I would say yes. I have a 2015 and used the RAM from my 2013 in it for quite awhile. It will have a lower clock speed so not as "fast" as the current, but usually works nonetheless.
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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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Thanks! I hadn't thought about the heat impact. There are 2019s available with fusion drives and a 6-core processor - which is the driver for an upgrade; this old 2010 model is a workhorse but it's so slow at transcoding video - so that looks like my best bet.
Your comparison is pointless. You cannot use the iMac as a stand alone monitor.
Secondly, you are getting a 10 year old design computer. Who cares about the monitor when you are getting such an old design?
I get the VESA option so I can add my own support depending on my setup (display arm or table support).
I'm guessing that will come to all Macs when they transition to Apple processors. It becomes another feature/selling point of the new generation machines.
It’s an educated guess...the internals may look exactly like a 2019 iMac sans HDD, but I’m guessing Apple actually had to go with a two fan layout this time to accommodate the 10th-Gen‘s TDP and the heat output of the 5700XT, which is not trivial. Hopefully, a tear down is incoming early next week.
I agree all in ones have their place. It’s just odd to me that the premium “$1299” monitor is the only option - as I would expect people who *prefer* all in ones are not the enthusiasts or professionals that want that much monitor. (And for example you also can’t exactly match a second monitor)
In the more open PC Market single $1299 monitors are not very common for general use.
If you were going to buy that display anyway though, Other than the obscene price for ram and ssd upgrades, I agree that it isn’t a terrible value.
Where is this talking point coming from? I’ve seen this “issue” posted multiple times in this thread.
Why the hell does it matter? It makes as much sense as people complaining about a free CPU upgrade... oh wait, they are
Since when it became insignificant to be able to choose your storage size when you buy a computer? Specially an AIO like iMac you can't upgrade by yourself later?
Maybe my statement comes from the fact that you still can configure the storage in the cheaper iMac 21.5" and the two other iMacs 27" but not the entery level 27".
Maybe my statement comes from the fact that you have always been able to configure the storage HDD/SSD in all iMacs 27" since 2007.
I guess you're talking about the price of the SSD upgrade in 21.5" and that for the price you can get a Tier 2 iMac 27" with bigger SSD AND a better CPU. You're right about that and in that way it makes sense but before all iMac 27" had the same size of HDD. Now they have downsized the SSD in the first model making many to pay more for an upgrade.
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People who care about getting work done, since that is the point of a computer, not to be an artsy conversation piece at a cocktail party.
It is not about crippling them, this is the last iMac you will see in this form factor and it won't be on sale for that long before the redesigned ARM iMac comes along. Apple don't want to be supporting too many different configurations on something that is not going to be available for that long.
I guess you're talking about the price of the SSD upgrade in 21.5" and that for the price you can get a Tier 2 iMac 27" with bigger SSD AND a better CPU. You're right about that and in that way it makes sense but before all iMac 27" had the same size of HDD. Now they have downsized the SSD in the first model making many to pay more for an upgrade.
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Well don't buy one then and if you were not intending buying one anyway you have no reason to worry about it.
- 2TB it's enough. then buy external drives. Thunderbolt 3 it is really fast.
- buy the the lowest RAM and upgrade it yourself
- best Processor
- best GPU
- Coating glass
$4200
No it is the single most likely thing. I guess you don't know how design works at all.
If they threw these specs into a mac mini esque form factor with a real video card it would be like my dream computer lol
I expect the 3.1GHz 5K model is meant for "kiosk" installations where you have only one or two specific apps that are being run so you need no more than 256GB of storage. It also happens to hit the same $1799 price point. Best to think of it like the $1099 21.5-inch model that had a 1920x1080 display - meant for a specific task and not as a "true" member of the family.
The middle model for $200 more has a 512GB SSD and a faster CPU (each of which would probably have been a $100 upgrade on the 3.1GHz model) and the full range of upgrades - that is the true "entry level" model now.
This is going to be my edit computer for a while, Im waiting till october though, going to keep using my current imac to work because the app I use is a mess in catalina still. I hope by then I can grab a refurb with the specs I want for a nice price. I got this 21.5 inch i7 used in a pinch to take on a bunch of remote work, but Im kind of hitting a wall with the ram already, and even with an external monitor I could use more real estate. Kind of regret not just getting an i9, but its working fine for now.
I guess you're talking about the price of the SSD upgrade in 21.5" and that for the price you can get a Tier 2 iMac 27" with bigger SSD AND a better CPU. You're right about that and in that way it makes sense but before all iMac 27" had the same size of HDD. Now they have downsized the SSD in the first model making many to pay more for an upgrade.
Who cares about a 'dated' (but still good looking) design when you're getting such a great computer and monitor all in one?
(see what I did there?)
The lack of innovation is in the design. The rest is progressing fine.
Well they dropped Fusion Drives in favor of SSD-only for the 27" 5K models. So the 2019 $1799 model had a 1TB Fusion Drive as standard and the 2020 model has a 256GB SSD as standard, instead.
Do you have any thoughts on the Apple VESA option vs the various 3rd party VESA adapters that connect to the existing stand? Trying to keep my options open.