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Will there ever be a new large iMac (Pro)?
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Serious question guys...
Do you think I’ll be able to get a decent price if I sell my 27” 2019 5K iMac later this year? It has the base processor, 16GB and 512GB.
I got it at a REALLY good price, but hope I can still make a little bit extra on it.
Do you think I’ll be able to get a decent price if I sell my 27” 2019 5K iMac later this year? It has the base processor, 16GB and 512GB.
I got it at a REALLY good price, but hope I can still make a little bit extra on it.
Common sense from Apple history. We can only go on their track record.
AS gives them more control. I expect the transition to be 'done' within a year of the 1st shipping AS Mac.
The March iMac prediction of yours (again, seems logical enough...with the Mac Mini A12z running an XDR then a 6k iMac is no sweat...) seems a juicy but doable one. If I had a working Mac? I'd wait that long.
As for every year. The A'x' schedule gives more clue to the AS schedule, perhaps? The iPhone chip seems a lock for every year. But variants of it? May have more elasticity of 18 month schedules? Or iPad style timings.
Azrael.
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Yes. You'll get a decent lump sum for it. 2nd hand eBay iMacs seem expensive to me. So you'll do alright.
Azrael.
Yeah maybe. But I don't think the AS will be linked to the iPhone chip. I just said "every year" because it's more predictable and Apple can "set" predictive events for their computers as well. 24 months release are too spaced. If Apple can't make significant leaps every year, it's very likely to get a 18 months release cycle.
I don't see why Apple cannot eventually offer competitive graphics performance on Apple Silicon. The GPUs in the current A-Series are pretty powerful and those are just with a handful of cores. And with Apple Silicon optimized for Metal that should significantly boost performance as eventually all macOS applications will have to use Metal.
This statement from CWallace should be considered immutable for anyone who has doubts about the AS cpu and gpu.
From software and hardware. The move to AS will leverage the £££ of millions of apps and competition that will drag Mac developers kicking and screaming all the way to Mac AS hardware...and they'll have to use Metal to enter this market. And that will bring a synergistic one two punch of performance.
...there's going to be a reckoning that will bury the current embarrassment of Mac hardware served up for premium coin. Say goodbye to the apologies that are the Mini, 21 inch iMac and the Macbook 13 inch.
Unlike the gpus for the Mac market which, in both software (good bye, deprecated, performing half as good as Windows equivalent Open GL...) and GPU hardware, which have trailed Windows to an embarrassing degree the AS gpu will bring storming horde of gpu cores which will deliver real world performance that you can 'feel' in the Mac computer.
Macs being 2nd class gpu citizens and even more so with the recent move to drive the Mac Pro to a £6k price... (*Still* waiting for a year old 5700 mid range card...to enter the consumer/prosumer £1500-£3k space...) will become distant memories in the next two years.
You'll feel better about paying that premium.
Azrael.
I hope it is every year.
I remember when Macs did get updated every year...
Azrael.
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Np. Every time I look on eBay, the 2019 seems to be going for nearly new or 'new' prices.
I gave up trying to buy a 5k retina iMac 2nd hand. Too pricey.
Azrael.
That has always been the case, only the two other models jumped to 8-9 weeks.
Apple still has to launch Back to School in Europe, usually they do that in the beginning of July. Last year it was 9 July, and they also updated the MacBooks back then. Interestingly, the rumour above points to tomorrow, 9 July, for “something”. Perhaps Back to School + new iMacs?
If we don't see new iMacs when Back to School is launched, I honestly don't expect any new products until September.
On the other hand, by that time ARM Macs will be around the corner, so why still bother with launching new Intel Macs?
It would make sense to leverage the Back to School momentum. If they're serious about shifting legacy Intel iMacs.
...and the 'collision' course with ARM Macs...
Yes. Quandry.
Azrael.
i can only speak for Germany, but COVID Offset school Starting. University started a month late here I think, even with online..
In such a scenario, my prediction is Apple Silicon in the ~24 inch and Intel in the 27 inch. No more 21.5 inch.
I don't know about you but I'm expecting a press release to drop at apple.com/newsroom at around 5:30 am PDT tomorrow.
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I'm not expecting anything but it would be nice. However, I kinda feel that longer the wait the better the machine might be.
Naive I know but still
Naive I know but still
What did you make me to watch? Damn, 6 mins I'll never get back.
You can do better than this Az!
You can do better than this Az!
Would be amazing if it does drop tomorrow. Would be even more amazing if it was a redesign as well.
What did you make me to watch? Damn, 6 mins I'll never get back.
You can do better than this Az!
It's no fun unless it bends...
Azrael.
Oh dear, another 3 mins of nonsense. I'm definitely not the target audience. Although I did laugh about the 40 degree joke and US being much worse. That was actually very funny and also very insulting to Americans
But yeah, I wouldn't watch this guy or his alike. Not my kinda thing
Sorry
But yeah, I wouldn't watch this guy or his alike. Not my kinda thing
Sorry
It's no fun unless it bends...
Azrael.