You post in ignorance my friend. They have already done tear downs of the new iMac and it is very user upgradable... Hard drive, ram, and even the fact that the CPU is not soldered. The screen is held on by magnets like the previous model but since the LCD is laminated to the glass it is easier to get in to.
wait, so the 2012 21" iMac has upgradeable ram and hdd? if one is willing to take it apart?
i thought the RAM was soldered like the MBA's?
i am asking because the top-end 21" iMac with BTO i7 cpu looks enticing. i am only hesitant because of a couple of components such as adding ram is $200 upgrade and 5400rpm HDD needs to be replaced. and oh, no more firewire.
No, it isn't. Apple specifies that there are no user-serviceable parts inside (RAM on the 27" excepted). So if you want to void the warranty, have at it.
You post in ignorance, my friend . . .
Also - my Late 2011 base MBP is faster than all the iMacs listed save the top two. A desktop should smoke a laptop . . .
Only a 15% improvement while removing key components? No thanks.
Just curious ... are these result with or without the contributions of fusion drives?
I am very interested to see what score a 27" 3.4ghz maxed out will bring.
My understanding is that Geekbench tests are CPU bound and don't really take the disk into account at all. That is one of the reasons I don't like Geekbench. The other is that Geekbench over emphasizes multi core. The Geekbench numbers are very realistic for threadble CPU intensive tasks, but very unrealistic for typical use.
I am very interested to see what score a 27" 3.4ghz maxed out will bring.
My 2011 Sandy Bridge 27" beats all of those:
Lost too much weight. Not enough calories to run fast.
I'll keep my 2011 model, thanks. Yeah, the 27" ones will likely be a lot better than this but that's less than a 15% increase in score over my current 21.5" iMac and way too much lost to account for.
What difference does it make. Ninety percent of you don't need all that horsepower anyway.
The one I just posted IS a maxed-out 3.4GHz model, albeit a 2011 one.
The difference is Sandy Bridge vs. Ivy Bridge.