Apple Thunderbolt Display
GOTCHA!! thanks. I guess since i know acd, could have put 2 and 2 together.
Apple Thunderbolt Display
I think that the iMac can hold up for 3-4 years and still be good enough for my use, but laptops usually don't last that long. Performance wise and reliability as well. This is also important for me.
rMBP + Thunderbolt display is out of the question. It's not practical for me and too expensive for no reason. I'd rather connect the rMBP to my TV which is bigger, even if it's only 1080p.
I've just made the order for the iMac
3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
1TB Fusion Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2GB GDDR5
Magic Trackpad
rMBP + Thunderbolt display is out of the question. It's not practical for me and too expensive for no reason. I'd rather connect the rMBP to my TV which is bigger, even if it's only 1080p.
Nice!! Please post your comments after you get it.
I simply suggest making sure everything is as it should be prior to transporting it overseas. There is also the issue of customs. I'm not sure if that would be an issue shipping the imac outside of its original packaging. With a notebook in your carry-on luggage, no one is likely to question it, as people travel with their notebooks all the time.
Well the maxed out iMac with 32Gb, 3.4 GHz, and GTX680MX 2Gb and 1TB hd, only performs about 5% better than my maxed out rMBP (2012 version) on Geekbench with a score of 13073 on the 32 bit version where my rMBP get 12404 on 32 bit as well.
imac test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZhOx42r4F0
rmbp test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJroe4JhAWQ
For the SSD speed test, the rMBP is much faster than the iMac's fusion drive with 430 mbps write and 449 mbps I get from my laptop compared to 330 and 410 from the iMac.
As for graphics performance, the iMac is a obviously going to perform better with the superior card and memory, however not by much! This is because Apple has overclocked the crap out of the GT650M on the rMBP. On Cinebench I get 41 fps, and the iMac got 44.8 fps in the test.
CPU wise, there is obviously a difference with the iMac scoring 7.45 vs 6.59 I got from my test. however based on the SSD performance, I'm sure the rMBP could keep up with the iMac.
Proof that SSD has a significant say in speed of the machine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3svad_IoCM
All in all, in my opinion, for the SSD, portability, gorgeous design (iMac is insanely beautiful as well mind you), very good battery life, and the coup de grace; THE RETINA DISPLAY! for only 5% less performance, I would def go with the rMBP, without looking back. From my experience, it is the best laptop I have ever used, absolute joy to have, and a pure powerhouse that can put to shame any other computer in its category.
My vote is go for the rMBP! you wont regret it.
good man, if i could i would buy both as well.
however im not too sure about there being such a difference. the only area i can see here being a significant difference is the graphics department in gaming because after the game as been loaded on in the ram, the SSD advantage kinda disappears. What exactly is the difference in game play you are seeing?
What im positive about is that due to the high res of the rMBP screen, depending on the scaling you've chosen, there will be signs of UI lag, specially if the intel HD4000 is being used unfortunately. however this does not affect the speed of the laptop itself.
Based on the benchmark scores, if u take into account only graphics performance the iMac seems to be around 11% faster. It would be great if you could make a video, if you have the time, comparing the two computers as there aren't any as of yet.
May I ask what the specs of your computers are? and which benchmarks you tested the computers on? cause cinebench is a good graphics test, and geekbench all the rest pretty much.
also i do realise you are still in the 14 days return policy thing, so im gonna say it just in case.
If you already had the rMBP, why not wait until october for the new iMac which will without a doubt have a retina display as well! imagine how amazing that would be. Also will come with the new Haswell processors and most probably better nvidia cards...
As for retina, it would be worthless to make the 27" retina. Retina is defined as pixels being small enough that you cannot distinguish them from a normal viewing distance. The 27 is about 90% there. Having it be even sharper won't make a difference. And I'm 100% sure it won't happen this year since nothing, and I mean nothing could drive a 27" retina display, especially since the iMac uses mobile graphics chips. Rumors are cool, but no way apple will change the entire design of the iMac once more, especially since they JUST got the fused glass thing figured out.