Imacs

[nordex]

IM gong to buy a mac and i want t o get an imac so im hust wondering what u have all heard. My friend was te one who strted al this because it was his that the store blew up nad are replacing and sugested waiting 3-4 weeks because there well be an udate

 

[kendall]

If you can't trust your friend, who can you trust?

If having the newest, best iMac possible is important to you, why not just wait?

 

[nordex]

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[cybergoober]

Originally posted by itanium
If having the newest, best iMac possible is important to you, why not just wait?

Yeah, but that's a catch-22 though. Something better will always come along. If you keep waiting for the best thing, you'll be waiting forever. At some point you have to say, "This is good enough".

That said, I say wait until after the next Expo (January?), when updates are more likely to be announced. Or at least wait until after the next update so you don't get bitten by the "New-hardware-announced-just-days-after-I-bought-mine!" bug.

 

[fryke]

What Itanium meant is to wait for a new release, since the 800 MHz iMac is a bit long in the tooth. An update is around the corner, and you'll bite your own a** if you buy just now. Want the best? Buy just after release. Not when a model is already around for months.

 

[Ricky]

I think I remember a couple of people kicking themselves when they bought the G3 iMac, when the G4 one was just around the corner. I also remember this happening with the higher capacity iPods and the price drops for them. Wait, it'll be well worth it, I beleive.

As far as the iMac upgrades go, I heard on Spymac.com that they'll be putting in a slot-loading drive, for one thing. They're cutting the iMac's tongue off, noooo!