iMac Shipping Estimates Improve to 'Within 24 Hours' in Apple's North American Online Stores

[DisMyMac]

Maybe Haswell is coming soon.

 

[coder12]

improved supply chain or weak demand ?

Probably an improved supply chain. Contrary from what is said on these forums, consumers are in awe when they ask, "Where's the rest of the computer?" and employees say, "that is the computer."

Average consumers really seem to love the new machines.

 

[smiddlehurst]

Maybe Haswell is coming soon.

Haswell is currently expected to arrive in June at the absolute earliest. Even then I wouldn't expect it to be a huge leap forward in anything other than integrated graphics which... the iMac doesn't use. Of course maybe I should say doesn't CURRENTLY use, Haswell may just have enough grunt to enable the 21" iMac to run without a dedicated GPU. The initial figures suggest it's around a Geforce 650m which would be about right.

Frankly I don't really see the point in hanging on for a CPU spec change at this point anyway. Let's be honest, how many of us come anywhere near stressing an i5 most of the time anyway? An extra 5 to 15 percent performance bump on CPU is nice to have but hardly a deal breaker.

 

[puckhead193]

I want to add a Magic Trackpad INSTEAD of Magic Mouse and the delay is 2-3 weeks! So it isn't even adding anything in the Mac!

I just ordered one earlier today and it said two weeks???

edit: Guess I should read. I ordered with with a wired keyboard. I guess that makes it a custom order...

now that's funny.
Seems like a long wait just for them to add a wired keyboard in the box instead of a wireless one..
If you went to the apple store would they swap it out for you?

 

[chado53]

i really don't understand why they post about shipping times. It's not really news. that's just posting mundane information they have on their website.

 

[Cavepainter]

now that's funny.
Seems like a long wait just for them to add a wired keyboard in the box instead of a wireless one..
If you went to the apple store would they swap it out for you?

I wanted the wired usb keyboard for the extra convenient USB port. They just walked over to the shelf and gave me one with my imac purchase. Problem solved. From Apple's point of view, its easier than supplying two different models of such a big item to every store just for that tiny difference. Pretty smart, actually. Wish they would do that with the external superdrive.

 

[LagunaSol]

Too bad my AAPL is currently in le toilette, otherwise there would be a new loaded 27" iMac heading my way.

 

[codefuns]

I have seagate 1TB hd in my iMac 2011, the noise of hd is very big, bug I am not on the list when I last check. Can any body give me a url, so that I can double check it?

thanks

Seagate 1TB repair extension? If so, thanks for that reminder, I need to do that too.

 

[alice04]

i really don't understand why they post about shipping times. It's not really news. that's just posting mundane information they have on their website.

Hmmmm. Somehow true, but this "news" is a good info

 

[Overg]

Well waiting from 14.1....
And still no news, so I don't know what they talk about when they say good shipping time.
I guess apple simply change the time on their site without any connection to the real world...

 

[jonnysods]

It's taking them a long time to get their supply chain online.

 

[mbarriault]

Too bad my AAPL is currently in le toilette, otherwise there would be a new loaded 27" iMac heading my way.

You mean the stock? The stock that by every professional opinion is undervalued? The stock that should go down if everyone agreed with you in that if the stock was going down, you shouldn't buy their products? I just see no logic in your statement.

 

[LagunaSol]

You mean the stock? The stock that by every professional opinion is undervalued? The stock that should go down if everyone agreed with you in that if the stock was going down, you shouldn't buy their products? I just see no logic in your statement.

The logic in my statement is that due to the fact my AAPL has lost a huge chunk of value over the past few months, I'm not going to cash any of it out for a new iMac yet. Waiting for a rebound.

 

[Keane16]

I have one of those 2010s myself and prefer it. I saw the new ones in the Apple store recently and they sure are pretty, but the 2010 has more usable functionality and is easier to upgrade. Besides I could care less about how thin the edge of a desktop computer can be. Looking at the 2010 or 2013 head on (which is what we will all do the vast majority of the time we own either), the thin edge is irrelevant at best (why did that SD card reader move around to the back again???).

Apple has done a great job on making some of the masses believe that ever-thinner is some kind of major benefit- even when to achieve that thinness, Apple must remove hardware utility and/or shift that utility to separate accessories. I suppose eventually all Apple gear will be as thin as a single sheet of paper, at which point the focus could perhaps shift to other targets that actually make newer models do more than older models (not just a little faster or via accessory attachments). Frankly, in my own case, I could almost care less how good (or thin or fat) my Mac looks as opposed to how well it helps me do what I need done.

The 2010 model also still runs Snow Leopard which is a bridge back to any legacy software dependent on Rosetta while the 2013 model pretty much put legacy software out of its misery. There's pros & cons in moving on, but the leanings are entirely in the subjective: if you need something that runs on Rosetta, you need Rosetta. If an upgrade is not available, the older SL-capable Macs are THE way to go. I have a few crucial applications that require Rosetta (no upgrades available), so I appreciate being able to still use those programs.

I hope that someone at Apple will eventually decide that how pretty the case looks is only important to the aesthetics crowd or the first impression "grab". It's the invisible engine inside that is much of what drives the lasting experience for Mac buyers. Sure, we want good-looking computing devices... but not to the point (IMO) where we overly sacrifice the muscle to squeeze a few more millimeters out of the shell. I want Macs that help me get more things done, not something to enter in "who has the thinnest desktop?" contests.

Appreciate your view.

But I'm with the OP. I really like the new one (own the same style as you but a 24" from 2008).

By no means does ours look bad - still look good after all these years (I mean look at the HP Spectre One, so very ugly IMO even though they have obviously taken the iMac as inspiration).

When I was a student and even in my low twenties I really didn't care about how the computer looked I just wanted fast (probably why I built my own Windows box). But now as a homeowner that spends extra on furniture that looks good (I mean a couch is a couch - somewhere to sit right? - but I'll pay more for one that looks good in my room). Same goes for my computer, and personally I think the new one is gorgeous and yes I'd pay more for 2 identically spec'd Windows machines if one looked better than another. I'm not going to run out and buy the new iMac. But I will probably get one when my iMac dies.

I wrote a bit recently regarding upgrading iMacs here: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/16941638/. In summary I really don't think the iMac is the choice for anyone that needs to upgrade - whether we like that or not it's obviously the route Apple have gone down and I don't mind it. I think the number of people who NEED big horsepower and upgrade-ability are in the minority overall (although obviously it's a higher percentage on a site like this).

So in a mirror to your thoughts, I hope Apple keep pushing the aesthetic envelope as the power of these machines is good enough for most of the people buying them (not all buyers (like you for instance) - but Apple rarely caters for the niche these days).

Now if we were talking about the work horse Mac Pro, I'm with you - power, power and more power and definitely no sacrifices in size at the expense of performance.

 

[wcolby]

24 Hours to ship what?

3/14/13

I just started my fifth week of waiting for my tricked out Imac to arrive.

24 hours for the standard Imac to ship maybe.

I ordered my Imac 5 weeks ago when it was a recommended buy, now its a "neutral".

That makes me sad, Walt