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Caved and purchased a 27" i7
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but is the technology that apple is going to put in the new iMac "today" going to be all that better than what is out now? I am thinking not really...especially coming from apple. I think this is a dandy time to buy an iMac. Apple has not released any information at all...could be 2013...who knows. I can't see them making such an upgrade to really pounce above what they have now.
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Absolutely best post i have read in days about this whole new iMac thing!!!! Well put!!
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Just curious..you are waiting till July now....but how many months have you already been waiting for??
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Who says its right around the corner though?? I have been one of the people waiting since april...constantly thinking its right around the corner...but that corner never came!! Hope you're right...but i see no evidence to prove its right around the corner...
it's unbelievable how a certain amount of users (a small bite) likes to laugh over who gets a 2011(current) model
like a kids game (I've got it better/bigger than yours!!!)
get what you want, let people get what they want !
ps. take out of your mind that the current top end machine is food for rats, the res of the 27' is higher than HD and you won't have orgasms from that to Retina(won't happen for the same actual model cost, see 15MBP vs 15MBP-R), 16-32 gb of ram will always be 16-32 gb of ram, a ssd in 2011 or 12 model will be the same, YES no usb3, but you still have thunderbolt, a 3.4ghz i7 processor will still be enough powerful to compete with the high end models
as for myself i don't care about the GPU, i don't play games (kids again) or 3d modeling(requires expensive solution anyways).
but hey! we will get Ivy!!! if thats worth 2-3-4-5 months wait, then wait
like a kids game (I've got it better/bigger than yours!!!)
get what you want, let people get what they want !
ps. take out of your mind that the current top end machine is food for rats, the res of the 27' is higher than HD and you won't have orgasms from that to Retina(won't happen for the same actual model cost, see 15MBP vs 15MBP-R), 16-32 gb of ram will always be 16-32 gb of ram, a ssd in 2011 or 12 model will be the same, YES no usb3, but you still have thunderbolt, a 3.4ghz i7 processor will still be enough powerful to compete with the high end models
as for myself i don't care about the GPU, i don't play games (kids again) or 3d modeling(requires expensive solution anyways).
but hey! we will get Ivy!!! if thats worth 2-3-4-5 months wait, then wait
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you can return this and
Why not call Apple and arrange for a return?
I had the worst luck with iMac refurbs, but Apple sorted me out.
Hope this gets sorted for you.
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I bet there is some kind of iMac and Mac Mini spec bump refresh in late July/early August. For the past two-three years, iMacs have been updated in the Summer.
Why not call Apple and arrange for a return?
I had the worst luck with iMac refurbs, but Apple sorted me out.
Hope this gets sorted for you.
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I bet there is some kind of iMac and Mac Mini spec bump refresh in late July/early August. For the past two-three years, iMacs have been updated in the Summer.
Can you use the student gift card on anything in the mac app and iTunes store. Or is it just for education apps etc.
How do they know if your s student or not?
I caved as well.
Got tired of waiting and decided I would save some money and get one now.
Got a one month old 27" 3.1 i5 with 16GB RAM for $1499. The money I saved I will install a Crucial m4 SSD and still come out cheaper than if I bought it brand new stock 27" from Apple.
Makes sense to me. To each their own.
Got tired of waiting and decided I would save some money and get one now.
Got a one month old 27" 3.1 i5 with 16GB RAM for $1499. The money I saved I will install a Crucial m4 SSD and still come out cheaper than if I bought it brand new stock 27" from Apple.
Makes sense to me. To each their own.
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So it's being released in July is it ? Just like it was definitely being released in May and then 110% definitely at WWDC ? And then after July has come and gone it'll definitely be released before winter etc etc etc. It's crazy. You don't know that they'll be released in July, just like nobody knew about May and WWDC. For all we know it'll be released in 2013.
I don't think they will be happy for just a month or 2. Not everybody needs the latest and greatest. We have no idea when it will be released.
Right around the corner? How long has it been since the Pro has been updated? The imac could be following in the pro's shoes. No one has any info on when the new one's are being released.
James
The iMac is a far more popular product than the mac pro. Comon sence says that the iMac will be updated this year, and however much you pretend you don't care you will a little but.
Actually I don't care. Doesn't matter if one is more popular than the other. Everyone THINKS its right around the corner and we haven't heard ONE report that says this is true. They are all RUMORS that people take as gossipal and then get upset when it's not released when THEY think it should have. I'm willing to bet it won't e updated till next year along with the pro.
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James
I tend to agree, I don't think we'll see an update this year either. It's obvious that apple are putting all their energy into the mobile market, I don't think the desktops will get anywhere near the focus that they used to get. The fact that people have been waiting 6 months for an update which has always been "round the corner" is just ridiculous.
THat's why the 'waiters' are so angry ....... they got nothing to brag about because their iMacs are older than those who bought new ones recently!
