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New shipping dates poll for 2012 iMac

When will the iMac be released? What's your estimate...

  • 26th June

    Votes: 14 2.5%

  • 3rd July

    Votes: 9 1.6%

  • 24th July (Mountain Lion release)

    Votes: 248 44.4%

  • 14 August (after Olympics)

    Votes: 17 3.0%

  • 18 September (before end of back to school)

    Votes: 61 10.9%

  • October - November

    Votes: 108 19.3%

  • 2013

    Votes: 102 18.2%
  • Total voters
    559
Would be nice if USB connectors had that magsafe connector like ability.

The only thing holding me back from a MacBook Air is the HD4000. Blizzard games are the most graphically demanding things I play these days. Not to mention I've been using my wife's 27" monitor (only a 1920x1080 Acer) with her little budget computer, so going down to that 13" might be rough.

Although, a friend of mine has an 11" 2012 MacBook Air and I thought the machine was great. Maybe I need to visit the Apple Store and mess around with some of these machines.
 
AppleDApp said:
What does everyone think is holding back the launch of the new iMacs?
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Maybe :apple: has too many of the old ones in stock. But I'm not sure, they like to use the JIT (Just in Time) supply and demand model. So they probably don't have a lot of inventory. I really wish they would upgrade the iMacs soon. I want to get one but I don't want to buy the 2011 model.
 
AppleDApp said:
So can we expect a new display? Something with antiglare or higher resolution?
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I suspect the similar antiglare glass the new Macbook Pro uses. I don't think we'll see Retina iMacs this year, but I guess Apple could pull it off.
 
Couldn't wait any longer

I just couldn't wait any longer. I went ahead an picked up a maxed out MacBook Air 13''. I'll just start saving from scratch and hopefully pick up an iMac around the holidays.

Maybe Apple knew I would cave.
 
Reckon the longer the wait - the more chance of even newer graphics cards we'll get?

Currently 512mb is on the standard iMac
Then 1GB for the large one with an option for 2GB.

Do you reckon that 1GB will be standard, 2GB on the large. . .and 4GB as an option?

I'm trying to guess what model I'm going to need lol.

.4GhZ doesn't seem much reason to upgrade to the large iMac - it's the graphics upgrade that sways it so I'm not sure what they'll do with the next series of iMacs!
 
Soundburst said:
Reckon the longer the wait - the more chance of even newer graphics cards we'll get?

Currently 512mb is on the standard iMac
Then 1GB for the large one with an option for 2GB.

Do you reckon that 1GB will be standard, 2GB on the large. . .and 4GB as an option?

I'm trying to guess what model I'm going to need lol.

.4GhZ doesn't seem much reason to upgrade to the large iMac - it's the graphics upgrade that sways it so I'm not sure what they'll do with the next series of iMacs!
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This is exactly what I'm wondering. Other threads have discussed the potential cards in detail. In a nutshell, radeon 7970m and nVidia 680m are the two top of the line potentials. The lower end models are anyone's guess. Although, if they use the new 28nm manufacturing process, that limits the options on the nVidia side. My guess would be 660m. Also, I believe the new standard on the 680m is 2GB. However, those cards are a fair bit more expensive than the radeon cards of similar power.
 
Well, the date most of us hoped for is no longer plausible. And if Apple is releasing a smaller iPad, new iPad, new iPods, and a new iPhone along with iOS 6, is there really room for a refresh this September/October?
 
Luvin said:
This is exactly what I'm wondering. Other threads have discussed the potential cards in detail. In a nutshell, radeon 7970m and nVidia 680m are the two top of the line potentials. The lower end models are anyone's guess. Although, if they use the new 28nm manufacturing process, that limits the options on the nVidia side. My guess would be 660m. Also, I believe the new standard on the 680m is 2GB. However, those cards are a fair bit more expensive than the radeon cards of similar power.
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Ha yeh! I'm definitely getting the top end iMac with upgraded graphics - I'm just trying to guess what I'll be treated too :grin:

According to that notebook benchmark website the 680m with 4GB can play Battlefield 3 on Ultra at 1080 at 33fps. (I'm used to PS3 30fps) so that's ULTRA graphics. . .with slightly higher frame rate! That would be AWESOME. Though i'd still probably play 720p with ultra though.

