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Isn't it weird how the iMacs have been kept under wraps as far as leaked information?

News reports mistakenly lumped in the iMac with the Mac Pro ... and Apple PR reps contacted David Pogue of the NYTimes and Forbes.com to correct them and say that Cook was ONLY talking about an update to the Mac Pro in 2013 and not the iMac:

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Therefore, iMacs will be updated this year, not next year. And to come out with new hardware in time for Xmas season (and concommitant marketing) they need to be released SOON. Which it seems they shall.
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  • Or... they weren't sure if they'd make the 2012 deadline and want to keep their options open :confused:
  • Or... we won't see an iMac until 2014 :(
  • Or... they really are EOL'ing the iMac :mad:

The correction is somewhat ambiguous. If there's a new iMac this year then great, otherwise I'll either buy the current iMac or go PC (since I only plan on spending 1/2 my time in OSX anyway).
 
lucasfunkt said:
Looks good man, what monitor are you going for if you take that option?
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I have a second 28 inch Monitor attached to my IMac now, its 1920x1200, so I would use that, but I would eventually get a second monitor BUT...

I am still keeping my hopes up that Apple will produce a great IMac so I don't have to go back to a Windows based system.

Edit: If there is no IMac released, I may even adjust and go the Hackintosh route, as I really don't want Windows for my primary OS.
 
Huginnmuninn said:
No it isn't at all. Last June MacRumors reported (as was confirmed by Apple): "A MacRumors reader writes in to share an email he received from Apple CEO Tim Cook after he asked about the future of the Mac Pro: "Our pro customers are really important to us...don't worry as we're working on something really great for later next year.""

News reports mistakenly lumped in the iMac with the Mac Pro ... and Apple PR reps contacted David Pogue of the NYTimes and Forbes.com to correct them and say that Cook was ONLY talking about an update to the Mac Pro in 2013 and not the iMac:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/connieguglielmo/2012/06/12/apple-says-new-models-designs-for-imac-mac-pro-in-works-due-in-2013/

Therefore, iMacs will be updated this year, not next year. And to come out with new hardware in time for Xmas season (and concommitant marketing) they need to be released SOON. Which it seems they shall.
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I've heard this argument often. I guess it does not occur to some that Apple may not have wanted to talk about when for iMacs at all at that point in time. In other words, they were willing to commit to 2013 and publicly say so for the Mac Pros but they did not want to do that for whatever reasons (which would be unknown to us) for the iMac line.

I'm sure that view will not be popular but it is just as valid. How are we to know that Apple wouldn't deny any reference to iMacs then simply because they did not wish to make any comment about them at all at that particular time? Would this really be so surprising for a company known for its secretiveness?

So I don't think that argument really proves anything more than Apple would not publicly comment on when for iMacs then. After all, they could easily have said at the same time they would be out in 2012 but they didn't. Perhaps there is some reason for that, like maybe they won't be?

A big desktop event with major upgrades in 2013 seems plausible to me but I will admit it is purely a gut feeling, a guess that feels right.
 
I would venture to guess they want the same core features (USB 3, nVidia chipset for any dGPU systems, HD4000, etc.) for their device line this year sans the Mac Pro. With that thought process, we may see an iMac this year.
 
Yamcha said:
I'm pretty sure Apple had intentionally leaked everything surrounding the iPhone 5, iPad Mini etc..

But probably have been more secretive for the iMac because of the redesign?
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No reason to be more secretive for the iMac. Lots of people and competitors care about the iPads and iPhones. They sell in the tens of millions.

No competitors care about the iMacs. No accessory maker needs to have things for sale on release date. Only a relatively small number of consumers care, and none of them are going to pay for the information.
 
NewbieCanada said:
No competitors care about the iMacs. No accessory maker needs to have things for sale on release date. Only a relatively small number of consumers care, and none of them are going to pay for the information.
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Is this why so many are trying to do AIO designs these days? Its been said that the future of desktops is pretty much AIO...
 
