Will there be a 'New Mac' in Jan?

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I'm looking to buy an iMac pretty soon (possibly in the next few hours) but me 'expert friend' has told me to wait as there is usually a new iMac released early in the new year?

Is this true? When will the 'next' iMac due to be released?

Thanks
 
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According to the macrumors site

Product iMac
Recommendation: Neutral - Mid product cycle
Last Release August 07, 2007
Days Since Update 108 (Avg = 185)
 
They update the iMac every 185 days!? Thats seems crazy.

Seems like it might be worth waiting a few months to see if they announce anything.

Will the new iMac replace the current one at the same price?
 
It's not necessarily a big change though. Might just be an extra 0.1Ghz on the base model or whatever. Just go ahead and buy it. I think the whatever comes in the new year will most likely be portable. Besides, mid January is ages away.
 
Most likely updates in Jan are going to be the Mac Pro, and that new ultra-portable Macbook.

Can't see them bringing out a new iMac just yet.
 
yeah there is a lot of us in the same boat....
there is a big mac event called macworld around the 15th of Jan 08
There are usually some cool anoucments that come out around mac world.
so it may be worth holding off. I am personally torn right now.
I have the money... i have little will power.... i know i should wait... i just dont know if i can :eek::D
 
A brand spanking new iMac is a superb bit of kit, if you want to buy one do it, it will give you many years of trouble free computing. If you get in the mind set of waiting for the next update you will never be satisfied. You will be happy as a pig in poop with a shiny new iMac, no doubt about it. :D
 
Diesel said:
The new keyboards are rubbish though.
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They are not that bad - takes some getting used to thats all. :rolleyes:

I got an imac a month ago and im loving every second. Go to your nearest Apple store and you wont be able to resist. I love front row and your mates will be drooling with envy when you skim through all your music and movies remotely. iMac IS sex imo. My GF is jealous of my relationship with my mac, she says i spend more time with it than spending my time with her. :D
 
keogh said:
Oh I do hope so! The current Mac Pro is far too dated now... I'm struggling to wait any longer :( Late Jan is a long way!
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same boat here myself... if some nice gfx card updates then il definitely splash out... if i decide i cant afford it then a 24" imac will do nicely!
 
Whorror said:
They are not that bad - takes some getting used to thats all. :rolleyes:

I got an imac a month ago and im loving every second. Go to your nearest Apple store and you wont be able to resist. I love front row and your mates will be drooling with envy when you skim through all your music and movies remotely. iMac IS sex imo. My GF is jealous of my relationship with my mac, she says i spend more time with it than spending my time with her. :D
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I'm yet to see whats so good about Front Row - it doesn't even do as much as Windows Media Centre (ie it can't see my Miglia TV card) or am I missing something? :confused:
 
As far as im aware, theyve only just started doing adverts for the imac, so it would be pretty silly and a waste of money to release a new one in such a short amount of time.

Im definately getting one soon, just got to wait till pay day :(:p
 
Wicksta said:
I'm yet to see whats so good about Front Row - it doesn't even do as much as Windows Media Centre (ie it can't see my Miglia TV card) or am I missing something? :confused:
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Remote control to view all the music, videos, podcasts from any folder (if you alias it).

I love it and my friends are jealous :p
 
Its a question always worth asking - are there any updates in the pipeline - but in this case I'm gonna say buy buy buy.

Any update in January is going to be a slight spec bump. Now is probably the best time to buy an iMac. They wont be updating the enclosure for a while.

Hell, I still think my first generation Intel iMac is pretty sweet.
 
TheMagicPirate said:
They update the iMac every 185 days!? Thats seems crazy.

Seems like it might be worth waiting a few months to see if they announce anything.

Will the new iMac replace the current one at the same price?
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You've misinterpreted the information.. it's been 185 since the last update. The last iMac update went well over 230 days, so it should be safe for another 2 or 3 months.

My guess is there will be a "sub notebook" product launch, alongside Mac Pro updates.


Buy now, enjoy now.. you'll only get to Jan and be thinking "Oh but June is just around the corner.." and you'll end up waiting again.
 
brocksta said:
As far as im aware, theyve only just started doing adverts for the imac, so it would be pretty silly and a waste of money to release a new one in such a short amount of time.

Im definately getting one soon, just got to wait till pay day :(:p
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the bootaful thing is they look the same :D

you can advertise the product and upgrade without any worries.
 
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