2012 iMac - next big date?

[Confuzzzed]

One thing I don't get is, fine apple don't have to release it's dates but do they not have any respect for their customers to explain why the stock is so low!!!

Not withstanting some of your valid points, this board is for people eagerly anticipating the next iMac release, many of whom have been waiting for months. Although it's human nature to want to blame someone else most of us appreciate that it's mainly OUR fault trying to double guess product release timelines.

The 2011 iMac is a perfectly good machine which for people waiting since January 2011 would have benefited from so waiting is a fools game. One many of us are frustratingly committed to so your comments may be misinterpreted as trolling. I know that was not your intention but if I may be so forward, the financing decision regarding your next purchase is your affair, not Apple's.

Suffice to say, you are buying through a distributor for the discount and the payment terms BUT if it's inventory visibility you want, go to Apple directly and you can have a machine TODAY! If it's financing holding you back, there's many credit cards on zero percent introductory deals that you can utilise to fund your purchase. None of these points are really anything to do with Apple.

 

[richest]

You are paying for a 2011 machine, where the price has remained unchanged since released, despite the massive cost reduction of the old parts used.

Most people will wait I would say.

 

[nagareru]

I believe the first real sign that apple is moving away from its desktop products will be when they release an os without its server version. I know they discontinued xserver but they are still releasing server editions. and for those you need a desktop

 

[Confuzzzed]

You are paying for a 2011 machine, where the price has remained unchanged since released, despite the massive cost reduction of the old parts used.

Look, I am waiting like everyone else. But at the end of the day for MOST consumers jumping on the OS-X bandwagon, a 2011 machine will do a sterling job and would not know - nor care - the difference between ivy bridge or sandy bridge intel processors.

Lets examine the proposed benefits of a 2012 iMac over its 2011 iteration:

* USB3 is all about trying to future proof for most people. It's a physical advancement in an increasingly cloud-based world. When was the last time you used a USB stick? Yes, if you have peripherals, it can be an advantage BUT how many 'normal' consumers does this apply to?
* Ivy bridge on a desktop provides less than 10% real world improvement.
* Unless you are a gamer or a developer (and would thus benefit from improved GPUs) why would you care?
* Regards to changes to the form factor, well the current form factor is attractive enough for most people and what you don't know won't hurt you.
* Most people WANT an ODD so tick in 2011 box (uncertainty at best regards 2012)
* Screen lamination could be a significant factor to deal with screen dust particles-gate.

So you want an extra year's support from Apple at the tail end of the product cycle? Most people don't make purchasing decisions based on that and most people renew their computers well before they stop being supported (5-6 years down the line.

Trust me. Given the wait since Apri and my self-proclaimed ZERO interest in gaming, I wish I pulled the trigger 6 months ago. The 2011 machine is great.

 

[jollino]

Trust me. Given the wait since Apri and my self-proclaimed ZERO interest in gaming, I wish I pulled the trigger 6 months ago. The 2011 machine is great.

Same. Except for USB3, which I'd very much like to have, and the obvious price issue. What's weird is that there has been no refurb iMac on the Italian Apple Store for a while now. (It's probably for the best, though, or I'd end up buying out of frustration and then be very angry when 3 days later the 2012 is released.)

 

[ipodmac]

Adding to what my source said [he's a dev for OSX], new iMac will be out in December, still sticking to the 27 and 32 in model he said.

Also no more Mac Pro for those interested

You said before that your "source" said it would be out in September early October. I think its pretty clear that the source is you.

 

[JustMartin]

You said before that your "source" said it would be out in September early October. I think its pretty clear that the source is you.

The source may not be him, but the source may be just as clueless as the rest of us.

 

[HurryKayne]

Look, I am waiting like everyone else. But at the end of the day for MOST consumers jumping on the OS-X bandwagon, a 2011 machine will do a sterling job and would not know - nor care - the difference between ivy bridge or sandy bridge intel processors.

