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iMac Shipping Times Slip to 3 -5 Days, Fueling Rumors of 'Low-Priced' Model at WWDC

oh no...!!

3-5 days....The world is ending... :rolleyes:

ka-spot said:
cheaper iMacs, but with retina displays? :D
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It's always with the 'Reina display's' probably cos now we have them in mass in our phones and tablets, their like a drug.... we can't imagine without them..
 
Oo yes i'm all over lower price imac, as long as it is not the rumored arm version :rolleyes:
 
looking at all these slim products, you can see which ones still stand out...

slim down the Apple TV allot more, and mac mini (SSD + Haswell, and add more usb 3 ports)
 
JarScott said:
Hmm, it would be really nice to see a Retina iMac some time soon. Maybe not 4K, but Retina resolution at least. Since having my rMBP, there's no way I could go back to having a lower resolution screen on my main machine. It's just way too valuable for editing photographs and reading on screen texts or even just viewing photographs. A Retina iMac is something which really should be introduced at some point in the, hopefully not so distant, future.
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I don't think you fully understand the challenges. For one, the "Retina" you are referring to is Apple pixel-doubling an existing resolution such that you get much crisper visuals and higher pixels per inch in exchange for the same screen real estate.

For the iMac, the same process would result in the 21.5" going from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 (aka the marketing term "4K") and the 27" going from 2560x1440 to 5120x2880 (a resolution >4K and unsupported by any existing mainstream technology). Even if Apple brought both screen sizes to 4K resolution, most high end 4K displays with 60Hz (see Sharp and ASUS...not cheap 30Hz TFT monitors) sell for well over $2,500 for JUST THE DISPLAY. Toss an iMac computer behind it and you now have a machine that would cost >$3,000. Until the cost to produce high end 4K panels comes down, there won't be a Retina/4K iMac because no one would buy it at those price points.
 
Maybe it will be like the transition to Retina MBPs. Keep the older models around at a cheaper price and have a new Retina model that costs more. Seems reasonable. I'd love to get a 4K iMac. Though I'm on the fence between that and a lower end Mac Pro with 4K Thunderbolt 2 Display as my next future upgrade option. I don't need a high-end Mac Pro right now, but could upgrade it in the future and maybe save money over time?
 
Thinking about replacing a 2007 iMac when the new models are released. Does anyone know if a WindowsXP bootcamp partition can be migrated to a new iMac? Mine was installed in Snow Leopard and survived the update to Mavericks.
 
Jambalaya said:
Maybe Amazon has deliberately run it's stock down as it is concerned there might be new hardware announced at WWDC and it wold be left with old/hard to sell stock ?
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I'm not sure Amazon has a hard time selling out of anything. They've always discounted old stock when new models come out, and even the discounted models have sold quickly. Additionally, they can always return the unsold product to Apple if it was necessary.
 
Maybe it's just me, but a dumbed-down/budget-friendly iMac pretty much could be considered an Apple TV with a display built in.

Or, you know, the mythical Apple TV we've been waiting for.
 
Eh, it slipped yesterday, I guess some 'analysts' had to think of something plausible to push rumours.
 
A $100 price drop seems to be the conventional thinking given that's what happened with the recent MBA update.

Although I think a $200 drop to $999 and bringing it below $1000 would send these thing flying off the shelves. Mind you, that would probably be a pretty lowly specced machine.
 
Nice, Im ready to buy! my late maxed out 2012 is starting to get a bit long in the tooth.
 
21 Inch 3TB option would be nice

21 Inch 3TB option would be nice I've been waiting on...i don't want that huge 27 inch thing but i do need 3TB or larger geez apple
 
JarScott said:
Hmm, it would be really nice to see a Retina iMac some time soon. Maybe not 4K, but Retina resolution at least. Since having my rMBP, there's no way I could go back to having a lower resolution screen on my main machine. It's just way too valuable for editing photographs and reading on screen texts or even just viewing photographs. A Retina iMac is something which really should be introduced at some point in the, hopefully not so distant, future.
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I have both so I can draw a direct comparison - I have Late 2012 27" iMac and a Late 2013 13" rMBP and I can easily use both just fine.

The retina resolution really works on the laptop because of the distance you use it from, but on the iMac (2560x1440, 27") it's much further away from me (I just measured: I sit about 32-36 inches away from it) it looks just as sharp - at that distance using Apple's formula it's actually almost able to qualify as a retina display (it's a function of distance as well as the DPI of the display).

I think 2560x1440 is the sweet spot, and trying to shoehorn a 4k display into it will just be a huge compromise in terms of cost and performance.

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k1121j said:
21 Inch 3TB option would be nice I've been waiting on...i don't want that huge 27 inch thing but i do need 3TB or larger geez apple
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The 21" iMac uses a 2.5" form factor HD, which is why there is no 3TB option.

The 27" uses a 3.5" bay, so there are more options for cost effective large hard drives.

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iMcLovin said:
Nice, Im ready to buy! my late maxed out 2012 is starting to get a bit long in the tooth.
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That's funny - I was just thinking the opposite! My Late 2012 (3.2 i5, 680MX) feels like it has stood the test of time, especially in terms of GPU performance relative to the hardware nVidia has released recently.

I don't see myself needing to replace it for some time.
 
gadgetguy03 said:
Right. I cast a heavy shadow of doubt over the belief we'll get a cheaper iMac. Obviously Apple doesn't care about developing cheaper products.
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And yet they dropped the price of the new entry MacBook Air by $100.
 
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