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Potential iMac Update to Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt in 4-6 Weeks?
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You know what, I don't own a MacBook Air and I really don't want one. They might be great little computers, but I don't want a laptop without an optical drive. I don't need a six ounce laptop. In my opinion I would be paying more for less. I would also be getting less, less performance and less power. I actually use my optical drive. And I don't want or need an iMac Air either! If you say, "well, all you have to do is buy a separate optical drive to..." then you do need an optical drive sometimes. I might just be an old dinosaur here, but I like being able to read and write to CD's and DVD's.
You just might be correct that it will happen sometime, but not in one year. And as far as your other comment. Bite me!
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Lol. Are you one of those people who bought their entire music libraries from the internet when you had the entire thing on CDs in the other room?
I find it's importance to be dwindling over time. I haven't used it in nearly a year. At any rate, the MBA has pointed the way. This year? Maybe, maybe not. Next year? Probably.
You think Apple didn't know you would?
You're the reason we all have to wait longer.
LOL! Well I wanted both of them...
When New Models Are Released...
When Apple refreshes one of their desktop lines, such as the iMac, what happens to the prices of the current generation models? I assume the remaining inventory of new models gets discounted, but what about any remaining refurbished models from previous generations? Do those receive any additional discount over their normal prices, which are already discounted?
Thanks for your insight.
When Apple refreshes one of their desktop lines, such as the iMac, what happens to the prices of the current generation models? I assume the remaining inventory of new models gets discounted, but what about any remaining refurbished models from previous generations? Do those receive any additional discount over their normal prices, which are already discounted?
Thanks for your insight.
They go down by $100 and are put in the special deals section of the Apple store.
The iMac was the first personal computer to abandon legacy ports like the serial and parallel port and rely solely on USB. It also abandoned floppy disks as well and go optical drive.
Though Jobs did admit later that they should have equipped their iMacs with CD burners rather than CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives.
Any how any new rumor as to when the new iMac will come out? I am looking to get the largest screen i7 iMac when it becomes available. I hope it doesn't have a lame GPU.
I am batting that the refresh will happen before August hopefully with Lion included.
Though Jobs did admit later that they should have equipped their iMacs with CD burners rather than CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives.
Any how any new rumor as to when the new iMac will come out? I am looking to get the largest screen i7 iMac when it becomes available. I hope it doesn't have a lame GPU.
I am batting that the refresh will happen before August hopefully with Lion included.
In that case, you were only listening to the ignorant. USB ports were common on PC systems a year before the toxic plastic CRT Imacs shipped.
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I upgraded a half dozen systems in early 1997 - yep, they had USB ports. I built a system with an Asus P2L97-S motherboard in fall '97. Yep, USB ports.
When "USB first showed up", only PCs had it.
But, no surprise, few devices were available at the start of 1998 and software support was erratic.
Have fun debugging Apple's ThunderPort support. If the new MBPs couldn't run normal programs without locking up and crashing - do you really think that after waiting months for your ThunderPort disk drive (no price listed, that's scary too) that it will "just work".
It probably will work most of the time after the second firmware update. You may have to wait for the "early 2012" MacBooks for it to always work.