Thanks that helped quite abit. Yeah I'm now thinking gettin the low end 27inch but I guess we will have to wait and see if the same screen sizes will be used.
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2012 iMac - next big date?
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Thanks that helped quite abit. Yeah I'm now thinking gettin the low end 27inch but I guess we will have to wait and see if the same screen sizes will be used.
I have a 24" iMac too, but with an external monitor. I love having an external monitor ... gives me much more space than a 27" and it's non-reflective, which makes it substantially easier to calibrate & profile with a spectrophotometer for my photography (glossy iMacs are notoriously difficult to profile with high-end gear). At any rate, with an external monitor I'm seriously considering just getting a 21" iMac; it'll save me money, free up my desk, and be around the same resolution(s) as I'm used to.
Oh no a Grammar troll. I thought I was bashing out a quick message on a forum; not an article for the New York Times... SOrwy
That must be the sign we all waited for, "out of stock in Greece". One of the worlds most affluent countries... Launch is coming baby!
Yeh no problem man. I think you will be very happy with the low end 27. Its actually a very wise choice. I was going to go for top spec. But I might bring that back a little bit. It might just be overkill.
I've never regretted spending that bit extra on things you use the most in day to day life. It's better to punch above your weight slightly than to underestimate your needs. It's cool to have some growing room. Maybe you don't do photoshop or videos now but in the future you might want to.
I think only having a single Thunderbolt display at $999 is a mistake which is costing Apple lost sales to Macbook and Mac Mini owners who instead bought Dells or Samsungs etcetera. Hopefully they'll expand the line with more affordable, less expensive model.
If not it's likely because they want to keep the $999 price-point (Apple likes to keep its price-tiers in place) in preparation for Retina displays next year.
If you need buy it but if not i'd rather suggest you to wait till 23/10 ,because Apple's event is just behind the corner
Well that's what I'm referring to, once it goes on sale (which I'm hoping will be in the next few days) I want to be decided on which one to go for right away.
I'm hoping the lower 27" will still be able to handle reasonably heavy photo and video editing in 4-5+ years time.
Have you ever visited a little site called MacRumors?
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/10/18/new-imac-and-mac-mini-models-to-retain-current-pricing-add-8-gb-ram-module-options/
Have you ever visited a little site called MacRumors?
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/10/18/new-imac-and-mac-mini-models-to-retain-current-pricing-add-8-gb-ram-module-options/
I'm saying not necessarily at the mini event.
I'm saying not necessarily at the mini event.
You should be. In Apple's history they have never once had an event to announce new hardware only to announce more hardware later that week (after all the reporters have gone home).
It's really hard to make that assessment without a spec sheet. However, outside of suggesting to BTO an SSD as a second drive if it doesn't come standard, the choices Apple could reasonably make for a 2012 low 27" should satisfy that need for a long time. The curveball would be if 4K video starts becoming more prevalent; then you may want a better CPU in sooner than 4 years.
Well they have been known to issue press releases shortly after the event, generally the same day, to cover stuff they didn't want to put on stage.
TV and monitor manufacturers are hoping it will come $ooner than later; they just voted to rename it Ultra High Definition:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57535570-221/ultra-high-definition-officially-replaces-4k/
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They sell 5 million iMacs a year, and sales have been increasing even though they haven't advertised the damn things. I'd like to meet the person who thinks Apple's going to update iMacs silently just a day or two after having a major media event.
They sell 5 million iMacs a year, and sales have been increasing even though they haven't advertised the damn things. I'd like to meet the person who thinks Apple's going to update iMacs silently just a day or two after having a major media event.
Depends on how different they actually look. Most iMac refreshes are, in fact, silent.
I *think* they go on stage next week, but it's like 60/40.
I have a real problem with SSD, it's just too expensive to get a drive that is of a useful size. Anything under 500GB is going to be filled too quickly and I may as well just go with a HDD because that is where the majority of my stuff is stored.
What ever happens I'll constantly be trying to empty the SSD drive and I'm not sure if that is the best thing to be doing?
That's why I said as a second drive. Keep your apps & OS on the SSD for performance and your data on the HDD for capacity.
Top spec iMac 27 with extra graphics is currently £1,729.
So hopefully the new model will be the same if not slightly less expensive (as I'm sure the new ones will have pretty much the same processor :S).
Saying that the top 27 should start with i7 IMO.
With both internally in the iMac? How easy is it to partition where things are stored, if I'm editing a project on final cut pro x, how will I know if it's being saved on the SSD or the HDD?
Maybe Apple has a OLED display in the works for the iMac. If I were going to GO and mean FO. I would go OLED panel in the iMac.
I am for the first time in years truly excited about the future iMac. Even look forward to see what they have done with the Mac Mini Which I hate but still look forward to it.
I am for the first time in years truly excited about the future iMac. Even look forward to see what they have done with the Mac Mini Which I hate but still look forward to it.
The entry 21.5" (hopefully 24") should start with i7 IMO. It's such an sneaky/miserly decision to use an i5.
No it's not. Not everyone needs that horsepower. I certainly don't and appreciate them not making me pay more for some extra specs I have no intentions of ever using. It's the base model for a reason.
TV and monitor manufacturers are hoping it will come $ooner than later; they just voted to rename it Ultra High Definition:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57535570-221/ultra-high-definition-officially-replaces-4k/
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They sell 5 million iMacs a year, and sales have been increasing even though they haven't advertised the damn things. I'd like to meet the person who thinks Apple's going to update iMacs silently just a day or two after having a major media event.
You should go read up some on past iMacs launches. Check the archive on this site. It's been many years since last time they had stage time. It's usually only with complete redesigns. It might be redesigned Tuesday, but it might just as we'll be a silent launch on the homepage like usual. I'm with 42 on this one. Probably 60/40.
Actually, just the fact that they don't advertise the iMacs should tell you at it often won't get stage time.
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