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No new iMacs, should I buy one now or wait for new ones?

Hellhammer

Hellhammer

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I'm very dissapointed because no new iMacs. I can't decide between buying now or waiting for new ones. What's your opinion guys?

I'm not in very big need of new computer so I think I'll wait but I want your opinions...
 
Well to be honest if you are not in desperate need of a computer then wiat. You will probably get a much better iMac ie with core i7 4gb ram as standard better hdd choice. I doubt you will have to wait too long. But i am shsure you will get ample responses
 
NO!!! i hate waiting. When are they going to be released then?
What a ****ing Disappointment!!
 
ugh, I'm in this exact boat myself. I was set to buy a new 24" iMac in early december... Then someone told me about this site and I read the buyers guide that said don't do it. So I waited patiently for today (missing a week and a half of vacation that would have been perfect to setup and play with the new machine)... And now NOTHING?

My machine at home is a 4 y/o PC. I'm a photographer and I have ~10gb left on my external and ~20gb left on my internal in terms of space left for new images, and with my new camera it's filling up FAST... So holding out for January was already tough, but now????

my question is when will the update be? Waiting one month was OK as I could make it in terms of HD space. But now, another month is pushing it. Sure I can buy 2 new drives, but I was waiting to get the iMac to get a 1tb timecapsule to go with it... So should I buy a new set of drives and keep waiting, or bite the bullet now?

Basically, when will these get updated? This week? This month? or in a few months? I can wait the week, and probably through January, but if it's not January, I'm afraid I'll have to bite the bullet and get it now.
 
I can't wait any long (typing on a crappy P4 emachine right now) so I went ahead and ordered a 24" 3.06 /2gb ram/ 500gig hd/ 8800gs imac for $1899 refurb.

Oh well
 
People have been told to wait since last October because everyone was so sure a new iMac was going to be announced at MW. How much longer you want to wait is up to you.

I didn't think a new iMac was going to be announced at MW, and purchased one about a month ago. It has everything I need, I love it.
 
CarlsonCustoms said:
I can't wait any long (typing on a crappy P4 emachine right now) so I went ahead and ordered a 24" 3.06 /2gb ram/ 500gig hd/ 8800gs imac for $1899 refurb.

Oh well
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Yeah, I'm thinking about just buying refurb at this point too. The logic boards have a cpu socket. I'd like to see if the new quad cores would work in the nvidia imacs that are available now.
 
Yeah ... REALLY disappointed ... no Apple love for us home consumers mac wise ...

Really was looking forward to heading to an Applestore in the coming days to buy a shiny new iMac ... oh well .. save up in the mean time and play a waiting game .... think they dropped the ball on this one
 
I also have 2000e in my pocket just waiting for iMac. I've been waiting these for 8 months now and no, no new ones yet.

I think I'll wait for February and see then if new ones are out. I just don't see why they didn't release them? Is there still something thet they are waiting for?
 
Hellhammer said:
I also have 2000e in my pocket just waiting for iMac. I've been waiting these for 8 months now and no, no new ones yet.

I think I'll wait for February and see then if new ones are out. I just don't see why they didn't release them? Is there still something thet they are waiting for?
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you would think that the added support for the nvidia graphics cards in the latest osx update for the mac mini and imacs would be a dead give away.

MW09 isn't over yet. let's just keep our fingers crossed.
 
This saddens me and makes me happy. I'm sad because I wanted new imacs TODAY. But I'm kind of semi-happy because the updates which are most likely happening sooner rather than later will probably be bigger than everyone anticipated as opposed to just a video card hike.

I still stand by late January. I'll wait because I can, no rush, still sucks though.
 
Apocrathia said:
you would think that the added support for the nvidia graphics cards in the latest osx update for the mac mini and imacs would be a dead give away.

MW09 isn't over yet. let's just keep our fingers crossed.
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We *know* that there will be new iMacs, and it's pretty clear there will be new mac minis.

The question is WHEN?!?

The current iMacs are coming up on 9 months old and the Minis are over a year old . . . this is as bad as the old motorola processor upgrade cycle.
 
Le Big Mac said:
We *know* that there will be new iMacs, and it's pretty clear there will be new mac minis.

The question is WHEN?!?

The current iMacs are coming up on 9 months old and the Minis are over a year old . . . this is as bad as the old motorola processor upgrade cycle.
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There's no way that they won't update the line. Indeed, the question is when. I will just hold on to my $$$ for now.

The disappointment almost makes me want to build a hackintosh.
 
Look back at some of the older post MW machine releases when Apple was avoiding introducing hardware at these shows.

Likely it'll the a quiet update in a few weeks after MW on a Tuesday.
 
buy now and stop worrying yourselves.


OR wait because the next release wont be as good as the next next release.







the current iMac is a great machine.
 
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