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Will you wait longer than july release of Mountain Lion to purchase new iMac?
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I have a 2006 CoreDuo iMac which is on its last legs. When it does die I'll replace it, but hopefully it will limp through the next 2-3 months until iMac 2012 arrives.
I'm waiting until September 21st which is when the Back to School promotion ends. If no new iMacs are out by then I'm going refurbished. I'm using a 2008 Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro right now and it's getting old. I can get everything done I want just not as smooth and buttery as it was back then.
For me, light gaming (my xbox takes care of my gaming needs) and Logic/Pro Tools sessions, the current iMac would be sufficient but if I can future-proof a little bit with USB 3, a little CPU speed bump, and a better graphics card I'd be happy. The current iMac is still a very capable machine. I recently bought an iPad 3 to have something portable and can't wait to enjoy the iMac's screen size.
For me, light gaming (my xbox takes care of my gaming needs) and Logic/Pro Tools sessions, the current iMac would be sufficient but if I can future-proof a little bit with USB 3, a little CPU speed bump, and a better graphics card I'd be happy. The current iMac is still a very capable machine. I recently bought an iPad 3 to have something portable and can't wait to enjoy the iMac's screen size.
I agree,then maybe the economical crysis doesn't let people think to buy something "new" but to keep working with the old but ..working,even if slower when compared with.
Personally i decided to wait..till the end of Summer..then i'll go refurbished
and maybe next year i'll buy a Mac Pro to drive the Imac2011 by thunderbolt.. .
thats because world is not ending as previously predicted by Mayas,
because of the new one discovered.
ps.
Next year next gen consoles will come out,anyone with thunderbolt bus on it?
http://www.dday.it/userFiles/FCK/articles/6360/xboxhw.jpg
(next xbox 720 says display port..will it work with Thunderbolt displays?)
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Well, I have read so much about the new iMac (coming in the near future to all those waiting....lol) and decided to stuff the tax purchase (Aus financial year) and wait.
I agree with other posters why I should have to pay today's prices for yesterdays hardware?
I am not a heavy user and what I do does not warrant needing a new machine, but my current windows PC lasted me 7 years and is still going. The next machine I buy should last at least 4, so it's not a biggie for me to wait until it comes out.
My need will become immediate should this PC die on me, which it has threatened to do for some time. In the meantime I am going to enjoy reading this thread and all the speculations about a new iMac that is just around the corner to be released in 2 weeks or so.....which have been going on since January......
I agree with other posters why I should have to pay today's prices for yesterdays hardware?
I am not a heavy user and what I do does not warrant needing a new machine, but my current windows PC lasted me 7 years and is still going. The next machine I buy should last at least 4, so it's not a biggie for me to wait until it comes out.
My need will become immediate should this PC die on me, which it has threatened to do for some time. In the meantime I am going to enjoy reading this thread and all the speculations about a new iMac that is just around the corner to be released in 2 weeks or so.....which have been going on since January......
I'm seriously considering just buying a 2011 model and then selling it when the new ones are announced.
If I buy it with applecare using the student discount then I could sell it without making much of a loss if any....
Seem viable?
If I buy it with applecare using the student discount then I could sell it without making much of a loss if any....
Seem viable?
Not really...not sure how much money you would really reclaim after selling a new 2011 after 2012s come out. Just my opinion
All signs show that a new iMac should come this year, apple even clarified that, in Tim cook statement.
Also not possible that they will not upgrade the iMac 2011 as it is old technology.
Given this 2 facts, combine with the fact that the 2011 iMac is premium priced+ doesn't contain USB 3. There is no way ever never that I will give apple my money on 2011 model, no way.
I suggest to all the guys here who want to buy iMac 2011 to simply wait, even of it means August, or god forbid september...
Also not possible that they will not upgrade the iMac 2011 as it is old technology.
Given this 2 facts, combine with the fact that the 2011 iMac is premium priced+ doesn't contain USB 3. There is no way ever never that I will give apple my money on 2011 model, no way.
I suggest to all the guys here who want to buy iMac 2011 to simply wait, even of it means August, or god forbid september...
The only thing Tim Cook said is that professional users have something to look forward to in 2013. What part of that points to an iMac 2012 update ?!?
How about this?
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/13/imac-update-might-be-coming-sooner-rather-than-later/
Yeah I've seen that. It's mainly based on rumours because of geekbench. The only "official" bit in that article says "Apple representatives had told reporters that new iMac and Mac Pro models would likely be arriving in 2013".
my mbp died yesterday and i now have no computer. as of a few hours ago i decided to get an imac and air so, provided i can get an air sooner rather than later, i'll try to hold out for a while. as long as I have a computer at some point in the near future, i'm all good.
At least there's someone sensible here who doesn't sound like a mac salesman on commission
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When Lion was released last year, did it just magically appear on the 20th of July without warning, or was the release date revealed earlier in the month?
