If I were you, I would return it while you can and wait for the new ones. The numbers and specs aren't out yet, but at least you'll have the most recent iMac vs something that's been out for 6-7 months.
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Apple Reportedly Launching Updated iMacs with Faster Processors Next Week
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If I were you, I would return it while you can and wait for the new ones. The numbers and specs aren't out yet, but at least you'll have the most recent iMac vs something that's been out for 6-7 months.
The writers often republish speculations, and those speculations are frequently full of errors. Some of the mistakes are blatantly obvious, and I don't think they're going to use HD 4600 gpus in any of these.
Lol so a 15" Retina MBP is fine, but wanting a 21.5" Retina iMac is absurd ?
Sorry, there's an obvious difference between Retina and non-Retina, so like many other people, I'll be waiting for that update .
yeah that is what i was thinking to, man i don't want to lug this thing back through the mall. Just got it all set up on the new desk too. ugh.
Over time some/many current Mac Pro capabilities will come down to lower cost Macs. That is generally how the PC market works. This year's "above average higher end" performance is mainstream in 3-5 years time.
In the posting, the "time willing to wait" was 30 months. That is 2.5 years. In 2.5 years, DDR4 probably will have reached the iMac line up (Intel's roadmaps already make that clear). UHD screens will be far more mainstream than they are now. Mobile GPUs will be improved to far better match being paired with UHD screens.
Sure if someone wants UHD with graphics 'horsepower' to match and max memory bandwidth right now the Mac Pro is a better match. But several years down the road... that is different.
Apple typically doesn't do hardware announcements with only minor spec bumps. You'll see them do keynote announcements of hardware when significant changes are made.
I continue to be at a loss for what I want to replace my aging Macs with... on the one hand, I have debts that I need to pay. On the other hand, both are currently classified as vintage and I can really tell on my Air (not so much on my iMac, although before the end of the year my iMac will be classified as obsolete - the Air won't technically be labeled that until next year).
I'm not sure why this information is not getting around more, but Broadwell as a micro-architecture may be coming in Q4 2014, but that's only for the tablet/convertible-class chips.
Laptop chips are next coming in Q1 2015 and desktop chips will come only in Q2 2015 - this is the current plan at least.
A Broadwell iMac is more or less a year away, this is why we're getting this sort of meagre update.
WWDC is a software developers conference. The only reason to announce hardware updates would be if it impacted the software developers or there wasn't enough software stuff to fill the 90 minutes.
Retina iMacs and other hardware updates should have their own show to maintain focus and prevent product dilution.
If paired with a dGPU, then the HD 4600 makes alot of sense in an iMac. The non HD 5xxxx ( Iris / Iris Pro ) CPU+GPU packages cost less which would help with Apple's problem of higher price drift.
The OS X tech to switch lower TDP GPUs will only dealing with light graphics workloads would lower temperature inside of the iMac also. If just watching Netlfixs full screen, reading email, or typing a long report there isn't huge necessity for a dGPU.
That's because there are soooo many people I know, (as well as myself) that are just waiting to get into the Mac World after being a long time PC User, and the mini is the perfect avenue for it. But the All in One (iMac) scares them, and the Pro is over kill.
Bring on a decent mini refresh and see how many more users convert!!!
If the iMacs get updated next week, does this mean there won't be another update later this year?
That's crazy! Why on earth would China do that?
It's way easier to spy on Windows XP...
Mac mini, Maxi sales!
Apple is certainly creating a lot of pent-up demand for the Mac mini by stretching out the refresh period this time! When it does come (probably Broadwell equipped in the fall) I think it's going to sell like hotcakes! And not just to all of us who have been waiting for it for so long now. I think they will probably inaugurate a new push for the general public, now that iOS devices are so popular among "non-Apple" people. Crossover time is ripe right now, and even more so in the fall with all the new goodies coming. A re-designed, smaller box with possibly AppleTV functionality built-in, and games, would sell like crazy to said public. They would eat it up. I think Apple is not neglecting it at all, but is crazy like a fox, and intent on truly maximizing sales, in the run-up to Christmas, of a brand-new, greatly enhanced machine. Or so we can hope...!
Apple is certainly creating a lot of pent-up demand for the Mac mini by stretching out the refresh period this time! When it does come (probably Broadwell equipped in the fall) I think it's going to sell like hotcakes! And not just to all of us who have been waiting for it for so long now. I think they will probably inaugurate a new push for the general public, now that iOS devices are so popular among "non-Apple" people. Crossover time is ripe right now, and even more so in the fall with all the new goodies coming. A re-designed, smaller box with possibly AppleTV functionality built-in, and games, would sell like crazy to said public. They would eat it up. I think Apple is not neglecting it at all, but is crazy like a fox, and intent on truly maximizing sales, in the run-up to Christmas, of a brand-new, greatly enhanced machine. Or so we can hope...!
The difference is that if I buy an iMac now and Apple does a major update in a month and a half, I can't just download and install the new GPU.
Exactly what I was thinking . Apple really doesn't want to release anything significant until September smh .
I would love a Mini with a new GPU, but it's going to be a couple years before I'd consider upgrading mine as I haven't found anything that I do that it doesn't do quick enough (or indeed, doesn't support).
After using a Retina macbook at home, I'm not going to upgrade my work iMac until the new models have retina. 
I know it's going to be quite expensive for Apple to produce, but I would think iMacs already have a pretty huge markup on them that could absorb at least a some of the cost. Once they start making screens like this in large quantities the cost should go down.
I don't think the resolution needs to double the current one. Apple could afford to use a slightly lower native res (and double that), as screen elements are already tiny, making them larger would be an improvement for me.
I know it's going to be quite expensive for Apple to produce, but I would think iMacs already have a pretty huge markup on them that could absorb at least a some of the cost. Once they start making screens like this in large quantities the cost should go down.
I don't think the resolution needs to double the current one. Apple could afford to use a slightly lower native res (and double that), as screen elements are already tiny, making them larger would be an improvement for me.
More so the AppleTV. Maybe it's because I don't have a TV anymore, but I haven't been able to understand it's appeal for a while now.
Granted, now that I have iFlicks maybe that will change.
Pulling attention towards other things? Like, at WWDC they can talk about new software and make sure the attention is on that. Then next week they can release new iMacs and suddenly the attention is on those (albeit for a short time).
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What's the big appeal of a Mac mini? I'm genuinely just curious. Is it because they're highly upgradeable and you get to choose your own display/s? If they redesign the physicality of the Mac mini I can see a lot of the internals becoming soldered just like in the rMBP. Surely that will just reduce upgradeability?
It's more designed for a trackpad than for a touchscreen. Large click targets are more akin to being geared for touchscreen and there isn't much more of that in any version of OS X they've shown us so far.
Also the whole ergonomics bit.
Give me a 27" iMac with an 880M and a slight price cut, and my wallet will be $3000 lighter next week.