New iMacs arriving next week?

Slightly faster iMacs could be on tap for next week.

(Credit: CNET Networks)

Apple could be getting ready for the advent of the educational buying season with new iMacs.

So says GeekSugar, which has a post up Thursday claiming Apple's about to tweak the all-in-one iMac desktop. It doesn't sound like much of an overhaul, just a speed bump to Intel's latest Penryn processors used by the MacBook and MacBook Pro and a larger hard drive, with no major design changes expected. Apple hasn't updated the iMac since introducing a new design for the lineup last August.

The current quarter is a prime buying period for K-12 school systems, said Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer on Wednesday's earnings call. A slightly faster and larger system--at around the current price point, according to GeekSugar--might induce some to take the plunge.

Tuesday tends to be New Apple Product Introduction Day, so we'll probably know if new iMacs will soon grace Apple's store shelves by then.

[rcrusoe]

It's very likely

We just had some delivered an hour ago. :(

[GGGlen]

Mmmm?

Seeing that the iMac has used socketed Intel processors for quite
some time now... does anyone know if Intel's new chips would
work as a "drop-in" item?

I mean, heck... the current iMacs use MXM slot video cards, have
sound card daughterboards... this could be fun!

:-)

[SpiritWater]

Should be a major update

The currently design is a little old. I would expect an update to
the design with an LED display that would allow for even thinner
iMacs. A black version of the iMac or even a Product (RED) one
would be welcome too. Blu-ray should be offered at the high
end at least along with a BTO option of two disks in a RAID 0 or
RAID 1 configuration.


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[hounddoglgs]

wishful thinking

Sounds good, but not going to happen any time soon. LED displays still cost too much. The only reason they've started to make it into laptops despite their cost is because of the power and size savings, which are not a major concern in desktops- and Apple appears to trying to stick to their current price point. As far as cramming another hard drive in there- they probably could make one fit somehow, but my biggest concern with these IMacs is overheating and that would be just another heat source. Electronics manufacturers seem to be almost universally ignoring overheating issues in the drive to pack a high powered product into a sexy little package (XBox 360 is just one of many examples).

[ralfthedog]

Confusing story.

Are we talking about iMacs or eMacs?

[ralfthedog]

PS. Even better than a new iMac...

PS. Even better than a new iMac would be a new iPhone. I know it is early, but please, please let it be an iPhone!

[hounddoglgs]

Just give me a plain old tower

I wish Apple would put out a standard desktop tower where I can add hard drives, pci cards, etc., and replace parts myself without major effort. Right now the only way to get that is to shell out $2500+ for a Mac Pro.

[iowaguy82]

Just get a pc then.

Just get a pc :).

[daniel5797]

i cant belive that... there trying to update there computers to aluminum and glass. Imac just got an update... not to long ago. If i were expecting anything it would be new laptops (probably excluding the air) I have an imac and i might be getting a macbook when the new ones are realised. And hounddogslgs there is no more emacs. they were discontinued