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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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It's good for Ethernet based storage. I want to eventually be able to edit right off my server. I have no idea what goes into that.
Yes. Probably the last time it will be user upgradable as well. Another plus for opting for this last Intel iMac
Hopefully Macrumors will find out. Don’t think it would improve HDR just glare it seems.
There will *always* be a better computer if you wait a while.
I am hoping for Apple silicon Mac Mini so I can go modular and move away from the AIO. Never liked the idea that if one thing goes wrong the whole things is down or if you want to upgrade it is all or nothing. Decent upgrade and if my dream Mac Mini is not announced in the next few months this may be my upgrade from my 2015 iMac.
I bought my iMac refurbished, so the Core i9 ended up being cheaper overall. I was ambivalent about the 6-Core as it had no hyperthreading in 9th Gen. we can debate the merits of HT or no HT, but I wanted an 8-Core as that is the sweet spot for most of us nowadays (YMMV). I opted for the Vega 48, so I left nothing on the table CPU or GPU-wise. That being said, the iMac’s thermal envelope has suffered from two things - lack of investment into the chassis by Apple over 8 years and Intel’s increasingly hilarious definition of actual TDP as they try to eke out diminishing returns by upping clock speed and turbo boost speeds while they try to market their way out of the ego-induced CJ that is 10nm.
Given what the iMac’s mission is, as an AIO, I understand that some performance is getting left on the table in relation to a liquid-cooled PC tower, which is what the 9900K and 10900K really need to maintain higher boost clocks under load for a longer period of time than what Apple does.
Apple opting not to build a liquid-cooled tower is their prerogative, and I’m not buying a Mac Pro. I have zero desire to overclock a PC at this point, regardless. Put it on the desk, fire it up and it works is what I want. No BIOS tweaking, no add this CPU cooler, or build this closed loop system. Open box, plug in, work. Anything else is just a waste of my time. Exit Windows, exit a custom build, exit tweaking of this or that stage right.
What your point? The VW Beetle was the same from 1939-2003. Similar with the Mini. You don’t change good design for no real reason - and the new architecture is not ready yet.
They will remove the chin with the Apple silicon version ( June 2021 ) and will basically be a 24“ and 30“ iPad Screen on a stand. Probably even with the rounded screen and case corners.
Well, there's this:\
The 5700 is pretty respectable over the 5500XT.
Solid upgrade. Improved camera, ssd now standard, nano screen option.
The design is still classy. I’ve found that bezel thickness actually has no effect on productivity.
The design is still classy. I’ve found that bezel thickness actually has no effect on productivity.
99% of the people who buy iMacs have no clue what any of that is, nor do they need it.
Having owned both they were not the same machine at all:
G5 sounded like a small aircraft when under load, but internals were well laid out and it was quite user repairable (looked better on the inside than the outside if competitors!).
intel iMac: quieter, but internally a 0n absolute nightmare. White was slightly shinier, and if I recall correctly it lost the soft internal glow at the bottom when asleep.
The G5 was better overall IMHO
Nano-texture glass addition is a good sign. Indicates matte display options are coming to the ARM iMac this fall.
The sizes really need to change. 27'' is too large for a desk with a depth of 25'', and 21.5'' is too small in general.
The sizes really need to change. 27'' is too large for a desk with a depth of 25'', and 21.5'' is too small in general.
I do edit short 4k videos straight off my NAS (which has a 10GbE as well as 2 thunderbolt-3 connections). Right now I use the TB3 connection to the NAS and am getting 880 MB/s read speed and only have 3 Seagate Ironwolf 8TB drives. No problem with getting the data while scrubbing (although unless I take the time to build proxies my old late 2014 iMac struggles with rendering). I too am excited about the 10GbE port on the new iMac. In a little while I'll be adding a 10GbE switch and more drives to my NAS.
I would plug it into my already existent 10g network and enjoy the 10x speed increase. No converter requirement like Previous models required a Thunderbolt to 10g E converter for around $500. Cheaper, more fault tolerant video streams opposed to dealing with Fibre channel.
I'm stuck. Willing to wait a year or two for Apple Silicon, and hope that my main apps are all happy on Apple Silicon. Or buy into this end-of-the-Intel-line versions. I don't care about the machine having bezels or not, I work on it everyday in my voice which I'm not in when I'm not working. But deciding to wait is a tough question...Thinking I'll buy tis and plan on upgrading to an Apple silicon iMac in 2 years.
Find a way to turn off turboboost as unfortunately this 10th gen chip is still using the hoary 14nm+++++++++ process and runs even hotter. PC versions of this chip can pull 250 watts all by itself. I'm pretty sure though that Apple is using a power limited version of the chip. Hopefully the hard drive space of the prior model has been taken up by a twice larger heatsink.
I'm tempted to replace my 2012 imac with a loaded 5700XT model, even though they look the same as I want to be able to game and work on the same desktop and Apple Silicon iMac will likely not have that ability for awhile if ever.
