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Worth waiting for the new OS?

I just want to voice what the other posters said above because it is the best advice on these boards.

Purchase the computer when you need it. If you need it right now you won't be upset that you didn't wait for an update (in this case Leopard).

Buy it now if you need it now, otherwise hang out for a month.
 
Yes, buying the 4GB from that website will get you what you want, except you will be $500 richer! That's pretty much the same setup I ordered, but I was lucky enough to see someone recommend going for the $1799 option and then upgrading that one to 2.8GHZ as opposed to buying that option out right (to save money on the RAM). Don't know why I didn't think of that, but hey, this is why we come on here! Now back to Halo 3...
 
I wouldn't wait to buy your new Mac. I bought mine at the local Apple store when they first became available. The current OS is very nice, so why go without for another month. Even when the new release of OSX comes out I would suggest waiting a few weeks to make your purchase. Those that are often the first to buy new technology pay a high price, not necessarily in dollars. An example is those that had to have their Iphones day one on the market. I understand their excitement about this product, but they paid. It may have been worth it to them to be the first kid on the block, but since then the price has dropped, and several bug fixes have been applied.

The new IMacs is not really a new technology, just a new design with the current processor and higher specs. Go for it!
 
stockcerts said:
The new IMacs is not really a new technology, just a new design with the current processor and higher specs. Go for it!
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I thought the new imacs were completely new components and a new design:

- New Displays (20" TN and 24" H-ITS)
- New Case (Aluminium)
- New Chipset (Santa Rosa)
- New HDDs (Upto 1TB)
- New DX 10 Graphics (ATI 2400 and 2600)

Software early adopters aren't really taking a high risk as they can always install the patches but early adopters of hardware can be slightly trickier to fix.
 
I wouldn't be surprised if all the new components were also tested using the old "shell". You know, just so the dev team can prove the new design was also more efficient. If you look back at most of the problems with recent Macs, the majority of issues are heat-related and not defective components. From what I've seen of the shell acting as a big heatsink, I would guess we're much better off with the new models than the old.

Either way, get Applecare and the 3-years of piece-of-mind it comes with. It's also nice that it covers your Airport Extreme as well!!!
 
you've got a year from the purchase date to buy apple care. i plan on buying once i get near that date. i consider iMacs to be like laptops in that regard - seeing as they share mostly the same components and you really can't go in and fix much yourself. that makes even small internal issues extremely costly, plus apple care is very cheap for iMacs in comparison to macbooks or mac pros.

as for waiting for leopard, if it were me, i would wait at this point. it is due out in ocotober - probably less than 30 days out at this point. i bought mine the first week they came out, so i have been enjoying it for a month already. plus my old comp (600MHz PC!) was painful to use. but to buy now - you are basically wasting the cost of leopard by not waiting a few more weeks.
 
buy now

iLikeMac - I did that exact same thing, and I'm very happy.

...I'd say go ahead and buy. You can upgrade later, but you'll never get back the time that you didn't have the hardware. Granted I'm upgrading from a 12" Powerbook, 1.5 w/ 1.25GB of ram. My decision was mostly based on the fact that since they just upgraded the iMac, they're probably not going to upgrade it again for a while, so why not get the hardware, increase productivity, and get the 10.5 upgrade later when it's good and stable. It's not like you can't live without it for a bit, but man o man the 2.8GHz eats my Powerbook for lunch. Good luck with deciding.
 
Mudman1948 said:
iLikeMac - I did that exact same thing, and I'm very happy.

...I'd say go ahead and buy. You can upgrade later, but you'll never get back the time that you didn't have the hardware. Granted I'm upgrading from a 12" Powerbook, 1.5 w/ 1.25GB of ram. My decision was mostly based on the fact that since they just upgraded the iMac, they're probably not going to upgrade it again for a while, so why not get the hardware, increase productivity, and get the 10.5 upgrade later when it's good and stable. It's not like you can't live without it for a bit, but man o man the 2.8GHz eats my Powerbook for lunch. Good luck with deciding.
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My thought was different, I can live without it atm so why not wait till it has leopard pre-installed, it will save me money and if there are any hardware problems I hope they have them sorted by then, and software problems can always be patched later.

If i can put up with Vista at work in its terrible state i think leopard will be fine :)
 
I got my iMac about 2 months ago next week and it's been a good two months. I've been a LOT more productive since, BUT I would really wait until Leopard this close to the apparent release.

Sure, I don't regret waiting for Leopard but you might. This close, anyway.

Personally, I'm waiting till Christmas to upgrade... or whenever I can afford it! haha
 
while it's true that a mic is built in...

redraidermacman said:
the imac has a mic built in
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The fact is, if you are doing any kind of vocals recording, you will want something seperate. The built is fine for video chat and that sort of thing. However, it pics up the iMac noise that we can barely hear quite well. To answer your question, yes you can plug in an external mic quite easily either through USB or if you have a headset mic with headphone and mic jacks, you can plug that in as well.
 
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