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Limited iMac Availability Suggests Possible Refresh

iMacmatician said:
I recall one update to Apple's Pro software on Sunday, but yeah, I don't think we'll see updates this Sunday either.

I replied to your post on the other thread, BTW.
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What about that Superbowl ad everyone's talking about? gotta be about something new.. maybe new iphones? im guessing =/ but I really hope it'll be for iMacs..
 
Yamcha said:
What about that Superbowl ad everyone's talking about? gotta be about something new.. maybe new iphones? im guessing =/ but I really hope it'll be for iMacs..
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You guys will fall for just about anything posted on this web site, Super Bowl ad 🙄
 
Apple could have a superbowl ad on Sunday then put up the pages for the new iMac the same day with it shipping Tuesday.
 
dwl017 said:
You guys will fall for just about anything posted on this web site, Super Bowl ad 🙄
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A forum user said he talked to Apple rep and they said watch out for the superbowl for something.. I see no reason why someone would make that up..
 
Peace said:
Apple could have a superbowl ad on Sunday then put up the pages for the new iMac the same day with it shipping Tuesday.
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Don't you think Apple's smarter than paying that kind of money for a super bowl ad when its ads already make "news" and get pointed out left and right?
 
Yamcha said:
A forum user said he talked to Apple rep and they said watch out for the superbowl for something.. I see no reason why someone would make that up..
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If only THAT was a good reason to believe an Apple rumor 😉 Sadly there have been hundreds of rumors that turned out false despite the alleged source having no reason to make something up.
 
Well, i still hope we see new iMacs this February, if theres nothing by March I give up, im going to get that super fast PC instead.
 
I love how this thread just got carried away with wild eyed speculation and rumor.

Everyone is just too eager for an update of some kind, and making up crazy expectations. Take it easy people. 10 to 1 nothing happens tomorrow, and there is no update Tuesday either. And there will certainly be no crazy updates this year with BLU-RAY iMacs and super processors or high end components you find in the MacPro. Let's be serious--the iMac will update with slightly better specs, not with some "Mac Pro in a monitor".
 
Having stock shortfalls is nothing new for Apple...

Anyone remember the change from the bump on a stalk iMacs to the all-in-one current configuration?

They had no stock for a few months as I remember. I even tried to order one of the stalk mounted monitor models and ended up with one of the all-in-one models instead...

Judging stock levels is an art rather than a science. One of our distributors shows over 1,000 models in stock and a ton of mini's too...

Who knows if Apple will shoot themselves in the foot IF there is a change...

Wishing something isn't going to make it happen... Hell, with this ****** economy, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple pulled a Magrathea and held off on the updates for a while. Remember that the current system costs less over time to manufacture so Apple keeping the current model going for a while means more money. Provided people are still able and willing to buy them...
 
bassanoclapper said:
Why wait, just buy your PC tomorrow. I hear Vista is great 😀
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lol 😛, i don't know if your being sarcastic or not 😛, but anyway main reason cuz I already got a pretty good pc :], and sold my Macbook to get an iMac in the first place.. But again if no updates i'll get LGA 1366 :] which allows for up to 24GB Memory! 3SLI cards i7 Processor, and it would cost me less then the cheapest iMac..
 
Lesser Evets said:
I love how this thread just got carried away with wild eyed speculation and rumor.

Everyone is just too eager for an update of some kind, and making up crazy expectations. Take it easy people. 10 to 1 nothing happens tomorrow, and there is no update Tuesday either. And there will certainly be no crazy updates this year with BLU-RAY iMacs and super processors or high end components you find in the MacPro. Let's be serious--the iMac will update with slightly better specs, not with some "Mac Pro in a monitor".
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You could also use a dose of that "take it easy people."

Several sources have pointed to new Intel quad core cpu's being used in a future iMac. I would say that would be more than slightly better than the current configuration 😉

As to the bluray matter, probably wont happen. Maybe we will get lucky and have it as an available upgrade. The drives are getting cheaper by the day and my local Blockbuster now has a respectable amount of bluray movies.
 
PinkyMacGodess said:
Having stock shortfalls is nothing new for Apple...

Anyone remember the change from the bump on a stalk iMacs to the all-in-one current configuration?

