Rumors of Apple refreshing the iMac and Mac Pro lines are riding high as of recent, there are some great things about these two machines, but there are a few things I’d like to see changed, revised, and added. to Apple’s top-selling consumer Macintosh, the iMac.
More Space For RAM
The current batch of iMac has two slots for RAM, one can accomodate a 1GB chip, and the other holds a larger, more expensive 2GB chip. It’d be nice to slim the gap between the iMac and the Mac Pro by adding another RAM slot into the iMac, and increasing it’s capacity to 4GB (2×1GB, 1×2GB).
Easily Replaceable Video Cards
The video card is currently hidden behind stacks of wires and curcuit boards in the current iMac’s interior, even trying to open the iMac to upgrade the video card voids warrenty.
To increase the product life on the iMac it’d be nice to have easy access to an area on the iMac where custom video cards could be inserted and installed at the users will.
Removing The Chin
One thing which looks rather out of place on the current batch of iMac’s, and has since the G5 iMac, is the chin below the screen. I’d love to see the 2-3 inches removed from this area, and I think Apple are quite capable of making this change especially in the 24″ iMac, due to it’s sheer size.
The iMac could be a killer desktop with a few of these changes made, mainly on that form of expandability. Give us more options Apple!
What are you hoping Apple includes in updated iMac’s?