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New I-Macs within days?

iMacmatician said:
  • Possible quad-core (2.33/2.67/2.83 GHz), or dual-core speed bump up to ≈3.2 GHz
  • NVIDIA graphics, most likely 9400M/9600M/9800M
  • DDR3 1067 MHz RAM
  • Probable LED displays
  • Probable other improvements, like a HD bump
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  • eSata port
  • ExpressCard/34
  • User-replaceable HDD
  • supports up to 8gb RAM
 
It's amazing how one analyst that has a main focus on Apple can predict wrong over and over...and still keep his job. Quad Core iMacs in the beginning of 2009, that's not even available yet from Intel is it?

I think iMacs will be released on monday 3rd of March! The iMac will be dual core with nvidia GPU's on the whole line. Someone should give me money for my analysis - I think its more probable than his.
 
hope that's a bs rumor, thats freekin 1 month! ...i don't want to wait that long. :D
 
yep, I also hope that's an invention of this site for making some kind of billing its own, another month is too much to wait
 
A pleasant surprise?

A pleasant surprise at this point would be apple updating their goddamn product line sometime this century!
 
lastochka said:
A pleasant surprise?

A pleasant surprise at this point would be apple updating their goddamn product line sometime this century!
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There have been updates to multiple product lines this year already.

Several dozen updates have occurred to both hardware and software since 2001.

Your generalities are not welcome here. There is absolutely no reason to believe that Apple will stall the iMac release beyond an acceptable timeframe.
 
There have been updates to multiple product lines this year already.

Several dozen updates have occurred to both hardware and software since 2001.

Your generalities are not welcome here. There is absolutely no reason to believe that Apple will stall the iMac release beyond an acceptable timeframe.
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I can understand lastochka. I think Apple has got too much power over us by not giving any information about updates. A little bit more respect for their customers would be nice. Now we don't know what to do: Wait more or buy something else (like a better PC for the same money for example).
 
pieterpieter said:
I can understand lastochka. I think Apple has got too much power over us by not giving any information about updates. A little bit more respect for their customers would be nice. Now we don't know what to do: Wait more or buy something else (like a better PC for the same money for example).
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Google "Osborne Effect". Apple gives us info, we don't buy, they get stuck with extra stock, they lose money on the stock they don't sell, they make less money, they have to charge more for new products, fewer people buy them, they make less money, they lay off workers, they go bankrupt.

Killed Osborne Inc, that did. The intelligent tech companies have been paranoid ever since.
 
Tallest Skil said:
Google "Osborne Effect". Apple gives us info, we don't buy, they get stuck with extra stock, they lose money on the stock they don't sell, they make less money, they have to charge more for new products, fewer people buy them, they make less money, they lay off workers, they go bankrupt.

Killed Osborne Inc, that did. The intelligent tech companies have been paranoid ever since.
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That's true and while Apple doesn't release new products every week as PC companies does, giving info about new product too early would kill the sales of existing model
 
synagence said:
store.apple.com/uk still says ships within 24 hours for all but the top model (but its been like that for a week)
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I bought the 20" cinema display the day before Apple called it end-of-life and it also had the 24 hour delivery tag on it, so I guess Apple has learned not to give any clues away by stating anything in their delivery estimates.
 
john lewis

;)
arkitect said:
Well you could always post the "email" you received and have us pour over it looking for clues as to its authenticity instead of rolling your eyes madly like that.

Before you know it you'll be dislodging floaters…
;h)
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--hope this helps jim;)
 

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Tallest Skil said:
Google "Osborne Effect". Apple gives us info, we don't buy, they get stuck with extra stock, they lose money on the stock they don't sell, they make less money, they have to charge more for new products, fewer people buy them, they make less money, they lay off workers, they go bankrupt.
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another view is that those who have been waiting since November get tired of waiting and decide to go eBay or even turncoat to Windows PC's. I frequently visit sites like Gizmodo and Engadget and companies are always releasing information of new products.
it creates buzz, interest and encourages consumers to save up for an 'imminent' release
it also allows the company to get some pre-release opinions to gauge whether or not the new product will be successful

my guess is that if Apple would have let the public know that they would be forgoing Firewire and matte screens on the new McBook, they would have received a smaller uproar and may have possibly altered the design
I'm also guessing that had they included FW and Matte options on the new Macbook, they would have sold twice as many as they did
 
Tallest Skil said:
Google "Osborne Effect". Apple gives us info, we don't buy, they get stuck with extra stock, they lose money on the stock they don't sell, they make less money, they have to charge more for new products, fewer people buy them, they make less money, they lay off workers, they go bankrupt.

Killed Osborne Inc, that did. The intelligent tech companies have been paranoid ever since.
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You keep stating that over and over but it's not true. Read about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect :

Purportedly, the new Executive model from Osborne Computer was priced at $2,195 and came with a 7-inch (179 mm) screen, while competitor Kaypro produced a computer with a 9-inch (229 mm) screen for $400 less. The Kaypro computer had already begun to cut into sales of the Osborne 1 (a computer with a 5-inch (127 mm) screen for $1,995) but inventories of the Osborne 1 cleared out, and customers switched almost entirely to the Kaypro.
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Apparently, while sales dipped after the initial announcement, they eventually began to pick up, and cash started flowing into the company. Then a vice president discovered some fully equipped motherboards (worth $150,000) but no other parts to remake the older models. Some time and a few decisions later, $2 million - far more than anybody expected - were spent for the CRTs, RAM, floppy disk drives, and remolded cases. It was then that the company folded due to debt.

It seems, therefore, that while the pre-announcement myth has been prevalent in the computer industry for years, its manifestation in the Osborne computer's case is somewhat exaggerated.
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As for "intelligent" tech companies being paranoid, most tech companies release some amount, sometimes considerable (look at Intel) information about their future product roadmap. There's a "reverse Osborne effect" at work too; if you don't keep your customers excited about what's coming, they're likely to turn elsewhere.
 
woody57 said:
My local John Lewis store in Oxford St ,London,have e-mailed me to confirm new stock of I-Macs should be with them within days,the fact they have been out of stock for about 8 weeks on this particular product,suggests this might be the news many people have been waiting for.???????????????.[24"-i-mac}
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