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What to expect from iMac 2012 - Discussion

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imwest said:
I thought this was an interesting read for anyone who is trying to find someone who will tell them the new iMac is coming soon.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-may-make-a-splash-with-the-mac-2012-05-23?link=MW_latest_news
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Nothing new here. The author speculates that the iMac macbook and macbook air will be released at WWDC. It also stats that the new macs will boast intel ivy bridge CPU's and possibly retina displays. It also mentioned that Mountain Lion will be out before the fall. Of course it will Apple said it would be out this summer.
 
Apple hasn't increased the base RAM for quite some time now. I don't think they're going to do it now.

Of course, they may increase the limit.
 
imwest said:
I thought this was an interesting read for anyone who is trying to find someone who will tell them the new iMac is coming soon.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-may-make-a-splash-with-the-mac-2012-05-23?link=MW_latest_news
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Yeah while there isn't necessarily anything new that is reported in this article, I suppose it is good that the whole affair is increasingly being talked about. If anything, it was enjoyable to read as it absolutely hyped up my anticipation.

Getting close now!
 
Most commentators are puzzled with the delay, given all the components are readily available, so perhaps we're waiting for a new form factor?

To get away from this mess below to a Siri controlled form factor some people have called iTV but I call media convergence (otherwise known as iPad Max on steroids with the computing power of a mac mini)?
 

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Towards something a little bit neater, particularly if it's a machine that also allows you to game without the need for an Xbox etc
 

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Confuzzzed said:
Most commentators are puzzled with the delay, given all the components are readily available, so perhaps we're waiting for a new form factor?
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The iMac and the "iTV" are hardly the same product though. For one, the "iTV" would need to have a much larger screen, and yet sell for a good bit less, than a 27" iMac.

I would expect the "iTV" to be running iOS, while iMac would continue to run OS X.
 
Is there any background to the thought that the iTV will use iOS? How will you interact with a 30+ inch touchscreen display from your couch? Maybe they'll package it with a wiimote. I remember clamoring for the wii because of the revolutionary input device, only to be stunned be it's INCREDIBLY POOR accuracy, sensitivity, stability, and latency.

Waitin' on the iMac . . .
 
iMacFarlane said:
Is there any background to the thought that the iTV will use iOS? How will you interact with a 30+ inch touchscreen display from your couch? Maybe they'll package it with a wiimote. I remember clamoring for the wii because of the revolutionary input device, only to be stunned be it's INCREDIBLY POOR accuracy, sensitivity, stability, and latency.

Waitin' on the iMac . . .
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I expect little more than the Apple TV baked into the back of a high quality LED TV.

Now, the Apple TV has a fairly poor UI if you use the bundled remote. But it's quite nice with the Remote app for iPhone/iPad. Siri/voice recognition may or may not improve the experience.
 
iMacFarlane said:
Is there any background to the thought that the iTV will use iOS? How will you interact with a 30+ inch touchscreen display from your couch? Maybe they'll package it with a wiimote. I remember clamoring for the wii because of the revolutionary input device, only to be stunned be it's INCREDIBLY POOR accuracy, sensitivity, stability, and latency.

Waitin' on the iMac . . .
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I'm almost certain the apple tv runs ios at the moment and our tvs aren't touchscreen.
 
forty2j said:
The iMac and the "iTV" are hardly the same product though. For one, the "iTV" would need to have a much larger screen, and yet sell for a good bit less, than a 27" iMac.
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Naturally. BUT the point I was making was simply that the convergence is upon us and Apple didn't want to release an iMac when a 36" iTV may have provided 90% of the iMac capability which MAY have suited quite a few of its possible customers.

Don't know what OS the iTV will operate, but depending on computational power, could it possibly run both iOS and OS-X depending on partition accessed?? Dunno. I am speculating. But for MY needs, the computational power of an iMac is more important than screen size and location of when I have the machine. So quite conceivably, I could have a voice (Siri) controlled iTV which also doubles up as an iMac when I whip out a wireless keyboard and mouse.

