Potential iMac Update to Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt in 4-6 Weeks?

[NutsNGum]

I've been after a new iMac for a very long time.

Hopefully the screen consistency will be better than on previous iterations. I returned the last two I'd bought for dead pixels and big dark bar disorder.

Most irritating.

 

[toddybody]

Brian Tong could announce a 30inch 300dpi + 6 Core SB i7 + 24GB RAM + 500GB SSD + crossfired 6970 iMac for 500.00...and he'd still be totally worthless (unintelligent + NOT funny + unattractive + annoying as hell + probably hides cameras in the CNET women's bathrooms).


...Now Brian Cooley on the other hand, THAT DUDE ROCKS!

 

[CBGFilms]

Spitting out disks! I had problems with the slot loading drives in my Mac Mini and Macbook Pros. It was greatly improved with a $10 DVD/CD cleaning kit. Worth giving a shot...

Thanks for that! I might give it a go, thanks.

 

[dgalvan123]

Come on Mac Mini update; well overdue for a refresh. That Core 2 Duo is keeping me from buying.

This.

I just got the wife's approval to replace our satellite subscription with a mac-mini media center. If the mac mini is going to be updated within a couple of months, I'll wait for it.

 

[lowonthe456]

I wanted to get a 15" MBP, but more and more they look like bags of hurt

Maybe imac is the way to go

 

[Rustus Maximus]

...By the time November comes around, Thunderbolt may cause the death of the Mac Pro...

I think you'll find that rumors of the Mac Pro's death are greatly exaggerated.

Thunderbolt honestly wouldn't bring very much to a Mac Pro right now. They have access via PCI expansion to drives, etc. that keep pace with and even beat Thunderbolt in some instances. As the tech matures it will outpace others and eventually find its way to the Mac Pro. Yes, the iMacs, and the iToys get more and more powerful with every generation...but then, so do the Pros...they all have a space on Apple's buffet bar.

 

[toddybody]

This.

I just got the wife's approval to replace our satellite subscription with a mac-mini media center. If the mac mini is going to be updated within a couple of months, I'll wait for it.

Wife said Yes

 

[Gemütlichkeit]

Please please please let them release Sandy Bridge for the MacBook Air

 

[MacGeek7]

Finally! I've been waiting for an iMac update for awhile and I'm excited to see the potential of Thunderbolt even though the list of devices is relatively short right now.

 

[Aldaris]

I think you'll find that rumors of the Mac Pro's death are greatly exaggerated.

Thunderbolt honestly wouldn't bring very much to a Mac Pro right now. They have access via PCI expansion to drives, etc. that keep pace with and even beat Thunderbolt in some instances. As the tech matures it will outpace others and eventually find its way to the Mac Pro. Yes, the iMacs, and the iToys get more and more powerful with every generation...but then, so do the Pros...they all have a space on Apple's buffet bar.

I agree, I think it'll be great for the portable's and consumer items, to be able to customize certain peripherals to the individual needs, at the moment I have a PowerBook G4, MacBook Pro, Power Mac G4, Power Mac G5, all for certain tasks, I could solve all this with a thunderbolt equipped MacBook pro and Mini... Think of the space saving's there...

The Pro will be around for a lot longer, it just serves a Pro/sumer market, the processors they sport generally come later down the pipe anyway like sandy bridge xeons in Q3/Q4.

 

[mwayne85]

This is good news... but they REALLY need to get rid of the chin. That would be my dream desktop aesthetically.

 

[ctdonath]

How are you MBP owners liking your Thunderbolt port? Do you feel like someone with a DVD disk in 1975?

Having a host with that port makes it easier to get a device to match than the other way around. At most months until match-up instead of years.

 

[johnnymg]

What about the Mac Pro? It's way past due, would that come first, before the iMac?

The Mac Pro is NOT overdue! No update until spring 2012 when SB server chips are readily available.

Johng

 

[Zeldain]

The Mac Pro is NOT overdue! No update until spring 2012 when SB server chips are readily available.

Johng

2012... 18 month update cycle? Far, far too long. No way... If that's the case, for the first time in 27 years, Apple doesn't get my money.

 

[AidenShaw]

I want to know where to get a list of products that hook onto Thunderbolt.

Rocketman

From terminal, to see all the shipping Thunderbolt products use the command

cat /dev/null​

http://www.lacie.com/us/index.htm

Coming summer 2011 - at least 3 months away.

 

[Dr Kevorkian94]

Wife said Yes

It would suck if

Apple said no

 

[Meandmunch]

Call me spoiled by all things thin, I think the iMac is looking pretty chunky these days. Not sure why it isn't significantly thinner than it is. The next time they do update the form factor it should essentially look like a giant first gen iPad.

 

[ksgant]

I'm waiting for the refresh of the Mac Mini myself. We're set for around the middle of May to get the tax refund for our state returns around then and that would be a perfect time for them to come out with the refresh.

 

[Drew n macs]

Quite a few people seem like they upgraded their MBP from 2010 MBP to 2011 mbp, Maybe just to have the latest product. Its possible that the imac will be released in 4-6 week time period and still no use for TB port...and finally when hard drives are released everyone will be outraged at the premium they will have to pay.

 

[roocka]

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Hopefully we'll see the Liquidmetal patent introduced on the internals..

 

[toddybody]

Call me spoiled by all things thin, I think the iMac is looking pretty chunky these days. Not sure why it isn't significantly thinner than it is. The next time they do update the form factor it should essentially look like a giant first gen iPad.

Id totally want a super thin iMac as well...but the thing already has heat issues at its current thickness. They'd need to integrate some pretty revolutionary CPU/GPU (low TDP) and give it some new cooling technologies (IDK if the new nVIDIA/AMD vapor cooling chambers would assist)...this isnt going to happen. It's already a Panini press...making it thinner would just exacerbate things.


Now, I think the 27inch display has few excuses for it's thickness...Samsung/LG are making some damn thin monitors. I just wish Dell would hop on that bandwagon. 1'' thick Ultrasharp 27inch 1440p monitor FTW!

 

[DCJ001]

Better idea: add an ExpressCard slot so I can put eSATA or USB3 on my iMac. Or you know...put USB3 & eSATA on my iMac for me *hint hint Apple*

You can have an eSATA port added to an iMac through OWC for $169:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/turnkey/iMac_2010_27/add_eSATA

 

[snakelda]

Finally some Mac rumors..

Lol yeah true

 

[Thunderhawks]

I don't know if they can make the iMacs look better, IMO. They look really nice. hardware improvements would be the best way to keep these machines alive. unless ofcourse they pull of something amazing like they always do lol.

To each their own, but in all reality, these are the best looking "all-in-ones" that i have ever seen.

How about folding a 27" in the middle?

54 inch screen , sweet

 

[Lesser Evets]

I wouldn't be surprised if the iMac and new Mac mini are the replacement for the Mac Pro...

By the time November comes around, Thunderbolt may cause the death of the Mac Pro.

Your logic is half-baked. The MacPro has one specific function which the iMac will probably never have: instant customization. You can stack tons of drive space in them, tons of RAM, and choose any sort of monitor config.

Sure, iMacs might be able to do something like that, but with a lot of garbage floating around and cluttering everything. Also, the processors in the Pro are always beefier.

However, I'd agree that for almost all people in the market, an iMac would be just as good as a MacPro. In 4 years I will probably replace my 2007 Pro with an iMac. Spending $4000 for a good Pro isn't worth it compared to $2000 for an iMac.