Filed under: Rumors, Education, eMac
The latest gossip: eMac wants a nip/tuck
AppleInsider, one of our primary sources for that contraband we like to call "Apple rumors", is claiming to have the word on a new education Mac to replace the now defunct eMac. Apparently the all-new eMac will be based around G5 processors and.... wait. That article's from two years ago! We can only conclude that when AppleInsider brought us news of the G5 eMac that they were joking. Obviously, now they're being serious.This latest rumor features several key points:
- There was an education based Mac in the past and there isn't one now. AppleInsider connects the dots using complex logic to predict that Apple is making a new education Mac.
- Teachers and schools will be buying computers in the summer to be ready for the next semester. When people want to buy things, you should try to sell things.
- Apple went Intel, so the new eMac will feature an Intel chip. Not a G5 or any of those crappy PowerPC things - who ever liked them anyway?
- The eMac's bulky enclosure was its most expensive part. Apple will therefore choose NOT to lose money on an expensive, pointless and bulky enclosure for the next eMac. A tough choice to make.
- Thanks to that aggressive rumor scrounging that AppleInsider does on our behalf, they obtained the extremely specific information that the new eMac *might* be available to the average consumer. But it also might not.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Lee said 11:08AM on 5-27-2006
"Thanks to that aggressive rumor scrounging that AppleInsider does on our behalf, they obtained the extremely specific information that the new eMac *might* be available to the average consumer. But it also might not."
So then, it basically covers all bases? I could predict this garbage. They're making a computer that might be sold to consumers, and it might not? You don't have to be a rumor expert to decipher this.
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SubGenius said 11:19AM on 5-27-2006
I hope eMac = iMac mini
Take the same great iMac industrial design and shrink it down to fit around a 13" widescreen display (as found in the new iBooks).
Education Prices
CoreSolo Mac mini = $579
CoreDuo Mac mini = $779
13" CoreSolo eMac = $799
13" CoreDuo eMac = $999
17" iMac = $1199
20" iMac = $1599
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theNode said 11:22AM on 5-27-2006
i bet they keep a somewhat bulky enclosure. It makes it harder for people to khife it.
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Conrad said 11:28AM on 5-27-2006
Lee, the sarcastic tone of this post obviously went over your head :).
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dan said 12:04PM on 5-27-2006
if this was real they could call it "Mac" to fill the gap on the way to the "Mac Pro"
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Emil Heinsen said 12:57PM on 5-27-2006
That describes my feeling about rumor sites perfectly! Good humor by the way....
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Lee said 3:07PM on 5-27-2006
Oh no, Conrad, don't get me wrong, I thought this was a great post. I'm criticizing AppleInsider's logic, just as you were.
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Matt J said 4:57AM on 5-28-2006
I don't think Apple will be naming any single computer model the 'Mac', because they use it as a term to refer to all their computers.
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