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Limited iMac Availability Suggests Possible Refresh

Grasbak said:
Just checked on John Lewis (UK retailer). They only have 6 of the base 20" model in stock..... the other 20" & 24" say email when in stock....
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Lack of available hardware means nothing! with over 2 million people currently out of work and the number climbing higher every day it only means that retailers are not stocking high end items that they can not move.

Do you guys have any common sense at all? what is the age of the average poster here? ten years old?
 
I work for an APR in the UK, We are very short on iMacs, But have been told by our Apple rep that there is definitely no refresh, the shortage is just down to international component shortages.

From my experience, shortages of machines rarely means anything.
 
Well Im still hoping there will be new iMacs, and if they do release them in the coming weeks I will rub it in ur faces :p
 
robwithtwobs said:
I work for an APR in the UK, We are very short on iMacs, But have been told by our Apple rep that there is definitely no refresh, the shortage is just down to international component shortages.

From my experience, shortages of machines rarely means anything.
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Here in the US its just plain common sense! we have millions of people out of work so retailers are keeping just the bare minimum in stock. Given the current state of the economy here in the US I doubt that Apple do anything over the next six months or longer.
 
dwl017 said:
Here in the US its just plain common sense! we have millions of people out of work so retailers are keeping just the bare minimum in stock. Given the current state of the economy here in the US I doubt that Apple do anything over the next six months or longer.
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What about the shortages in other Countries? People have said there have been shortages outside of US too.. and not to mention someone said that the Apple support on phone said there would be an announcement on super bowl and to expect something new..
 
few things to note

1) i think Tim Cook once said, apple reduced inventory of their products about a weeks worth of inventory ... (so shortage really means something unless Chinese new year affecting production of iMac - I highly doubt this)

2) large number of refurbished items are released when the products goes EOL than in the beginning

3) recession got nothing to do with this (if recession affecting them, apple should have more inventories in the store and themselves rather than less inventory - agree?)

4) damn iMac just needs an update (at least increase in HDD, RAM, CPU, GPU speed bump if not overall design like Quad core CPU or Desktop CPU)

5) add more points yourself :cool:
 
RebootD said:
(Since they haven't put Penryn quads in the iMac line yet I don't see why they would now but wait until Core i7 are available to make the switch)
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If they didn't put Penryn quads, what makes you think they'll put Nehalem quads in?

RebootD said:
Right now the only way to make it profitable at their current price point is to put a desktop quad chip in there until the overall price of mobile quads come down to a level on par with higher end dual cores.
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The problem is that the 65 W desktop quads are likely to always stay significantly ahead of mobile quads in performance.

boer said:
Ever heard of multitasking?
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Sure have. :)

dwl017 said:
Here in the US its just plain common sense! we have millions of people out of work so retailers are keeping just the bare minimum in stock. Given the current state of the economy here in the US I doubt that Apple do anything over the next six months or longer.
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How long have there been iMac shortages? It looks like they have been constrained only recently, which doesn't support your statement.
 
shanmugam said:
few things to note

1) i think Tim Cook once said, apple reduced inventory of their products about a weeks worth of inventory ... (so shortage really means something unless Chinese new year affecting production of iMac - I highly doubt this)

2) large number of refurbished items are released when the products goes EOL than in the beginning

3) recession got nothing to do with this (if recession affecting them, apple should have more inventories in the store and themselves rather than less inventory - agree?)

4) damn iMac just needs an update (at least increase in HDD, RAM, CPU, GPU speed bump if not overall design like Quad core CPU or Desktop CPU)

5) add more points yourself :cool:
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Are you blind, dumb and stupid! there is no shortage of inventory! this is just another one of the rumors out of millions that are scatter all over the internet.
 
dwl017 said:
Who will buy these new Mac's?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/01/28/jobloss.hard.times/index.html
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Easton's saga began in July 2007 when she traded in her job as a corporate compliance officer to attend law school, what she thought would help advance her career. But after a year of law school, she decided it wasn't for her. By then, her old job was gone and the job market had shrunk.

