imac 27 3.5 2013 or 21 3.4 2017

[Roxy.music]

I am thinking of buying an iMac If I buy the 21 3.4 Retna with just 8 of ram 🙄If I went for the 21 modal I would have to sell the Apple thunderbolt display 🙄8 Gb of ram is too little and to get it upgraded to 16 would cost a lot from an independent Apple repairer plus of course the fusion drive to. Looking at the video of people doing it you have to virtually take the whole thing apart. 😳 Does anyone have any idea how much it would cost in the UK? I have been using the Apple thunderbolt for some time I think the 21 would take some getting used to.another thing I see is that the 21 has only a measly 32gb of SSD on the fusion drive😳 Why they did not put an SSD in all there 2017? this is the
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)Intel Core i5-7500 @ 3.4
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This is the 27 I see that the benchmarks show the 27 has higher multi thread scores. The two models are around the same price.
iMac (27-inch Late 2013)
Intel Core i7-4771 @ 3.5 GHz (4 cores)

 

[sublunar]

This isn't really a good time to be buying an iMac with rumours of a new iMac coming imminently. If you're only at the thinking stage then taking a 21.5" iMac apart to upgrade the RAM after the fact isn't really cost effective against the risk of damage or voiding your warranty. If cost is an issue would you have a problem with looking at Mac minis?

 

[Roxy.music]

This isn't really a good time to be buying an iMac with rumours of a new iMac coming imminently. If you're only at the thinking stage then taking a 21.5" iMac apart to upgrade the RAM after the fact isn't really cost-effective against the risk of damage or voiding your warranty. If cost is an issue would you have a problem with looking at Mac minis?

I wash,t thinking of doing it myself that would be beyond me. I have thought of that, but I do want a Mac with a graphics, not the onboard Intel one. This is the guy that can do it, he does it all the time this is the one I am after

mind you I don,t know how he got it so cheap they must be cheaper in the us.