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Build-to-Order Pricing for New iMac Models Revealed
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Correct. Except the original poster I was quoting was buying a 27".
...and a discrete graphics processor (not just HD4000), much more internal storage, and greater RAM options. But you are correct it is not a mac pro.
We got an original IBM PC at launch for that price: 0.00477GHz, 320x200x4 graphics, 0.000016GB RAM, 0.00016GB storage. Bandwidth measured in feet per second. Monitor not included.
31 years later, for the same price we're getting something 2800x faster, 345x pixels & color depth, 1,000,000x more memory, and 6,250,000x greater storage. Incomparable bandwidth. Everything included in monitor.
Never mind that the value of a dollar has dropped to 1/3rd in the meantime.
Now get off my lawn.
Well 31 years later there are alternatives to something that 2800x faster, 345x pixels & color depth, 1,000,000x more memory, and 6,250,000x greater storage and costs less than $2000.
And at the same 31 years later, a 32GB RAM upgrade from 8GB out there cost much less than $600.
Why should people get off your lawn? No one standing on it anyway
When you can't buy enough RAM from Samsung it gets expensive
LOL. Newegg had 8GB of GSkill on sale for 24.99. Apple must be including a big bottle of KY at that price.
When you can't buy enough RAM from Samsung it gets expensive
There is a lot of truth here. Now we all start to pay the price for Apple's war on Samsung. Inferior components at higher cost. Too bad we're all not Apple lawyers.
Are those people who complain about the RAM prices teenagers or what? what planet are they living on? Apple has been overcharging on RAM since day one.
I guess that justifies it.
Dear friend. The iMac is NOT a pro machine.
1) Screen: Every frackin screen issue with Apple (yellow imac, retina mbp, ipad) has been due to LG screens. Now all screens on iMac are LG. God only knows what will be wrong with these. Pros can not use these reject screens.
All companies develop faults at one point in product cycle.. No one is perfect... so i don't blame LG for this at all... I've had my ipad 3 since the day got it, and *never* been in for service due to screen issue or anything.....
Its just a bad batch.
Its like saying, "I'm never gonna use Verbatim because my 50 spindle Duel Layer discs i bought (half was bad)"
These days, people actually *expect* perfection, if that doesn't happen, they move on..... no second chances.....
Are you saying if these screens were from Samsung, we wouldn't have these issues?
I can't help but think that if they invested less into making it thinner, or even kept the previous thinness (it's a desktop
But, thin wins with Apple.
Then how would Apple be different from all the other PC manufacturers? There's a ton of manufacturers who can pack more specs into a box and call that innovation. Super-thin, beautiful, the wow factor; it's something you can't quantify, and is in part what makes Apple, Apple.
No, we're not paying for any war. Read the post above you. This is nothing new in Apple's world.
I was thinking of getting 16Gb of RAM, now I'm NOT getting the Apple RAM for obvious reasons. But would I be better off getting 2x 8Gb and adding it to give me 24Gb and the option to get 16Gb later and just sacrificing the 8Gb of Apple RAM? or get 8Gb and jsut get 32Gb later if needed?
I have heard sometimes there can be conflict between different brands of RAM so adding 8Gb might cause problems?
I don't think I'll need 32Gb yet, but 16Gb is a nice boost and should last 3-4 years without needing more.
I have heard sometimes there can be conflict between different brands of RAM so adding 8Gb might cause problems?
I don't think I'll need 32Gb yet, but 16Gb is a nice boost and should last 3-4 years without needing more.
Not even GTX 690 can withstand the next 5 years tech.
I've heard the samw tune for 6970M back then on iMac 2011. Well it was barely able to play Battlefield 3 on native resolution. Not even that smooth on 1080p.
And 1 year later, Battlefield 3 is not even the baddest boy out there. Ican feel my GPU pushed a bit far now. They want you to buy new things, not caving inwith the same hw for5 years. Nothing on this new iMac would work well or decent for the next 5years standard.
Awesome! want one! Have reservations....
OK... I didn't read through the whole forum, but the whole idea of not having an optical drive bothers me. I know it is super thin and the design is really sick looking... But the missing drive, I can't over look... I don't burn a ton of cd's or dvd's but in the event that I need to I don't want to have to burn desk space for an external... Hints?
OK... I didn't read through the whole forum, but the whole idea of not having an optical drive bothers me. I know it is super thin and the design is really sick looking... But the missing drive, I can't over look... I don't burn a ton of cd's or dvd's but in the event that I need to I don't want to have to burn desk space for an external... Hints?
External are not that big these days and the glorified superdrive looks elegant
Sucks big time they think imac needs to be more thin, anyway its apple.
That made me laugh out loud. Best thing I read today!
Cheers! Now lets see how much the wife laughs! I'm thinking her reaction will be more of a
than a Good thing its being paid for from my injury settlement. "Honest Honey, the doctor said spending $3k on a new iMac would make me feel better!"
What do you need more then 16 Gbs of ram for?
Not so much that, but why in this form factor? It seems that when you get to those RAM requirements, an AIO isn't really what you're after, you either need better graphics, better sound, better (bigger?) display, more processing power, etc. which are not satisfied by the iMac but more so by the Mac Pro??
It's called staying on topic.
And to keep on topic, I want one of these to replace my 2007 24" iMac!
Yes, here's a simple hint. If you hardly ever use the external, put it in a cupboard until you need it.
Think of it as a bottle of tomato ketchup... when you don't need it, there's no point having it on the table.
Thinness is an innovation. If you don't think so, try listing what you think are Apple's past innovations, and see how quickly others tell you they really aren't innovations.
If your home or office has several Macs that lack an optical drive, you can buy a single drive and move it from one machine to another, depending on who needs it.