A friend of mine is looking to buy the current 27 inch iMac (2017) with a 4.2GHz quad-core i7, and he asked me if I thought it was a good time to buy the machine. Since I haven't been in the market to replace my current iMac (I'm waiting to see the 2019 Mac Pro), I haven't been following the iMac update rumors.
MacRumors buying guide shows 527 days since the release of the current iMac and rates it as "Don't Buy Updates Soon."
Going into the October event, there was some speculation we might see new iMacs, but obviously that didn't pan out.
I'm thinking there won't be an update to iMac (even a silent spec bump) this year, and that a Spring event would be the next logical time for Apple to update the iMac even if it's just a spec bump.
My friend can't wait until Spring to update, so I'm leaning towards telling him to buy now if Spring will be too long a wait.
Does this make sense?
MacRumors buying guide shows 527 days since the release of the current iMac and rates it as "Don't Buy Updates Soon."
Going into the October event, there was some speculation we might see new iMacs, but obviously that didn't pan out.
I'm thinking there won't be an update to iMac (even a silent spec bump) this year, and that a Spring event would be the next logical time for Apple to update the iMac even if it's just a spec bump.
My friend can't wait until Spring to update, so I'm leaning towards telling him to buy now if Spring will be too long a wait.
Does this make sense?