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Hint that iMac's will be available this Friday?
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MacRumors are probably paying Apple to release it late so the forums get kore traffic.
Something has to be up. Apple NEVER advertises this hard for Black Friday! Yes, they announce there BF event and its said, done and over. This year, its everywhere you turn. Even in the stores, its all in your face. Maybe they just need the $$$.............HA! Yea right!!
I hope for a 21.5" Friday
I seriously doubt you are going to switch to Win 8 devices if you've waited this long! Nice touch with the empty threat though I suppose
Hopefully I will have my new iMac soon and then can get on with my life
Shouldn't you be getting on with your iLife? There's an app for that, by the way
Absolutely no way would Apple release the iMac on Black Friday.
Where the hell is the incentive for that? Tim has said himself there will be a shortage, so why would Apple give the iMac a discount knowing full well they are going to sell out regardless?
They'll lose thousands of dollars/pounds/whatever releasing the iMac tomorrow. Absolutely no way is that going to happen.
8 days left in November though.. time is ticking.
Where the hell is the incentive for that? Tim has said himself there will be a shortage, so why would Apple give the iMac a discount knowing full well they are going to sell out regardless?
They'll lose thousands of dollars/pounds/whatever releasing the iMac tomorrow. Absolutely no way is that going to happen.
8 days left in November though.. time is ticking.
Spot on! We will not see the iMac released this week (due to the Black Friday commotion). Tuesday next week is a well-educated guess, in my opinion!
That being said....I'm hoping we won't have to wait until the very end of December for the 27"....
Spot on! We will not see the iMac released this week (due to the Black Friday commotion). Tuesday next week is a well-educated guess, in my opinion!
That being said....I'm hoping we won't have to wait until the very end of December for the 27"....
I think it will be mid December or earlier.
Apple wont release the iMac during the xmas holiday....when most of the office will be down. Thats my guess at least.
And I agree, Black Friday release of the iMac with an instant discount, doesn't make sense at all.
Agreed
Also the original rumor from way back said that the release of the 27 would be about a week after the 21
releasing this friday would give Apple tons of free press , so it really would not be a loss . they can jusitfy the discount as advertising dollars. besides I would bet most sales will get a student discount wether they are a student or not. so no real revenue loss releasing on Friday.
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Spot on! We will not see the iMac released this week (due to the Black Friday commotion). Tuesday next week is a well-educated guess, in my opinion!
That being said....I'm hoping we won't have to wait until the very end of December for the 27"....
It's a good possibility that they'll allow customers to purchase the 21.5" and pre-order the 27" on the same day.
I'd imagine they'll know when the 21.5" and 27" models will be available to ship simultaneously (regardless if they can actually ship at the same time or not).
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Yes, it would be a loss if they release the iMac on Friday.
So, let's say Apple have produced 50,000 iMacs and the current user demand is 200,000 iMacs.
Why would Apple want to release the iMac on Black Friday knowing full well they are going to sell out regardless?
Let's say those figures above are true - that's £70 (roughly) discount per unit. That's £3,500,000 that Apple will lose if they were to sell out their iMac Itinerary on Black Friday as opposed to after Black Friday.
Not going to happen i'm afraid.
Hoping i'm wrong of course
They could exclude it from being discounted like they'll do to the iPhone 5, iPad mini, and iPad 4.
It's a good possibility that they'll allow customers to purchase the 21.5" and pre-order the 27" on the same day.
I'd imagine they'll know when the 21.5" and 27" models will be available to ship simultaneously (regardless if they can actually ship at the same time or not).
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Yes, it would be a loss if they release the iMac on Friday.
So, let's say Apple have produced 50,000 iMacs and the current user demand is 200,000 iMacs.
Why would Apple want to release the iMac on Black Friday knowing full well they are going to sell out regardless?
Let's say those figures above are true - that's £70 (roughly) discount per unit. That's £3,500,000 that Apple will lose if they were to sell out their iMac Itinerary on Black Friday as opposed to after Black Friday.
Not going to happen i'm afraid.
Hoping i'm wrong of course
3,500,000 to Apple is Like a Couple of Thousand no matter the currency. that 3.5 Mil is like a 30 to 60 second one time commercial on the Super Bowl . the amount of press they would get would most certainly out weigh the discount . like Johnf1285 just mentioned , a BF release does not automatically mean you get a discount. thats my uneducated guess
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Thats the whole fun of it . who ever gets it right can smile and say I told you so.
I agree. Why does Apple have to give discount? They surely can exclude the Imac...
WOuld be nice if we would have any tomorrow in Glasgow, as I am going into the Centre anyway