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Apple Announces Lighter, Thinner iMac Models with Fusion Drive
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Media is hopping on the 5mm edge thickness. I don't know what thickness has to do with making vertical desktop buying decisions when the stand is what matters and edge thickness has nothing to do with anything. They could have glued a sheet of paper round the edge and got edge thickness down to .01mm. The middle of the case is much thicker than 5mm judging from photos
Yeah. Great for you.
I personally use an optical drive on a daily basis meaning it's the cheapest and securest way to give a copy of my customer's animals' X-Ray to them. Those DICOM-files need an accompanying viewer.
Yes - I could also use USB-flash-drives for that but this will drive cost up when there is no need for that (especially given the fact, that the optical will work for years to come).
So basically - people with a new iMac are screwed. Customers either had to give me their personal thumb drive (which I wouldn't allow due to security restrictions) or pay the upfront of getting one from me (thumb drives are way more expensive than opticals).
And no - I won't upgrade my internet connection to mail them that stuff or put it on an external server. Just to much hassle...
Optical still has its means in a real life situation.
Tbh, I also use it from time to time, time to time being 2-3 times a year, and I'd easily would let go the drive and use an external one 2-3 times a year. I already have an external bluray drive, so that one I'll keep around for the future it seems.
It will be awhile before they can make a 27" retina display that is affordable.
Last gen machines are sold as "refurbished" for a reduced price, even when they're remaining stocks of brand new machines.
You mean out in cold world where very inexpensive external optical drives don't exist?
All they've done is stopped putting the optical drive inside the chassis. They haven't stopped them from existing. Hell, Apple makes a very compact, bus-powered optical drive for just this reason — as a bridge for those buying Airs and Minis (and now iMacs) without optical. For the growing number of people who rarely/never use discs, it's not an issue. For the people (myself included) who still want to rip a CD or have to burn a DVD from time to time, there are plenty of options. I'm still using a FireWire LaCie DVD drive I bought like 5 years ago with my new optical-less Mini. It's not the end of the world.
THe only thing I want to know is the external optical drive technical information.
My internal optical **** the bed and the Apple store is a bit far away. I was hoping that I could finally have a solution to the crappy BIOS emulation that my 2010 iMac has of not booting from MBR USB external hard drives. I really would like for this optical drive to be able to have the ability to boot non-EFI CDs.
My internal optical **** the bed and the Apple store is a bit far away. I was hoping that I could finally have a solution to the crappy BIOS emulation that my 2010 iMac has of not booting from MBR USB external hard drives. I really would like for this optical drive to be able to have the ability to boot non-EFI CDs.
I'll update my 3.4GHz imac at the next rev, and this release should make sure that my old iMac keeps a decent resale value ;¬)
It's a marvel you were ever waiting for this, as you're very clearly not apple's intended market (and never have been). Did you seriously think that an iMac would be your best choice if all you care about is performance and price? When has an iMac EVER been the right choice given only those two considerations? You either really don't know apple or are trolling.
I'm surprised that they dropped the optical drive. I actually think that was a bad move on their part. It's a freaking desktop it's not going anywhere other than your desk.
I'm all in for thinner lighter laptops for a portability aspect and such but for a desktop?
The the hell cares... it's a desktop.
Plus using an iMac was a great option to use the discdrive for the Air/Retina Macbook Pro.
I'm all in for thinner lighter laptops for a portability aspect and such but for a desktop?
The the hell cares... it's a desktop.
Plus using an iMac was a great option to use the discdrive for the Air/Retina Macbook Pro.
Widen the gap between iMac and MacPro... that's _EXACTLY_ what Apple needs to do for us prosumers... [/sarcasm]
...Like I have any need for a $3k, 12-core monster!
Apple:
xMac.
That is all.
...Like I have any need for a $3k, 12-core monster!
Apple:
xMac.
That is all.
Perhaps you should investigate mobile GPUs in greater detail. The GT 640 - GTX 660M are derived from the same 384 shader GK107. The GTX 675/680MX are lower clocked harvests from GK104. So even at +$2,000 on hardware you are looking at about $200 of GPU power if you decide on the BTO option. That is 1080p level gaming.
The GT 640M lets you squeak by at 768p.
Swap?
My sister just bought the 2011 21in iMac with 500gb hdd/upgrade to 8gb ram around the 28th of last month. I think it was about $1600-$1700 (including office and the trackpad).
How would she go about trying to swap it out for the newer model and retain as much of the dollar value as possible?
Please advise!
My sister just bought the 2011 21in iMac with 500gb hdd/upgrade to 8gb ram around the 28th of last month. I think it was about $1600-$1700 (including office and the trackpad).
How would she go about trying to swap it out for the newer model and retain as much of the dollar value as possible?
Please advise!
You are missing something.
- Twice as much ram.
- Twice as much HDD space.
- Better processor.
- Better graphics.
- USB 3.0
Something is very wrong here, psychologically.
"Apple Announces Lighter, Thinner..." does not make sense being followed by a product title that isn't designed to be carried around or used on your lap.
This is very weird. It's not just weird. It's a little mystifying. I'm having trouble wrapping my head around what Apple is thinking.
"Apple Announces Lighter, Thinner..." does not make sense being followed by a product title that isn't designed to be carried around or used on your lap.
This is very weird. It's not just weird. It's a little mystifying. I'm having trouble wrapping my head around what Apple is thinking.