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Ten Reasons for July 24th for iMac/Mac Mini update
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In today's (Sunday's) Best Buy's weekly ads in the paper, they just started their "Back-to-School" promotion on computers. I thought this as a good sign, with Apple (as well as every other computer maker/distributer) starting their back-to-school sales soon as well. But then I noticed on one of the pages in the Best Buy that they were offering 20 and 24 inch iMacs to be sold. Not a new model, just the model we've all come to "know and love" (perhaps hate, as it's been so much time). Now they weren't offering a 17 inch model, so that could be a good sign that they are trying to slowly do away with the 17 inch, that has been predicted for some time now.
The new chip announcement from Intel sounds promising. Tomorrow, an expected day for an invite to a Stevenote on the 24th, we will know better.
Just wondering: How are those invites done? IIRC don't they don't they just post something online? Or do they send something to the press people?
Dunno. They'd probably do something like they did when they introduced the iMac G5's in August. Anybody know what they did?
IMO, we have a decent shot for the 24th, but I'm not really holding my breath. It's hard to be too optimistic after so long. We've been predicting new iMacs and being disappointed for months now. 
Or they just chose not to advertise it. My local Bestbuy Has 17" iMacs and they are also available online. Other times I have seen Bestbuy only advertise the Mac Mini's (not lately though) It could be just so they have a higher priced product aiming for the back to school crowd, it prepares potential customers for the price before they come in to the store, and if they see the 17" they may go for that thinking they got an even "better" deal if they were fence sitters at the advertised price.
From another thread:
Well, that kills July 24th, I think, so continue iMac timing posts on the big news thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/330803/
Timeframe for a revision is still "at any time" though.
Incidentally, sounds like the July 24th theory has been scotched - Apple deliver their quarterly results on July 25th, so all those clues pointing to next week (offers on Macs, iPods etc ending on the week before) are probably just because that's the end of a financial quarter.
WHEN ARE THE NEW iMACS COMING???!
I really desperately need a new machine.
Well, that kills July 24th, I think, so continue iMac timing posts on the big news thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/330803/
Timeframe for a revision is still "at any time" though.
Curses! I went and got my 24" iMac last week and was so busy updating software etc to log on here.... Then I find out a new one is due.
Oh well, I'll max out the RAM and stop reading these forums!
Mike
Oh well, I'll max out the RAM and stop reading these forums!
Mike
I doubt I'll be holding my breath, but it looks like the 7th it is...
http://www.9to5mac.com/August-Aug-7-seventh-iMacs-Apple-Event-ipod-ipod-micro-nano-3450897543
http://www.9to5mac.com/August-Aug-7-seventh-iMacs-Apple-Event-ipod-ipod-micro-nano-3450897543
August 7th makes more sense - just in time for school.
Remember when toting a computer to school meant breaking your back with crts and large canisters around gigantic motherboards, peripherals all over the landscape? These kids have it so easy. No wonder they are all fat.
Remember when toting a computer to school meant breaking your back with crts and large canisters around gigantic motherboards, peripherals all over the landscape? These kids have it so easy. No wonder they are all fat.