Just talked to OWC and they said yes but since this is all new they said call back in 2 days when they will have more info.
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Apple Announces New 27-Inch iMac With 10th-Gen Processors, Up to 128GB RAM, 1080p Webcam, True Tone, and More
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Even OWC is a ripoff. You can use $120 32gb DDR4 2666 Sodimms to get to the 128gb of RAM. Apple is paying less than that. Shows you how much Apple milks us on the upgrades
Sadly with the T2 chip, SSD is likely soldered in on these new imacs which is probably the only advantage with the previous models which allow you to use an adapter and use industry standard M.2 NVME SSD's.
I see SSD now standard across the board. Can you downgrade to Fusion drive, or "upgrade" for more storage? I didn't get into the BTO weeds. Much needed upgrade, but so obviously the last of the Intel iMacs.
I'd be interested in figuring out what would be the best "bridge" 27" iMac for the next 3-5 years, when we're hopefully into our 2nd or 3rd generation of Apple silicon iMacs. I have a late 2013 15" MacBook Pro, and I'm not sure it's going to last another 3-5 years. I have modest computing needs (photo editing and light video editing, and the standard email browsing, etc.), so I'm thinking of either the middle model and bumping up the SSD to 1TB, or the same with the highest model. Better processor and graphics card, which may not that critical to me, but the price difference is only $200. Or just wait it out, but I want a larger screen sooner rather than later, and the larger iMacs may be one of the last to update to the new processors. Bezels do not bother me!
Not really, who wants to get stuck with WiFi 6? If you really care about 6 you’ll want 6E instead.
With the T2 chip and no HDD available, I'm pretty sure fusion is out and so is the ability to upgrade the SSDs.
I need the QUIETEST and yet fastest iMac possible. 8-core i7 or 10-core i9? I do pro audio and more cores usually does not help.
And which Radeon Pro? And would the nano-glass help with cooling, I wonder....
And which Radeon Pro? And would the nano-glass help with cooling, I wonder....
The RAM and storage baseline on the iMac are still ridiculous. Note the price increase for bumping both up a bit.
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The SSD is more than likely using the same ones as the iMac Pro and Mac Pro. Flash only modules with the T2 handling the controller responsibilities.
If by “Just around the corner”, you mean, “Actually shipping in 6-9 months depending on yields”, then sure, by all means, wait.
AIOs from other vendors look nicer these days. The HP one looks great, even though it's obviously plastic.
I wonder if the problem is that all the designers have gone digital and don't know how to design physical things anymore. I mean, there was a time when Apple pioneered whole new ways of making and forming aluminum - which was considered impractical before Apple started mass-produced aluminum Macs.
Apple makes so few things these days that they're losing their touch. You have to practice making things.
I wonder if the problem is that all the designers have gone digital and don't know how to design physical things anymore. I mean, there was a time when Apple pioneered whole new ways of making and forming aluminum - which was considered impractical before Apple started mass-produced aluminum Macs.
Apple makes so few things these days that they're losing their touch. You have to practice making things.
Then you need the iMac Pro.
Why do so many people feel they “need” a new design? I spend a lot of time staring at my screen but zero time staring at the bezels. The current design is perfectly adequate.
From a marketing viewpoint, it wouldn’t make sense for Apple to spend a lot of money on a new design for a product line that is nearing end of life (This may very well be the last Intel desktop Apple introduces.) It would make more sense to save the new design concepts for Apple Silicon machines.
From a marketing viewpoint, it wouldn’t make sense for Apple to spend a lot of money on a new design for a product line that is nearing end of life (This may very well be the last Intel desktop Apple introduces.) It would make more sense to save the new design concepts for Apple Silicon machines.
The 8-core i7 will likely run cooler, at least under full load, then the 10-core i9.
As for GPU, I would go with the base 5500 since it will run the coolest and audio apps generally don't call on the GPU, I am guessing.
Given the cost of with that option you almost expect variations to how the heat cooling is now being done, along with GPU’s. Waiting for iFixIt teardown to view internal changes, even if it is using the same enclosure.
The i9 is custom and locked at a 95w TDP and Radeon Pro GPUs are always slightly down-clocked from their non-Pro cousins. Eliminating spinning rust also reduces inside temps as well. We’ll see if Apple engineers added any additional cooling for this model as they had to completely rework the motherboard to accommodate the T2 and the NAND module sockets for the SSD.
I’m guessing it’s the same new high quality mics from the 2019/2020 MacBook Pros they were crowing about when those machines launched.
You guys are really good at continuously moving the bar on what these things actually are. I love "minimum SSD" especially.
Why is that the people who the BTO models are meant for always want themselves to be a base model user?
I was really hoping for a redesign. Some commenters are saying this design is from 2012 but I would go back to 2009 (since the computer is rarely viewed from the side and it's identical to the 2009 one from the front). I'm in the market for a new desktop, but I'm gonna feel dumb if the Apple Processor iMac with touchscreen comes out later this year.
Because a Windows 10 sucks, but you can build yourself anything your heart desires and macOS is way better (no matter how much this crew denies it), but Apple doesn’t cater to their whims and it pisses them off, so they come here to whine about it every time Apple updates their Mac hardware. Every. Single. Time.
They’re still crying about USB-A, SD Card, MagSafe and a lighted Apple logo nearly FOUR years later at the same fevered pitch. Four years. Cannot imagine how many have restraining orders against them from ex-girlfriends/ex-wives.