'New' iMacs to begin shipping in January

Seth Weintraub
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December 23, 2008
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We were pretty sure we'd see upgraded iMacs introduced at Macworld, but according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) via Digitimes:

.. sources inside the component supply chain as saying that Apple plans to launch a new iMac all-in-one PC in the first quarter of next year, and the company's sole manufacturing partner, Quanta Computer, is gearing up to supply monthly shipments of around 800,000 units during the first quarter of 2009.  According to the paper, the new iMac will start shipping in January next year. Quanta declined to comment on client relationships, the paper added.  In addition to Apple, Quanta is also manufacturing all-in-one PCs for Sony and NEC.

 

"New" is much more interesting than upgraded video and processor.  However, much can be lost in translation -including our interpretation- and Steve Jobs isn't presenting, so we aren't going to be "bringing a change of underpants" to the keynote.

 

Comments (3)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 23, 2008 - 11:10am

So which is ir? Both you and MDN say 800,000/mo in your headlines but the news release seems to indicate 800,000 for the quarter.

Benjamin Dobson | December 23, 2008 - 1:53pm

People would use "new" instead of "upgraded" simply because it flows better. More interesting is that they bothered to mention it at all.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 24, 2008 - 3:31am

Think about this guys - Schiller introduced the original iMac G5 at Apple Expo Paris about 4 years ago now, so don't discount this information.