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Where are the iMacs?
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This reads like nothing more than we can accomplish.. reading tea leaves. I find this insufficient to sway my opinion that they wouldn't bundle an iMac into the iPhone 5 launch event.
They don't have to necessarily present them together. It may be a silent update done the same day (like the new Airport Express at WWDC, which wasn't mentioned at all aside from a notification shown in notification center... that nobody noticed until later on!), or perhaps the week before / the week after. Moreover the event is on Wednesday, and Apple normally introduces (ie. begins to sell) new stuff on Tuesdays.
I want to believe...?
Part of me wonders if, 11 years later, they would still avoid Sept 11 for product launches. I was nearly convinced the Tuesday before the event would be more plausible until I saw the date.
Oh, I want to believe. I just haven't seen anything yet that would narrow down Kuo's Sept-Oct timeframe in my mind. If I recall he was suggesting a late September launch would be possible but a minor miracle. Mid-Sept seems nearly out of the question then.
Yeah, that's what leaves me wondering. I don't live in the US thought I don't know if it's starting to become acceptable again to do business on that day or not. I mean it's not a bank holiday or anything like that, is it?
(They may wait until the end of the Back To School offer anyway. We'll see.)
Well, if anything September is just a few hours away. Let's hope that his predictions are correct on this just like they were on the rMBP. I can wait a little longer, but we get to Sept 30th without a single more reliable rumor (parts list, whatever) it'll be messy.
Totally off-topic: how come you have an icon under your name and most of us don't?
It's treated a lot like Good Friday. It's a solemn day of remembrance, but most places still conduct normal business. It's not an officially recognized Federal Holiday. There was an effort to get it named National Firefighter's Day but (a) I don't recall if it succeeded and (b) it wouldn't carry any weight with businesses closing.
Totally off-topic: how come you have an icon under your name and most of us don't?
It's called an "Avatar", and you get to upload one as a reward for talking a lot.
https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en-us#How_do_user_titles_work.3F
Right, so while probably "ethically inappropriate" it would still be theoretically possible. Well, in any case there's always the 18th, which would make it a "late September" release since it's past the middle. Hey, isn't splitting hair fun? *shrugs*
LOL I have been told that I talk too much, I guess I just need to be myself on here.
Thanks!Of all the dates I think the window between iPhone 5 announcement and iPhone 5 launch is the least likely.
That doesn't leave much room for the iMac... If apple is going to spend nearly the entire September for the iPhone and October for the iPad mini.
What are the chances of Apple releasing new iMacs at the same time as the iPhone 5.
"Here's the new iPhone and here's a new iMac as a perfect companion" sort of speech.
Have they ever released computers at the same time as an iPhone before or do they always release iMacs on their own?
"Here's the new iPhone and here's a new iMac as a perfect companion" sort of speech.
Have they ever released computers at the same time as an iPhone before or do they always release iMacs on their own?
It looks like more and more pieces are coming together!
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/08/31/shortages-of-27-inch-imacs-hitting-apple-retail-stores/
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/08/31/shortages-of-27-inch-imacs-hitting-apple-retail-stores/
New iPhones have always been presented on a stage.
New iMacs have never been presented on a stage, except in 1998.
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That doesn't leave much room for the iMac... If apple is going to spend nearly the entire September for the iPhone and October for the iPad mini.
Oct 2 and 9 still seem the most likely for me. Thinking the iPad Mini event is around Oct 16. This is just me staring at a calendar and speculating though.
Interesting. I hope this is an indication that the wait is almost over. My birthday is in a few weeks so getting a shiny new iMac would be great?
my only concern is that they have already gone over most of ios6 and i cant believe they would spend nearly an hour just talking about the iphone? i mean besides the new design i dont think there is so much they could talk about.. while i dont really 100% believe that there will be an imac with an iphone it could happen even if it has happened before. Tim cook is not steve jobs and he does things a little different, so who knows what could happen but we cant really rule the chances out right now. Think about it everyone thought every mac was gonna get updated in wwdc and it didnt happen so that goes to show you that anything can happen.
From: http://www.applebitch.com/2012/08/31/new-imac-model-shows-up-in-online-benchmark-testing/
Just sharing. With fingers crossed.
Just sharing. With fingers crossed.
http://www.applebitch.com/2012/08/31/new-imac-model-shows-up-in-online-benchmark-testing/
Hmm wonder why that latest benchmark has an i7 3770k ?
Hmm wonder why that latest benchmark has an i7 3770k ?
I hope they use 1600 RAM like in the original benchmark. Did anyone else catch that this new one has the current RAM speed, where as the one from earlier in the year posted 1600?
Between the K processor and the lower RAM speed, this is looking like a possible fake.