Lets examine the proposed benefits of a 2012 iMac over its 2011 iteration:

* USB3 is all about trying to future proof for most people. It's a physical advancement in an increasingly cloud-based world. When was the last time you used a USB stick? Yes, if you have peripherals, it can be an advantage BUT how many 'normal' consumers does this apply to?
* Ivy bridge on a desktop provides less than 10% real world improvement.
* Unless you are a gamer or a developer (and would thus benefit from improved GPUs) why would you care?
* Regards to changes to the form factor, well the current form factor is attractive enough for most people and what you don't know won't hurt you.
* Most people WANT an ODD so tick in 2011 box (uncertainty at best regards 2012)
* Screen lamination could be a significant factor to deal with screen dust particles-gate.

So you want an extra year's support from Apple at the tail end of the product cycle? Most people don't make purchasing decisions based on that and most people renew their computers well before they stop being supported (5-6 years down the line.

Trust me. Given the wait since Apri and my self-proclaimed ZERO interest in gaming, I wish I pulled the trigger 6 months ago. The 2011 machine is great.

Yes it is but its 2011 and believe me people are not so dumb,the ones who bougth an Iphone5 knows the differences between the 4s and the new they're holding now,maybe they don't know what is an A5x/A6 but they know that 4s was 2011 and 5 its 2012..otherwise to fraud people would be very very easy,and those are the mass consumers while who buys a desktop very often ask to someone who knows more a little advice..after having seen a lot of scaffolds full of 2012 tech.. .

 

[DKZ]

Yes it is but its 2011 and believe me people are not so dumb,the ones who bougth an Iphone5 knows the differences between the 4s and the new they're holding now,maybe they don't know what is an A5x/A6 but they know that 4s was 2011 and 5 its 2012..otherwise to fraud people would be very very easy,and those are the mass consumers while who buys a desktop very often ask to someone who knows more a little advice..after having seen a lot of scaffolds full of 2012 tech.. .

Really?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIWKytq_q4

 

[HurryKayne]

Yes really,of course there are dumb people,i mean for example the ones who believe in Berlusconi or now in Romney,but the most are good people who spit blood while working and prefer to respect them instead of putting all in a category.

 

[DKZ]

Yes really,of course there are dumb people,i mean for example the ones who believe in Berlusconi or now in Romney,but the most are good people who spit blood while working and prefer to respect them instead of putting all in a category.

Riigth.

Still, it seems your problem is mostly with the principle and not the actual machine the people are buying.

 

[HurryKayne]

Don't understand what you mean with "principle" but its time to end my answers ,gotta go.

 

[Skiippy]

Look, I am waiting like everyone else. But at the end of the day for MOST consumers jumping on the OS-X bandwagon, a 2011 machine will do a sterling job and would not know - nor care - the difference between ivy bridge or sandy bridge intel processors.

Lets examine the proposed benefits of a 2012 iMac over its 2011 iteration:

* USB3 is all about trying to future proof for most people. It's a physical advancement in an increasingly cloud-based world. When was the last time you used a USB stick? Yes, if you have peripherals, it can be an advantage BUT how many 'normal' consumers does this apply to?
* Ivy bridge on a desktop provides less than 10% real world improvement.
* Unless you are a gamer or a developer (and would thus benefit from improved GPUs) why would you care?
* Regards to changes to the form factor, well the current form factor is attractive enough for most people and what you don't know won't hurt you.
* Most people WANT an ODD so tick in 2011 box (uncertainty at best regards 2012)
* Screen lamination could be a significant factor to deal with screen dust particles-gate.

So you want an extra year's support from Apple at the tail end of the product cycle? Most people don't make purchasing decisions based on that and most people renew their computers well before they stop being supported (5-6 years down the line.

Trust me. Given the wait since Apri and my self-proclaimed ZERO interest in gaming, I wish I pulled the trigger 6 months ago. The 2011 machine is great.

Are you trying to convince people to buy up all the remaining 2011 machines to expedite the release of the 2012s? If that strategy was sure to work, I'd repost it 1000x. Otherwise, what's the point really? This 'advertisement' for the 2011 iMacs has been posted many times before.

 

[Brian Mage]

[reads 1300+ posts]
Phew!
Right, not a lot left to say from me really.
I too am hoping for a 2012 redesign/refresh. However its soley so i can then get a cheap 2011 mac as a home media hub.