That was probably a REAL bad idea...

I think this has more to do with bad timing than our economy is in "trouble" plus look at your source CNN...
 
dwl017 said:
We are in the middle of a global economic meltdown!
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What are you CNN? I'm sure the vast majority of us are well aware of the economy. Economics is a social science. All you're doing is contributing to mass hysteria.

Anyways, Apple still wants to sell computers in this economic environment. It's hard to sell computers when you don't have any in stock.

But please continue to post "OMG! THE SKY IS FALLING!?!?!" over and over again.

Edit: Just took a look at dwl017's previous posts. Don't feed the troll.
 
dwl017 said:
Who will buy these new Mac's?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/01/28/jobloss.hard.times/index.html
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Im in Canada.. and I have the money to buy one =/ Im not rich either, took a while to save up and also sold Macbook that i got free in the first place :p... And aside from these rumors, the iMacs & Mac Mini's upgrades are overdue.. I think thats enough to say that there may be upgrades sometime soon. If Apple updated there Notebook line then I think they will do the same with the iMacs...
 
MattInOz said:
As the token I.T. guy for my last two companies i've been buying a mac a month for the last 4 plus years. The iMac has been the machine of choice and we aren't using lightweight software we use full weight CAD software.
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Guess what we have no spare monitors the iMac covered us for the transition to LCD as well (great for the eyes by the way when dealing with CAD). So a minitower 4 core isn't going to beat out the iMac after all i'd then have to move 2 pieces of equipement each time a machine rolls down the line or teams shuffle around to better suit the project at hand.
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Do you ever upgrade your systems? If you do, do you mind paying for a new screen every time unnecessarily?

dwl017 said:
Given the current state of the economy here in the US I doubt that Apple do anything over the next six months or longer.
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Yeah, that's a good business strategy - don't spend money updating your product line, and watch your customers drift away to the Windows world.

preservative said:
Some of these posts are a classic. It is so obvious some of you work for apple.
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Only in our dreams! :D
 
Eric S. said:
Do you ever upgrade your systems? If you do, do you mind paying for a new screen every time unnecessarily?
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Most business will depreciate these assets over a three year schedule, upgrading, means getting a new complete system. Keeping older hardware is actually more of burden on most IT organizations from a a warranty and support perspective.
 
I am the only who thinks Apple is in dire need of qualified thermal engineers? Come on how difficult is it to cool a 65 TDP processor, Dual Core or Quad Core desktop CPUs? That's the equivalent of cooling 2 laptops in the case of the huge 24" imac. If you can cool 30+ watts in a 13.3" Macbook, you can surely cool 65w in 20 or 24" imac casing.
 
shokunin said:
Most business will depreciate these assets over a three year schedule, upgrading, means getting a new complete system. Keeping older hardware is actually more of burden on most IT organizations from a a warranty and support perspective.
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Please enlighten me as to how this applies to a display?
 
I really don't know if a refresh is coming or not, it would be nice if it does happen on Tuesday. Unfortunately, after initial exuberance, there is really no point in not waiting until you can purchase on with Snow Leopard installed.

I can hardly believe how long the MacMini has managed to hold on. The mini has had very little done to it, and the price remains steady. Apple really needs to address the Mini, at least drop the price on it if no major improvements are going to be made.

I'd be surprised if Snow Leopard was released for free, but, imagine how well received that would be? Come on Apple, make Snow Leopard a free release, your customers will love you for it, and people sitting on the fence about purchasing an Apple will get a major push in the right direction, it's an investment that would pay itself back many times over.
 
shokunin said:
I am the only who thinks Apple is in dire need of qualified thermal engineers? Come on how difficult is it to cool a 65 TDP processor, Dual Core or Quad Core desktop CPUs? That's the equivalent of cooling 2 laptops in the case of the huge 24" imac. If you can cool 30+ watts in a 13.3" Macbook, you can surely cool 65w in 20 or 24" imac casing.
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There are already 55 W CPUs in the 24" iMac.
 
I'd say we've seen this rumour crop up several times in the last 6 months without any substance.
 
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