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20" and 24" iMacs Due Mid-to-Late Summer

WannaGoMac said:
Lol, i just can't believe this thread is at 15 pages! my god. 15 pages of just wish lists and whining! :)

Seriously, threads should be limited to like 5 pages. After that, they are just pointless repeating or arguing in a thread about things that should be PMs, and no one reads the entire thread since it is too long.
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I might be one of the exceptions in that I read the whole thread...maybe that is why I never post...I use all my time reading. :p

But I do have a lot of spare time sometimes, and what better to do than analyze everyone's griping and wishing and griping more! :D
 
Counter said:
Very good point. It's so easy to get lost in rumor land. Very easy to forget how good the current machines are at any point.

What is the coupon code you speak of? I could use it, l'll be buying this week. (from the UK also)
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Hi,

I didn't have a coupon code or anything. I had a look around on the web but couldn't find one. I did find that a few people had been getting discounts though by calling the Apple sales line. So I did and just used the old charm to befriended the guy who answered the phone. He took £51 off the system for me at first (basically the cost of the graphics card upgrade), then took another £20 off for me coz I was such a nice guy!

I don't know how often they do this? Maybe they only do it towards the end of a cycle? Who knows?

Anyway, good luck in finding a good deal! The current iMac specs are still good but an upgrade to them would have been excellent. In any case, I'm more than happy with what I've got for the money. I'm also FREE of my latest/greatest affliction. IT REALLY IS AN AFFLICTION!!!

Get free everyone. ;-)

--
brill
 
phakebrill said:
Howdy everyone... I've been so sick of hearing about new iMac rumors and nothing actually materialising! It's made me think quite philosophical about the whole thing. One guy from these forums mentioned last week that at the end of the day, it's only a computer and nothing to get so stressed about. Well, whoever you are, you have set me free.

Whilst it's fun to speculate and rumorise (new word!) about new Apple products you have to draw a line somewhere, otherwise no-one would get anything done! Personally I love the current iMac design. I also get 10 days to decide if I want to keep it or not.

So anyhow, I just purchased the following:

20 inch 2.16GHz C2D iMac
2GB RAM
ATI Radeon X1600 graphics with 256MB RAM
250GB Hard drive

And all for the fine sum of £1,098 as opposed to £1,169. A saving of £71!

No need to enter a coupon code, just be nice to the person on the phone and they will do you a deal. I'm sure others may have better deals to talk about but I'm more than happy with this. This iMac will last me a while hopefully.

So, free yourselves from the grasp of the "must have latest/greatest" brigade and just go out and buy yourself the computer that suits you and your budget.

--
brill
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I too got sick of waiting so went for..

24 inch 2.16Ghz C2D iMac
7600GT 256MB VRAM
250GB Hard Drive
Wireless kb and mouse
Applecare
FCE 3.5 upgrade

All for £1,560 - a saving of £112 (No coupon - just be nice)

Also ordered 2GB of Crucial Ram for £46

No doubt when the new iMac comes out I may think I should have waited that little bit longer, but then again who knows when it will arrive/what the specs are etc.
 
64 bit--why bother???

What's the point of Leopard and the CD2 chips being 64 bit if none of the Macs other than the MacPro support ram totaling >4GB? (Only 3GB in current iMac)

How about a change there.

--HG
 
Made the plunge

I also waited past WWDC and bought my first Apple computer Sunday. Happy Father's Day to me.

I purchased a 20" iMac and couldn't be happier. I admit that while I was in the store the part of me that has paid WAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION to these rumor sites was nagging at me to wait. But wait for what? Wait for how long?

I'm sick and tired of Windows and my Dell was on it's last legs. I decided to make the switch a while ago, have been excited ever since I started researching the change, and being sick and tired of waiting I went for it. Perhaps I will have a twinge of regret when the upgrades are announced, but told myself to move forward.

It was one of the greatest moments unpacking and setting up the new machine!
 
3 gig won´t change

the max ram will not be replaced with 4 gig on leopard, because it suffers from the 64/32 bit architecture of the current imacs. true, C2D is "64" bit (in a way) but the used chipset (P945) isn`t 64 bit, so the cpu can handle 64 bit instructions, but the chipset isn`t able to adress ram for a 64 bit system. although current imacs can carry 2x2gig dimms, so 4 gig, the adressable amount of ram still is just 3 gig, 1 gig is left beside because of internal ram-adressing
 
I would not mind waiting for the new iMacs to come out, but I am waiting on my Financial Aid return. When I get that will determine when I buy. So the longer they take the harder it is going to make my choice.

It is like someone pointed out, there really isn't anything wrong with the current iMacs, they are great machines, people are happy with them. Now if you know something new is coming, then of course these are not going to be as attractive as the new ones coming. All in all, the current iMacs are great. Especially coming from this Dell 600m I am on.
 
A 4-month not-yet-PC Switcher here.....

I have held off buying because A) My current computer works, it's just old. B) The buyers guide recommended not buying because IMacs were due for an update and C) ALL the rumor sites were saying the IMacs were to updated "soon".

