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Reminder: New 24-Inch iMac, M1 iPad Pro, and New Apple TV 4K Available for Pre-Order Tomorrow

Bea220 said:
How do we prep to pre-order? I don't know how this works.

Can someone please shed some light?
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I am not sure if there's a better strategy, but I've make sure I'm signed into the store when preparing the desired configuration and hit the "♥️" icon to make sure it is ready to go in my favourites.

Or you can make sure to have some tabs open / bookmarks saved with the configured products you want.

Anyway, that's the best I've been able to think of to speed things up for myself in those sleepy morning hours when the ability to add the items to the shopping cart becomes available. The idea being to get it into the cart and shipping screen ASAP, no waffling on any details or accessories in those critical moments.

EDIT: made like 5 tweak edits as I wasn't happy worth wording.
 
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scamper said:
There’s one reason the redesigned Apple TV remote makes no sense as a stand-alone purchase: you can’t buy a new Apple TV without one. Why would I buy one now—as much as I’d like it over the one I have now—since I'll be getting a redundant one when I upgrade my old Apple TV HD?

Apple should decouple the two, allow users to config the Apple TV without the remote. Problem solved!

(I know this isn’t a huge problem, all things considered, I’m just thinking aloud.)
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Because some of us just want the remote, but are fine with our current Apple TVs because the new one is a barely upgrade.
I still have a crappy 1080P TV from like the late 2000s, and a cheap $150 5.1 sound bar.
i’ve been using my Apple TV HD since September 2016, and it still works absolutely perfectly. The only thing I hate about it? The stupid remote.
that is the only thing I would change about it, and luckily now I can. And if they ever do come out with an Apple TV that I feel like upgrading too, I’ll just sell my Apple TV with the remote. It’s not that hard.
on top of this, the Apple TV is not a product Apple updates very frequently. At most, once every 3 to 4 years. This new upgrade is probably going to be it till at least 2023.
 
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Apple_Robert said:
I was going to get the new Apple TV. After a weeks reflection, I decided there isn't enough of a difference between it and my current 4k Apple TV. I may get the new remote.
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Having both a Fire TV and Xbox Series X that run the aTV App, I really see no point in contemplating one.
 
gnasher729 said:
The price difference is for keyboard, mouse and a 4.5K monitor. If you want that kind of monitor, the iMac is excellent value. If some monitor that you are inheriting is good enough, the mini saved you a lot.
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Nice 27" 4K monitor on sale under $300, Mac mini has been down to $600. If you want a VESA mount for the iMac that's going to run you an extra and bring up to about $1400. You can get an MX Keys and MX Master mouse and still be under the price of a iMac. Or buy a separate Magic Track Pad. IDK, anything but that device where if the screen breaks the computer stops working and vice versa.

Run an M1 MB Air and external display as another better option. Quality monitors are a lot more available than days of old when you pretty much had to buy an iMac to get a good screen. The colors make it an expensive fashion item, but it's a toy more than anything else IMO.
 
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🇦🇺 As for Australians, I just called the Apple Support Centre to make an over-the-phone purchase, and they confirmed that sales would begin on the online Apple store in Australia at 10pm AEST tonight.

However, since the call centre closes at 9pm, telephone orders are unavailable until Saturday 9am (when the call centre reopens the next day). Telephone orders are necessary for interest-free finance purchases, which are only be facilitated over the phone.
 
MrGimper said:
Having both a Fire TV and Xbox Series X that run the aTV App, I really see no point in contemplating one.
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See the Apple TV app vs. Apple TV box - Apple community discussion

The ATV 4K hardware offers a lot more then Apple TV plus app. The apple content viewed via the TV plus app is not as high bitrate as using iTunes library app or moviesanywhere app on the ATV 4K
 
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ChrisMoBro said:
I'm pre-ordering a 12.9 iPad Pro tomorrow. I'm coming from a first-gen iPad Pro so I can't wait.
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Me too - i have the 2018 32gb ipad pro - and realised that apps and their file size ate away at my space since i use garageband and some piano apps etc. Its going to be a big leap for sure. I'm wondering if the 1st gen pen would still work? that's what I have now.
 
kjvmartin said:
Nice 27" 4K monitor on sale under $300, Mac mini has been down to $600. If you want a VESA mount for the iMac that's going to run you an extra and bring up to about $1400. You can get an MX Keys and MX Master mouse and still be under the price of a iMac. Or buy a separate Magic Track Pad. IDK, anything but that device where if the screen breaks the computer stops working and vice versa.

Run an M1 MB Air and external display as another better option. Quality monitors are a lot more available than days of old when you pretty much had to buy an iMac to get a good screen. The colors make it an expensive fashion item, but it's a toy more than anything else IMO.
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I'd argue the new iMac is still a reasonable value for certain types of buyers. Once you factor in the reasonably high quality webcam, speakers, mics, the high pixel density display and a sort of "no fuss" all-in-one package product, it makes a lot of sense. I think calling it a "toy" is a bit patronizing – for many rational consumers a clean setup with a minimal footprint, no extra wires dangling about or critical accessories to add-on is pretty appealing. Some consumers are happy to pay a couple hundred bucks for the extra value they perceive from a product that is put together well – and, generally, this helps a bit with future resale value as well (which I personally factor into lifetime ownership cost.)

But Minis are also great buys, especially when you have some existing hardware you wish to reuse or maybe don't even need the speakers/mics/cams (or want higher grade accessories that go beyond what the iMac offers, making the packaged value redundant.)

cpnotebook80 said:
I'm wondering if the 1st gen pen would still work? that's what I have now.
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Nope, sorry. You'll need to get the current generation pencil. If selling your old one you can probably just make it a packaged deal.

Apple Pencil compatibility - Apple Support (CA)

Find out which Apple Pencil works with which iPad.
support.apple.com support.apple.com
 
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Jimmdean said:
Did you even compare the specs to the old one? Nearly everything has been upgraded - processor,
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In many ways the A12 is a downgrade to the A10X. While benchmarks has the CPU of the A12 higher than the A10X, the A12 GPU has almost a 30% decrease versus the A10X. Pretty sad.

Other upgrades are nice, but nothing is really stand out, imo.
 
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kjvmartin said:
Nice 27" 4K monitor on sale under $300
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I've tried countless times to use a 27" 4K and the pixel density and non-integer scaling just kills it for me everytime. 4.5K on 23.5" is going to be glorious and worth every penny.
 
Jimmdean said:
Normally I might agree, but the difference between the base model and what it takes to get 16GB is at least $700. You'd be better off saving that for your next upgrade. No sane developer would design with 16GB in mind when the majority of devices won't have it, pro or not.
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Either iPadOS becomes fractured because far more iPads have 2GB to 4GB of RAM than 6-16GB or iPadOS remains optimized to run across the board from at least 3GB of RAM on up. I suspect certain apps will only be optimized or run on M1 iPad Pros and iPadOS remains a lightweight software.
 
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Still can't order in USA...
UPDATE: Able to order now.
 
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Macrumors posting times is misleading and pointless, because they are just guessing.
 
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