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iMac Discounts and Stock Shortages at Third-Party Retailers Hint at Approaching Haswell Update
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You appear to be the one getting your knickers in a twist.
You're also misinformed if you think Haswell only brings better battery life.
Oh really?
Looking at benchmarks between 2012 MacBook airs and 2013 there are very slight differences which are not going to be noticed in the real world. Some benchmarks even favor the 2012 over the 2013 so again please tell me what benefit you think you are going to get?
It is pretty well known there are minimal performance gains in haswell, and the biggest benefit is about a 50% increase in battery life.
Please show me what performance benefits are gained in the real world going to haswell
Yeah since iMacs have dedicated graphics I'm sure users will see huge benefits from the integrated graphics chip lol
Bought my 27" a few weeks ago and have been using the heck out of it. No regrets at all. It's one beastly mother.
You're not missing much. Desktop Haswell is hardly better than Ivy Bridge. Retina Display on a 27" iMac... Now we're talking!
Last time I checked the iMac still requires power and some of us do care about energy savings.
This is the stuff I'm interested in. Not iOS stuff. Mac updates. Can't wait for the MP, iMac, and the rMBP, and Mavericks!
Ok sure, but you would probably save more money by turning the computer off when not in use.
Kind of silly to wait a year to upgrade your computer that costs probably less than $50 a year in electricity when left on continuously. I mean if you're really concerned about saving maybe $20 a year in electricity then perhaps you shouldn't be buying a $1,500 or $2,000+ computer...?
People act as if Haswell is going to be the only new thing here. What about Nvidia's new graphics per example huh? Such an upgrade will be a sizable performance increase.
Then again, Haswell will bring a significant upgrade in the GPU, so it's not wrong to wait if one's needs are graphic intensive.
Yes, but will it be thinner? That's all the consumers want in a new iMac...
According to no one, EVER!!
According to no one, EVER!!
I didn't say anything about waiting for a year. That's something you made up yourself. There's also the on-board graphics and other upgrades Apple could add. As you might know the iMac consists of more than a CPU chip.
My thinking is that if Apple can eliminate a discrete graphics card, it will because that would save on space. Likewise, if it can use the lower operating temp of the Haswell chip to make the fan a little bit smaller or reduce the size of the airflow channels, it will. Anything to make the iMac even thinner and lighter. You can debate the benefits of thinness in an all-in-one, but Apple has already made it clear that thinness is the direction the iMac is taking.
Wifi
It's about time wifi gets improved...its overdue...its one of the weakest link in any computer system...but especially using it to stream video with your bluray player or AppleTV etc.
Too bad other mac mini's etc cannot be updated.
It's about time wifi gets improved...its overdue...its one of the weakest link in any computer system...but especially using it to stream video with your bluray player or AppleTV etc.
Too bad other mac mini's etc cannot be updated.
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Up to 50-100 % faster* H.264 encoding, if you use the newest AVX2 optimized version of the x264 encoder.I know its been asked before but are there any benefits to owning an iMac with Haswell other than bragging rights?
Up to 2x faster* Quick Sync video encoder and decoder units (AirPlay needs less power).
Iris Pro 5XXX IGP with improved OpenCL and OpenGL support.*
2nd generation built-in USB 3.0 controller.
Better power management.*
...and so on.
+ Mavericks (OS X 10.9.x) is 100 % optimized for the new Haswell platform.
The * means: Compared to Ivy Bridge platform.
What's wrong with the display now? Besides nothing?
Have you ever seen an iMac display? Last gen or current gen? There is nothing like it on any other 21.5 or 27" display in the world...
Obviously not including displays that (themselves) go for $2-5K
Yea that was a useful post.
This latest round of updates will see the inclusion of 802.11ac in each new Mac.
But, even with 802.11n...using "newer" Apple hardware, AppleTV, and Apple Airport....the experience is flawless, and not in need of improving.
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FUD.
What your backwards post says is that the Displays are great as they are....but I've read about 20 people who had to swap theirs at Apple stores due to defects.
Not before September 7th
It seems pretty clear that we're definitely not going to see any new Macs before September 7th (the back-to-school promotion ends on the 6th).
The only real question, I think, is whether Apple considers updating the rest of the Mac line to Haswell to be worthy of its own publicity cycle or not.
If they do want the Macs to have their own publicity cycle, my guess is that we won't see them before October 1st (to give 3 weeks for the iOS announcement hype to die down), but that announcement might also include the actual release of the new Pro.
If they don't think the new Macs are worthy of all that hype, I could see a press-release announcement possibly as soon as September 17th...
It seems pretty clear that we're definitely not going to see any new Macs before September 7th (the back-to-school promotion ends on the 6th).
The only real question, I think, is whether Apple considers updating the rest of the Mac line to Haswell to be worthy of its own publicity cycle or not.
If they do want the Macs to have their own publicity cycle, my guess is that we won't see them before October 1st (to give 3 weeks for the iOS announcement hype to die down), but that announcement might also include the actual release of the new Pro.
If they don't think the new Macs are worthy of all that hype, I could see a press-release announcement possibly as soon as September 17th...