Argh! Release the new iMacs already!

JeremyW said:
I will personally guarantee you that the Apple IMac in 3 years time is better than the IMac on sale now, does this help your buying decision?

As ever the new Apple kit will be X% better than the models they replace. If they do introduce Quad core IMacs as speculated in Q2/09 I don't doubt that X will be advertised as 100%. Of course back in the real world unless you are running a virus scan, ripping CDs, encoding some Video & zipping some files all at once you are not likely to see this 100% performance increase. So if you want an IMac buy one now!!! Doesn't mean their claims aren't true, doesn't mean I don't want one :)
Click to expand...

I got mine in October when the new iMacs were just 'weeks' away from refresh. But that was after some time of holding off. They still haven't appeared but I have had months of a good home desktop.

Sure a better one will come out sometime soon, but that doesn't make my purchase any less great. For what I do one it I cannot stress it significantly anyway.

I think it is the Apple way of things to be teased by the next version, upsold some time in advance without any tangible benefit. I'm not above that, nor are any of my fellow Apple colleagues at work.

For example I'm waiting on the next iPhone before I consider buying it... yet I know many people happy with their iProduct now and live without copy/paste and mms etc.

I think it is the nature of the beast. Or should that be iBeast?
 
Cannaton said:
Oh i agree entirely, you get what you pay for in my opinion with macs, but to joe public, dell probably is the alternative. Hopefully quad imacs will blolw them out of the water come march :cool:
Click to expand...

Trouble with the quad core iMac is it will start to eat into the lower end Mac Pro market.

wush said:
Blow what out of the water? The rest of the grandma-all-in-one market? ;)
Click to expand...

The Dell XPS One isn't exactly what you'd call a slow all in one, but then again it does cost either £1399 or £1849.

Give me an iMac any day! Hell even the current one...
 
Jon1818 said:
Are they using the new core i7 architecture? Havent seen them but they certainly sound good.
Click to expand...

It is expected that the iMacs will use the 65Watt S series Quads that intel have just released rather than the i7. Apple are supposedly saving the i7 for the MacPro, which they'll put a pair in.
 
JeremyW said:
It is expected that the iMacs will use the 65Watt S series Quads that intel have just released rather than the i7. Apple are supposedly saving the i7 for the MacPro, which they'll put a pair in.
Click to expand...
No one knows this, so all you are doing is guessing that someone else's guess is correct. Which is stupid.
 
JeremyW said:
It is expected that the iMacs will use the 65Watt S series Quads that intel have just released rather than the i7. Apple are supposedly saving the i7 for the MacPro, which they'll put a pair in.
Click to expand...

Hatter The Mad said:
No one knows this, so all you are doing is guessing that someone else's guess is correct. Which is stupid.
Click to expand...

Well at least it is probable, after all the Mac Pro is the flagship product and thus needs to be at least a little better than the iMac. :)
 
EVH said:
The iMac will not use the i7.

That I can clarify.
Click to expand...
What gets my back up even more are people like you who pretend to have "sources", when all you are doing is the same as anyone else - taking a consensus from the usual reporters.

If you genuinely knew this information, your position with Apple would not be worth sharing it with your OcUK buds. So, pull the other one.
 
The iMac wont use i7 because there are no mobile chipsets for it that run cool enough to fit under the iMacs tiny heatsinks, and wont be for a long time. Read the Intel road map. Thats when you will see a i7 iMac/MB/MBP.

Plus the Mac Pro taditionally uses Xeon processors not the consumer i7 ones curently on sale.
 
Hatter The Mad said:
No one knows this, so all you are doing is guessing that someone else's guess is correct. Which is stupid.
Click to expand...

No, not stupid, isn't it all part of the game:D. Stupid would be repeating someone else's ideas without thinking about them and agreeing with them. What I am doing is reviewing news stories, deciding what I believe are true, rejecting those I think are rubbish and passing on what I believe will happen. Do I know for sure? Nope, haven't got a scooby. Do I claim I know? No. Do I enjoy speculating, You bet..:D

Take a chill pill dude...
 
Last edited:
JeremyW said:
That is why you won't see a new mac pro until after the end of march when the i7 Xeons are released....
Click to expand...

Oops, for the benefit of certain readers I should have course say, *THIS IS WHAT I AM SPECULATING*, I Don't work for Apple (if I did why would I be on this forum?), don't have a source at Apple, I am guessing again after reading various stories at news sites, and of course I ain't got a clue, *but* this is informed speculation and I'll be hugely surprised if I am wrong...
 
