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Upcoming iMac Features/Pricing

Originally posted by SwitchHitter
hmmmm, my off the cuff thoughts...if apple comes out with a new imac, which is basically just a speed bump and nothing else... i'll probably still switch..

BUT, if they upgrade the imac line again in the next 3-5 months with significant new changes... I WILL BE REALLY PISSED AND WILL DUMP MY IMAC AND GO BACK TO THE PC WORLD.

The problem with Apple is that since they own the mac marketplace, they only introduce improvements when they have milked everything else that they have and when their sales start to go into the dump. This is why the PC world can be better, you're assured of getting cutting edge technologies as they are developed.. not like a year later or even more. which apple seems to do..

I'm not even an Apple owner and already i'm bitter toward them

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You should have been around during the Mac Clone Wars. A dark time indeed....

EDIT: The article does state that the new macs should be BT & APEx ready. I'll bet we'll see an iMac update around Aug/Sept but who knows what it could be like. Go ahead and buy the iMac when it's updated. Use it. Enjoy it but don't regret it when a new version comes around. There's always a new cheaper mac coming out.

I personally can't wait to see what kind of speed it has. I was hoping for a 1Ghz but with the pMac having a 1Ghz lowend machine I doubt we'll see a 1G iMac. :( :mad:
 
Well. . .

Tomorrow is the day! (Hopefully). . . . .I hope it comes. . .Sorry, thinking out loud. . .;) :D

Is there a possible reason why it might be delayed further? Just curious.:cool:
 
Re: Well. . .

Originally posted by MacKid
Tomorrow is the day! (Hopefully). . . . .I hope it comes. . .Sorry, thinking out loud. . .;) :D

Is there a possible reason why it might be delayed further? Just curious.:cool:
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The only possible reason I can think of is Steve trying to prove the rumor sites incorrect and drive us further into the Mac Institution for the Mentally Insane.

And I agree with SwitchHitter in that if Apple upgrades the iMac tomorrow and then has a substantial upgrade in the next 3 to 5 months, I will be pretty pissed. After all, it has taken them over 1 year to upgrade this time around.

Time will tell. :)
 
Re: Re: Well. . .

Originally posted by orthodoc


The only possible reason I can think of is Steve trying to prove the rumor sites incorrect and drive us further into the Mac Institution for the Mentally Insane.

And I agree with SwitchHitter in that if Apple upgrades the iMac tomorrow and then has a substantial upgrade in the next 3 to 5 months, I will be pretty pissed. After all, it has taken them over 1 year to upgrade this time around.

Time will tell. :)
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Maybe. . .

After all, five minutes into MacWorld he said not to believe everything you read, so he might just do it for kicks, watch everyone berate all of the rumors sites, and then three days later, watch everyone praising Arn (like the MacRumors god that he is) for such an accurate prediction of the date.;)
 
Apple's cycle is predictable...

They refresh all their computers every 5-7 months... If you wait for this coming update and they refresh in 5 months... how can you get pissed off? I don't get it.

It's annoying when new mac buyers don't do any research and find out 2 weeks after they've made a purchase that new macs have been released and then blame apple for not warning them.

Buy the latest update and be happy!
 
Re: Apple's cycle is predictable...

Originally posted by chubakka
They refresh all their computers every 5-7 months... If you wait for this coming update and they refresh in 5 months... how can you get pissed off? I don't get it.

It's annoying when new mac buyers don't do any research and find out 2 weeks after they've made a purchase that new macs have been released and then blame apple for not warning them.

Buy the latest update and be happy!
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That is exactly my point: they did not refresh the iMac after 5-7 months like they normally do (excluding the addition of a 17" LCD). I have been waiting since August for an upgrade. If updates had come out in the Fall, I would have bought then. If they come out with minor bumps tomorrow and then in June or July come out with major bumps, I will be upset. I can wait a little longer since I have been waiting this long. If they have another minor bump in the Summer, that doesn't bother me. The scenario I was referring to was a minor bump tomorrow and a major bump in just a few months.

I understand the technology advances and things change, I just believe that Apple should try to update on a relatively regular cycle. That is all I am saying.