Actually the Retina is not more expensive. Even ignoring the screen, its better value because its faster. And its lighter. And thinner. Both things count with notebooks. Size is where the game is. And OK - the screen matters too. Yeh its less reflective than the standard one in the other non Retina machines.
Go look - if you replace the non retina machine with an equivalent SSD drive, the difference in retail price becomes the same. So you end up with a machine which is heavier and thicker, and slower than the retina machine. And the older format has a far inferior screen. It does have replaceable RAM and drives, and a DVD burner. But an external DVD burner is under $100 for an Apple one ... or get a third party one for nicks. And the non Retina has only half a GB of GPU Video Ram, and that RAM is not upgradeable. The older format has slower geekbench results too, despite the same CPU clock speeds.
Did iPads cost more with Retina screens? Naahh ... they just dropped the price of iPad2s. And oh ... those new iPads had about twice the Geekbench. And those new iPads had much faster cellular speeds. and those new iPads had better cameras. And those newer iPads used screen covers much better.
So, they dropped the price of the old iPads. But have they dropped the price of iMacs 2011 this year??
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Same story here,
Purchased this one saturday:
3,4-GHz quad-Core Intel Core i7
4 GB 1333-MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x 2 GB
SATA-2 TB + ssd 256 GB
AMD Radeon HD 6970M with 2 GB GDDR5
Magic Trackpad
I also ordered 16 GB 1333-MHz DDR3 SDRAM at OWC.
It has to replace my i7 920 Windows PC.
As a replacement for the USB 3, I also ordered this enclosure G-S350SUAB:
Connected with FireWire 800 I'll should get speeds up to twice as fast as USB 2
Purchased this one saturday:
3,4-GHz quad-Core Intel Core i7
4 GB 1333-MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x 2 GB
SATA-2 TB + ssd 256 GB
AMD Radeon HD 6970M with 2 GB GDDR5
Magic Trackpad
I also ordered 16 GB 1333-MHz DDR3 SDRAM at OWC.
It has to replace my i7 920 Windows PC.
As a replacement for the USB 3, I also ordered this enclosure G-S350SUAB:
Connected with FireWire 800 I'll should get speeds up to twice as fast as USB 2
I'll be having a huge upgrade when I get my new iMac, but like others I'm waiting for the 2012 upgrade with USB3 and faster CPUs.
So if they are announced in (late)July then I guess 1-2 weeks before they start appearing in the shops?
Coming from a G5PM I'm sure I'd love the current iMac but I've waited this long a few more weeks won't kill me.
So if they are announced in (late)July then I guess 1-2 weeks before they start appearing in the shops?
Coming from a G5PM I'm sure I'd love the current iMac but I've waited this long a few more weeks won't kill me.
The GTX 680m is worth waiting entirely for me, but to each their own.
I guess it's easier for me to wait though because I still have 1st gen 27 i5 16GB RAM that is functioning very nicely. It might be harder if I was on like a G5 or something.
I guess it's easier for me to wait though because I still have 1st gen 27 i5 16GB RAM that is functioning very nicely. It might be harder if I was on like a G5 or something.
I wasn't waiting for too long, just two weeks for WWDC and once I realized that there would be no iMac update I just ordered the i7 with a 3.4 ghz and the 6970M. I NEEDED a new mac though, if I had one limping along I might be waiting for ML. but that would be it.
The only "update" for me that I cared about was really just USB 3.0. The rest is just a spec bump. A Matte screen would be nicer but I am not holding my breath for that either...
The only "update" for me that I cared about was really just USB 3.0. The rest is just a spec bump. A Matte screen would be nicer but I am not holding my breath for that either...
I just ordered the 21.5 Imac, bumped to the i7 processor from baseline and will upgrade ram on my own. Would have loved to wait, but 5.5 year old macbook became simply too unreliable.
Now my wife and I will have the imac/ipad combo, which is the way to go, IMO.
Plus it will run starcraft 2 and Diablo 3, only PC games I'm interested in
Now my wife and I will have the imac/ipad combo, which is the way to go, IMO.
Plus it will run starcraft 2 and Diablo 3, only PC games I'm interested in
And another one
Refurbished 27" i5 that I've stuck a 512GB SSD and 16GB RAM for £1617 so even if refreshed in a few weeks/months/years I won't be too p**sed as I saved over £500 on the Apple BTO price and got 2x the SSD capacity.
It's a little faster than my 2007 Mac mini and used some of the money saved to get some Harman Kardon Soundsticks as the internal speakers are rubbish
Refurbished 27" i5 that I've stuck a 512GB SSD and 16GB RAM for £1617 so even if refreshed in a few weeks/months/years I won't be too p**sed as I saved over £500 on the Apple BTO price and got 2x the SSD capacity.
It's a little faster than my 2007 Mac mini and used some of the money saved to get some Harman Kardon Soundsticks as the internal speakers are rubbish