, and two others are sitting silent on the shelf across the room. I've been a buyer of Apples since 1984 (hmm, maybe it was 1983) and am quite familiar with Apple's "support" for older technology (such as OS 10.2.x).

[SunkenCiv]

But, good luck with the house thing. :')

[theFIRMbss]

>I maxed out my 40gig a long time ago and the 60gig just won't cut it. My iTunes library is already up to 67gig

Al Qaeda's working
on an EMP bomb, dubbed
the IPod killer . . .