Then there's always the next one after that. Props to you if you have the patience for a machine that old!
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Intel Delaying Mass Availability of Ivy Bridge Processors Until 'After June'?
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Then there's always the next one after that. Props to you if you have the patience for a machine that old!
Yeah I have the 2.5GHZ one for myself and i bought my mother the baseline refurb for 519 off apple refurb.
I think your previous post was pretty vitriolic for an "objective observer". And if this was what you'd posted to begin with, I wouldn't have disagreed with you. As I've already said: you had a point, but you went too far with it.
Ultimately, people like new stuff. Lots of people in the computing market derive - albeit brief and fleeting - satisfaction from knowing that they currently own the best-in-class [whatever]. And other people just want to maximise their value for money, and thus look to buy their Macs immediately after an update. Whether or not you agree with these positions, I don't think they warrant open ridicule.
So if the new CPUs do not come out until June, what if it gets delayed again in June? :/
How many years did Apple keep C2D in the lower ends IMacs? Only the top end you could have a decent i5/i7 now i5 is standard on base model. Won't be a redesign will not happen for iMac this year. iPhone yes, iPad looks like it will not. USB 3 is not important to pros as they will use TB.
Also a normal consumer waiting just for USB 3 I can't understand either. Seems like an excuse just to wait. It's like saying cos the iMacs will have Bluetooth 4.0. Means nothing to me. It's just a bonus to have not a necessity.
Gpu is for gamers also maybe some 3d workers. As I said the current iMacs are great at the moment.
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Apple got Sandy Bridge 2 months before mass market. Could easily do the same again.
Apple got Sandy Bridge 2 months before mass market. Could easily do the same again.
so the mac pro update will take even longer?
No, the Mac Pro update is waiting for the new Xeon E5 processors (which are based on Sandy Bridge) and these are due in Q1 2012: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/20/intel_q4_2011_server_drilldown/
yes you are right, but i want ivy bridge, cause its worth to wait, just immagine, it was planned for january, then shifted to april and now end of june... i have a macbook pro dual core early 2009, still working well... am not saying intel is bad, just theyr move shifting and only cause of selling the rest of chips they still have is a bad move...
Just Happened To Me
My 2007 MBP just failed - logic board. I got the hard drive out though. So I'll hook it up to my iMac and wait for Ivy Bridge. Bummer
My 2007 MBP just failed - logic board. I got the hard drive out though. So I'll hook it up to my iMac and wait for Ivy Bridge. Bummer
In october 2011, the MBPs were refreshed. In June 2011 the MBA was refreshed. Why the whining? It's not time for a refresh.
A june timeframe is certainly good enough.
A june timeframe is certainly good enough.
In units. Units don't count, revenue counts. The cheapest CPUs that Apple uses is what others put into their "high-end" computers.
I'm fairly sure that the reports of Apple having ARM based laptops in testing are quite true.
I would think we would need to see decent 64bit ARM processors before Apple could switch.
The big difference I see between the PowerPC to Intel transition and a possible Intel to ARM transition? The transition won't be as rushed and there would probably be current Intel and ARM versions of some systems.
At the earliest, I don't think an ARM transition would happen for at least 2 years. Apple needs time to get the 64 bit processors and get the OS and Rosetta (or whatever they call it) working. They also need to sweet talk a couple of application vendors in to do a port quietly.
Will an ARM transition happen? I really don't know, but as Sean Connery said in 1971 "never again" which is where the name of the 1983 Bond movie "Never Say Never Again" came from.
I just know I won't be surprised if it happens, I might be surprised by the timing.
I plan to use my mac pro 2008 (3,1) into the ground. Have upgraded the graphics to 6870, will upgrade ram later and put ssd in. the 2 x quad core xeons are enough for everything I do. The only time I upgrade is when my machine literally dissolves.
I don't know why there is so many people getting angry about the postponing when what you have right now is probably more than enough for your needs.
I don't know why there is so many people getting angry about the postponing when what you have right now is probably more than enough for your needs.
It was simply a humorous spin on "there's always something better around the corner, choosing to wait will make you wait forever". There was no vitriol outside of your perception of it. You read what you wanted to read.
I guess people don't realize that Digitimes is The Onion of Asia. Why are people taking anything they write seriously when they are no more accurate than a broken clock that is right twice daily.
Intel frequently ships its newest chips to the large PC makers months earlier than the rest of the market. My guess is that we'll see at least one new MBP (15") in May. March and April are already dedicated to the iPad.
Intel frequently ships its newest chips to the large PC makers months earlier than the rest of the market. My guess is that we'll see at least one new MBP (15") in May. March and April are already dedicated to the iPad.
Great, now the entire office just witnessed Darth Vader scream "Noooo!" from my computer, me spit tea over my monitor laughing, then spill it on my lap, then jump around screaming "Ow ow! hot!"
Why? It's the optimal time to get best bang for buck. The dilemma some have is that they wait a year too long before deciding to upgrade so they are caught between a limping several model years old computer and a soon-to-be EOL computer with the Day One price tag and likely same price as the soon-to-be release model. It only makes sense to me to wait a month or two to see what shakes out.
