Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Tim Cook Would Have Preferred to Announce the New iMac in January
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
A lot of people including me said this at the time.
Why not bring back an annual Mac only event in say Feb (Steve's birthday) when they launch all the new Macs for the year. It would give us all something to look forward to after Christmas and balance out all the iPhone/iPad announcements in the second half of the year.
If only Tim would read these forums lol.
Why not bring back an annual Mac only event in say Feb (Steve's birthday) when they launch all the new Macs for the year. It would give us all something to look forward to after Christmas and balance out all the iPhone/iPad announcements in the second half of the year.
If only Tim would read these forums lol.
For clarification to my earlier post, I wasn't referencing just the Mac Pro, but new models in general. Your point is correct as it applies to the past practices.
With all that has happened "post SJ" and considering the somewhat variable and volatile market conditions of late, who knows what this next WWDC will result in
I want them to release the Mac Pro. I was intending to buy one last year but its been so long waiting for them to update I caved and bought the iMac in December.
In terms of wait time I had my iMac with me in just under 2 weeks and I ordered it a week after release. So not too bad.
In terms of wait time I had my iMac with me in just under 2 weeks and I ordered it a week after release. So not too bad.
For some people (even here on MR) it's never good enough. Not even iOS.
"Android FTW!!!!!!!!!!1111 tr0llololololol"
Hope it's within eu legislation or else it will be in the same boat as the Mac Pro over here
So let me get this straight...Cook is quoted saying "We felt customers had to wait too long for that specific product."
So...he chose to launch it and make it UNAVAILABLE for months...rather than waiting months and releasing it when it was actually in stock.
Wha??????
So...he chose to launch it and make it UNAVAILABLE for months...rather than waiting months and releasing it when it was actually in stock.
Wha??????
In that case, I have an idea that could presumably have prevented this "problem"...
I think the mistake part was doing a redesign that would cause that kind of supply constraints. They should have just released updated internals in the old case and saved the new one for when it was ready to ship in quantity. Heck, at this point is there really any excuse for not being able to ship a desktop machine in adequate supply? This really looks like a case of form stomping on the toes of function.
I sure as hell hope they don't hold up the eventual mac pro update due to not having a new case design ready (whenever that finally happens).
I sure as hell hope they don't hold up the eventual mac pro update due to not having a new case design ready (whenever that finally happens).
Ummm... actually I do use Adobe software. Not AE and Premiere, but plenty of work in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
...the thinness that nobody cares about or asked for, and that makes the iMac harder to build and service.
Translation - I messed up with product launches last year, and did not foresee the effect it would have on our share price. I must do better this year.
There were zero imperfections in all the pound notes with which I paid for it, so damn right it should be perfect out of the box.
Oh but it's impossibly thin, and seamless, and snappier. No AIO, built by anyone has ever been as beautifully thin as the new iMac.
/turns it in profile
WTF!
/grumbles while plugging in Super Drive, external hard drive, and slicing finger on thin bezel while trying to insert card in SD slot on back
I didn't mind the wait to be honest.
Ordered mine asap in December. Came mid-January. Wasn't a big deal.
Calling it a Early 2013 release would have been fine, even if they shipped when they already did. Doesn't seem like a 2012 release tbh.
As far as the design, I love it.
Shape, size is brilliant, loaded it up with max RAM + HDD space, going to be a decade-long desktop for me.
Ordered mine asap in December. Came mid-January. Wasn't a big deal.
Calling it a Early 2013 release would have been fine, even if they shipped when they already did. Doesn't seem like a 2012 release tbh.
As far as the design, I love it.
Shape, size is brilliant, loaded it up with max RAM + HDD space, going to be a decade-long desktop for me.
I am still waiting for the entire Mac line to be leading edge again like it was when it first went to intel. The pro is so outdated and they should bring back the 17.
Actually Apple has always been ultra obsessed with thin devices, it's just that in the last year there wasn't much room to go thinner.
Luckily to satisfy their intrinsic need to keep making their goal of thinner, we have super adhesives that allow apple to toss the fasteners and bind it all with glue.
Whatever challenges that presents, such as some broken or damaged components in the attempt to repair faulty units, only makes more money for Apple. They have always been good at selling hardware.
2014 ought to be quite a year. Thinner glue perhaps?
The problem I have with Apple's thin obsession is that it's applied to every product without consideration of whether it offers any practical benefits. A thin laptop is more usable and practical for many people. A thinner iMac has no practical benefits and in fact the thinness cannot even be perceived when using it. In an iMac the thin design actually reduces practicality and usefulness. It means slower and more expensive components. It means users have contort themselves in reaching around to plug in USB devices. It means less accessable internal storage.
I wish they would announce the new Mac Pros already
You can buy a SATA III PCIe card for under $100, or one for a little over $100 with a place to mount an SSD right on the PCIe card. Slip in a latest generation SSD and the practical I/O performance will be every bit as good as anything Apple may concevably include with a new Mac Pro.
Or just buy a cheap 3G SATA SSD off eBay and slip it in your Mac Pro. For most uses the difference between 3G and 6G SSD performance is not very noticable.
That's the beauty of the Mac Pro - one can update the technology over it's lifespan. To my eyes that capability is more gorgeous than any ultra-thin iMac.
Well thats Steve's view- simplicity, getting rid of the clutter and the unecessary despite the fact that it does make things harder to manufacture and repair because everythings got to get thinner and thinner and then there's Ives, the man to sit down and nut out the super thin designs to go with it. Personally I'll take a bit more width on my machines along with a few more of the things that I use or would speed up my experience that could then fit inside.
You missed the prime-time-TV, alienate-a-captive-market-overnight mess up they called FCPX.
Really? Hmmm...
Let me guess! Am assuming you paid your £ with zero imperfection for an iPhone (or other iOS device for that matter) which possibly too had zero imperfection and if it had more then zero you had the option to send it back and get refund as an unhappy costumer. Now if you are referring to a Apple Maps for which you paid zero £ with zero imperfection you had an option to use different Maps app from the app store if you didn't like it. Or use web version of the "perfect" Google maps. Or not buy the phone at all. Or still send it back and in return get your perfect £ you paid. It's not like Apple forced you to give them your perfect pound notes.