Apple Updates iMac with Haswell and Faster PCIe Flash Storage

[ifraaank]

Seriously. No i7, no bueno.

I was wrong: http://cl.ly/image/1f0w212J0A2x

 

[jamesryanbell]

Looks good to me!

 

[Small White Car]

still no Retina Display so still won't be getting one :-(

Perhaps you should buy some glasses so you can stop sitting 9 inches away from your desktop computers. For those of us that sit up straight in our chairs the iMac screens look amazing.

The bottom line is, while an eventual retina-iMac will look great, if that's your criteria you're going to be computer-less for at least 2 or 3 more years. Is that really the best way to live your life?

 

[vmachiel]

Did they upgrade that weak ass HDD in the 21.5 yet?

No

 

[B.A.T]

256GB Flash Storage option is $200. Did that drop by $100?

 

[sesnir]

No 3 TB Fusion option on the 21 inch iMac? Ugh.

And the 1 TB Fusion should be standard...

 

[jan1024188]

nobody noticed the 27inch 'high end' model comes with nvidia 775m by default??? and 4gb 780m?

woah...

it's gonna be a gaming monster =]

im wondering why it's not overclocked mx models like the previous 680mx.

Performance wise its more like a decent laptop. Wouldn't call it a 'gaming' monster.

 

[rols]

macbook pros next

Me too, I was half way to my credit card before I read 'iMac' and flopped down in a crumpled heap on the floor. My MBP fritzed up a couple of weeks ago and I'd really like to hold off until the next refresh, get the power efficiency of the Haswells (which I was 5 weeks to early to get on my Macbook Air!).

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

Perhaps you should buy some glasses so you can stop sitting 9 inches away from your desktop computers.

For those of us that sit up straight in our chairs the iMac screens look amazing.

Agreed. I sit 1m from my iMac, and I absolutely don't need higher resolution.

 

[snebes]

Not sure if my wallet can take this much longer....

 

[Velin]

Their timing is always problematic. We just upgraded our college labs to the "new" iMacs in August. Mainly, we needed better graphics chips (from our original 128 mb iMacs). I wish Apple had a summer upgrade cycle so that we could get the newer machines for the start of the semester.

Holiday shopping season is 1000 times more important than the start of a "semester."

 

[Tech198]

neat...

so this is how Apple are doing this now ?? No more events ..... I like surprises.

 

[Kebabselector]

The UK store is broken on the iMac page - no prices shown yet.

 

[satchmo]

New Mac Minis can't come any sooner!!
Apple, give me one with a decent GPU and you've got my money.

 

[Krazy Bill]

I wish Apple had a summer upgrade cycle so that we could get the newer machines for the start of the semester. The iMacs we purchased have 512 mb. Now 1 gb seems to be standard, along with 8 gb of RAM. By the time we can afford to upgrade the labs again, we'll probably once again end up behind the curve....

People like you is precisely why changes aren't introduced until after school starts. Apple thanks you for depleting old stock.

 

[Umbongo]

neat...

so this is how Apple are doing this now ?? No more events ..... I like surprises.

They've done it for years. Spec updates do not need events, what would they show off? The Mac Pro only ever got an introduction in 2006 then mention that they would update it earlier this year.

 

[flat five]

No i7?

3.5GHz i7
+ $200

 

[designaholic]

Seriously. No i7, no bueno.

What are you both talking about? you can get an i7 build to order. I did this in 2011, same story today.

 

[musika]

Edit: Whoa! Finally a 1 tb SSD option -- for an additional $1000.

I remember when the original MacBook Air came out in 2008 with a 64GB SSD option for $1000. Those were the days...

 

[ollyb]

Would you buy one with a Retina Display for 2x the cost?

Even that would be a bargain. I'm amazed by the people out there who think that you could get a retina display on a screen this size for just a few hundred dollars more.

I've no doubt that Apple will be releasing a 4k monitor to go with the new Pro. We'll see then what the true cost of these displays are.

 

[vmachiel]

New Mac Minis can't come any sooner!!
Apple, give me one with a decent GPU and you've got my money.

Don't think that'll happen, Apple has been moving products away from discrete graphics not towards them.

 

[rdlink]

Oh this is just great. I wish they'd quit screwing around with this. It's keeping them from shipping my 5S. /s

 

[Umbongo]

3.5GHz i7
+ $200

And 3.1Ghz i7 for $200 on the 21.5"

 

[WoodNUFC]

It's nice to see an unexpected Tuesday update. Brings back memories!

 

[Wedlock]

Seriously. No i7, no bueno.

There is a I7 3,1 Ghz option on the high end 21.5" Imac and a I7 3,5 Ghz option on the 27" high end Imac....