Yeah lots of AIOs from pc OEMs these days.

I went away from the IMac some years ago and went MBP.

I like the iMac but wanted to play games so I also built a windows tower. Also didn't like that I couldn't easily upgrade the hd. Plus thought MBPs offered more benefits over the Windows competition than the Imac did over its respective Windows competition. And portability around the house was nice. That reminds me. I always wanted the imac to also have a battery so I could move it around easy enough even if on and bonus if I could use it sans cord for an hour or three. I was surprised when I recently saw that feature on a pc AIO.

Then the $$$ equation. To get a good gpu in an IMac is pushing $2000. I could do a 13" MBP and build my own Windows pc with better gpu for same amount of money. So that's what I have today.

Still miss the iMac sometimes. I did really like the thing overall. Screen always popped although sometimes glare could be annoying. I guess I haven't owned one since they went to the new mouse. And I like that mouse from the little I've played with it in stores except for a gesture maneuver or two.
 
david19801 said:
Link to skus please. There will be no dvd because Apple is moving to apps only. It makes the iMac cheaper to manufacture andthinner. March.
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Seriously? It's all over all of the rumour sites. Why bother joining in the discussion if you've not even managed to do some basic reading to be able to formulate an educated opinion?

You can't be Tim Cook, or on the board of apple, because people at that level are generally able to express themselves in writing. So you clearly are not setting Apple's product or release policies. Instead you're just spewing any old bs that your brain farted out that particular morning.

Unfortunately I've realised too late that I've been trolled. :(
 
Dirtyharry50 said:
I guess it does not occur to some that Apple may not have wanted to talk about when for iMacs at all at that point in time.
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No. They would have just kept their mouths shut when the reporters from Forbes and New York Times accidentally reported something accurate that they had not actually been told.

Instead, the PR department deliberately made calls to those reporters to correct them so they could issue corrections in their publications so people would NOT be thinking that iMacs would be out as late as 2013.

Refreshes are most definitely coming, and we'll see for sure in a day. :)
 
Right on!

yanksrock100 in Sunny San Diego has the best guess.

"3. Apple has something special up its sleeves that it has been trying to hide." :)

Lots of grounds for this.

1. Long delay for update for only spec bump.

2. No redesign for several years.

3. Lots of new widgets/hardware advances since last basic design.

4. iMac losing it's lead over competition.

Just a few hours to next event, so we may know very soon.

My credit card is ready.
 
Huginnmuninn said:
No. They would have just kept their mouths shut when the reporters from Forbes and New York Times accidentally reported something accurate that they had not actually been told.

Instead, the PR department deliberately made calls to those reporters to correct them so they could issue corrections in their publications so people would NOT be thinking that iMacs would be out as late as 2013.

Refreshes are most definitely coming, and we'll see for sure in a day. :)
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It could also mean the new Apple desktops in 2013 are not called iMacs or Mac Pros for that matter? Who knows? All I was saying is that there is more than one way to interpret what happened and was said there. What it really means would only be known for sure by those at Apple and of course, they are not telling.
 
GizmoDVD said:
iMac isn't that popular. It's just how it is.

If you have the chance to leak the next iPhone or the next iMac which would you do?
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Both, surely?!

No factory worker who would be inclined to leak images is going to think 'oh, it's only a new desktop - I'm not going to bother'. It's not as if they make money out of it.
 
Dirtyharry50 said:
It could also mean the new Apple desktops in 2013 are not called iMacs or Mac Pros for that matter? Who knows?
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You're getting all that from Apple PR reps correcting Forbes and David Pogue about inaccurately adding the iMac to a discussion about the Mac Pro? That's a huge reach, and quite unwarranted.
 
Can't believe none of this information was leaked.

Completely new design and not one whiff snuck out. Good job Apple.
 
Thankfully for us (I like surprises), iMac parts don't fit as easily in your pockets.
 
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