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What to expect from iMac 2012 - Discussion

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prosty41 said:
As a relitivly new Mac user, I'm planning on getting the new iMac. I'm bummed about no retina but.. Can anyone explain the difference between boot camp and parrellels regarding running windows from time to time?
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Bootcamp allows you to run windows or linux on a mac. Parralels will do the same. The main difference is having to reboot the computer if you want to change OS with Bootcamp. Bootcamp allows you to run the OS at native speeds. Parrallels and others, run as a mac app and do not require you to reboot the computer to use windows. The inconvenience to VM software is that it divides the computers resource between each running OS. iMacs come standard with a quad core and 4gb of RAM. If you decide to run OS X and Windows side by side. Parallels attribute 2 CPU cores 2gb of RAM to each OS.
Parralels does have the advantage to use your iOS device to connect to your Windows partition if necessary.

VMware software is often on sale I'd suggest waiting for the discount.

Confuzzzed said:
This thread is giving me a headache last couple of pages. Stop bickering children
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Yes please can we just get back to the mac rumors on monday!
 
Yebubbleman said:
Really, the iMac is the least practical Mac that Apple makes.
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That used to be the case, but actually as Thunderbolt devices get cheaper, the issues will revert to CPU and GPU not being upgradable. Much the same as notebooks. The thunderbolt docks are a taste of what is possible.

As far as heat issues goes, that's true, but the new Intel processors are said to be cooler. GPU has always been an issue though, but not one that Apple cannot resolve.

I think selling old architecture on the iMac is not cool. Its time to upgrade at least that.

As for not having Firewire - how did people come up with that? If there is no Firewire, then I will buy a superceded iMac, because I want to use a new i7 iMac for lots of video capture and encoding. I've put that off for years, and I need firewire for the video camera connection. I also have a firewire RAID back-up. Most good externals are firewire ... so Apple will not drop Firewire with the new iMac.

or at least, for my next iMac.
 
9to5mac now believe it's MORE likely that iMacs won't be updated on Monday at WWDC than that they will.

I'm going to be absolutely devastated/furious if that's the case.
 
TopToffee said:
9to5mac now believe it's MORE likely that iMacs won't be updated on Monday at WWDC than that they will.

I'm going to be absolutely devastated/furious if that's the case.
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Monday or not. Well go into july with new imacs ordered. A silent refresh type of refresh needs no wwdc keynote mention. 9to5 mac also claims a apple overnight monday or tuesday. So imacs in june yesH
 
A 5 year old iMac can surf Facebook just as well as the iMac today.

A new model would have to have some out-of-this-world technology ... Like some smart ad-hoc wifi system to sync iPads and iPhones without connected to the network. With ios6, it shouldn't be too far off.

Specs wise: SSD should be it.
 
TopToffee said:
9to5mac now believe it's MORE likely that iMacs won't be updated on Monday at WWDC than that they will.

I'm going to be absolutely devastated/furious if that's the case.
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If that was the case, you would have been able to order one online last week and pick it up at an apple store. All the stores in my area said I couldn't pick them up tell the 14th. Worry not, new iMacs will be here next week.
 
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imwest said:
If that was the case, you would have been able to order one online last week and pick it up at an apple store. All the stores in my area said I couldn't pick them up tell the 14th. Worry not, new iMacs will be here next week.
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Really? Thats good and bad. Assuring yet that means a silent refresh tues or wed. If wwdc goes with no imac, tues wed will be ugggg
 
All these latest assumptions are scaring the hell out of me.

what 9to5 Mac says about imacs, we have no hands on proof and you can still buy currents imacs pretty much everywhere.

If you read this blog post too, which makes a lot of sense to me...you really will start pissing your pants:

Anway, 1.5 days left to wait for utter happiness or disappointment....come on clock, speed up!
 
it doesnt mean anything...apple store has been on off many times the last couple of weeks, probably preparing for wwdc. You think they would just out of the blue, one day before wwdc, add new products to the store:rolleyes:
 
Don't know if it means anything, possibly just a glitch.
But as of right now, the 27" is gone from the bestbuy.com
Just three 21" variants.

*edit* Just noticed someone else posted this on the previous page. Sorry.
 
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Get her to send it back

voyagerd said:
And.. my Aunt went and bought an iMac and a Time Capsule today...
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Apple offer 14 day return from date of purchase - get Aunt to send it back and get new iMac - well that's if we see a new iMac this month - you never know, they launch it as part of their Back-2-School/University promo!
 
Mr Rogers said:
Apple offer 14 day return from date of purchase - get Aunt to send it back and get new iMac - well that's if we see a new iMac this month - you never know, they launch it as part of their Back-2-School/University promo!
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I already suggest that she do that but don't know if she will be able to. She would have to pay the Apple Store $100 or so to copy her files again since she doesn't know how to move files on her computer.
 
voyagerd said:
I already suggest that she do that but don't know if she will be able to. She would have to pay the Apple Store $100 or so to copy her files again since she doesn't know how to move files on her computer.
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I think it's quite safe to say that if she doesn't know how to move files on her computer then she wouldn't really be able to appreciate the subtle differences between the 2011 iMac and the (expected) 2012 iMac.

Also, before asking her to update her new computer, it would probably be a good idea for you to teach her how to move files on her computer so that she doesn't have to depend on Apple Store employees to do this for her!
 
badman89 said:
I think it's quite safe to say that if she doesn't know how to move files on her computer then she wouldn't really be able to appreciate the subtle differences between the 2011 iMac and the (expected) 2012 iMac.

Also, before asking her to update her new computer, it would probably be a good idea for you to teach her how to move files on her computer so that she doesn't have to depend on Apple Store employees to do this for her!
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She's getting a new one because her iMac G5's GPU died. I've tried in the past to show her things, but she is afraid she "will hurt her computer" so she's just going to have someone else do it. It would be a pain telling her over the phone where to find contacts, calendars, mail, bookmarks, etc..
 
can someone confirm this for me from memory? I went to apple.ca and noticed nothing says NEW beside it except the iPad. This to my knowledge was not the case last week. Anyone?
 
voyagerd said:
She's getting a new one because her iMac G5's GPU died. I've tried in the past to show her things, but she is afraid she "will hurt her computer" so she's just going to have someone else do it. It would be a pain telling her over the phone where to find contacts, calendars, mail, bookmarks, etc..
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You can always remote control her computer to save her the trouble by using services like "logmein", completely free.
 
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