Buy a new Mac now or wait?

[matt9013]

Looks like I'll be buying an Imac 21.5inch sometime soon. Should I wait for the September event or buy one now?

I don't want to spend to much money which is why I'm going with the 21.5 inch model with the 2.7GHz or the base model. What are the chances a newer Imac gets announced for around that price point or cheaper?

 

[iososx]

Buy now if you need a computer. If you can get by, wait. Pricing is a gamble.

 

[Serban]

There will be a new imac in October, this is not 100% but still good chances. So even if retina imac will show, today iMacs will be 100$ drop i think

 

[Sun Baked]

Cruise the refurb store at your price points to see if something with boosted specs catches your interest.

 

[JustMartin]

If you need one soon, then buy one soon. If you don't need one, then hold off until you do. That's good advice whether there's a release upcoming or not. I don't share Serban's optimism in an October date and certainly don't expect Retina this year. I think iMacs will be in a holding pattern until Intel get their act together with the next lot of chip sets.

 

[randalf72]

I'm on the lookout for a 27" imac myself and personally I waiting as long as I can.

I can get educational pricing until June next year so I'm hoping for a retina imac to come out before then.

If not I'll have to start thinking about configurations on the current generation and try to figure out if a ssd/thunderbolt hdd combo is better than a fusion drive

 

[Serban]

My advice if you are looking to buy a new one, you can wait 1 more month to see if will be a refresh and really buy a new one.There are talking about Yosemite scaled resolutions for an so called retina imac and the 9xx series from Geforce are in line with October Apple event

 

[Samuelsan2001]

Retina screens that size will cost.

Retina screens for Imacs can only push the price up and without a broadwell release I can't see apple going for it yet. Maybe next year with new CPU's and GPU's.

 

[Serban]

Like it was for 15" Macbook Pro back in 2012..price was increased with 300$

 

[bambooshots]

What do you mainly use your computer for? It's very likely that whatever you get now will still serve you for years to come.

I actually am preparing to return the iMac 21.5" I got from Best Buy since the 5400RPM HDD is driving me nuts. While the savings from BB was nice, I'd rather pay another $200 to get the 256GB SSD. I'll just be loading up the machine with a few choice (Blizzard) games and seeing as I'm not a photographer or video creator, the 256GB will be enough.

I guess from here on out it's give me SSD or give me death!