Can't believe the standard drive is 5400RPM. What a joke.
Can't believe the standard drive is 5400RPM. What a joke.
Those prices are laughable, you can get a Crucial M500 960GB for $600 the 480GB is $380 the 240GB is $200, only the clueless 'average consumer' would pay for that 'deal'.
I wish it was easy to install your own drive. I would get the cheapest drive option on the iMac and throw it away and put my own in just like I do with Memory.
November/December, Apple releases new iMacs, 2 months later option for Vesa mount, 2 months later SSD options, what's next, 2 months we get Retina.![]()
My beef with all of this is that the HDD is the one component of the iMac that regularly fails. So it's good they are offering Flash storage, but that should be standard (at least a small Flash drive) with a secondary HDD (fusion option) UNLESS they would build the iMac to where the HDD is user serviceable without having to totally disassemble the unit. If they would provide easy access to the HDD, I would be motivated to buy.
I've replaced the HDD 4 times in our 24" Alum iMac (without using the apple service centers). Other than that, it's been a great machine.
LOL,
$135 256GB SSD + $165 Apple Tax = $300 + 7% Tax = $321 for a $135 SSD
$325 512GB SSD + $275 Apple Tax = $600 + 7% Tax = $642 for a $325 SSD
And Apple gets to keep the $60 1TB 7200RPM Drive.
Pretty good deal for Apple
It's not 1998 anymore, back when 5400rpm drives were actually slow.
The sheer density of the things often makes a 5400rpm drive quicker than 7200rpm drives were only 3 or 4 years ago.
No joke, so really not so bad either.
Wait for it - you'll be told that 5400 RPM is "good enough" and why the Mac is still better than a PC even with an antiquated, slow HD that costs stupid-high amounts of money.
For example, the iMac is thin! Take THAT, Microsoft Fanboys!!
So wouldn't today's 7200rpm drives be even faster?
Can't believe the standard drive is 5400RPM. What a joke.