It is a selling point amongst HDTVs to emphasize the thinness of the screen and the bezzle.
If a 2012 iMac is your 1st Mac then congrats. It's a beauty of a visual and I can see someone in that position wanting to defend it like it's their kid. But to someone like myself who has owned multiple iterations of Macs, I expected more. When the dimensions of the iMac make a bigger splash than what's inside of the Mac itself, to me it's not a good sign.
The only thing that impresses me about the new Mac is that it's 11 pounds lighter than before. That's way more significant than a thinner edge especially when you need to move it around for whatever reason. I'm surprised they haven't marketed a real positive like its weight reduction like they have the all too important thinner edge.
With that said, the 2012 Mac is an easy Steve Nash no look pass for me. Can't wait to see what Apple surprises us with down the line whether good or bad.
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Exactly! Last month I was thinking of upgrading this iMac7,1 that I bought over 5 years ago.
First I wanted to upgrade the CPU ($150), RAM ($100) and finally SSD ($200). Once I added that all up it was the cost of my iMac, used.
Now if I sold my iMac and added the cost of the upgrades I get $900-1000, the price of a new 2011 iMac. Add a bit more and I get the 2012 model with the newest I/O that you can never buy via upgradeable parts.
Going PC is ok if you upgrade biannually like how most gamers do. But if you're an economic gamer you'd rather buy all three video consoles and stick to them for a decade. No need to upgrade except for perhaps the HDTV.
Now when I get my iMac I plan to use it for at least 3 years before contemplating opening it up to upgrade the SSD so I can max its 600MB/s write/read speed.
I read something interesting a couple of months back targeting the people who always whine about expandability. It was something along the lines of this -
So you have had your computer for three years and it is time to upgrade? Ok, so new graphics card. Oh wait that card requires a new motherboard. Alright then may as well. Oh crap now my ram is not compatible with it, oh well RAM is cheap anyway may as well upgrade that too. Hmm my storage usage seems to be a lot higher these days, i need to invest in a new hard drive. Holy crap did I just upgrade everything in my computer? I may as well just have bought a whole new one, oh wait that would go against my motto of upgrade instead of buying a whole new system. Hmm those iMacs look nice.. I heard they run very cool, very quiet and look better than anything else on the market.