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iMac 2012 update thoughts on release?

MACSIEZE said:
one thing apple should include in 2012 imac is the 3D capability...
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Yeah, that's really a terrible idea. Looking at the Nintendo 3DS for too long, I start to feel sick.

I could only imagine trying to edit a video for hours and having my eyes hurt every minute of it because of some 3D screen.

Btw.. 3D is a fairly big consumer gimmick.. Is there potential.. Maybe.. But not much in its current state!
 
MacOG728893 said:
Btw.. 3D is a fairly big consumer gimmick.. Is there potential.. Maybe.. But not much in its current state!
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3D is good because the spec margins ensure it can handle 2D adequately... It's a crime how standards fail when they aren't even pushed to their advertized limits.
 
EnokG said:
Well it is always hard to predict anything from Apple, they are very secretive and the iMac can come out at any moment. My best prediction though is it will come maybe a few weeks after the Ivy Bridge processor is released. The scheduled real ease of the Ivy Bridge is in the midst of April. So according to my predictions i believe the iMac will be launched in the beginning of May and will be in stores a week after. Hope i could help!!
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I talked with a journalist in Macworld Norway today, and she suggested mid-april/early may for launch of the new iMac. All rumors of course, but I can hardly wait any more, I'm about to buy my first Mac... :apple:
 
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Same here man. This will be my first Mac and I need it bad. My current pc laptop has no display (just stopped working) so now I just use a old monitor with a old kb and mouse. Such a pain. And to top it off if I watch a YouTube video for more than a minute the laptop over heats and shuts down.
Come on apple!! We need this thing!
 
Spottty said:
Come on apple!! We need this thing!
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I just came across a report from last week (so probably old news here ;-) ) "confirming" iMac-suitable chips from Intel will be out April 29. So, if Apple has any special early access, you'll probably see a new iMac on April 24.. otherwise, May 1 or so.
 
I would expect that we would get 1-2 weeks of "warning" of the impending refresh by the rumors that tend to appear as a refresh nears.
 
geoffreak said:
I would expect that we would get 1-2 weeks of "warning" of the impending refresh by the rumors that tend to appear as a refresh nears.
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For reference, last year we got our official warning on March 22, and supply warnings on April 19, for a release that turned out to be May 3.
 
forty2j said:
For reference, last year we got our official warning on March 22, and supply warnings on April 19, for a release that turned out to be May 3.
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Spot on. Wonder if Cnet's MR Tong will have any info in 2 days time as he called it righ this time last year.
 
Yeah, no 3D please.

What I would like is for Apple to do something useful with the space left over from the inevitable removal of the SuperDrive, instead of using it as an excuse to make it slightly thinner. A better GPU might be a start. Or allow easier access to the HDDs.

I'd love an SSD in there, but I'm not paying an extra £400 for a pointlessly large 256GB one. What I'd like is the option of something more sensible for a boot drive, 32 or 64GB perhaps, or the option to install my own. Easily.

:apple:
 
-SD- said:
I'd love an SSD in there, but I'm not paying an extra £400 for a pointlessly large 256GB one. What I'd like is the option of something more sensible for a boot drive, 32 or 64GB perhaps, or the option to install my own. Easily.
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+1

I only use 62 GB for my recording setup(OS, apps, samples, plugins, music etc). A 32 GB would be perfect for installing all my apps and plugins on.
 
Kryptik.Kode said:
I'm waiting for the new 2012 iMac and I would also like to vote for NO touch screen and NO 3D. I would however welcome a new OLED screen.
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OLED and/or a 30 inch model would be great. Preferably with a 512 GB option on the SSD, maybe a 3 GB video card too.
 
-SD- said:
Yeah, no 3D please.

What I would like is for Apple to do something useful with the space left over from the inevitable removal of the SuperDrive, instead of using it as an excuse to make it slightly thinner. A better GPU might be a start. Or allow easier access to the HDDs.

I'd love an SSD in there, but I'm not paying an extra £400 for a pointlessly large 256GB one. What I'd like is the option of something more sensible for a boot drive, 32 or 64GB perhaps, or the option to install my own. Easily.

:apple:
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Wow, do people really think Apple will do away with the super drive on the iMac? I can't be the only person who is contemplating an iMac that loads CDs into iTunes on a regular basis. I'd also like to be able to use an iMac for amateur music recording, and be able to throw in a disc and burn my discordant creations to CD without having to hook up a clunky external drive. I would imagine that there are plenty of home studio users who would be turned off by elimination of the super drive.
 
Following the removal of the SuperDrive on the Mini, and Apple's push for all media and software to come via iTunes or the Mac App Store, I really do beleive this is the end of the optical drive in everything but the Mac Pro.

I honestly beleive that the upcoming iMac refresh will lack a SuperDrive. And if the rumours regarding thinner MacBook Pros are true, I don't think they'll have one either.

You can of course still buy Apple's external SuperDrive for £66, but the future is firmly in digital downloads.

:apple:
 
I'd like to see the iMac supplied with a mouse and keyboard that matched the black and aluminium body. So black keys on the keyboard and a black mouse.
 
MacNuber said:
Wow, do people really think Apple will do away with the super drive on the iMac? I can't be the only person who is contemplating an iMac that loads CDs into iTunes on a regular basis. I'd also like to be able to use an iMac for amateur music recording, and be able to throw in a disc and burn my discordant creations to CD without having to hook up a clunky external drive. I would imagine that there are plenty of home studio users who would be turned off by elimination of the super drive.
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It's as good as gone. Just a matter of when. They'll probably keep selling the external drive for $100 though.
 
MacNuber said:
Wow, do people really think Apple will do away with the super drive on the iMac? I can't be the only person who is contemplating an iMac that loads CDs into iTunes on a regular basis. I'd also like to be able to use an iMac for amateur music recording, and be able to throw in a disc and burn my discordant creations to CD without having to hook up a clunky external drive. I would imagine that there are plenty of home studio users who would be turned off by elimination of the super drive.
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You're not the only person, but your crowd is a diminishing one, especially in the Mac community. I record music myself and I would have no problem connecting an external super drive to burn CDs. Less than an .7 of an inch thick is hardly what I'd call "clunky". Even less so due to the iMac being a stationary desktop machine.

What people just don't seem to understand is that we as users have more to gain by losing the internal ODD. Replace that with an additional hard drive or perhaps a desktop class GPU, etc. Meanwhile, the ODD is not going anywhere? It would just now be external and available at any time to buy and use. :confused:
 
derbothaus said:
When Intel updates their CPU's more than 100MHz. Or when some kind of compelling tech arrives on the scene. None of that has happened yet. March at the earliest, I'm guessing. What else did you want with the upgrade? Higher res screens? More Thunderbolt. The internal parts will stay the same throughout Ivy Bridge so there is nothing to update to. Maybe faster clocked memory but Apple stays with board specs always. They could retrofit X79 and plop it in a thicker case for a 6-core iMonster. The current iMacs are fast and nice. And who knows, the next batch may have TN based panels again and you would actually be downgrading in quality. It has happened.
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A 6 core maybe? Would be a nice machine.
 
no super drive means thinner and lighter and better for mobile needs.... iMac isn't a mobile computer and no need for Apple to drop it, new iMac will have a super drive.
 
Rideherhard said:
no super drive means thinner and lighter and better for mobile needs.... iMac isn't a mobile computer and no need for Apple to drop it, new iMac will have a super drive.
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Probably wrong.
The Mac Mini lost that drive.
Apple will push customers towards their built-in app store.
I'm willing to bet that in 2012 the optical drive is disappearing from all Apple machines, to be only sold as an external device.
 
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