“What’s next for Apple iMac? The popular consumer desktop hasn’t seen an update since May 2011; and hasn’t seen much of a face lift since way before then,” Jonny Evans reports for Computerworld. “What’s going on?”
“A Digitimes report this morning claims we’ll be waiting longer yet, claiming iMac component supplies will only begin shipping later this month with a new model scheduled for release in October, but this doesn’t make sense to me,” Evans reports. “Apple will introduce OS X Mountain Lion later this month. Surely it makes more sense to introduce a new iMac at around the same time? This would benefit from the extra attention paid to the new OS, and would also help Apple draw a little benefit from the educational PC replacement cycle of late summer.”
Evans reports, “A second reason: Apple is expected to introduce the iPhone 5 by October. Any product introduced alongside this will not get the media attention it may deserve… A third reason: There’s some speculation Apple plans an attack on the Android tablet market with the release of a $299 7-inch iPad.”
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