Many people always ask me if they should buy a Mac. Honestly, I don’t think it matters that much. After a year about using my Macbook Pro, it’s really all the same (I’m gonna get a lot of flame for that).

However, I’m not here to answer the Apple vs. Microsoft question, but to answer WHEN you should buy a Mac if you have already decided to. According to Appletell, a new iMac is coming soon, but may be delayed a bit:

You might have heard the recent rumors surrounding the new iMacs: they’ll be released on August 7th. Hold it right there because Appletell’s highly trusted source who works close to the iMac development team claims that this rumor is slightly untrue.

The team is apparently experiencing last minute issues with the new keyboard. We can reveal that this keyboard will be very similar to Logitech’s diNovo Edge; however our source says: “it’s got a feature or two that the diNovo does not have”.

When further questioned regarding what these features would be, he responded with “you’ll love it”. Our source also mentioned that Apple would debut new displays for the iMac, although we’re unsure whether that means LED displays, different sizes, or something entirely different.

Update: After pestering and poking a bit more, our source let slip that the new keyboard will feature a built-in Apple Remote and snazzy backlighting.

Picture of Logitech’s diNovo:

Students who are interested in the “buy a mac, get a free ipod nano” student discount might want to wait a bit longer if you don’t care much for another nano. Apple always releases or upgrades products at the end of the free nano campaigns. It seems like a good way to clear their inventory though.

New Macbook Pro’s rumored to arrive Q1 2008. A bit long for that.

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