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I hope so ive been waiting so long for the imacs to get update. Well just have to wait i guess!
********. No point waiting on software which can slip when the hardware is ready now.
iMac touch?
What if Apple were to add features to the new iMacs which rely on Snow Leopard? For example touch.
Some HP media center PCs have touch screens, so it is not totally unrealistic to have iMacs with touch features at some point.
But let's not debate how useful an iMac touch is. I'd just say it would make sense for some applications. And on the whole I'd see it more akin to people buying a Wacom tablet as an extra often leaving the mouse connected. Why would they need a mouse? Because some applications are still easier and faster to navigate with a mouse than a pen. Same applies to a touch interface. I wouldn't want to use a touch screen instead of a mouse, but in addition.
And use it to give my click-finger a rest and the mouse to give my arms a rest.
Certainly some applications would benefit like Frontrow or sorting/manipulating photos in iPhoto or choosing songs in iTunes. iTunes could almost work like on an iPod touch. Or some games.
Reportedly the current version of Mac OSX 10.5 does not support touch very well and it would be rather difficult to add it throughout. Yet Snow Leopard being completely reworked from the ground up will have touch features embedded everywhere.
Or in other words. If the next iMac model comes with a touch screen, then it would make sense to wait for Snow Leopard - and not burden Leopard with a hacked-in solution.
I wouldn't be surprised if Snow Leopard appears much earlier than people expect, perhaps in March or April while WWDC gets focussed on iPhone/iPod OSX 3.0.
But what if required software is not ready?
What if Apple were to add features to the new iMacs which rely on Snow Leopard? For example touch.
Some HP media center PCs have touch screens, so it is not totally unrealistic to have iMacs with touch features at some point.
But let's not debate how useful an iMac touch is. I'd just say it would make sense for some applications. And on the whole I'd see it more akin to people buying a Wacom tablet as an extra often leaving the mouse connected. Why would they need a mouse? Because some applications are still easier and faster to navigate with a mouse than a pen. Same applies to a touch interface. I wouldn't want to use a touch screen instead of a mouse, but in addition.
And use it to give my click-finger a rest and the mouse to give my arms a rest.
Certainly some applications would benefit like Frontrow or sorting/manipulating photos in iPhoto or choosing songs in iTunes. iTunes could almost work like on an iPod touch. Or some games.
Reportedly the current version of Mac OSX 10.5 does not support touch very well and it would be rather difficult to add it throughout. Yet Snow Leopard being completely reworked from the ground up will have touch features embedded everywhere.
Or in other words. If the next iMac model comes with a touch screen, then it would make sense to wait for Snow Leopard - and not burden Leopard with a hacked-in solution.
I wouldn't be surprised if Snow Leopard appears much earlier than people expect, perhaps in March or April while WWDC gets focussed on iPhone/iPod OSX 3.0.
WWDC doesn't really do consumer products like the iMac and Mini. It's usually operating systems, Xserves, and Displays.
Besides didn't Apple say they wanted to start announcing things when they are ready and not trying to fit into a set schedule?
No Mac releases with SL. It's extra 130e for Apple when they don't put SL on the new Macs becouse many people will buy that when it comes. It's more money if they release 'em separetaly
That's possible but unlikely. The updated iMacs will require new drivers, that's about it. Unless the update is not evolutionary but revolutionary in which case the unanticipated hardware features will require major alteration or addition of new software. I don't believe that is the case here.
In fact I believe the new iMacs and Mac Minis are functionally complete, and the real question is why they haven't been released yet. Here are a few guesses:
1) design problems, exempli gratia the hardware has been identified running too hot so an altered design of cooling is in order
2) problems with supply, such as the chipset provided by nvidia is not available in sufficient quantities
3) economics - the timing has been deemed to not be right so the release has been postponed
4) politics - Job's health deteriorated unexpectedly making him unable to "sell" the new machines to the press, the presentation had to be postponed
5) something else
Yes...
Ofcourse not
, the fun of the rumor business is being an early adopter when you know when something comes out. Nobody knows anything about a date or spec of the new iMac so don't kick yourself... yet 
I'm actually hoping for a silent update this Tuesday. Seeing as it doesn't appear to be anything radically new in the iMac from the rumours, I don't see why they'd hold a press event for a simple speed bump.
However, if they do not do a Tuesday update within the next two weeks, I think it would be safe to start predicting more than just a speed bump, like perhaps quad core, that would warrant holding a press event.
EDIT: I'm chewing my arm off waiting for a new iMac. All that's left of my left arm is a bleeding stump.
However, if they do not do a Tuesday update within the next two weeks, I think it would be safe to start predicting more than just a speed bump, like perhaps quad core, that would warrant holding a press event.
EDIT: I'm chewing my arm off waiting for a new iMac. All that's left of my left arm is a bleeding stump.
well shame on you for not joining the macrumors community earlier!
your imac will last you long in to the days of flying cars and vacations to Mars
dont kick your self. last generation apple products last the longest with no bugs anyway.