Hey I was thinking of buy me a new iMac but I was wondering should I wait for the new OS Lion to come out to get it? I have iMac that is 4 years old now. Just wondering what your guys thought if I should wait or not.
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Should I wait for Lion?
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What problem would you be trying to solve by waiting for Lion? The cost of the upgrade? The time involved in the upgrade?
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If you are not in a rush sit it out until fall. That is what I am going to do.
If you are not in a rush sit it out until fall. That is what I am going to do.
What a unique and helpful post.
OP, only you can decide if it's worth it. To be on the safe-side I'd lean more towards owning the iMac with Snow Leopard until any potential bugs have been ironed out in Lion. Also if you wait until Lion, you'll be missing out on months of iMac enjoyment!
Nah, if you want the computer just get it and upgrade to Lion later. There hasn't been any set date for when Lion will come out. I don't think the upgrade will be too much more than Snow Leopard, but I don't know.
If it were up to me, I'd buy the computer now.
If it were up to me, I'd buy the computer now.
Two recommendations.
Get it now and enjoy it, and
Choose the Magic Trackpad. Lion likes Trackpads!
Get it now and enjoy it, and
Choose the Magic Trackpad. Lion likes Trackpads!
If you are someone that uses your computer with software and plug ins for professional use I would definately get it now and avoid Lion for a while. There is the possibility of unforseen bugs, glitches, ect. that can bring your studio to a complete halt and can hurt business and you will probably need a million different patches in order for all of your stuff to work effectively, or work period, in Lion. If you are more of a casual user then it's entirely up to you.
Yah I agree with most of the posters here. With the Apple world there is always "something to wait for" so you can never really win. Get things as you need them.
sigh. really?
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You're on top of one update, that's enough
If you need a Mac and have the money, get it now. There are always upgrades in the future; you cannot predict how titanic they will be. If Lion uses the same upgrade pricing structure that they used for Snow Leopard, you're looking at less than $50. Would you pay $50 to *lease* a new top of the line iMac for an indeterminate multi-month time period until Lion comes out? I would.
The iMac hardware has just been upgraded, so if you buy now you are getting a computer that will be front-line for a year and competitive for years. A major hardware upgrade is much more expensive than a software update, and you know you won't have to worry about that for a while. This is a good time to pull the trigger.
Just to use my situation as an example, I upgraded my 2006 white intel iMac to a 21.5" early last year, using the newish hardware/snow leopard logic. There have been modest upgrades to the iMac line since then, but my iMac *looks* the same and still has plenty of horsepower for what I do with it; more than a year on I still have what runs like a brand-new top-of-the-line computer. I could have waited until the i7 came available, I suppose, but what fun would that have been?
If you need a Mac and have the money, get it now. There are always upgrades in the future; you cannot predict how titanic they will be. If Lion uses the same upgrade pricing structure that they used for Snow Leopard, you're looking at less than $50. Would you pay $50 to *lease* a new top of the line iMac for an indeterminate multi-month time period until Lion comes out? I would.
The iMac hardware has just been upgraded, so if you buy now you are getting a computer that will be front-line for a year and competitive for years. A major hardware upgrade is much more expensive than a software update, and you know you won't have to worry about that for a while. This is a good time to pull the trigger.
Just to use my situation as an example, I upgraded my 2006 white intel iMac to a 21.5" early last year, using the newish hardware/snow leopard logic. There have been modest upgrades to the iMac line since then, but my iMac *looks* the same and still has plenty of horsepower for what I do with it; more than a year on I still have what runs like a brand-new top-of-the-line computer. I could have waited until the i7 came available, I suppose, but what fun would that have been?
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Not necessarily true...there will likely be processor upgrades/pricing shifts this fall...but that's just being nitpicky
