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Apple Updates iMac

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Re: Apple Updates iMac

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Somewhat related: Anyone know if they're going updating the displays soon? I'm about to buy a 27" Thunderbolt display, but I don't wanna drop £900 on a screen only for a better one to be released one month later...

This is a useful indicator: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Displays

Re: Apple Updates iMac

#32

Is Apple getting gunshy about iterative releases? Back in Steve's day this would have been tacked on to at least the launch of something like the new Mac Pro.

That's quite a selective "Back in Steve's day" memory. A lot of spec bumps like this one for Macs and Macbooks happened exactly through press releases like these.

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I ordered an iMac three days ago, it has not been shipped. Is there any change that I will get an updated model? (No, I do of course not demand an updated model for me, I am happy if I get what I ordered and paid.)

If you don't get the new model, Apple do let you exchange like for like. There is a restocking fee involved.

I exchanged for a newly released one almost a month after buying it (outside the 14 days return policy) and they were really friendly & helpful about it all.

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#35

I own and love my 27inch iMac. It exemplifies the quote from Apple's senior vice president: “iMac continues to be the example that proves how beautiful, fast and fun a desktop computer can be,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. " But as someone that doesn't like to mess with hardware too often, I am very disappointed at how difficult it is to change a simple hard drive on thi…

I never understood why they would make a bulky machine hard to upgarde. I have a 1.1 mac pro tower. So easy to open/add memory and hard drives. Even my polycarb (white) macbook was easy to update the hard drive. Harddrives will fail... It shouldn't be hard to replace them.

What percentage of users upgrade their machines?

Re: Apple Updates iMac

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post #19

I ordered an iMac three days ago, it has not been shipped. Is there any change that I will get an updated model? (No, I do of course not demand an updated model for me, I am happy if I get what I ordered and paid.)

You have 14 days to return an apple product, opened or unopened, no questions asked. They will definitely upgrade your device to the latest model if you bring it in, done it for a macbook laptop before.

Re: Apple Updates iMac

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post #19

I ordered an iMac three days ago, it has not been shipped. Is there any change that I will get an updated model? (No, I do of course not demand an updated model for me, I am happy if I get what I ordered and paid.)

If they've already shipped the old config and you're near an Apple Store retail unit you very much should return it to them, get a refund or credit, and get the new config. Get it from stock if you're getting a default config. You'll get no resistance or hassle from the staff for doing this.

Even if you need to mail it back it'll be worth the little extra wait to have the latest config.

Re: Apple Updates iMac

#38

I own and love my 27inch iMac. It exemplifies the quote from Apple's senior vice president: “iMac continues to be the example that proves how beautiful, fast and fun a desktop computer can be,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. " But as someone that doesn't like to mess with hardware too often, I am very disappointed at how difficult it is to change a simple hard drive on thi…

It's all pretty simple really.

The number of people who want more hard disk space and aren't willing to use an external drive is small.

So small in fact that it isn't worth Apple's time to design a computer specifically catered to them.

Re: Apple Updates iMac

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post #30

I'm mostly disappointed in how poor the Win32-based hardware vendors are at following Apple's lead. Apple is narrowing the cost gap in their hardware, and their quality is still leaps and bounds ahead of the competitors. If I want to buy a solid all-in-one device with a minimally usable on-board videocard so I could fire up the occasional game (not a hardcore gaming rig but keeping lighter fare an option) then the co…

Agreed. Apple is still expensive but if you want build quality, I think it's the clear winner. And I think a whole lot of people care more about build quality than gaming performance.
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