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Just bought new imac..should I have waited?

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M14762

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Yesterday I bought the 27"/3.5 ghx/1tb FD/5k model.

I did some research beforehand, but it seems like any refresh will be a few months out and will only have marginal performance gains. I just knew I needed a new computer and had the funds so went ahead.

Now I have read more and am starting to second guess myself. Should I have waited ?


Primary use is photoediting, very little video editing. No gaming.
 
Don't second-guess yourself, you've bought a Mac that should give you years of service. I would recommend you buy AppleCare for it when you can. It's worth having the extended warranty, even if you never need it, I find if you don't get applecare that's when murphy's law kicks in :/
 
M14762 said:
Yesterday I bought the 27"/3.5 ghx/1tb FD/5k model.

I did some research beforehand, but it seems like any refresh will be a few months out and will only have marginal performance gains. I just knew I needed a new computer and had the funds so went ahead.

Now I have read more and am starting to second guess myself. Should I have waited ?


Primary use is photoediting, very little video editing. No gaming.
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That's the way to do it, waiting would be a couple of months at least of struggling on needing a new computer. You have a great machine there that will perform all your photo editing needs for years to come. Don't worry just enjoy the new machine.
 
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You answered your own question. You needed it. It may even have advantages over new stuff (it's a close question what species of troll is more prevalent: the "shoulda waited cuz the refresh is always better" or the "never buy with a new version of ————" troll).

And getting retina is SO nice; in a coupla months you'll wonder how you got along without it.
 
Honestly, a new iMac comes out every single Fall. Like clockwork. If it was really important to you to wait, you would have done so. Since you bought one now, I think you needed it and should keep it.
 
matreya said:
Don't second-guess yourself, you've bought a Mac that should give you years of service. I would recommend you buy AppleCare for it when you can. It's worth having the extended warranty, even if you never need it, I find if you don't get applecare that's when murphy's law kicks in :/
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Agreed. You got a great computer, @M14762, and it should last quite a long time. Enjoy it.
 
For the same price, you can get 20% performance gains on the new computer lineup in September. But I think its really like 15%.
 
Do not second guess yourself. Just enjoy your new computer. If you need it now, then you made the right decision.
 
Meh ... I just bought one last week and I'm not 2nd quessing. There always gonna come out with one better. I'm the King of Hill for now and it does everything I want it to do.
 
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well, one week in..

No regrets. Installed El Capitan Beta and everything is working great, though some of the formatting on websites is a little odd.

Photos taken on my D810 are simply amazing on this machine.
 
My 9 year old PC gave out in July while waiting for the refresh, so I went ahead and purchased a maxed out 5K iMac. I love it so much that I wonder what took me so long (I had been waiting since last November)

So now I'm trying my best not to read anything on the eventual refresh, especially after this 5K iMac Pro speculation: http://9to5mac.com/2015/08/10/intel-xeon-notebook-processors/

Grrr....
 
i'd had some 2nd thoughts as well… one of them would be that I got this gorgeous screen, but no way to connect an external computer once the iMac is old and I'd like to connect a MacMini, xMac, MacPro or Hackintosh in 2019 or so…. I hope soon-to-be-released RiMac V2 adds that capability...
 
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