I have read others list of desired features, and other than DTphonehome's minifridge :) I can't say that the lack of most of those features are deal breakers to me. What I hope for, and why I waited, is to get the newest hardware (so waiting for Leopard is not as important to me) as I can. Do I want better graphics (and/or an upgradable video card)-yes. Bigger hard drive-sure. More memory capability-OK. But I did price out a Dell at roughly the same screen size/memory/graphics card as the Imac 24" (upgrading only the graphics card on the IMac) and they came out roughly the same price. And since I am new to Mac's, the styling doesn't look old to me.........

And I personally hate Vista, and I don't want to buy an older (read XP) MS operating system.

What does torque me off about Apple, and remember, I have not dealt with Apple since I sold my Apple II in the early '80s, is the hyper-secrecy about release dates. If I had known that the next IMac wouldn't be out until July/August I would have bought one last March. There is no point waiting 4-6 months for the Next Best Thing since once it arrives you are only 4-6 months away, probably, from the Next Next Best Thing. And from the number of "Should I buy now" threads posted here in the last 4 months I was not alone. But no one likes buying a computer JUST before the next one is released, and from the best (un-official rumor based sources) I could find, that is what would have happened.

If Apple had said in February or March that their next hardware update would be 'after the Iphone but before school starts' I think a lot of us sitting on the fence would have purchased sooner, and those that didn't, would be in the same holding pattern they are now anyways. And that time frame would have not "locked" them to a specific day, leaving room for un-forseen problems to be solved without violating their stated release time.

That may not be how Apple has traditionally treated releases but this is new to me.
 
Woo Hoo!

About time, I am getting the Rev B this time. Though, I don't know, it depends on how the new ones look.
 
Just perfect...
I wait until WWDC to order an iMac for the office, Got it in yesterday and *then* the update is leaked

*sigh* I waited a month just to be on the "safe side"
 
I'm definitely in agreeance with this rumour since every Mac retailer in Perth is giving away specials with iMacs, free iPods or the such.
 
I could live with just a speed bump on the current model though. That way I could buy that one now, new design comes out in january and I can switch to Rev B in a year instead :)

Oh well, let's just hope they don't make too many changes on the inside so it will be a good Rev A.
 
i wonder (but highly doubt) if theyre waiting for the new chips that intel has bought out. the 2.6/2.8 options what are they called? Xtreme or something?

how awsome would that be!!!!
 
DoFoT9 said:
i wonder (but highly doubt) if theyre waiting for the new chips that intel has bought out. the 2.6/2.8 options what are they called? Xtreme or something?

how awsome would that be!!!!
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Yeah, as long as they don't need extreme cooling as well, It would be pretty awesome :)
They would be pretty expensive though I think?
 
rainydays said:
Yeah, as long as they don't need extreme cooling as well, It would be pretty awesome :)
They would be pretty expensive though I think?
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hhmm maybe if they have those 2 as the top models, and still have the older ones, but give them a massive price drop :p. hahaha i wish! yea they would need a lot of cooling. just put a massive air vent at the back of it :)
 
july 24th, of course!

I believe the most ideal time to release the new imacs would be july 24th, as already stated. This date would allow for the necessary wait after the iphone, while allowing for enough of a gap before leopard. This date could also serve as an announcement date if they are forced to push back the release. Then september would be the release, but the problem is if they released in sep. people would just be pissed that they have to buy a leopard upgrade right after buying a new computer. so it makes sense that july 24th is their only option:)

As far as a touchscreen goes it is fairly obvious to me that any touchscreen would be on a new notebook. (possibly the new ultrathin notebook that ive heard rumors of?) And this would, of course, be realesed in january.
 
jkredwine said:
I believe the most ideal time to release the new imacs would be july 24th, as already stated. This date would allow for the necessary wait after the iphone, while allowing for enough of a gap before leopard. This date could also serve as an announcement date if they are forced to push back the release. Then september would be the release, but the problem is if they released in sep. people would just be pissed that they have to buy a leopard upgrade right after buying a new computer. so it makes sense that july 24th is their only option:)
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Oh, quit being so realistic! ;)

It makes sense though. September would be a bit late.
The most ideal time would have been yesterday ;)
 
hm...I've waited this long - I might as well wait for Leopard and new iMac in october :cool:

hope they will deploy the 2.8 Ghz extreme (mobile) cpu...
 
DTphonehome said:
I don't get why anyone wants/expects touchscreens in this iMac. Try holding your arms in front of you, pointing at/dragging things around on the screen for an hour. See how comfortable that is. And if it's just for the occasional "reach up and touch an icon" to launch an app, why add several hundred dollars' worth of tech for such a limited use?
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I agree with you. I myself would not enjoy touch screens. I live by the mouse.
 
freddiecable said:
hm...I've waited this long - I might as well wait for Leopard and new iMac in october :cool:

hope they will deploy the 2.8 Ghz extreme (mobile) cpu...
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That would be cool but if they did they would have to upgrade the mac pro fairly soon too because it would be faster than their 2.66 however thinking about it the mac pro has 4 core so I retract that statement. :D
 
I'm kinda wondering if that has really any relevance other than predictions behind it. It seems quite vague.

But anyhow I still hope!
 
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