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IamMarcoPolo

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I was hoping to buy a new imac 27 inch from my 13inch mac pro 2010 - i do alot of photoshop/photography and need the screen estate - been waiting for weeks for hte new spec bumps but there is none


just not sure what to do!
 
IamMarcoPolo said:
I was hoping to buy a new imac 27 inch from my 13inch mac pro 2010 - i do alot of photoshop/photography and need the screen estate - been waiting for weeks for hte new spec bumps but there is none


just not sure what to do!
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Keep what your using as you always have. Wait until Mountain Lion ships for new imacs to release into the wild. Your 13" still works.
 
I have the same question.

I wanted to wait for the new one but after waiting for months already I'm getting a bit impatient now, especially when we have no idea when they'll be released.
 
Think I'm just going to buy it now. Sick of waiting to be honest. If the Mac Pro's "silent update" did not even feature thunderbolt or USB3 what's to say the IMac will?
 
jakeruston said:
I have the same question.

I wanted to wait for the new one but after waiting for months already I'm getting a bit impatient now, especially when we have no idea when they'll be released.
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Guys I am in the same boat. My computer works nothing wrong with it at the moment. I started to ask myself the same thing 'what to do now?'
But iv said to myself wait for mountain lion to release and go from there.

So why not wait till mountain lion it released. Your macs work ok right?
 
Well, my macbook pro really doesn't work so well anymore, and is getting to be kinda useless for all of the photo editing I want to do. At this point it seems absurd to buy an iMac though... I could really use USB3 or Thunderbolt to make better use of external drives.

A new macbook and separate screen seems like the only way to go if I want newer hardware, but much more expensive and not what I really want. A laptop and an iPad seem redundant, but what I want to do is move from a macbook to an iMac AND an iPad. That can't be an unusual configuration for the consumer/prosumer sect, right? Apple, I'm your demographic, stop disappointing me!
 
I've waited to buy the new iMac for 4 months...feeling really quite stupid now that i have babied this iMac for this long while waiting for the new one....im buying a new one tomorrow or later the evening.
Whatever update their planning to do is not going to probably turn into any real noticeable difference from their top of the line 27 inch iMac. Unless retina display...but I'm done waiting.
Now you can surf the iMac boards about people waiting till the july....then maybe have to wait till fall...then maybe early winter for christmas season.
I'm done.
 
IamMarcoPolo said:
I was hoping to buy a new imac 27 inch from my 13inch mac pro 2010 - i do alot of photoshop/photography and need the screen estate - been waiting for weeks for hte new spec bumps but there is none


just not sure what to do!
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For your specific use, would you consider Retina next-gen MBP?
 
IamMarcoPolo said:
the reason im moving to the iMAC + ipad combo is because

A: im less mobile this year

B: i need ALOT more screen estate

C: IPAD will be for uni
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Ah..

Well if you're in a rush, buy a 2010 used/refurb and sell it when 2012 is released.

If you're not in a rush, keep waiting.
 
Buy MBP?

Sould I use the money I have saved for the new iMac, or spend it on a new MBP? Have about $2400 to spend.
 
I just ordered mine. It hurts to pay as much as I did for 2011 tech but my early 2008 iMac has been finished for some time and I really can't go any longer w/o a computer. I use mine for Photoshop and I did consider the new macbook pro just because its updated but I want my big screen and can't afford a Tbolt display on top of everything.
 
Lumee23 said:
I just ordered mine. It hurts to pay as much as I did for 2011 tech but my early 2008 iMac has been finished for some time and I really can't go any longer w/o a computer. I use mine for Photoshop and I did consider the new macbook pro just because its updated but I want my big screen and can't afford a Tbolt display on top of everything.
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If you need it you need it, especially if you don't have a computer. Ivy Bridge is only 30% faster which isn't even noticeable in my opinion.

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isohovik said:
Sould I use the money I have saved for the new iMac, or spend it on a new MBP? Have about $2400 to spend.
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Just hold out until Mountain Lion is release. I hate for you to spend that money only to have new iMacs in 30 days or so.
 
forty2j said:
For your specific use, would you consider Retina next-gen MBP?
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Not the OP, but I am wanting a new iMac for the same purposes. I am somewhat considering the new MBP, but I just don't think I can afford it + a bunch of external hard drives and thunderbolt cables and all that good stuff.

If I got a currently-priced iMac base 27" with a 2TB hard drive, that would cost 1,850... and I would have to spend another $200ish on a backup hard drive.

If I got the cheapest new MBP for 2,200, I would then need at least 2 decent sized external hard drives to store all my photo files, and then some configuration where one of those externals backed up to the other external through the MBP. I think all of that transferring of data would get old quick. And interfere with the portableness of the macbook. And get expensive. Significantly more expensive than an upgraded iMac.
 
highlights said:
Not the OP, but I am wanting a new iMac for the same purposes. I am somewhat considering the new MBP, but I just don't think I can afford it + a bunch of external hard drives and thunderbolt cables and all that good stuff.
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USB3 externals are plenty fast enough for most use, and not expensive.

You do have other issues though. :)
 
IamMarcoPolo said:
the reason im moving to the iMAC + ipad combo is because

A: im less mobile this year

B: i need ALOT more screen estate

C: IPAD will be for uni
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hah, that's exactly the configuration I'm planning on. Yet one more reason why the new MBP just doesn't work for me... I want an iMac at home (biggest screen possible!) and an iPad for school/work/play, and I'm sick of carrying around my older macbook pro.
 
I was also waiting for a few months,but I think waiting till Mountain Lion is released is no problem.
I don't have a Mac,still relying on a PC and the wait will be hard but hopefully worth it.

Alan
 
IamMarcoPolo said:
I was hoping to buy a new imac 27 inch from my 13inch mac pro 2010 - i do alot of photoshop/photography and need the screen estate - been waiting for weeks for hte new spec bumps but there is none


just not sure what to do!
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I was waiting as well, going to put something together myself now. Dont want to pay extra for old hardware no USB 3, slow graphics card,...
With a 27" screen and some carefully picked hardware osx for half the price .
 
dannywaugh1 said:
So why not wait till mountain lion it released. Your macs work ok right?
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No, my Mac does NOT work ok. That's why the refresh is such a big deal for a lot of us. I've got an older iMac that worked well for a long time but is now held together with string and prayers after being asked to do more than it was ever designed to do for far too long now. I managed to keep it on life support well beyond any reasonable refresh time cycle. We needed a new iMac NOW. Yesterday. Last month.

Apple needs to refresh the iMac (and give a real refresh to the Mac Pro) or shut the hell up.
 
I'm giving serious consideration to selling my 09 MBP, and going with the new Retina MBP and a Thunderbolt display.
 
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