Buying an iMac, should I wait for news or just go ahead?

[NateEssex]

Besides patents, what on earth is telling you there *might* be a new iMac touch screen in early 2011?

Firstly, Apple does not believe a touch screen interface is compatible with OS X. Watch the recent All Things Digital interview and listen to Job's thoughts on iOS.

And secondly, this Wednesday will mostly likely just reveal 10.7 Lion. Launch date will most likely be sometime in 2011, then factor in the shelf life of Lion before we even start talking about OSXI and any remote possibility of touch screen interactivity on Macs.

Touch screen Macs? Not in YEARS.

Wait 1 day more...Wednesday shall reveal all

 

[Icaras]

Wait 1 day more...Wednesday shall reveal all

1 day for what? Touch screen? Dream on

 

[tommeliten]

Lesson learned!

I will not buy a 1.st generation new shiny apple product again! Lesson learned a few years ago after shelling out $1500 for a new Apple Cinema Display with a pink cast all over the screen.
A year ago I decided to wait for an upgraded version of the new iMac 27". I'm glad I did. I now have a perfect machine. I know some still have problems, but I think most of the iMacs that ships today are just fine.

Former CEO of Apple, John Sculley, in an interview on Steve Jobs, Cult Of Mac - Oct, 14, 2010:

"Everything Apple does fails the first time because it is out on the bleeding edge"

Something to remember!


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iMac 27" 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
ATI Radeon HD 5750
12 GB RAM
2 TB HD
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[Icaras]

1 day for what? Touch screen? Dream on

As I've stated before, ain't happening. The keynote was exactly as expected in terms of the possibility of touch based Macs ever happening in the near future. Hopefully, this puts an end to all speculation for the foreseeable future.

OP, now that iLife 11 is finally out, it's not been a better time to get an iMac