Please let this be the card!
 
Soundburst said:
Ha yeh! I'm definitely getting the top end iMac with upgraded graphics - I'm just trying to guess what I'll be treated too :grin:

According to that notebook benchmark website the 680m with 4GB can play Battlefield 3 on Ultra at 1080 at 33fps. (I'm used to PS3 30fps) so that's ULTRA graphics. . .with slightly higher frame rate! That would be AWESOME. Though i'd still probably play 720p with ultra though.

Please let this be the card!
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I agree, the 680m is quite a beastly card. Although, I'd think that 4GB would be overkill. Arguments could be made that even 2GB is unnecessary. The bottleneck nowadays is usually within the GPU processor speed.

I agree on 720p. I often wonder why people try to play at 1080 scaled? I would think that 720p on a 1440p monitor with a little antialiasing would work much better and be much less stressful for the GPU. I figure people play Xbox and PS at 720p with worse graphics so how bad can it be really? I'm curious to know if anyone has some first hand experience. I have no clue as I'm yet to be an iMac owner.
 
Luvin said:
I agree, the 680m is quite a beastly card. Although, I'd think that 4GB would be overkill. Arguments could be made that even 2GB is unnecessary. The bottleneck nowadays is usually within the GPU processor speed.

I agree on 720p. I often wonder why people try to play at 1080 scaled? I would think that 720p on a 1440p monitor with a little antialiasing would work much better and be much less stressful for the GPU. I figure people play Xbox and PS at 720p with worse graphics so how bad can it be really? I'm curious to know if anyone has some first hand experience. I have no clue as I'm yet to be an iMac owner.
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Obviously you haven't done much pc gaming. Use the native resolution of your monitor or the game will look poo. 720p is for TV's. Downscaling is baaad.... 720p on a computer monitor is tragic.
 
Apple... said:
Well, the date most of us hoped for is no longer plausible. And if Apple is releasing a smaller iPad, new iPad, new iPods, and a new iPhone along with iOS 6, is there really room for a refresh this September/October?
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I don't think apple think of iMac release as something that comes in the way for the other releases. They release them when they are ready, simple as that. If that's the same day as an iPhone it will be that. iPhone's will get a big event when released. The iMac will, even if it gets a transparent screen and a hovering base, only get a silent release.
In 2009 they released the redesigned 27" iMacs together with the magic mouse and other stuff. It was a completely silent release, except the automatic media focus it got from geek magazines. It's just how it is, the computers don't have the same focus as before. And the iMacs isn't a consumer product for apple anymore - not compared to phones and pads.
 
d0nK said:
Obviously you haven't done much pc gaming. Use the native resolution of your monitor or the game will look poo. 720p is for TV's. Downscaling is baaad.... 720p on a computer monitor is tragic.
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What about 768p?

The native resolution of the iMac would be hard to play in with the power required so I'd play so that each pixel I just doubled (ie 4 pixels per pixel) if possible
 
its funny that the poll shows more people thinks 2013 than sept-oct release. If that is the case, I´m out and done with Mac....I seriously that´s not the case. skipping 2012 altogether would be a crazy move by Apple.
 
iMcLovin said:
its funny that the poll shows more people thinks 2013 than sept-oct release.
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in reality when the poll was initially launched, in the aftermath of WWDC, the front running dates were 2013 (as per off the cuff comment by Apple executive) and 24/25 July to coincide with ML. More than 50% of votes in this poll were cast in the first 2 weeks after WWDC. More recently, in the past couple of weeks Oct/Nov has been steadily growing #momentum
 
davidgnomo said:
I think it's gonna be a 2013 Retina + Haswell iMac ... ok, now you can attack me !
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Personally have no interest in retina BUT if the iMac refresh to Ivy didn't happen before Oct/Nov, I will wait until Haswell (which could be out as early as April 2013) as I can tie myself over with a mid-range mini for the time being. With the holiday season in Dec/Jan, time will fly
 
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