My current laptop is dying! I was going to buy an iMac, but MacRumors says it's a bad time to do so---updates are around the corner! What do the experts here think?

i'm no expert but it's about that time. i'd wait.

MacRumors concurs! In fact, the specs for the MacBook look better in everything but hard drive space---for less money, too.

You could spend your entire lifetime waiting. It's more about whether you really need the product now. If you do, get it. But if your laptop is dying, why are you looking at getting an iMac?

iMacs and Mac Minis are both made with laptop components, which allow them to fit in small cases without fans, but also cost more and run slower. The only exception is that the hard drives on iMacs are desktop drives, which is why they're bigger.

If apple made a decent desktop-grade media center box, I'd buy it in a heartbeat, but for the price of a Mac Mini I could build one myself that's 3x as powerful.

@mikkoman: iMacs have faster hard drives, superior video cards, and big screens. While it's true the major components are pretty much the same as MacBooks, the Core 2 Duo is an incredible processor - far more powerful than most desktop processors that preceded it. Unless you're making a living with Photoshop or Final Cut, either one is all the machine you'll really ever need. For games, the iMac is going to be better (because of the graphics card). But I am a professional software developer and I replaced my desktop with a MacBook Pro and other than RAM, I have no complaints.

Wait til June. Mac'll add some nifty updates and waaaay better processors.