They had no stock for a few months as I remember. I even tried to order one of the stalk mounted monitor models and ended up with one of the all-in-one models instead...

Judging stock levels is an art rather than a science. One of our distributors shows over 1,000 models in stock and a ton of mini's too...

Who knows if Apple will shoot themselves in the foot IF there is a change...

Wishing something isn't going to make it happen... Hell, with this ****** economy, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple pulled a Magrathea and held off on the updates for a while. Remember that the current system costs less over time to manufacture so Apple keeping the current model going for a while means more money. Provided people are still able and willing to buy them...
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I get the impression that the average poster here on MR is some where between the ages of 10 to 15 years old which explains the reason for most of the post wishing for a dream machines etc.

Your post is spot on and what I have been saying for months now, common sense tells me that the any new hardware will probably not be released until late August 09 which will be just in time for back to school sales.
 
wow, would you stop putting people down 😛, upgrades on iMac and Mac Mini are overdue : Days Since Update 278 (Avg = 211) And of course they updated the Macbooks a while back, that means there should be some updates coming up. Even if you dismiss the rumors...

PS im 21, I think most people here are over 18, but I could be wrong..
 
bassanoclapper said:
Why wait, just buy your PC tomorrow. I hear Vista is great 😀
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It's really pretty good now on new PCs. Vista got a lot of bad press two years ago when people tried to upgrade two year old systems (4 years old today) - and the systems just struggled to run Vista. Today with dual core the minimum and quad core very common (except on Apples), and 256 MiB to 512 MiB graphics cards the norm - Vista runs great.

Windows 7 is shaping up to be a nice improvement - you should download the beta and try it out. It probably won't make you give up your Apple - but you may think "oh, Microsoft does learn from its mistakes."

(ps: I jumped on Vista right away - but since I was able to get a dual quad-core Xeon with 16GiB of RAM and two Nvidia Quadro graphics cards it ran fine from the start 😉 )
 
Lesser Evets said:
And there will certainly be no crazy updates this year with BLU-RAY iMacs and super processors or high end components you find in the MacPro.
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65 W quad-cores are not high-end.

dwl017 said:
Your post is spot on and what I have been saying for months now, common sense tells me that
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Common sense does not say that.

dwl017 said:
the any new hardware will probably not be released until late August 09 which will be just in time for back to school sales.
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I'll hold you to that.

I'm only willing to be so pessimistic with release dates.
 
Le Big Mac said:
Same here.

BTW, what is "limited availability"? Either a store has a mac or it doesn't. If it doesn't, either they can order more or they can't. I don't get it--if a store doesn't have the model you want, why don't they just say "right now we can't reorder those machines from Apple, they seem to be on "backorder" or something."?
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I just ordered a new iMac and got a ship date of this coming week.
 
AidenShaw said:
It's really pretty good now on new PCs. Vista got a lot of bad press two years ago when people tried to upgrade two year old systems (4 years old today) - and the systems just struggled to run Vista. Today with dual core the minimum and quad core very common (except on Apples), and 256 MiB to 512 MiB graphics cards the norm - Vista runs great.

Windows 7 is shaping up to be a nice improvement - you should download the beta and try it out. It probably won't make you give up your Apple - but you may think "oh, Microsoft does learn from its mistakes."

(ps: I jumped on Vista right away - but since I was able to get a dual quad-core Xeon with 16GiB of RAM and two Nvidia Quadro graphics cards it ran fine from the start 😉 )
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Yamcha said:
lol 😛, i don't know if your being sarcastic or not 😛, but anyway main reason cuz I already got a pretty good pc :], and sold my Macbook to get an iMac in the first place.. But again if no updates i'll get LGA 1366 :] which allows for up to 24GB Memory! 3SLI cards i7 Processor, and it would cost me less then the cheapest iMac..
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I tried to download the beta with Firefox and Safari but M$ wouldn't allow it so I gave up
Actually, I found Vista to be horrible. Have used it on a friend's brand new C2D Acer Laptop and have not been impressed at all. Just a personal preference

If 24gigs of RAM and an i7 chip running Windows is important for you, then as I said, buy your PC tomorrow. If you want OS X Snow Leopard, then wait a few months for a shiny new Mac
 
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