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Rumor: iMacs delayed to 2013
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now, let's hope they didn't get lucky this time around 
that whole situation kinda bring the old Apple-disciples back in the game. Get a database of real Apple product buyers back that will wait it off because they care about what they are buying/getting versus the pop-buyers looking for quick satisfaction.
Let's say they are producing half of what they expected for this time period. Well, they are still putting it out there (as advertised on Apple : still no modification of availability Nov/Dec).
that whole situation kinda bring the old Apple-disciples back in the game. Get a database of real Apple product buyers back that will wait it off because they care about what they are buying/getting versus the pop-buyers looking for quick satisfaction.
Let's say they are producing half of what they expected for this time period. Well, they are still putting it out there (as advertised on Apple : still no modification of availability Nov/Dec).
now, let's hope they didn't get lucky this time around
that whole situation kinda bring the old Apple-disciples back in the game. Get a database of real Apple product buyers back that will wait it off because they care about what they are buying/getting versus the pop-buyers looking for quick satisfaction.
Let's say they are producing half of what they expected for this time period. Well, they are still putting it out there (as advertised on Apple : still no modification of availability Nov/Dec).
That exactly what I thought, lets assume they had to produce 400k computers, instead they manage to produce only 100k. Then why there is no pre order?
Why not get orders, start to deliver, put 4-5 weeks wait for each order and you are done.
Instead we are after the half of November and no clue.
My guess:
Pre order of the 21 will start in the end of novmber( the very last day) with waiting time of 4 weeks.
This will be in line with jan postpone plan.
I have no proof of this, but I feel like the French rumor came out of someone reading the Macrumors forum when users were posting they thought it might be delayed into 2013, which they took as fact and posted it, and now it's the serpent eating its tail with Macrumors users taking the French article as fact.
I haven't seen anyone actually take the French article as fact.
People are just worried as if November ends tomorrow...
My iMac was recalled for hard drive replacement 4 weeks ago. Upon collection I found the screen was faulty (backlight gone), this was replaced with a new screen, only to find that screen also had issues (dead pixels and flickering).
At the time the Apple store manager said they could not carry out any more repairs, and they would have to exchange it for the new model when it comes out. Great, I thought, a brand new iMac! Only a couple of weeks to wait until November.
However, the news that the new model may not be out until next year means that I will not have a computer for at least a couple more months.
Great job Apple! You recalled my iMac, destroyed it, and are now unable to replace it!
I hope these rumours are just that, rumours.
At the time the Apple store manager said they could not carry out any more repairs, and they would have to exchange it for the new model when it comes out. Great, I thought, a brand new iMac! Only a couple of weeks to wait until November.
However, the news that the new model may not be out until next year means that I will not have a computer for at least a couple more months.
Great job Apple! You recalled my iMac, destroyed it, and are now unable to replace it!
I hope these rumours are just that, rumours.
You're pretty damn lucky to just be getting a new model like that.
What model is your old one? Because if it's 2009 or something, you're pretty damn lucky...quit your yapping. Seriously.
Place as much credence in this post as you want. My neighbour is getting his brand new iMac from a large well known UK retailer and was rubbing his hands at the prospect of getting it before the end of November. However, he has received an email from the retailer today stating that unfortunately they cannot now guarantee getting him the iMac this side of Christmas.
To say he is not best pleased would be an understatement.
To say he is not best pleased would be an understatement.
Yeah it would be great to get a brand new iMac to replace an old one, except that right now he has nothing until who knows when... if I took my mac in to get fixed and suddenly had to go without for possibly a couple months, I'd be mad considering it's required for my income!
WHAT??? That is BS!!! SO now people with a 2011 or older model iMac, can no longer get repairs done? They have to wait for a new iMac that we dont even know if its coming as promised this month??
FYI: Im still waiting until 11:59pm EST November 30, 2012 before I start bitching about Apple and missing the deadline, HA!
I'd hate to be without my iMac for weeks/months, too, even if I'd been promised a new model. It's one thing for Apple to exchange an older, malfunctioning iMac for a new one on the spot; it's another for them to make you wait some indefinite amount of time for it.
But I find it hard to believe that Apple doesn't have replacement parts for older iMacs on hand somewhere. Are they really going to offer a new iMac to everyone who presents an older iMac with a bad screen or some other major component for repair? Also, as of one week ago, my local Apple store had older iMacs available for purchase.
Did you ever consider that what the manager told you was his easiest solution? I'm pretty sure they still repair older models of their devices and replace with newer ones IF necessary. I don't know why he would tell you that, but I'm pretty sure there were other options he just did not discuss with you. I would call AppleCare and explain the situation with them and see what options they give you.
I, like many, am wondering why a desktop needs to be thin? are we pushing Apple so hard that they need to be different for the sake of being different? thin devices are hard to cool. We lost the optical drive, and the price went up...
I'm hoping Apple eventually come out with a 17" retina iMac
I'm hoping Apple eventually come out with a 17" retina iMac
17"? Why 17", just because it might be easier and cheaper to produce? I haven't thought about or heard credible rumors about a 17" before; a 17" & 24" retina option might be interesting. I would take 24" retina over the non-retina 27". Is there a rumor from an industry/credible source about a 17" r iMac?
How about the itunes case? Where they waited to the last minute of the month to announce it will be at the end of novmber.
Went into Cribbs Causeway, Bristol UK earlier, and yes, all the staff were toeing the line 'available in November' for 21". I couldn't get them offer any view or opinion that was different.
As a newcomer to Apple desktops (this will be my first), I'm more than a little ticked off with the arrogance of Apple. Their tactics have been to market spoil Windows 8, and keep the aspirational and other buyers on the hook. Stacks up as one of the reasons I've avoided Apple in the past, and treating customers like this, just isn't the right way to engender loyalty.
If they come up with a pre-order line at the end of November I'll .............probably just accept it, such is the draw of possessing such a beautiful machine.
SWS
As a newcomer to Apple desktops (this will be my first), I'm more than a little ticked off with the arrogance of Apple. Their tactics have been to market spoil Windows 8, and keep the aspirational and other buyers on the hook. Stacks up as one of the reasons I've avoided Apple in the past, and treating customers like this, just isn't the right way to engender loyalty.
If they come up with a pre-order line at the end of November I'll .............probably just accept it, such is the draw of possessing such a beautiful machine.
SWS
If they delay the 21.5" iMac after November.... It will be a SHAME and all of us will laugh of apple for months... They could show a high level of incompetence.
By other side it will cause economic consequences and a big fall of stock shares