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New shipping dates poll for 2012 iMac
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Ya know, if you ignore Jim Dalrymple's "Yep", I would have rated Sept Macs & Oct iPhones as "Highly Likely".. more so than the other way around.
So.. is that you, Jim?
So now we have 10.8.1, can we expect the silent refresh of the iMac range as early next Tuesday? (which was suggested by some blogs by the way)
Well I can't see any info depicting an update next week here. But even though October feels like the most probable date there's always a slight chance it can come sooner. I'm hoping anyway
At least I think it's pointless linking the iMac release with the 12th of september unconfirmed event. The event will probably have nothing to do with the iMac and an iMac can come out before or likely after.
Well, if the iMac were to be given a silent refresh, then Apple won't be mentioning it in its next event which is supposedly to be held on 12th September. If this is the case, the iMac would probably have the "new" logo in the Apple Online Store.
If the iMacs were given a major update or an upgrade, then Apple would be talking bout it in one of its event.
Basically, Apple will only present new devices which have been given major changes in terms of hardware/software.
Personally, it is likely for Apple to launch a new 2012 iMac as it is already overdue. Tim Cook only mentioned that the Mac Pro will be receiving update in 2013, and not the iMac. So, a 2012 imac is a possibility.
The question is, when is it going live to the public?
If the iMacs were given a major update or an upgrade, then Apple would be talking bout it in one of its event.
Basically, Apple will only present new devices which have been given major changes in terms of hardware/software.
Personally, it is likely for Apple to launch a new 2012 iMac as it is already overdue. Tim Cook only mentioned that the Mac Pro will be receiving update in 2013, and not the iMac. So, a 2012 imac is a possibility.
The question is, when is it going live to the public?
As far as I can see, that blog is just repeating stuff the guy has read on here. He makes a leap that the new MBPro will not appear until after 10.8.1 because of the battery life issues and he repeats the same old rumour about the demise of the optical drive. But, there's nothing new and nothing that suggests any date apart from 'by the end of the year.'
If it's released after 9/21, it will be very remiss of Apple to exclude educational buyers from the back to school promotion. Catching at straws perhaps but I am hopeful
Hey peeps,
This probably means nothing but I've just noticed that two out of the four imac models on the apple store (UK) now say 'Dispatched: 1-2 business days' as opposed to 'in stock'...
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link: http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_mac/family/imac/select
This probably means nothing but I've just noticed that two out of the four imac models on the apple store (UK) now say 'Dispatched: 1-2 business days' as opposed to 'in stock'...
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link: http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_mac/family/imac/select
We've had holidays before yet nothing changed on the websites. This time it has. I think it's a sign. I think iMac are running low for a reason. I still think it'd could be sometime next month. At least I hope so.
As much as i'd like it to be a sign, all the Macs on Apple UK's store now have the delay in shipping. Looks to be the bank holiday as has been suggested. Dang it
As much as i'd like it to be a sign, all the Macs on Apple UK's store now have the delay in shipping. Looks to be the bank holiday as has been suggested. Dang it
Wut?
500 days
Brand new here so be kind, it's probably been said a thousand times in a thousand threads but by my count 21st september 2012 the day the iphone is due to ship (if the macrumors come true) would be exactly 500 days since the last imac update. I draw no conclusions, only the tiniest glimmer of hope to those like me who need a new imac.
Brand new here so be kind, it's probably been said a thousand times in a thousand threads but by my count 21st september 2012 the day the iphone is due to ship (if the macrumors come true) would be exactly 500 days since the last imac update. I draw no conclusions, only the tiniest glimmer of hope to those like me who need a new imac.
The version I read prior to the public release of 10.8.1, linked the event with a release of the new iMac and 13" rMBP. I grant you, reading that page NOW doesn't make that subtle connection but perhaps as you say it's just someone like us consolidating rumours from sites such as these. I am hoping we see some action sooner rather than later because I have been soldiering on without a desktop since April and the MBA just won't cut the mustard in certain things I need...
More importantly it's the day the back to school promotion finishes so here's hoping the release of a new iMac falls inside this window
So, Sept 4th unlikely launch date given US labour day holiday, but makes 11th Sept most likely launch date (or even more likely wait until 12th Sept and give a quiet press release refresh alongside the razzmatazz of the new iPhone). As some people predicted several weeks ago to great ridicule on these boards...