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GregHPSon · Post by **GregHPSon** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:09 pm

Apple to release 2012 iMacs with Ivy Bridge in Sept/Oct?

I have been waiting for months now to replace my 2008 iMac with a new Ivy Bridge model because I don't want to pay 2012 money for 2011 tech. I have been following all the news/rumors on the web & all signs are pointing to a late September early October release. Rumored to include faster Ivy Bridge processors, USB 3 & a new anti-glare screen. Also rumored to be dumping the super drive to make it thinner.

This is agony waiting for Apple to officially announce it.

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:14 pm

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jcschild · Post by **jcschild** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:24 pm

not to put a dammper on things but Ivy is no faster than sandy.. they idea of die shrink is to make the chip run cooler which did not happen this go round..
generally with the "cooler" comse a slightly higher processor. didnt see that either..

sandy 2700
Ivy 3770
both 3.5Ghz both benchmark the same..

Scott
ADK

TwoToneshuzz · Post by **TwoToneshuzz** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:40 pm

jcschild wrote:not to put a dammper on things but Ivy is no faster than sandy.. they idea of die shrink is to make the chip run cooler which did not happen this go round..
generally with the "cooler" comse a slightly higher processor. didnt see that either..

sandy 2700
Ivy 3770
both 3.5Ghz both benchmark the same..

Scott
ADK

I just went ahead and bought a used 3.1 Ghz 4 core imac for about 25% of new price. And am now working much more productively with my projects. I just could not see waiting 2 or 3 months for a little performance increase. Plus having to pay top dollar for the snappy new design.

I think in 18-28 months I might upgrade to a Haswell CPU iMac if the performance is improved by say 50% over the present models.

Also if they are going to go much higher res with the screen there's going to be issues with heat and underpowered Graphics cards..

Interesting times though...

Wade

george · Post by **george** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:03 pm

I think it is a good idea to wait a bit and get USB 3.0 with the new models. Thunderbolt is still too expensive, and getting a USB 3 SSD drive is something worth considering.

george · Post by **george** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:07 pm

TwoToneshuzz wrote: I think in 18-28 months I might upgrade to a Haswell CPU iMac if the performance is improved by say 50% over the present models.

Didn't know about Haswell architecture. Performance boost seems very interesting…

TwoToneshuzz · Post by **TwoToneshuzz** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:31 pm

george wrote:I think it is a good idea to wait a bit and get USB 3.0 with the new models. Thunderbolt is still too expensive, and getting a USB 3 SSD drive is something worth considering.

The USB 3 point is true enough, but for situation I have a bunch of firewire enclosures and audio interfaces now. Plus my external controllers all use USB 2, so I can take the hit on one expensive thunderbolt SSD/Sata enclosure when I get a little extra room in my budget.

Regards

Wade