What is Haswell?
I keep reading this term but don't know what it means.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_(microarchitecture)
What is Haswell?
I keep reading this term but don't know what it means.
What is Haswell?
I keep reading this term but don't know what it means.
it's a new CPU
Retina is highly unlikely to show up in the iMac for this generation. Think another 3-4 years out for that one.
I happen to think a retina is possible on the next revision, or the revision after that. The leading indicators will be to see if Apple phases out non-retina MBP's after the next refreshes and also if the Air will go retina.
However, it is clear Apple wants to make use of retina and so I doubt they will want to develop all this retina code/graphics only to be used on a small minority of their products.
Do GPU's that could drive a 27" retina display with decent performance even exist today?
Um... yeah. The top end GPU for the 2012 27" is the fastest mobile graphics card out there and only slightly underperforms the fastest desktop cards.
Do you have any basis for that? As far as I've seen, the 680MX is on par with 660Ti which is not just "slightly underperforms" the 680(desktop).
iMacs now have glued-in screens, laptop drives, and inaccessible RAM. Cheap crap, and totally unsuitable for Apple's desktop computers.
Yes, my basis is that the 680MX in the iMac returns almost 7000 points in Futuremark. $500 desktop 680 GTX card that sounds like a hairdryer and sucks over 250 watts by itself returns about 10,000.
30% less performance and something tiny, quiet, and low power draw that fits in an all-in-one? Yeah, that's pretty damn impressive.
If someone needs better performance than the 680MX then they can get a dedicated gaming rig.
With Apple degrading its product with every iteration, waiting is no longer a good idea.
iMacs now have glued-in screens, laptop drives, and inaccessible RAM. Cheap crap, and totally unsuitable for Apple's desktop computers.
When you look at the quality regressions across the entire line, and technical fiascoes like the (also degraded) Lightning connector, there's a lot to be worried about in regard to Apple's technical acumen.
the 21" would have been perfect if we could upgrade RAM ourselves as we can on the 27".