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Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer: Apple to Have 'Very Busy Fall'
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Always is the case with technology. No one knew we 'needed' an iPad. I remember the jokes vividly. Now people can't live without their tablets.
There seems to be an assumption that iWatch is either a wrist watch or a television.
I believe this is probably incorrect, given the amount of engineering resources that are rumored to be thrown at the project.
My hunch is that iWatch is actually an EyeTap, a device capable of immersive Augmented Reality overlays or even Virtual Reality. Think along the lines of Google Glass, but much more advanced. The device is something that the user watches, but the device also literally watches and reacts to the immediate environment.
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The difference now is that people have an expectation for an unrecognized need to be constantly fulfilled. This creates an apathy within the very excitement they are looking for.
680MX is a pretty powerful GPU.
SSD? just stump up the cash if you want it - why should it be standard? This way Apple keep the costs down for Joe Public who doesn't care. And Fusion drive is great (speaking from experience) and uses a 7200 drive. Only the 21.5 has 5400 drive - unless you buy Fusion.
I'm not seeing any substance to your problems with the current iMac.
I would jump on a 4.5"-4.7" iPhone and a retina display iPad mini, add iOS7 official release and a jailbreak and we good to go... 
what does it look like currently? rectangle, no? all of the smartphones are rectangles. it's the details that matters.
I'm going through Apple purchase withdrawal.
I wish they would get back to iPad in spring and iPhone in the summer/fall.
As some have stated, my poor wallet come October.
I wish they would get back to iPad in spring and iPhone in the summer/fall.
As some have stated, my poor wallet come October.
Oh, so you're saying I should by a 27" with a 680MX? I see.
no - I didn't say that
you're original post was "As long as the fall includes properly built iMacs."
I questioned this assertion, and you came back with a list of things that already included in the current lineup.
It may be that the 27" with 680MX would fit your needs. You said iMacs needed more powerful GPUs - I only pointed out that they come with one.
I don't know what your specific needs are - other than complaining that the current iMacs aren't good enough.
It's going to be an expensive fall
Full product refresh? My Macbook is already on its way out, im just holding on until that spark of a laptop emerges
Yes but those are all old products, no one really expects regular updates. But the Retina MBP is definitely a flagship product, and it would make sense for Apple to update it as often as they did until now. But then they haven't updates the iPad Mini in a long time either, even though its a well-selling iPad, so who knows
I'm only curious because I'm planning on buying a rMBP soon
But if the rMBP already appeared in benchmarks, it means the product is complete, so why wait three more months before releasing it? Sure production has to ramp up but they're already producing the current generation models fast enough, it's not like they have brand new technology to iron out.
Predicting the rMBP refresh has its own set of problems. Firstly, October 2012 wasn't a refresh - it was just the release of the 13-inch model. So effectively, there has only been the initial release, and the spec bump in February. You are working from a sample size of 1 - the distance between these two events, which varies depending on whether we are talking about the 13-inch or the 15-inch.
There will probably be an update in the next six months, but we can't predict any more accurately than that. I think you are right to wait, since the rMBP at the moment is effectively first-generation technology, spec bumps or no.
But why the delay in the first place if they're already benchmarking it? Simple. The rMBP that tested on Geekbench was a prototype, probably handmade with love in a lab in Cupertino. Even if it represents a mostly finished design. It still requires testing, approval from the FCC, money to change hands, and then scaling up production. All of these take time, before they can start rolling out of the Foxconn factories in their thousands.
I would jump on a 4.5"-4.7" iPhone and a retina display iPad mini, add iOS7 official release and a jailbreak and we good to go...
I hear you there. That would be an insta-buy. Unfortunately the waiting game is turning into me looking at alternatives. Waiting for the larger device, then the jailbreak is too far away.
i hope they improve the ipad's weight. i got the 4th gen and it's pretty heavy for a tablet. a retina mini could be awesome, but didn't they say there's just going to be a design update?
Well logic would say that 21.5" should be more powerful and faster. 5200RPM drives is pretty lame, basically forcing you to upgrade to fusion. In the end, you're still paying too much for dead technology (being that 5200RPM) drive.
Again, iMacs have no business being then. It's not something you carry in a bookbag or your pocket. A little thickness is fine, but then again, trying to stick a hard drive in that little enclosure is pretty insane. SSD would have been a better fit. After all, SSD's are standard in Macbook Airs.
Hmm yeah I didn't even think that the 13 inch rMBP counted as an "update" to the entire product line So then indeed there has only been one true update since release I'll wait patiently!