"On June 6, 2011, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, it was announced that the official release for Lion would be in July 2011. The specific release date of July 20 was not confirmed until the day before, July 19, by Apple CFO, Peter Oppenheimer, as part of Apple's 2011 third-quarter earnings announcement"
per Wikipedia
If I am lucky, my wait is rewarded and the upgraded iMac is available by tax holiday in my state....that's August 3-5th. With my luck though, Apple will offer the newer iMacs the following week.
That's not what the Apple representatives told the journalists; it's how the journalist interpreted it. The following day Apple PR officially made a statement to clarify that they were specifically referring to the Mac Pro and not the rest of the desktop line.
Wanted to draw some conclusions based off of this article. I think that we will see new iMacs and Minis in July with a Mountain Lion release.
http://www.primatelabs.com/blog/2012/05/ivy-bridge-macs/
We see that the CPUs tested for the Macbook Pro from this article was the i7 3820qm. This CPU was a BTO/CTO option that could be only added to the Macbook Pro Retina. The highest available choice.
I would imagine that the suspected 2012 iMac tested here, with the i7 3770, is the BTO/CTO option available for the 27" - much like the current i7 2600.
It would make sense for these two benchmarks to appear/leak, as they're benchmarks of the high end CPU offering each 2012 model has.
The Retina Macbook Pro came out a month after this article so WWDC had something to woo the crowd with (which it did, such an awesome display).
I think it makes sense that the iMac and Mini come out alongside Mountain Lion.
Many believe that Nvidia mobile GPUs are the reason the iMac is delayed. Many believe that the iMac is delayed because it will be released when Mountain Lion is released. Some believe there is no 2012 iMac to be released.
For me, I believe that the iMac will be coming out with Mountain Lion in July (and the Mac Mini too). I wager it will have an AMD 7xxxm series. I think this will happen because I am almost certain that whatever iMac that benchmark represents is nearly 99% ready for production. With a GTX 680m not available in May (I could be wrong here too, production samples/etc.), I feel that that machine had an AMD GPU (probably a 7970m - I think it was available end of April).
Thoughts on this anyone?
http://www.primatelabs.com/blog/2012/05/ivy-bridge-macs/
We see that the CPUs tested for the Macbook Pro from this article was the i7 3820qm. This CPU was a BTO/CTO option that could be only added to the Macbook Pro Retina. The highest available choice.
I would imagine that the suspected 2012 iMac tested here, with the i7 3770, is the BTO/CTO option available for the 27" - much like the current i7 2600.
It would make sense for these two benchmarks to appear/leak, as they're benchmarks of the high end CPU offering each 2012 model has.
The Retina Macbook Pro came out a month after this article so WWDC had something to woo the crowd with (which it did, such an awesome display).
I think it makes sense that the iMac and Mini come out alongside Mountain Lion.
Many believe that Nvidia mobile GPUs are the reason the iMac is delayed. Many believe that the iMac is delayed because it will be released when Mountain Lion is released. Some believe there is no 2012 iMac to be released.
For me, I believe that the iMac will be coming out with Mountain Lion in July (and the Mac Mini too). I wager it will have an AMD 7xxxm series. I think this will happen because I am almost certain that whatever iMac that benchmark represents is nearly 99% ready for production. With a GTX 680m not available in May (I could be wrong here too, production samples/etc.), I feel that that machine had an AMD GPU (probably a 7970m - I think it was available end of April).
Thoughts on this anyone?
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For me, I believe that the iMac will be coming out with Mountain Lion in July (and the Mac Mini too). I wager it will have an AMD 7xxxm series. I think this will happen because I am almost certain that whatever iMac that benchmark represents is nearly 99% ready for production. With a GTX 680m not available in May (I could be wrong here too, production samples/etc.), I feel that that machine had an AMD GPU (probably a 7970m - I think it was available end of April).
Thoughts on this anyone?
The question you need to answer if you reach this conclusion is - why is Apple sitting on it? If it's done (and 7970m would mean it's done), why continue to sell a 400+ day old machine? Pending OS updates have never stopped them from releasing hardware in the past, and neither has existing channel inventory.
If they were going 7970m then they could have been shipping on May 15.
I think they will stick with nvidia if that's what they're putting in their laptops.
Well, Tim Cook did say some really awesome things are in store for 2012 (something like that) when the latest iPad was released earlier this year. So Apple is most likely spreading releases out this year to fullfill that notion. Some releases are bound by hardware availability and release dates (Intel, AMD, Nvidia, super high resolution 15" LED panels, etc.), others are bound by marketing in order to keep us exciting all year for loads of Apple goodies.
Whether the iMac is in production currently with AMD GPUs just waiting to be sold, or waiting to be built soon with Nvidia GPUs, I'm sure we will see iMac and Mac Mini out along side Mountain Lion.
Then we will see iPhone 5 and new iPods this fall alongside iOS6.
Sounds like a great year in Apple land.