But I do acknowledge the US market requires >42" televisions. Which makes price a big issue. Can't give computational power AND large screen for less money. Something has to give. Given it's Apple, I suspect they may decide to create a new category and price it on a margin (its desired margin) to total component cost. Besides, it will save you money by not having to buy Playstations, Wii's, DVD players, Cable/Satellite decoders etc.

I appreciate that some of these thoughts are not terribly cohesive but I am making it up as I am going along really. To pass time.
 
iMac is a computer

After my 28 years of assorted Mac generations, iMac upgrade needs to be primarily a computer. What cost/need convergence? Screen size issue mitigates against convergence. KISS.

Hotter CPU and GPU, more standard RAM (8GB basic), higher capacity HDD (2TB basic), retain ODD, wireless numeric ergonomic keyboard a la Adesso, SDD standard subject to cost.
To get just this far, Apple can probably hold costs the same as present 21 and 27" for just a computer.

Retina nice but not necessary. iPad touch screen functions would be nice.

TV nice, but not at the cost of holding cost constant this year.
There is a place for a separate Siri/iPad-like iTV this year.

Thinner iMAC irrelevant.

Siri - fun, but mouse still faster.

Crystal balls belong in circuses.
 
no need for touch display,
we will use soon the leap motion,
no dirty screens and a lot of gestures
right in the air to cut wings with our personal breeze
on the summer flies all around:D
a very gimnic personal kung fu computing
 
HurryKayne said:
no need for touch display,
we will use soon the leap motion,
no dirty screens and a lot of gestures
right in the air to cut wings with our personal breeze
on the summer flies all around:D
a very gimnic personal kung fu computing
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I saw the leap motion advert the other day and it kinda looked cool. Much better than touching the screen. Hope it works as well as the advert though. I have my doubts.
 
I will be upgrading my macbook pro 13inch iOS dev machine to whatever this update is.

My current problem is how hard it is to design interfaces for retina display on iphone I havnt even touched the new retina for ipad lol. my current setup is the 13inch macbook + 23inch 1080p asus with horrible colors.

I would be super pumped if they decided to bring the 27inch to something like 30 or 32inch =). Has anyone heard any rumors about larger size screens?
 
TouchMint.com said:
I will be upgrading my macbook pro 13inch iOS dev machine to whatever this update is.

My current problem is how hard it is to design interfaces for retina display on iphone I havnt even touched the new retina for ipad lol. my current setup is the 13inch macbook + 23inch 1080p asus with horrible colors.

I would be super pumped if they decided to bring the 27inch to something like 30 or 32inch =). Has anyone heard any rumors about larger size screens?
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Some speculation from users but no rumours. If Apple were to use retina display the resolution for a 27" would be 3840x2160 and 2560x1600 on a 13.3 inch display. You will be able to program apps without downscaling on any 13 inch + if Apple chooses to go "retina".
 
Not to jump the gun on something that may not even happen, but if the new iMac looses the optical drive, what can I use as an external drive? Any ideas? I might have to get the 2011 iMac if that happens which would make all this waiting a waste.
 
Celli said:
Not to jump the gun on something that may not even happen, but if the new iMac looses the optical drive, what can I use as an external drive? Any ideas? I might have to get the 2011 iMac if that happens which would make all this waiting a waste.
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Like the guy above me said. Any external drive will do. My fiancee are in the same boat though. We are currently debating to wait for new MBP's and iMac's, or just get them now. because of the Drive issue

Which to be honest, I don't see them doing this time around. Remember iMac's are still used for High School's and stuff. I just don't see them fading out RIGHT this year. Maybe in a year or two
 
Celli said:
Not to jump the gun on something that may not even happen, but if the new iMac looses the optical drive, what can I use as an external drive? Any ideas? I might have to get the 2011 iMac if that happens which would make all this waiting a waste.
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There are LG and Samsung external USB blu-ray burners in the $90-110 range. Beats the crap out of Apple's superdrive, at the least. I use the LG drive to rip and encode BRs all the time.
 
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