Last edited:
Hatter The Mad said:
What gets my back up even more are people like you who pretend to have "sources", when all you are doing is the same as anyone else - taking a consensus from the usual reporters.

If you genuinely knew this information, your position with Apple would not be worth sharing it with your OcUK buds. So, pull the other one.
Click to expand...

I don't care what you think, but I'm 100% they won't have the i7.

Get off your high horse, jesus :rolleyes:
 
I'm hoping they release the rumoured multi touch mouse with the new imac and snow leopard.

Multi touch is far too sweet to leave only on laptops.
 
EVH said:
I don't care what you think, but I'm 100% they won't have the i7.

Get off your high horse, jesus :rolleyes:
Click to expand...
Why do you think I am on a high horse, just for calling you out on your attempt at pretending to be someone with "sources"? You don't work for Apple, you don't have a source. If you genuinely did have a source, the stories will have been shared with tech-news outlets first. Which is probably all you have been reading.

As it happens, I also believe i7 won't make an appearance in the iMacs. That's just from my own shrewd guesswork, backed by what I have been reading about on Gizmodo and MacRumours. You don't see me pretending to have secret "sources".

So drop the act (which so, so many others share on the Internet), and rather than using the Internet to fulfill your fantasy of being someone "in the know", make something of yourself in real life and - you never know - you may just end up being that guy.
 
Hatter The Mad said:
Why do you think I am on a high horse, just for calling you out on your attempt at pretending to be someone with "sources"? You don't work for Apple, you don't have a source. If you genuinely did have a source, the stories will have been shared with tech-news outlets first. Which is probably all you have been reading.

As it happens, I also believe i7 won't make an appearance in the iMacs. That's just from my own shrewd guesswork, backed by what I have been reading about on Gizmodo and MacRumours. You don't see me pretending to have secret "sources".

So drop the act (which so, so many others share on the Internet), and rather than using the Internet to fulfill your fantasy of being someone "in the know", make something of yourself in real life and - you never know - you may just end up being that guy.
Click to expand...
You know nothing about me, or the possibility that I may / may not have sources, so why even say that?

If anything my original post was meant with gest (hence the :cool: emoticon and the statement about releasing on a Tuesday), anyway, I've read enough papp over the years to piece together what I believe are factual sources. Suffice to say I do not base my advice/suggestions on here from reading 2 Apple related websites. You'd be suprised how much can be worked out if you implement something called common sense.

It was you who got all shirty when several people gave their opinion / guesses about the i7 being used in the next iMac refresh. Look at JeremyW, he gave his informed speculation and you call him stupid for doing so in an indirect way. Congratulations on that one.

I believe categorically that the i7 won't be used, and I draw that from what I've heard / read / seen for myself.

Last time I checked;

Google said:
  • # a facility where something is available
  • # informant: a person who supplies information
Click to expand...

Therefore, anyone in this thread who can navigate a web browser to engadget, gizmodo, appleinsider, "has sources".

I made no illusions that I work for Apple, you did that. I was merely saying "my sources" (of which I never stated) say it's coming out in 1 month, and it wouldn't have the i7 chip. Draw your own conclusion from where I got the information, I couldn't care, however, having a go at someone for "using the internet to fulfill the fantasy" is rich, coming from a guy who's based off an Alice In Wonderland character.

I took the liberty of finding examples of your attitude on the forum:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17952832
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13091747

Thanks for your advice on life. I shan't be using it, I'm doing fine :)
 
So wait, your 'sources' are the internet ? That's pretty funny!

I'm with the other guy in that you were alluding to having exclusive information. Nice counter with the dictionary definitions though, and trawling through your new enemies previous posts was also a great touch.
 
I'm just going to say that everything I have read that EVH has said in the previous year regarding apple has been on the money each time.
His sources aren't an Apple based one they are just a combination of random sources that over the years has provided acurate information upon impending apple hardware releases.

Common sense can answer so many asked questions.

I'm not taking sides but I do believe the same that EVH has said.
 
I guess they will use the led display for the 24" imac which would be nice. Im considering buying one of these for my macbook, but im thinking i may just hold off and see what the new imacs bring before i buy, if they are led i think it would be prudent to spend a bit extra and save the hassle of plugging in/out the macbook to the display, as its going to cost the best part of £700 for the display, keyboard and dvi adaptor.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom