I almost pulled the trigger but since money was short and i needed to upgrade my dell box, I just had a PC made for under 1k.
I just can't afford these things.
I just can't afford these things.
Steve Jobs would never have allowed the iMac to get fatter in the middle than it is on the edges.
What am I saying?
I am saying: I believe Apple would prefer to sell all of their items via the web with as long a waiting time as the free market will allow.
Having massive amounts of old product standing by while the masses demand updates is a liability for them.
Driving up demand, and forcing buyers to the web, with as long a lead time as possible, saves Apple millions in un-purchased inventory made to stock shelves.
Don't discount the value of impulse buyers. Those fancy stores are there to serve that purpose, but Apple is failing to capture buyers due to inventory.
However, Apple does the math... They know that the lost in-store buyers are offset by the massive savings in not having vast overages of soon-to-be out of date hardware.
It is too consistent to be accidental. I believe they want to drive as many purchases as possible to the website. It is better for the bottom line.
It's a bummer for me cause I like to be able to walk in and buy the new stuff, as soon as its new. It's my money, and yes, I like to spend it like that.
That was the entire point.
He already did in 2005. The original iMac G5, the design that the newer ones were based on, did not have a bulge on the back, but it was then bulge-ified in 2005. But if you're talking about all iMacs, the G3 really did.
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Apple must not stop until the iMac is worth its weight in gold. (jk)
I guess the wait period for the new Mac Pro is coming to an end soon.
Top-line iMacs will not be the kings for long.
I almost pulled the trigger but since money was short and i needed to upgrade my dell box, I just had a PC made for under 1k.
I just can't afford these things.
I think you guys mean Jony Ive. What Ive says, goes.
I'll be amazed if these versions sell more than the previous ones... what with the previous ones being worlds more upgradeable (just like the retina macbook pros vs previous macbook pros).
I wonder what Apple's game is here?
Worse is where this puts PRO users. The macbook PROs are not very "PRO" anymore. They're crappy consumer toys. Not being able to swap out the hardware is just plain stupid. I've had to swap out the hard drive and RAM in my older and current pro machines. With the current crap if the SSD or RAM chips fail I won't be able to!?! Ridongculous.
You have a good point there. A lot of studios have been using the iMac as 'cheap' pro rigs, rather than shelling out stupid amounts for the Mac Pro.
It's starting to seem clear that Apple wants to steer professionals away from the 'consumer' iMac and onto the 'professional' Mac Pro... whatever the next iteration may be.
Step 1 is making the Mac Pro cheaper. It's currently too expensive for many people unless they buy an older model.
It took me 3 weeks for my 21" to be delivered. I totally love it. I also ordered a mac mini! 1 week left!! I got a new 32" samsung display, it is way better than a TBD in terms of value for money and even the display is very beautiful!
That's not going to be possible. A decent current-gen Xeon system - which is an amazingly capable platform - is going to cost $4k+ for the CPUs alone.
Unless we're talking about dropping the line down to Mac Prosumer and going with i7.
I'm sure Apple will keep VESA on their stand alone Displays.
EDIT: Even if you go with Xeon, $231 each:
What model is the Samsung display?
I'll be amazed if these versions sell more than the previous ones... what with the previous ones being worlds more upgradeable (just like the retina macbook pros vs previous macbook pros.
I hope you're right, but it didn't make sense for them to get rid of VESA mounting on the iMac either. It was a casualty of their unnecessarily thin redesign of a desktop product that should favor power and function over looks and portability. Since the Thunderbolt Display is based on the same platform, I wouldn't expect it to be any different.
Uk shipping times for standard configurations have gotten worse, currently standing at 4-6 weeks. Impossible to know how much production has improved but shows there is still a significant backlog.
Then, without wishing to be rude, you haven't been paying attention. The vast majority of customers don't care about upgrading their PC's and haven't done for some time. The PC has become a device and that's the way it should be for the vast majority of users. If an iMac breaks you take it to the Apple store and either get it fixes under warranty, pay for a repair or buy a new one. It's time for people like us to realise that the... oh, call it 15 year spell from around 1995 to 2010 where the PC became essential but still relied on technical knowledge to work and maintain it was a blip. Computers should, dare I say, just work and require no more specialist knowledge to own than a car. Very very basic maintenance tasks are done by the owner but for anything more that dedicated service centres are used. How things work isn't really important, what it lets you do is.
Sure there will always be a small number of users who want to open their PC's up and either change or repair them on their own terms. But that's a tiny percentage of the total user base, heck even a lot of 'pro' (i.e. business) users don't do that any more with 3 or 5 year warranties being taken up instead. When it breaks outside of that it's on a replacement schedule with funds set aside in the budget for that very purpose.
On a related note I've never been able to figure out the dismissive attitude to attractive looking desktops. Sure, when I'm sitting in front of my iMac (2011 model with a new 27" on order) I can't see the sides, fair enough. But every time I stand up, every time I walk past the home office or do anything in that room that doesn't involve sitting in front of the screen the design is clearly visible. Am I buying an iMac to show off to my friends? Nope, not at all. But I am buying it (at least in part) because I like having things in my home that are well designed and in a very small way are enjoyable to look at. I've had self-built tower PC's since, yikes, 1998 and while they may give the most bang for the buck my priorities have shifted. Nowadays I'd much rather pay a little more for a great looking near-silent computer that doesn't clutter up the room. Of course I understand that others have different priorities and that's fine but I do wish that sentiment was shared a bit more than it is.
+1. Very well spoken.