Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

New iMac , when?

R

Runnernorth

macrumors member
Original poster
Oct 24, 2011
54
0
Denmark
Hi, I know I can just read buyers guide, and I have, but would be nice to hear your opinion on when we'll get to see a new iMac....? Any rumors, are we talking February, March or even April...., what do you think?
I'm considering buying one myself, but am willing to wait a couple of months, but not a half year ....:-/
Kindly
 
Any rumors will be posted on the front page of the site or in the forums. The buyers guide is quite good, just like pumpkin pie and Apple usually delivers on an annual basis. So far, I haven't heard anything on the new iMac's. But expect them near spring time.
 
Yeah, like ShoehornGeneral said, I'd expect them during the Spring time. :p I'm definitely going to buy.
 
You're talking at least Q2 2012, which is the same time that Apple released the current generation.

In short, if you really, really need one, buy now, you aren't losing out. If you want to wait, go ahead, but you'll only really be seeing a 15% or so performance gain, realistically. That's not bad at all, and is roughly what you should expect, but don't expect it to be a drastic speed improvement.
 
lamboman said:
You're talking at least Q2 2012, which is the same time that Apple released the current generation.

In short, if you really, really need one, buy now, you aren't losing out. If you want to wait, go ahead, but you'll only really be seeing a 15% or so performance gain, realistically. That's not bad at all, and is roughly what you should expect, but don't expect it to be a drastic speed improvement.
Click to expand...

You also do not know which options might be available. My late 2009 i7 has a 2TB drive, and I am on my way to fill it. I would prefer to not have an external HDD, even with ThunderBolt. My hope is that the 2012 iMac is available with a 3TB or larger drive.

I will also be getting the SSD option. Currently, that is 256GB max. I am hoping for 512GB.

Given that I already have a capable machine, I can afford to wait.

/Jim
 
With Ivy Bridge it's not so much the performance boost that is interesting but the lower tdp. That processor is extremely suited for a thinner redesign of the case. I would not buy a new imac at this point unless you really need one.
 
Unnamed sources have suggested that Apple is already preparing for the next generation iMac and have given me an unconfirmed release date of the 8th of May 2012.
 
Rumours are may time but usually it is early to mid spring so not long to wait! i hope it's something completely new and different. Want a complete refresh!
 
Last edited:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)

I'm going to go ahead and wait think I can for 5 months but anything else is going to be torture.

This will be my first ever Mac so why not go for the latest ehh ?!
 
can't wait.

I don't think I can wait that long. I'm going to buy my first mac for my Xmas present.:)
 
Why wait to buy?

I'm with you Canadian47!

I think that one of the deciding points could be...is what sort of features are you expecting to see in a new iMac...making it worth the wait?

Generally speaking...desktop computers are pretty much a "mature" technology...and don't "evolve" nearly as quickly as cell phones. So holding out for a new iPhone probably has/had more merit/payoff...than waiting for the next iMac.

I bought my first new iMac exactly 14 days ago and could not be having a better experience in terms of the performance. Back and forth, back and forth on whether to wait or to buy....... I didn't want to wait 7 months for a refreshed iMac to come out that will offer only 10-15% boost in performance.
 
I have just created a new thread covering this very issue.

I am macless at the moment and having to make do with an old iPad and a rubbish PC.I have two grand waiting in my bank for a new mac but I don't want to buy a top end iMac to find this springs refresh gives us a quantum leap in computing innovation. I have twice bought apple devices to see a new one be released three weeks later.

Tbh I am moving towards the buy it now and bugger tomorrow camp.
 
bobright said:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)

I'm going to go ahead and wait think I can for 5 months but anything else is going to be torture.

This will be my first ever Mac so why not go for the latest ehh ?!
Click to expand...

Tech is always being outdated months after you purchase it. If you kept wanting to wait for the latest thing, you'd be waiting forever :p
 
Just made the jump on a top-end refurb, couldn't wait anymore, at least not till May. If the leap is huge enough, I'll resell and buy the new one, but for now I think I'll be content with what I get. More than content actually, since at the moment I'm on a 2007 2.2 ghz mbp. The leap I see will definitely be a quantum leap :p
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back