Right now I have a late 2012 13" MB Air. It runs well and is good shape. The air just had the SSD wiped and a clean install of the OS. Will wait to go to OS10.11 if an updated driver for my printer is released.
I use it for surfing email picture editing. Very little heavy lifting stuff. Small drawing program I use for rough sketches when out and about but the iPad Pro with the pencil amazes me and will improve my work flow.
IF a functioning usable version of Solidworks were to be release for the iPad Pro I would be in hog heaven. Getting a new solid works box next year so no need to get a really powerful version.
I could keep the Air and get a new printer (hence the driver issue) and the iPad Pro and be done.
SO the question.
I have been wanting a full up all around general desktop computer, a Late 2015 4k iMac 21" and upgrade the memory from 8 to 16Gig, 5400 to SSD would be nice.
BUT the 21 is Broadwell and does not have a discrete Graphics card. A 27" is just to big to me. But at least it has Skylake and a discrete graphics card.
Apple reps in the Best Buys tell me to just get the 5K 27" with a fusion drive and be done with it.
Is the 4k 21" with Broadwell and iris pro that bad????? Would waiting for the 21" 4K to get Skylake be worth the wait?????
Are the Apple reps at the best buys right just get a 5k 27" with fusion drive off the shelf and be done with it even though I think its too big for me????
This computer will be mainly for email, web use, word processing, very light picture editing cropping and such, maybe some 1080p video in the future but no rendering just simple editing. I will not sell the Air just keep it as a mobile use until I can get an iPad pro.
ALSO price makes NO difference just performance for now, value, and the space factor.
What I could do::::?????
21 4k -- 3.1GHz quad Core i5, 16GB, 256 SSD…. $1949 BTO
27 5K -- 3.2GHz quad Core i5, 8GB, 1TB Fusion Drive, Radeon R9 M390…. $1999 off the shelf
I use it for surfing email picture editing. Very little heavy lifting stuff. Small drawing program I use for rough sketches when out and about but the iPad Pro with the pencil amazes me and will improve my work flow.
IF a functioning usable version of Solidworks were to be release for the iPad Pro I would be in hog heaven. Getting a new solid works box next year so no need to get a really powerful version.
I could keep the Air and get a new printer (hence the driver issue) and the iPad Pro and be done.
SO the question.
I have been wanting a full up all around general desktop computer, a Late 2015 4k iMac 21" and upgrade the memory from 8 to 16Gig, 5400 to SSD would be nice.
BUT the 21 is Broadwell and does not have a discrete Graphics card. A 27" is just to big to me. But at least it has Skylake and a discrete graphics card.
Apple reps in the Best Buys tell me to just get the 5K 27" with a fusion drive and be done with it.
Is the 4k 21" with Broadwell and iris pro that bad????? Would waiting for the 21" 4K to get Skylake be worth the wait?????
Are the Apple reps at the best buys right just get a 5k 27" with fusion drive off the shelf and be done with it even though I think its too big for me????
This computer will be mainly for email, web use, word processing, very light picture editing cropping and such, maybe some 1080p video in the future but no rendering just simple editing. I will not sell the Air just keep it as a mobile use until I can get an iPad pro.
ALSO price makes NO difference just performance for now, value, and the space factor.
What I could do::::?????
21 4k -- 3.1GHz quad Core i5, 16GB, 256 SSD…. $1949 BTO
27 5K -- 3.2GHz quad Core i5, 8GB, 1TB Fusion Drive, Radeon R9 M390…. $1999 off the shelf