2011 Thunderbolt iMac w/ SSD Shipment Tracker
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Last I checked there was one order on the sheet with a 21.5.
I work at an Apple Premium Reseller in Australia & I ordered mine on the 10/5/2011 through the Apple Channel Employee purchase program (at a pretty nice discount BTW) & they have given me an estimated delivery date of the 18/5/2011. That seems pretty quick given the other ETA's everyone else has been given... probably a screw up in their system but I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
I am disappointed if this is true:
The new iMacs have support for Serial ATA-3 (SATA-3) drives capable of 6GBps speed, but the drives Apple installs and the BTO storage options conform to the SATA-2 specification and are capable of 3GBps speed. SATA-3 drives are becoming more common, however, and it's possible that Apple could offer SATA-3 drives in the future. Some companies, such as OWC, offer iMac upgrade services that can be used to install a SATA-3 drive.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3279170
The new iMacs have support for Serial ATA-3 (SATA-3) drives capable of 6GBps speed, but the drives Apple installs and the BTO storage options conform to the SATA-2 specification and are capable of 3GBps speed. SATA-3 drives are becoming more common, however, and it's possible that Apple could offer SATA-3 drives in the future. Some companies, such as OWC, offer iMac upgrade services that can be used to install a SATA-3 drive.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3279170
kfscoll
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Well, it's not true. Right at the top of the article it's stated that there's "no SSD option" which is a bunch of hooey. Even on the UK Apple Store's website you can custom configure an iMac to include an SSD. Mechanical SATA-III hard drives aren't even able to saturate a SATA-II connection, so there's no benefit to SATA-II with those, and we don't yet know whether the new iMacs will ship with SATA-III SSDs because no SSD-equipped iMacs have even shipped yet.
I hope it will be with SATA III SSD. As from OWC article, it seems Apple restricts the future Hardisk upgrade for the latest imac:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3279170
This must be a mistaken entry. Assuming the order date of "2011/09/09" is actually 2011/05/09, why would one order be shipping in 11 days while all others (including many others ordered on May 9) still give 42-day shipping estimates?
iamthedudeman
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I am the person who ordered the 21.5 with the SSD and i7 option. I said so and my reasons for doing so just about, five times in this thread.
Wow, do you guys just skip through the thread?
Any way I am on the list twice, I have a 27 on order also.
Ship May 27
Deliver June 1st.
I should be getting my 21.5 in a few weeks time, and will keep this thread updated once I do. 6gps sata 3 mobo support? SSD is it 6gps? Manufacturer?
Hopefully all will be answered in a few weeks. I will do some benches, like xbench or geekbench to so just what speeds I am getting. Or if you guys know of a better bench suite to tell up what we will have in our imacs let me know.
I think people should probably not expect any surprises. Is there even any precedent for that?
I'm sure some part related to the SSD (or the SSD itself) is just delayed for some reason and it'll all ship when it ships.
It's weird that Apple would only give Lion to those who get an SSD. What could the point of that be?
I don't think we're getting anything special other than the computer we ordered.
Which I hope finally ships soon because I WANT IT NOW
avonord
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Wasn't there talk that Lion will support the SSD trim command?
Even if the delay in delivery is not related to Lion, they may end up preloading it on our iMac. According to rumors so far, WWDC will be software heavy (both iOS and OSX). They may very well announce Lion at WWDC for a mid/end of June release. Aren't they at dev beta 3 already?
avonord
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What? You mean SSD caching? Our SSDs will be 256gb. We don't really need SSD caching. Well.. at least I don't have a need for it. I guess you could partition 64GB out of the 256GB and give it cache to your HDD...
But what sort of files do you have that won't fit in the 256GB and still needs frequent access? Your favourite pr0n video?
iamthedudeman
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That is a possibility. But why not just wait until Lion is released before releasing the 2011 models? Not unless they are going to go with a cheap upgrade again, which is possible.
iamthedudeman
macrumors 65816
What? You mean SSD caching? Our SSDs will be 256gb. We don't really need SSD caching. Well.. at least I don't have a need for it. I guess you could partition 64GB out of the 256GB and give it cache to your HDD...
But what sort of files do you have that won't fit in the 256GB and still needs frequent access? Your favourite pr0n video?
I would rather not have SSD catching, thank you very much.
kfscoll
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I would rather not have Lion preinstalled on my iMac when it ships. New OS X versions are usually far from bug-free and almost always break compatibilty with some existing software. While I've been running the developer preview of Lion on a second hard drive for a while and it's pretty stable, I'd prefer to wait until the third point release (10.7.2) before I install it on my main drive. If the new iMacs ship with Lion, we won't be able to revert to Snow Leopard.
kfscoll
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Maybe they're modifying the SSDs with that wonky Apple SATA connector so they'll work properly in the main HDD bay and won't cause the system fans to go nuts?
Apple is not saying iMacs are equipped with the Z68 chipset. Actually, they never mention chipsets. Even the CPUs are simply listed as "Quad-core Intel Core i5 and i7 processors", not "Sandy Bridge".
Furthermore, Apple is not saying iMacs use SSD caching.
If they don't use SSD caching, no one will be surprised, and no one will be disappointed, except people who try to complain about things that were never promised in the first place.
kfscoll
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Not to mention that SSD caching is enabled in software and right now the only software that supports it is for Windows. Not to say it won't happen with Macs in the future, but I wouldn't hold your breath for it on this generation of iMacs.
IMHO SSD caching is just a stop-gap anyway until SSDs come down in price. If you don't mind paying the extra cash for a larger SSD, then you don't need SSD caching anyway.
hrm, someone changed the order date on my name....
I changed it back to may 3rd.
The delay sucks but i won't go crazy due to just buying a macbook pro in feb.
This will be my first imac, and second apple product (the mbp was my first)
After using this laptop for a few months i can't imagine using anything else. Color me excited to try the 27 inch imac =)
I changed it back to may 3rd.
The delay sucks but i won't go crazy due to just buying a macbook pro in feb.
This will be my first imac, and second apple product (the mbp was my first)
After using this laptop for a few months i can't imagine using anything else. Color me excited to try the 27 inch imac =)
There has been regular sabotage by trolls. Efforts have been made to correct data that is blatantly wrong, but subtle trolling like changing data to other potentially valid data is... a giant pain the ass.