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Apple Adds New 256 GB and 512 GB Flash Storage Options to iMac
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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.
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'.
Damn
I just got my 27inch iMac a few weeks ago and the 256GB flash option is what I wanted. I already have a 4TB NAS so all my computers just have SSD's
I just got my 27inch iMac a few weeks ago and the 256GB flash option is what I wanted. I already have a 4TB NAS so all my computers just have SSD's
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
$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
Yes, that is by design. There is NO QUESTION that Apple has designed its rMBP and the new iMac in order to require Apple upgrades if you want. Then they price it ridiculous. The problem is that people PAY so as long as they pay, Apple will price accordingly.
still holding off
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.
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.
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.
This is why Tim Cook said he wished he waited until now to release them.
5400RPM drives in 2013...jeez, what a stupid move.
No only do they require you to remove the logic board to upgrade memory on the 21.5" but on the rMBP, they solder the memory to the board and the Flash drive is a proprietary connector so you can't really choose a new drive. YOu can get an OWC drive or live with the luck of the draw from Apple and/or pay the HUGE Apple Tax to upgrade through them. Just imagine when your $2799 + Tax rMBP memory fails on the 14th month of ownership. Your stuck with a $1.5K bill to replace the logic board.
Oh.... you could spend $350 + Tax and have it fail on the 38th month.
Oh.... but I suspect Apple thinks this will entice many people to keep upgrading to new Macbooks, vs take the chance. It is unethical in my opinion.
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There is no question I would buy the old iMac over the new one. At least the old one you can hack into to upgrade the drive if you wanted, the new one is just thin for the sake of thin but takes all practicality out of the machine. I don't need something that appears thin but is actually as thick as the old one except at the edge
There is no question I would buy the old iMac over the new one. At least the old one you can hack into to upgrade the drive if you wanted, the new one is just thin for the sake of thin but takes all practicality out of the machine. I don't need something that appears thin but is actually as thick as the old one except at the edge
I actually believe everything you just said. And I don't feel mocked.
If you gave me the option between being given 'the best' PC desktop or having to buy my own iMac, I'd choose the iMac
Regular People on these threads have been already setting up Raid 0 setups on these since their release with a blade ssd and a regular 830 ssd. Why would you pay more for an 830 than an 840 pro? I think these are great machines, but 256gb ssds could be made standard or at least 1TB fusion on the higher end 21.5 and 27. Capitalism is a plague!
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Elect...=1367503240&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung+512gb+ssd
Just a bit of a mark-up Apple..
Just a bit of a mark-up Apple..
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Yes, but when it turns out that what one is getting performs as well as what one was asking for then one should be satisfied
That's how I felt when I learned last year about how 5400 drives had improved to the point of what I was really asking for. I used to complain about them being in the iMacs too but once someone told me that I was like "oh, my mistake."
