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When to expect the 2012 iMac: May 8th, 2012
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I'm beginning to believe that by the time Apple ships a Haswell machine, Dell and the rest of the Windoze crew will be shipping Broadwell machines.
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Don't do it! Give it another couple of weeks.
Given how much pent up demand there is for new machines, both laptop and desktop, I would think that Apple won't ship until it can receive the new components in sufficient quantity. I am leaning towards the summer launch camp.
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I'm really waiting for the new model because of the better GPU, but I'm getting tired of waiting and right now I am sharing my wife's laptop which has bad integrated graphics.
If the 2012 iMac isn't out by May 15th, I'm going to go ahead and get the 2011 one. I'm going to be playing Diablo 3 hardout, and don't want to wait another month until june, *if* it even comes out then.
Well since we're all waiting anyway. My local apple authorised retailer is offering 50% off your "next" apple computer.
The way it looks is that when you buy a computer with them, you get half off if you trade your older model within 2 years.
Is this worth it? Have any of you seen a deal like it and took it?
Not sure if it's worth it to tell the truth. I generally buy a new computer every 3-4 years. Over the long run, I'd probably save more money keeping my computer longer and selling it myself when I no longer need it, than get a new one every 2 years, discount or no.
The way it looks is that when you buy a computer with them, you get half off if you trade your older model within 2 years.
Is this worth it? Have any of you seen a deal like it and took it?
Not sure if it's worth it to tell the truth. I generally buy a new computer every 3-4 years. Over the long run, I'd probably save more money keeping my computer longer and selling it myself when I no longer need it, than get a new one every 2 years, discount or no.
This is completely a guess. I read that a Dell plant in Texas can make 100,000 computers in a day. Let's guess that Foxconn can make 30,000 iMacs in a day. Let's say that release day inventory needs to be 2,500,000.
So... it would take Foxconn 83 days to meet that quota. So if the Ivy Bridge processors were released April 29, then the target date would be July 21. Move forward to the next Tuesday you have July 24.
This is all complete garbage guessing.
So... it would take Foxconn 83 days to meet that quota. So if the Ivy Bridge processors were released April 29, then the target date would be July 21. Move forward to the next Tuesday you have July 24.
This is all complete garbage guessing.
I don't buy it. The MBP, sure. But the iMac? Apple didn't release any new systems with Snow Leopard or Lion, and Lion doesn't have anything revolutionary enough to require new hardware.
My vote is still for May 15th for a quiet refresh.
Not a bad theory. But let's look back a year. In 2011 Q2 Apple sold 1 million desktop units, and in Q3 they sold 1,15 million units. So release day inventory doesn't need to be anywhere near 2.5 million.
Source: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/07/19Apple-Reports-Third-Quarter-Results.html
I did this analysis going back to 2006 in another thread. Many releases were virtually simultaneous with the CPU, but some had significant gaps. 2011 was notable for being many months after the CPU because it was waiting for the Thunderbolt chipset.
Thank you. I think that is interesting, Intel release happened 2 Tuesdays ago. Is there any rumored component(s) still outstanding? The only solid rumors I see state June/July?
Thank you. I think that is interesting, Intel release happened 2 Tuesdays ago. Is there any rumored component(s) still outstanding? The only solid rumors I see state June/July?
The only rumor I've seen that would suggest a reason for a delay was that they were getting the video drivers certified. The AMD 7970m that would be used in the top-end model came out after the Ivy Bridge CPU. I haven't seen anything relating to missing components.
You're right that there are many rumors pointing to June/July, but those have been attempting to marry it to Mountain Lion, which makes no sense at all.
Not a bad theory. But let's look back a year. In 2011 Q2 Apple sold 1 million desktop units, and in Q3 they sold 1,15 million units. So release day inventory doesn't need to be anywhere near 2.5 million.
Source: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/07/19Apple-Reports-Third-Quarter-Results.html
So let's scale it back to right about... WWDC.
Now, now, don't be pessimistic!
1 million units in a quarter, let's say that's 333k per month, and let's say they have 400-500k units sell during release week, with 30k units a day, that's around 2 weeks, which would fit in with May 15 perfectly.
Now, now, don't be pessimistic!
1 million units in a quarter, let's say that's 333k per month, and let's say they have 400-500k units sell during release week, with 30k units a day, that's around 2 weeks, which would fit in with May 15 perfectly.
I think I could make it to May 15.
Let's say new iMacs comes out the 15th, would this be the first time in Apple history that a new product has been released with this current lack of rumors beforehand, or has that happened before?
They won't launch anything on May 15th. That's when Diablo 3 comes out and Apple won't want to be dealing with customers buying etc., just playing.
I have a hard time believing they'd delay a product launch because a game is coming out that day.
No, I think he's joking that all of the Apple employees will be too busy playing the game to be bothered selling anything to pesky customers.
No, that's a personal guess, based on availability of the most likely components (Radeon 7xxxM processors, and Ivy Bridge), and the Mother's Day promotion currently running until the 13th, along with some inventory shrinking in Europe going on.
It could certainly happen later, but I'd be very surprised if it happened later than WWDC.