Originally posted by Dont Hurt Me
I would guess a update announced and then shipping in march? if you love the 20" buy one! 1 lil comment G4! a 1.25 G4 would have been good a year ago but the competition is selling machine's that is approaching3 times the clock of the G4! enough said
<Sigh> Ah yes, the good old G4 rant again. Ill never get tired of that one.
Yes, the competition has clock cycles 3x as fast, but as jxyama said, this is the case with Celerons out there so whats your point? My G4 iMac does everything I need it to (Mail, Safari, Office, iLife) and will continue to for 2-3 more years. I agree Motorola sucks, their MHz progression in the G4 has been very poor, and its best for Apple to get rid of Moto as fast as possible, yet this does not make the iMac a bad machine or the G4 a bad chip. Plus, it sounds like this guy wants a Mac, not a machine from the competition, so lets help him out instead of rehashing this old debate.
As always, it comes down to what you need to use your machine for. And also, what kind of a rush youre in. If you cant wait, Id say wait a month, since its not too long, but dont expect some sort of update/price drop for sure. After MWSF though, then you could make your decision one way or the other. Having said that, theres absolutely nothing wrong with the 20 iMac, again, depending what you need it for, so if you really like it, buy it now! Could you provide us with some more details?
Waiting is a dangerous game though. Waiting until MWSF though means waiting another month. And then who knows, a new iMac might be announced, but it may not ship until March so then youre waiting an additional 2 months. Or, no updates will be announced at MWSF, but then rumors will fly that in Feb or Mar updates will come so do you wait another month to see about those?
I've said it many times - if youre always waiting for the next best thing, youll always be waiting. Buy the machine that you want, that does what you want, when you need it, and youll never be disappointed.