What are the odds that upcoming refreshed iMacs will have...

I've been holding off buying a new iMac due to the upcoming refresh. But I saw something in another thread that go me thinking.

What are the odds that the upcoming iMacs will still have FireWire 800 port? I currently have two FW 800 drives that I plan to continue using.

I'm not even sure I should be waiting. The 10-15% bump in performance is negligible to me and I don't own any USB 3.0 devices and don't have any plans to buy any at this point.

The only thing I was hoping for was for a less expensive SSD option or a better performing SSD for the same price. Personally I don't think the SSD is going to come down in price given that it's a special order item and must be ordered at time of purchase. Push came to shove its also a lot easier to replace an SSD if you order the iMac with the upgrade, so if I really want better performance I can always upgrade it myself later on.

Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome!!

B.

 

If there's no news about a refresh by the end of the month I think I'll just go ahead and buy the current iMac. Then if something does drop within two weeks I can still return it if the new models are compelling enough.

 

I don't know. I know this refresh will more than likely just a spec bump and I would be perfectly happy with the current i7 but it's the unknown of the SSD options that's got me waiting.

I'm more interested in that than any other rumored or possible upgrade.