Sandy Bridge iMacs Due Next Week

[jessej]

Harddrives? Floppies?? Pure LUXURY, you young whippersnapper!

Try 16kb RAM (including the expansion module), loading programs from a cassette recorder (you had to adjust the volume constantly until the computer would "read" it), no floppies, mono screens.

That was a early TRS-80 Model 1, and I lived with it for a year! FUN!

Ah you kids, we used to scratch our info on dinosaurs backs as monkeys. Reading it back cost arms and legs.

 

[HuwRowlands]

Well it's 9.30am here in the UK and no sign of an update anywhere... Been waiting so long for this day...

Anybody else have some news on the subject??

 

[Frosticus]

Well it's 9.30am here in the UK and no sign of an update anywhere... Been waiting so long for this day...

Anybody else have some news on the subject??

I think updates to the store usually start about 11am UK time.. so I'm just going to keep checking after then.. or use http://www.isapplestoredown.com/

 

[HuwRowlands]

I think updates to the store usually start about 11am UK time.. so I'm just going to keep checking after then.. or use http://www.isapplestoredown.com/

Ooooo.... I'm getting excited again now!! bring on 11am!

This is my first iMac and cannot wait to order!

 

[michaelmac]

Apple.com store is down!

And the UK too!

 

[sth]

Looks like all international stores are down! \o/

 

[HuwRowlands]

Apple.com store is down!

And the UK too!

Yes!!!!!!! Now the real waiting game begins! Hope theres a new iMac when it comes back up!

 

[sth]

My guess: iMac and iWork will be updated.

 

[Frosticus]

"and lo, as it was written, the Apple Store did go down"

 

[sinser]

Italian store is down too

 

[Dj Access]

Finally!

 

[HuwRowlands]

Might be a stupid question but how long will this take until the store goes back up?
Over-excited I may be!!

 

[zirngast99]

Austrian store down ...

 

[Dj Access]

Might be a stupid question but how long will this take until the store goes back up?
Over-excited I may be!!

Usually takes about 2-3 hours.

 

[HuwRowlands]

Usually takes about 2-3 hours.

Thanks.

So I can move away from my desk then!!

 

[melb00m]

I've been waiting for this.

I'm looking to buy an iMac with SSD. I should probably get it from Apple right? I've heard switching hardware in the iMac is complicated and will void warranty... What do you think? And 27" or 21"?

 

[MartiNZ]

"and lo, as it was written,

... on dinosaurs backs as monkeys,

the Apple Store did go down"

I like how those play together .

 

[InsanO]

Store is down but the old iMac link still works -

http://www.apple.com/au/imac/

is this normal?

 

[cylonvader]

Imac

Portugal is down too!

 

[Umbongo]

currently the sandy brdige processors beat all other processor for gaming as intel made them specifically for gaming.

Actually the focus of Sandy Bridge was for mobile processors; integrated graphics and reduction in power usage being two of the big things. They are good for gaming because they are just faster than anything else that has come before due to architectural refinements and high clock speeds allowed by the power usage requirements.

 

[asfoorh]

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Store is down but the old iMac link still works -

http://www.apple.com/au/imac/

is this normal?

Yes, as far as I know it is. They usually update the store first and then the product pages… I can't wait, so excited ;-)

 

[ezekielrage_99]

OMG OMG new iMacs on the way...

 

[100r]

it's here...
http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html
enjoy

 

[ECH]

If they have a heat and space budget for two GPUs - even mobile ones - they have the heat and space budget for a single, much faster desktop GPU.

Thanks, haven't think on that...

 

[steadysignal]

Yeeeeeeeeessssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hooray! Cash is waiting for a fully loaded iMac baby!

+1 to you. wish i had thought ahead on this...