Apple Store Down Ahead of Likely iMac Refresh [Quad Core iMacs?]

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Apple's online stores went down early this morning ahead of rumors that the iMac will be refreshed with Thunderbolt and Sandy Bridge processors. New products are typically launched around 8:30am Eastern / 5:30am Pacific.

Claimed specs from Mr. X:

IMAC 21.5"/2.7QC/2X2GB/1TB/6770M
IMAC 27"/2.7QC/2X2GB/1TB/6770M
IMAC 27"/3.1QC/2X2GB/1TB/6970M
IMAC 27"/3.4QC/2X2GB/1TB/6970M

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Top Rated Comments

Ilari Avatar
173 months ago
Maybe they should get a better system in place that lets them update on the fly....imagine if Amazon shut down every time they added a new product!
I'm pretty sure they do this on purpose. Closing the store adds even more excitement and media buzz to the announcement.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
arsonata Avatar
173 months ago
This will be my parents' first Mac.

Time to put that ailing 2005 HP Pavillion in the dumpster!


:D:D:D
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Ilari Avatar
173 months ago
Everybody is going to be so pissed if the store is down because of new iPad Smart Cover colours or something like that. :D
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hhaydenn Avatar
173 months ago
Geeeeek gassssmm.
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Icaras Avatar
173 months ago
Excellent, I'm curious to see what their 21.5" offerings will be (praying for quad core) and if SSD BTO prices will go down.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
arn Avatar
173 months ago
The below was taken from the Apple site
NO MENTION OF THUNDERBOLT OR USB 3
21.5-inch iMac 21.5-inch iMac 27-inch iMac 27-inch iMac
Processor 3.06GHz Intel Core i3 3.2GHz Intel Core i3 2.8GHz Intel Core i5 (quad core)

those are the old imacs

arn
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