 

[Confuzzzed]

Are you trying to convince people to buy up all the remaining 2011 machines to expedite the release of the 2012s? If that strategy was sure to work, I'd repost it 1000x. Otherwise, what's the point really? This 'advertisement' for the 2011 iMacs has been posted many times before.

I wish it would work like that.

But no. Merely answering a specific point made by another poster. And illustrating (probably to myself) why I wish I hadn't waited. And I won't wait ever again for an Apple computer. When I need what I need, I'll buy what's available then. All the hours wasted looking for 'signs'. As if it was the x-files.

 

[zombierunner]

How do you like them apples?

 

[xgman]

Look, I am waiting like everyone else. But at the end of the day for MOST consumers jumping on the OS-X bandwagon, a 2011 machine will do a sterling job and would not know - nor care - the difference between ivy bridge or sandy bridge intel processors.

Lets examine the proposed benefits of a 2012 iMac over its 2011 iteration:

* USB3 is all about trying to future proof for most people. It's a physical advancement in an increasingly cloud-based world. When was the last time you used a USB stick? Yes, if you have peripherals, it can be an advantage BUT how many 'normal' consumers does this apply to?
* Ivy bridge on a desktop provides less than 10% real world improvement.
* Unless you are a gamer or a developer (and would thus benefit from improved GPUs) why would you care?
* Regards to changes to the form factor, well the current form factor is attractive enough for most people and what you don't know won't hurt you.
* Most people WANT an ODD so tick in 2011 box (uncertainty at best regards 2012)
* Screen lamination could be a significant factor to deal with screen dust particles-gate.

So you want an extra year's support from Apple at the tail end of the product cycle? Most people don't make purchasing decisions based on that and most people renew their computers well before they stop being supported (5-6 years down the line.

Trust me. Given the wait since Apri and my self-proclaimed ZERO interest in gaming, I wish I pulled the trigger 6 months ago. The 2011 machine is great.

Clearly a new more powerful imac with relevant technology is NOT for you. Enjoy.

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You said before that your "source" said it would be out in September early October. I think its pretty clear that the source is you.

exactly.

 

[minisuds7]

"If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm." -Mahatma Gandhi

Gotta hang onto that faith in this hell of a storm haha

 

[edry.hilario]

Guys next week I think we will have a clue as of what's going on with the upcoming event. If they send out invitations next week the invitation should give us some clues and see if there's a posibility that the imac could be announced then

 

[JustMartin]

Guys next week I think we will have a clue as of what's going on with the upcoming event. If they send out invitations next week the invitation should give us some clues and see if there's a posibility that the imac could be announced then

It's going to be worse than the evangelicals searching the bible for the date of the end of the world. Every word of that invite is going to be analysed, re-analysed, argued over every day until the actual launch.

 

[segovius]

It's going to be worse than the evangelicals searching the bible for the date of the end of the world. Every word of that invite is going to be analysed, re-analysed, argued over every day until the actual launch.

Oh God...you're right. Please make it all stop...

 

[kmria]

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When the hell this iMac are coming back in stock. I don't care 2012 or 2011, just get the stock back up.

 

[Swordylove]

Adding to what my source said [he's a dev for OSX], new iMac will be out in December, still sticking to the 27 and 32 in model he said.

Thanks. But I don't believe it.

 

[iMcLovin]

December??? What kind of date is that??? Anyway apple usually let people know when there are no more products coming out that year. Hopefully they will release a new iMac this month or let us know so we can find other ways to serve our needs, since apple can't deliver. I'm so disappointed at apple right now, every day I'm contemplating various solution as doubt is getting stronger and stronger.

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When the hell this iMac are coming back in stock. I don't care 2012 or 2011, just get the stock back up.

Why don't u order at apple.com? They have it in stock.

 

[kmria]

Why don't u order at apple.com? They have it in stock.

I would love to but I ordered £1649 model for £1349 from comet [manager's discount = £1500 - my company's corporate discount 10% (£150) = £1349]. Apple store can't give me that so... long wait..