Also, I am not a "new mac buyer" and I have done lots of research and stay very informed on Apple products, so I am not worried about buying a product and having Apple update it 2 weeks later. I tend to buy as soon as new products are released.
 
I am a new mac buyer (i.e. switcher), but I also have been waiting since before Thanksgiving for an update.... tap tap tap.. month by month by month.
 
I'm just wondering. If the reports are true and the new iMac is bluetooth and airport extreme ready, what sort of changes would they have had to make to add that functionality to the machine? That is to say, adding any new hardware support, which I understand would be the case for both these, would be no small feat in an iMac, given its form factor, right? What might adding this support mean as far as how the cards would be installed etc.? I don't have any idea really which is why I ask. Perhaps someone could explain...
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Re: Re: Apple's cycle is predictable...

Originally posted by orthodoc

I understand the technology advances and things change, I just believe that Apple should try to update on a relatively regular cycle. That is all I am saying.
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The problem is that, if they adopt an official policy of updating regularly (with a 'fixed' update cycle), the sales will be massively impacted in the weeks coming up to the update. And it will probably impact the entire Apple community, not a few rumour-crazed Applemaniacs (I am one of them).

NicoMan
 
Originally posted by SwitchHitter
I am a new mac buyer (i.e. switcher), but I also have been waiting since before Thanksgiving for an update.... tap tap tap.. month by month by month.
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I admire your patience. Really. I almost cracked in November but then Apple came out with new laptops so I bought myself an iBook.

NicoMan

(Edit) And now i'm pissed off I cracked for that iBook 'cause I would have prefered the 12" Powerbook. Bah... that's life.
 
Originally posted by SwitchHitter
BUT, if they upgrade the imac line again in the next 3-5 months with significant new changes... I WILL BE REALLY PISSED AND WILL DUMP MY IMAC AND GO BACK TO THE PC WORLD.
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Why?? Buy any PC today & it'll be 'out of date' within a month or 2 anyway - if you're going to get pissed at the speed of product updates, you should be far more pissed as a PC user. They also don't have as long a 'useful life' as Macs appear to have (based on others' experience - waiting for the new iMac's before switching myself).

--
maehara
 
Originally posted by SwitchHitter
BUT, if they upgrade the imac line again in the next 3-5 months with significant new changes... I WILL BE REALLY PISSED AND WILL DUMP MY IMAC AND GO BACK TO THE PC WORLD.
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You know it is exactly the same in the PeeCee world (some might say worse, but for argument's sake I won't go that far...). In the past 1-2 years, every time you bought a PeeCee, Intel would come out 2 months later with a faster processors which would push your machine out of the range sold by Dell & co. People would come to you with words like: "How much did you pay for it?(...) Now if you had waited you could have got one for the same price with a faster processor."
So don't say it is a Apple-only issue. Every technological item is like that (think digital cameras, video cameras, Palmtops...).

NicoMan
 
Well? Where are they? What time do they usually announce these things, anyway? Thanks.
 
Originally posted by globman
Well? Where are they? What time do they usually announce these things, anyway? Thanks.
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Chill, man. It is now about 3 am Cupertino time (should I say: CenterOfTheUniverse time?). I think we have at least 5-8 hours to go until the announcements (if there is one).

NicoMan
 
Start checking the Apple store around 6-8 AM Pacific Time. If it goes down for updates, then you can expect a release. (about 3 hours from this post.)
 
UK store down for updates

Just checked the UK store and it's down for updates, US one still up last time I checked.

Hoping for a suprise or two...
 
Italian store down for updates

As of 8:33AM Eastern time, the Italian store is down for updates as well... I'm assuming all European stores are... ;))))))
 
I'm hoping that the stores in Chicago have them in stock.....if not, I guess I'll need to order. I'm planning on getting the top of the line iMac.


:)
 
I called the Apple store - and they are going to hold one for me when they arrive today :)

IF they arrive..... so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Finally, I'LL BE A SWITCHER!
 
Well. . .

Originally posted by SwitchHitter
I called the Apple store - and they are going to hold one for me when they arrive today :)

IF they arrive..... so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Finally, I'LL BE A SWITCHER!
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Congratulations, your wish has come true. . .FINALLY!:D
 
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