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2012 iMac - next big date?
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Am I the only one a bit disappointed that the i7 processor isn't even standard with the best 27"?
I don't really want to pay extra for an upgraded processor, you pay £1600 for a computer you expect it to have the updated processor.
Is it worth the money to upgrade to i7, what do you reckon?
I don't really want to pay extra for an upgraded processor, you pay £1600 for a computer you expect it to have the updated processor.
Is it worth the money to upgrade to i7, what do you reckon?
27"
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
Configurable to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX with 2GB of GDDR5 memory.
1TB (7200-rpm) hard drive
Configurable to 3TB hard drive, 1TB or 3TB Fusion*Drive, or 768GB of flash storage.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
Configurable to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX with 2GB of GDDR5 memory.
1TB (7200-rpm) hard drive
Configurable to 3TB hard drive, 1TB or 3TB Fusion*Drive, or 768GB of flash storage.
the store is back, but I can't pre-order or even see BTO options?! I just have to sit here and look at it for a month and a half and try to hold onto my money?! 
store is back down now... can't wait to see how expensive the fusion drive and 32GB of ram make it...
It appears that the 27" model includes user-accessible RAM slots, but the 21" does not
The 27" does not have soldered on memory:
"Or add more memory to the 27-inch model yourself by popping open the easy-to-access memory panel on the back."
per: http://www.apple.com/imac/performance/
"Or add more memory to the 27-inch model yourself by popping open the easy-to-access memory panel on the back."
per: http://www.apple.com/imac/performance/
The new iMac looks awesome.
Pretty much everything i hoped for in an evolutionary redesign. Good riddance ODD! Been nice knowing you
If you buy a desktop on how it looks then you are the perfect fodder for Apple, idiots who want to look good rather that have the ultimate in performance.
"8GB (two 4GB) of 1600MHz DDR3 memory; four user-accessible SO-DIMM slots
Configurable to 16GB or 32GB."
http://www.apple.com/imac/specs/
Configurable to 16GB or 32GB."
http://www.apple.com/imac/specs/
It blows my mind people say stuff like this. Apple's reemergence is owed to design and innovation, not crazy benchmark eclipsing performance. That's what Apple is. A hardware DESIGN company. This is what Steve Jobs built and always envisioned. Pioneering the design, form and function of devices and technology.
Yet when new products are released people (like you) get whiny that they'll under-perform competitors. How is this still a surprise to anyone? If you think the performance is lacking and you don't care about design or size, go buy a competitor's product. Then, in two years when that company tries to cram all of that hardware into a design they ape'd from Apple you can come back here to complain again why Apple isn't pioneering some great performance achievements.
I repeat, they are a hardware DESIGN company. (Although that trend, as James Dyson recently stated with the following, "Apple's success as a technology company is built on hardware. The current fixation with digital is misplaced." is starting to blur.)
Did you honestly expect Apple to refresh the iMac with mind blowing guts?
There's a reason they engrave 'Designed by Apple in California' on products.
That seals it for me. Had been undecided between 21' and i7 or 27' and i5. The 27' it will be
You are right it is gone. Personally I never have used it, but am sure most mac users prefer firewire and are used to it more than usb, it kind of sucks for those who do have a lot of devices hooked up with firewire.
Holy...
"If you choose the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX on the 27-inch iMac," ...
So top 27 stock will be 675MX or 680M.
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