Apple has added a new feature which has existed for ages, SSD caching and released their own iteration, hardly groundbreaking.
Short, sweet and to the point. Sites like the Verge should hire this guy.
What kind of useless questions are these? Sure I'll have a stab at being on the opposite end then:
Does anyone use the Super Drive? No.
Does removing the Super Drive allow the iMac to be eight pounds lighter? Yes
Did Apple add any new features? Fusion Drive
Can you install more than 16GB of ram? Yes.
Does it perform better? Yes. Fusion Drive + Ivy Bridge + 1536 CUDA cores GFX + 32GB ram + less reflection on the display
What is the point in making it so thin?
Especially when you sacrifice a lot of usable features to do it?
its sucks that it is not a retina display. I have rmbp i cant go to non retina device anymore
Apple's insistence on making imacs $1200 "disposable" appliances is really making my choices difficult. Get what I can afford in a case much better designed for usability and suffer with an inferior OS or overpay for sealed hardware that limits choice and usability for the sake of a better OS. I honestly don't know which way I'll go when my current system becomes unusably outdated.
Gotta love the new iMac design.
Does it make the iMac less tall? No. (Limited by the screen height)
Does it make the iMac less wide? No. (Limited by the screen width)
Does it improve the iMac depth wise? No. (Limited by the stand)
Does it improve thermals? No. (Slightly less heat dissipated in a lot less volume)
Did Apple take away features? Yes. (Super Drive replaced with an internal plastic wedge).
Way to innovate, Apple.
Form over function.
Looks over use.
Looks pretty nice to me
but
What kind of monster uses their mouse on the left hand side. I mean, seriously. I'm super left handed and I can't even imagine doing that.
The thing is damn sexy. It's the natural evolution of the computer, Apple is just doing it first. Watch 10 years from now, maybe 15, towers will be extremely rare thing.
I think you're a bit mistaken. I'll help you out a bit on those first two:
Does anyone use the Super Drive aka CD/DVD drive? Yes. People do still use them. Removing them on laptops as Apple keeps doing is one thing to reduce weight, removing them from a desktop is pointless. Having one in a desktop does not hinder use of the desktop, removing it from a desktop limits what the desktop can do.
Does removing the Super Drive allow the iMac to be eight pounds lighter? Yes it does. But again it's another irrelevant design reason. The iMac is a stationary desktop. Mac Pros weigh nearly 50 lbs in some cases. There's no need for an ultra portable desktop. That's why we have laptops and tablets. Bragging that the super drive removal saves weight on a laptop is great design, on a desktop it's pointless. Also a super drive doesn't weight 8 lbs, more like a 1lb.
There was no reason to remove the Super Drive on a desktop computer at this point in time. Yes we may overall use them less, but still it wasn't a critical design reason that prompted the removal, it was Apple's bizarre obsession with thin electronics. And thin for a desktop doesn't mean much.
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Form over function.
Looks over use.
The thing is damn sexy. It's the natural evolution of the computer, Apple is just doing it first. Watch 10 years from now, maybe 15, towers will be extremely rare thing.
All the whinny people on this forum are a disappointment to me. If you don't like it, don't buy it.
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Is you lack of English the reason you sound like a whinny, spoiled brat? But, hey, cool story bro.
Form over function.
Looks over use.
All the whinny people on this forum are a disappointment to me. If you don't like it, don't buy it.
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Is you lack of English the reason you sound like a whinny, spoiled brat? But, hey, cool story bro.