Would love to see that rumored ATI 5800 card in an iMac update, but i'm sure that'll be for the Mac Pro and not the iMac.
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Apple Seeing Continued Strong Mac Sales on Little Cannibalization by iPad, iPod Sales Remain Lower
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I wonder how odd that would've looked 10 years ago. "man walks onto an airplane with a Discman and 500gb worth of music data stored on discs. after reapplication of his hernia medication he straps on his backpack o' music and walks through the terminal" someone should make that a political cartoon
My Apple Wish List
1) - 32 GB iPod Nano (enuf memory to hold my entire music collection)
2) - iPad (waiting for 2G model with camera)
3) - Mac Mini (to be used as media server)
As far as the phone, I think I'll hold off and wait the "iDrop" to get the antenna issue resolved.
In the meantime, my dependable MBP continues serve me well.....
1) - 32 GB iPod Nano (enuf memory to hold my entire music collection)
2) - iPad (waiting for 2G model with camera)
3) - Mac Mini (to be used as media server)
As far as the phone, I think I'll hold off and wait the "iDrop" to get the antenna issue resolved.
In the meantime, my dependable MBP continues serve me well.....
I don't think we will see the classic leave this year but it might not see any upgrades, even in capacity as there have been no announcements for new 1.8" Hard drives this year. The only upgrade available capacity wise is 240GB and it is not a single layer hard drive.
Its funny that everyone thinks the Classic is going to go, yet it is consistently in the top 10 in sales at Amazon.com. It is almost always outselling the iPod Nano too, even though the classic has been roughly the same for 3 years now.
Its funny that everyone thinks the Classic is going to go, yet it is consistently in the top 10 in sales at Amazon.com. It is almost always outselling the iPod Nano too, even though the classic has been roughly the same for 3 years now.
My Mac Wish List
Seeing as how I just joined the Apple family last month after years of watching from the outside...I am too forming a wish list:
MacBook Pro - check - purchased for my wife last month
1) iMac i7 - will purchase as soon as the refresh happens
2) iPad 64GB - hoping I get it for my birthday next month...but too frivilous to go drop the money on it now.
3) iPhone4 32Gb - waiting for my contract to expire on my VZW Blackberry
4) AppleTV - waiting to see what the next generation offers...might make the jump on this "Hobby"
Seeing as how I just joined the Apple family last month after years of watching from the outside...I am too forming a wish list:
MacBook Pro - check - purchased for my wife last month
1) iMac i7 - will purchase as soon as the refresh happens
2) iPad 64GB - hoping I get it for my birthday next month...but too frivilous to go drop the money on it now.
3) iPhone4 32Gb - waiting for my contract to expire on my VZW Blackberry
4) AppleTV - waiting to see what the next generation offers...might make the jump on this "Hobby"
I like my ipod classic. So much more HD on it for less money.
I like the features of the ipod touch but I don't want to pay that much.
I like the features of the ipod touch but I don't want to pay that much.
My iPod classic gets used every single day in my car. I ran the dock connector into my center console so the only time the classic ever leaves the car is when I get new music. The iPod itself is completely controlled by the in dash head unit.
It's nice to have completely replaced the need for CDs in the car, and I never have to think about what music I have and what I don't. It's all there all the time.
My iPods get the most use in the following order (greatest to least):
- Classic
- Shuffle
- iPhone
It's not a club and it's not a family. If it was a family, I would have already started poisoning my siblings or run away.
You just bought some consumer products, manufactured for Apple Inc by a Chinese factory. There is no drama in that.
I recently got a new iPod Classic just to control it (dedicate it) on my cars headunit as well.
I think MacBook Air and MacPro in July and August, but not sure of the order. The iMac is part of the Back to School promotion that ends in September. I think new iMacs will come after the promotion ends.
I think he was referring to the 'Classic' model only rather than the entire iPod range - Mini, Nano, Touch and Classic.
Wrong!
Amazon.com ipod classic:
Black model: #11 seller in electronics, #3 in mp3 players
Silver model: #34 seller in electronics, #9 in mp3 players
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-classic...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1278446572&sr=8-1
ipod touch models are #1,2 and 4 in mp3 players depending on storage size.
Nothing shabby about that.
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Nope. I'm surprised the Classic has reached #3. Saying that - be interesting to know the actual units sold rather than the sales rank.
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Wow, wake up on the wrong side of bed? Surely the poster meant "community of Apple product owners"
You know, like the community here?
current Nanos are definitely at EOL
I just ordered a refurbished nano ground shipped for my wife and got a brand new one by air mail straight from China. Definitely not complaining about that one.
My guess is that Apple knows the iPod lines aren't selling well and is liquidating current inventory in favor of whatever changes they're making for this fall.
I just ordered a refurbished nano ground shipped for my wife and got a brand new one by air mail straight from China. Definitely not complaining about that one.
My guess is that Apple knows the iPod lines aren't selling well and is liquidating current inventory in favor of whatever changes they're making for this fall.
Depending on how you read it, it almost is. My guess is he's referring to the fact that the product is called the i"Phone", but it isn't being very phone-like with all the major issues being related to the phone aspects.
Potentially...but if you look at the previous updates on the iMac, only twice (not counting November 2003 when one model was added to an existing line brought out just a couple months earlier) have they been after the back to school promotion - October of 2005 and October of 2009. All the other dates have been in either Spring or August/September. If anything...the release schedule points to an "any time" release date rather than a hard and fast after the promotion ends. My estimation is based on the days since the last update as well as the next two most likely release dates for an updated Mac product.
Of the three items needing an update - Mac Pro, Mac Air and iMac - the iMac is the highest production unit as the Mac Air and Mac Pro tend to be more niche products. If Apple wants to get the most bang for your buck in terms of bringing in the cash to pay for the niche products...then the iMac will be released sooner than the others....but who knows. At this point the only thing I would be willing to gamble on is that one of the three will be updated next Tuesday.
I think that there is a big drop off from smaller capacity ipod touch to ipod classic. Trying to find numbers. But I found a number for classic from 2009 in July that was around 10 million sales down from around 11 million. I can't remember if that was year to date or quarter. I was looking for 2010 numbers so I didn't hold on to those.
But even if 8Gb ipod touch are significantly greater, I'd say 8-10 million units is still worthy of keeping the classic line going.
Man...I never expected this type of response from a member on this site. All I know, is that my friends and family that own Apple products (that have been encouraging me to buy) all said - welcome to the family when we finally bought our MacBook Pro. I also know that Apple has historically had a following that is unlike other tech companies...more like a family/club. But if you want to be grumpy about it - so be it. I love my new computer!