About the same; although the graphics on the rip-off iMac are substantially better, and it has USB3.
Otherwise, keep your MBP.
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Apple Launches New Cheaper 21.5-Inch iMac Starting at $1,099
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About the same; although the graphics on the rip-off iMac are substantially better, and it has USB3.
Otherwise, keep your MBP.
If you're only doing that on a desktop, then you really don't need to spend >$1000 on a device.
I would have to agree. I've used the Dell AIO with touch screen for some extended periods of time and I've noticed only one thing . . . . . . and that one thing matters the most in a computer with a touch screen:
I kept forgetting that it was a touch screen!
When I did remember it was only for simple tasks in Windows 8 like going back to the start menu or closing a Modern UI app; something you can do with a mouse just fine.
Nice AIO though.
They could keep the 4GB of RAM and still make it sub $1000 . . . and by sub $1000 I don't mean $999.
I wouldn't go as far as calling it junk. It's not like anyone that needs the power is going to settle for such a CPU, and those that need to save the cash won't mind.
Well, the MBP is dead, that's why I'm asking. I'm typing this on a PowerPC.
It's tempting.
Yep, share components across the range, (in this case the MBA); economies of scale.
For a lot of folk, this is hardly junk. It's a cheaper iMac, that's all they'll ever notice.
Only problem is that you don't need 1100 machine to run your cash register or at the reception or school web terminal.
So this is it?
A 1099$USD iMac with a 1.4GHz Dual-core i5 is supposed to replace a 599$USD Mac mini with a 2.5GHz Dual-Core i5? Even if you upgrade the Mac mini RAM to 8GB, have to buy a 27" monitor, a USB keyboard and mouse, it's still a lot cheaper.
I'm just glad to see the Mac mini is still available, this just reinforce the idea that they're waiting for Broadwell to release the new models / replace it with a Mac nano. It does make me nervous that the Mac nano will also start at 1.4GHz though.
A 1099$USD iMac with a 1.4GHz Dual-core i5 is supposed to replace a 599$USD Mac mini with a 2.5GHz Dual-Core i5? Even if you upgrade the Mac mini RAM to 8GB, have to buy a 27" monitor, a USB keyboard and mouse, it's still a lot cheaper.
I'm just glad to see the Mac mini is still available, this just reinforce the idea that they're waiting for Broadwell to release the new models / replace it with a Mac nano. It does make me nervous that the Mac nano will also start at 1.4GHz though.
I know it's frightening isn't it. After we suffered with them in previous design, they've given them right back to us . . . . from a Macbook Air no less, not even the mobile extreme CPUs or CPUs from the MBP.
Someone mentioned loading these into classrooms a page back, and at that point they might as well get Chrome PCs.
Apple probably needed this to fill a gap in the market, just like the 8gb iPhone 5C - nobody here wants it, but we're not the demographic this is marketed at.
People will see the cheaper price and buy based on that. Not everybody who buys tech is knowledgable about it.
A 5400rpm disk in a desktop is rubbish though.
Well, the MBP is dead, that's why I'm asking. I'm typing this on a PowerPC.
It's tempting.
Ah! Sorry to hear that - good machine.
If you went iMac, though, find one of the former base ones on sale - B&H, Amazon, wherever. Or get a refurbished one from Apple for the same money. It offers far more capability.
Come on Apple, at least throw in a fusion drive for free or something...
Ahh I sense the coming "apple is a business" replies.
Stop succumbing to MHz myth. The i5 turbo boosts to 2.7GHz and in a desktop will stay there much longer. This is effectively a Mac Mini with a monitor.
Well, the MBP is dead, that's why I'm asking. I'm typing this on a PowerPC.
It's tempting.
If you want a bigger screen over portability of an Air than do it. It's a nice machine if you don't need a lot of power.
It would be interesting, but I'm sure Apple won't, to see Apple fuse iMacs with something like this. It could really help graphic specialists. Apple would have to do a lot of UI work to go with touch input, but it would be interesting. If Apple does switch to Arm processors, as some people have speculated, maybe have a dual boot with Mac OS X & iOS.
Back to reality, What I would really like to see is for Apple to get rid of the HDD in the iMac to make it a little less "pregnant". Might as well include the Mac Mini as well. Have the whole lineup have only PCIe SSD storage. Upgrade the iMac & TB display to retina. Give the TB display USB 3 & make it thinner to match the iMac.
Back to reality, What I would really like to see is for Apple to get rid of the HDD in the iMac to make it a little less "pregnant". Might as well include the Mac Mini as well. Have the whole lineup have only PCIe SSD storage. Upgrade the iMac & TB display to retina. Give the TB display USB 3 & make it thinner to match the iMac.