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No New iMac at WWDC .. is it safe to buy now?
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well i only bought one computer so i can't tell you for sure (although i am sure there are benchmarks out there) I just don't ever see the point in NOT buying the best available, and the 780m is the best that i can get on a mac right now.
I call BS
Excuse my french...
http://www.macbidouille.com/news/2014/06/04/il-y-aura-un-imac-retina-tres-bientot
Nice find. I agree with the MacBidouille poster that 5120x2880 is a probable native resolution. I would imagine that the display would be quite expensive though. Perhaps there will be non-Retina 21.5" and 27" iMacs as usual and then a Retina iMac above those with a display at least 27".I call BS
Excuse my french...
http://www.macbidouille.com/news/2014/06/04/il-y-aura-un-imac-retina-tres-bientot
As time passes the non-Retina displays can be gradually taken over by Retina displays.
Yosemite is designed with Retina displays in mind. Like iOS 7, it will work on non-Retina devices, but the simple design doesn't work as well on low-PPI displays.
I expect a 12" Retina MacBook Air, a Retina iMac, and a Retina Thunderbolt display to be released alongside Yosemite in the fall. There will likely still be non-Retina options sold for cost-conscious customers, but I think Apple will want a Retina option for every Mac category.
I expect a 12" Retina MacBook Air, a Retina iMac, and a Retina Thunderbolt display to be released alongside Yosemite in the fall. There will likely still be non-Retina options sold for cost-conscious customers, but I think Apple will want a Retina option for every Mac category.
I've said it many times, but just wanted to say again that I'm committed to waiting until the next iMac upgrade comes along. Once it does, then I'm going to spend mucho dinero on the best, largest screen they release. I love the feeling when I buy a new Apple product immediately after its release. At least I get to be at the top of technology about a year or whenever the next release is. Of course, I can afford to wait since I have two other computers that I'm using, but my current MBP is getting a little slow for daily computing.
I sure hope all these rumors (and the one on the front page today) are correct about a Retina iMac release.
I sure hope all these rumors (and the one on the front page today) are correct about a Retina iMac release.
DisplayPort 1.2 can't handle anything higher than 4096x2160 @60Hz and DisplayPort 1.3 won't even be in Thunderbolt 3 scheduled for late-2015, so no, the screen resolution of a Retina iMac won't be higher than 3840x2160.
Well... I'm on the fence about whether to buy now or wait. On their website, Apple is already pushing the laurels of OS X Yosemite... coming this fall! After three months of promotion all summer... it makes sense that they might up the ante, so to speak, by combining the new OS with a 2014 iMac update.
Of course, questions remain... what will a 2014 iMac update include? Also... exactly what does "coming this fall" mean? Are they talking about September... to reach the back-to-school customer? Or are they looking at November/December... to reach the holiday customer?
I might be able to wait three months... not so sure about six or seven.
Of course, questions remain... what will a 2014 iMac update include? Also... exactly what does "coming this fall" mean? Are they talking about September... to reach the back-to-school customer? Or are they looking at November/December... to reach the holiday customer?
I might be able to wait three months... not so sure about six or seven.
I was almost tempted to get a Mac Pro, but looking at its benchmarks, it actually performs worse than a top-end iMac on most of the functions i would use it for. Especially video exporting, where the i7 has hardware acceleration built in, whereas the Xeon doesn't. The only functions where the Mac Pro is a clear winner is apps that make full use of multiple cores and apps that make use of the dual-graphics cards, which are few and far between at the moment. Plus the iMac still uses NVidia cards, so CUDA support makes things even faster on the apps i use. Plus the Mac Pro is horribly expensive. If the current iMac had Thunderbolt 2 i would snap it up like a shot, whether a new one was coming soon or not.
I'm debating whether to buy now or not as well.
I primarily use Adobe CS6 so I'm concerned that a lot of it will be blurry since not all of CS6 is retina.
I guess it's possible that only some 2014 iMacs would be retina, but when the 2012 MacBooks came out, the retina versions had better processors & specs than the non-retina ones.
Plus the retina model could ship with Yosemite and it's unknown whether that's CS6 compatible or not.
Do you think I should wait and see what happens with the 2014 models or "settle" for the current 2013 one knowing that CS6 will work perfectly?
Thanks for your thoughts in advance.
I primarily use Adobe CS6 so I'm concerned that a lot of it will be blurry since not all of CS6 is retina.
I guess it's possible that only some 2014 iMacs would be retina, but when the 2012 MacBooks came out, the retina versions had better processors & specs than the non-retina ones.
Plus the retina model could ship with Yosemite and it's unknown whether that's CS6 compatible or not.
Do you think I should wait and see what happens with the 2014 models or "settle" for the current 2013 one knowing that CS6 will work perfectly?
Thanks for your thoughts in advance.
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There is really only one (oft repeated) answer. If you need a new computer now, buy one specced to your needs now. If not, wait (and see).
It partly depends on your needs. What are you using and how long could you keep going with your current setup?
The other part of the equation is Apple's plans for 2014 iMacs. Before news about references to higher-resolution iMacs broke, the main questions were when Apple would be able to release an iMac with Broadwell and would they offer a minor refresh with the latest Haswell processor and perhaps a newer GPU in the interim.
If the latter happens, there'll be no fanfare, just an overnight change on the Apple Store site. The former will likely be tied to an Apple event of some sort, probably September at the earliest. The cost, reliability, and GPU requirements for a possible Retina iMac also come into play.
So there's no hard and fast answer. If you need an iMac now and buy a high-end late 2013 machine, it'll serve you well for years. The issue of CS6 compatibility is an unknown at present. If it turns out not to be compatible with Yosemite, you'll have to decide whether to keep using an earlier version of OS X or upgrade CS. Getting a 2013 iMac may give you more flexibility, since newer iMacs may require Yosemite or later.
This is about the most level headed and realistic post in the thread. If you CAN wait then there s no need to buy a computer. If you need one now you buy it now.
I'm in the same situation where I'm wanting to buy a new iMac as well, I wouldn't mind buying the current model to be honest and I'm sure it will last plenty of years (especially because I'll be maxing it out, with an SSD, the fastest processor, 32 GB RAM, etc.) but it would just make me sad to see a faster iMac a few months later for the same money.
Especially because speed is crucial for me and that's all I need the Mac for. Not for browsing, not for gaming, not for watching pictures. I need it to work (music production), and the faster iMac I can get for the longer time, the better (obviously that would be a Mac Pro haha)
I decided to pull the trigger on the refurbished 2012 i7/1tb fusion/8gb/2gb video model. I fully expect a new model to come out in the fall/winter, but whatever. What can you do.