This is one of the most amusing things I have ever read - I think if an EMP hits then I would be more concerned about everything else losing power like aircraft, cars, power stations...
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Apple Announces Lighter, Thinner iMac Models with Fusion Drive
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This is one of the most amusing things I have ever read - I think if an EMP hits then I would be more concerned about everything else losing power like aircraft, cars, power stations...
Some ppl are born to be unhappy and there is nothing in a world that could change that..... including Jesus.
It's too thin
It's too thick
Its too light
It's too heavy
No retina display
No flopy drive and optical drive
No touch screen
Epic fail! I will pass it (because i had no intention of buying it anyway)
Bla bla bla........
It's too thin
It's too thick
Its too light
It's too heavy
No retina display
No flopy drive and optical drive
No touch screen
Epic fail! I will pass it (because i had no intention of buying it anyway)
Bla bla bla........
Yes but the Windows 8 "pro" surface will not arrive until early 2013 and it will likely cost upwards of 1k USD putting it into the Macbook Air price category.
Have use used Windows 8? I have and it is frustrating to use with a mouse and using it on a touch screen in a "laptop" configuration would be tiring.
Based on my usage of Windows 8, I predict that it will be a debacle like Vista.
Some ppl are born to be unhappy and there is nothing in a world that could change that..... including Jesus.
It's too thin
It's too thick
Its too light
It's too heavy
No retina display
No flopy drive and optical drive
No touch screen
Epic fail! I will pass it (because i had no intention of buying it anyway)
Bla bla bla........
I like to think when someone complains about a product is it because they want to like it, I doubt that is always the case, otherwise I wonder why anyone would care.
CD-ROM in new iMac??
OK, so it's thinner and weighs 8 pounds less. But does it come with a CD/DVD-ROM drive? It sits on my desk, it needs the drive slot. My laptop is weight conscious, that's why I have a MacAir, but my desk doesn't really mind the extra 8 pounds. Now, save weight and give me the CD/DVD-ROM drive, preferably Blu-Ray, and then we may be talking.
OK, so it's thinner and weighs 8 pounds less. But does it come with a CD/DVD-ROM drive? It sits on my desk, it needs the drive slot. My laptop is weight conscious, that's why I have a MacAir, but my desk doesn't really mind the extra 8 pounds. Now, save weight and give me the CD/DVD-ROM drive, preferably Blu-Ray, and then we may be talking.
There are possible sales here, we could be future costumers if they did not limited their systems. I can see it working closer to this - It is missing what I need, pass. To, this system does too much, I will not buy it because it has an optical drive. That would be ridiculous, doing more is never going to be a bad thing.
My thoughts exactly. Hence my subject headline, it is for their benefit not ours.
The old 21.5 is now $979 on refurb.
It has 4GB Ram vs 8gb (and was previous generation)
It has 2.5 vs 2.7 i5 CPU
500GB vs 1 TB
USB 2 vs USB 3
And it has the SuperDrive vs the thinner display
Shows you how much profit was in the old one at $1199!
After little thinking, i am in market for 2011 27 incher - if it will be possible to buy them here in my country with some discount - good config of new imac is too expensive here in europe and entry new imac is simply bad machine with that slow hdd
can anyone confirm that ram is not user upgradable. is it soldered on the board or is it propreitry?
also how is it not possible to user replace the hd (normal HD not fusion drive), any evidence in that direction?
these are the only 2 things anyone would ever replace in the computers lifetime. Generally speaking though.
also how is it not possible to user replace the hd (normal HD not fusion drive), any evidence in that direction?
these are the only 2 things anyone would ever replace in the computers lifetime. Generally speaking though.
1. It's faster for me to rip the DVD than to download a digital copy... and I don't have to pay 2.00 again.
2. Yes, very serious about Blu-Ray, why not when they only cost 80.00 or less for the drive. HD rips are still 2 - 4GB+, too large for some people to download.
Sigh.
I've been waiting for probably more than a year for a substantial design change. I miss the drastic design change of the first few iMac models. Since the mid 2000's, it's basically just been Plastic > Aluminum > Screen Ratio > Thinner.
The SD card slot seems hard to access back there. Do most people use a USB cable to transfer their digital photos? I still like to just pull out the card and stick it in my computer. I also understand that some don't need an optical drive, but these are supposed to be all-in-ones, not most-in-ones. It seems silly to have a slick designed computer, with a whole bunch of peripherals hanging around.
My 2007 2.0 Ghz Core 2 Duo needs to be retired...I just don't know what to replace it with.
And even worse...I'm mildly tempted to play with a Dell XPS One 27 when it shows up in a store...
I've been waiting for probably more than a year for a substantial design change. I miss the drastic design change of the first few iMac models. Since the mid 2000's, it's basically just been Plastic > Aluminum > Screen Ratio > Thinner.
The SD card slot seems hard to access back there. Do most people use a USB cable to transfer their digital photos? I still like to just pull out the card and stick it in my computer. I also understand that some don't need an optical drive, but these are supposed to be all-in-ones, not most-in-ones. It seems silly to have a slick designed computer, with a whole bunch of peripherals hanging around.
My 2007 2.0 Ghz Core 2 Duo needs to be retired...I just don't know what to replace it with.
And even worse...I'm mildly tempted to play with a Dell XPS One 27 when it shows up in a store...
Yes, but that day has not come for Blu-Ray.
25GB - 50GB BD-R discs would be nice for backup purposes alone...
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Hopefully Apple uses higher quality SSD drives - preferably enterprise grade drives. In that case, those drives cost about 250.00+...
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How do you archive your home videos or photos? Or what about transfer videos/photos to friends and family? A 10c DVD is still cheaper than a USB drive...
Some ppl are born to be unhappy and there is nothing in a world that could change that..... including Jesus.
It's too thin
It's too thick
Its too light
It's too heavy
No retina display
No flopy drive and optical drive
No touch screen
Epic fail! I will pass it (because i had no intention of buying it anyway)
Bla bla bla........
Epic fail is not being able to spell 'floppy'
Seriously - an untouched DICOM-image usually taxes in at around 10MB. Most peoples' mailbox won't even allow this size of attachment.
Seriously - have you considered the security efforts needed on both sides to have this sensitive data transferred secure.
And seriously - why change? You think optical is "stuck in the past" as Schiller said in his presentation? Guess what, there is no real substitute for cheap optical media to transfer this stuff.
Good luck with that. Seriously. Read customer feedback about early failures on external drives and you'll see what I mean. One day, the icon will just disappear and you've just lost all your movies... and anything else you had on that drive. Hope you've got another external drive to back that one up..... or maybe a friend who will lend you his dvds.....
Yes I have and I think Windows 8 is brilliant. Touch part is brilliant - one click and you have a normal desktop. And whats the problem with the price ? Apple overprices every product.
You're just beeing a fanboy now and not seeing straight.
g r e e d
^ Fail.
Those are the ONLY two things anyone would ever replace / upgrade in a computer's lifetime. But Apple does not want you to do that. They realize that if they solder the memory onto the motherboard and make it damn-near mission impossible to get the hard drive out, then you are at their mercy and have to pay their totally offensive upgrade prices (sometimes double) at the time of purchase.
Sounds like they hired Gordon Gecko as SVP of Hardware Engineering.
^ Fail.
Those are the ONLY two things anyone would ever replace / upgrade in a computer's lifetime. But Apple does not want you to do that. They realize that if they solder the memory onto the motherboard and make it damn-near mission impossible to get the hard drive out, then you are at their mercy and have to pay their totally offensive upgrade prices (sometimes double) at the time of purchase.
Sounds like they hired Gordon Gecko as SVP of Hardware Engineering.
Apple doesn't make any money off of you.. so you don't matter. Buy that CD again- this time from iTunes, or better yet, buy the album again, store it in the iCloud, and let Apple make money off of you forever.
Think like a smart businessman and you'll start to understand their logic.
I use DVDs a lot, because I am watching all my movie content through my laptop .. and the local Blockbuster is still a lot cheaper and has (in some areas) a better selection then iTunes.
I do burn CDs both data (mostly images) or music for family and friends most of them are not that tech savy and wouldn't know how to access a dropbox share. Besides, a CD cost .10$ so I happy to just give it away, where a USB drive is still a couple bucks and one doesn't hord them in bulks to give away (well at least I don't).
Not everybody in this world is ready to move away from cheap and easy to use storage media quite yet and while I get the urge for thinner and lighter in mobile devices (incl. laptops) it just doesn't make sense to me for a desktop machine.
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Silly ass-umption on your part, no excuses.
Yes I use it all the time for my clients, sometimes I wish it wrote a tiny bit faster.
What is worse than your silly assumption (it is "silly", not just "petty", or "incorrect", or a "lapsus" but it is also ) is that we are talking about a desktop here.
Is that the best you can come up with?
Try speaking 5 languages like i do... you moron