It took Apple six days to send me the code to upgrade to Lion after I e-mailed them the info. I set up Windows 7 in Parallels and am really impressed. My Windows experience score is higher than my PC.
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MacMall 2010 iMac 27" i7 2.93 ATI 5750 (NEW) $1499
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I guess they're a little backed up from all the folks buying these.
It took 9 days buy I finally got the code. This model has been the number 1 seller @ MacMall for a while.
Cheers,
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I am about to pull the trigger on one of these 2010 i7, but I have a quick question. Does it matter where I buy the Apple Care for the iMac at? I see on Amazon they have an Apple Care Plan for iMac with Old Version in the name and one with Newest Version in the name. Does this mean anything? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Refrub 2011 3.4GHz i7 = $1860.00 (USA). I did not see any other i7's listed at this time. I don't believe the 2011 line of iMacs has a slower i7 processor than the 3.4 GHz and I did not want an i5 processor.
Where I live add $186.00 more for tax on a refurb that I don't have to pay by ordering from BH.
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I've seen several people buying from non-Apple sources. It's fine as long as they are real copies. eBay had that problem where they were just codes w/o the boxed version and some were not legitimate.
Cheers,
Forgot about tax. Was talking about refurb of 2011 $1699 model. CPU difference looks like a wash to me. Gpu on 2011 is worse than I thought for games at 1080p resolutions because of less video ram.
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This is a great iMac. It's what I used to upgrade with 16GB RAM and OWC 256SSD. It took about 4 hours to do the SSD + HDD with OEM parts. Not all that difficult.
CPU difference is not a wash. The i7 2.93 870 is faster overall. The GPU is faster on the 2011 model. So take your pick faster CPU or GPU basically.
Nothing beats 8 cores, virtual or not. Heck even the 2009 i7 860 has the i5 3.1 beat overall.
That Apple tax will cost you. You are looking at $1830 after taxes are taken in. Where as the 2010 27 i7 model will run you a flat $1500, no tax. That is a savings of over $300.
Is thunderbolt worth $300?
Lets see...............Faster CPU, weaker GPU, no thunderbolt, for $1500 out the door. Or...............
$1830 for slower CPU, faster GPU and thunderbolt.
I know which one I would take. Seems like a no brainer.
I guess it depends which benchmark you are looking at. I was just looking at PassMark today and the i7 2.93GHz and i5 3.1GHz are pretty close in their benchmark (6,101 and 6,082 respectively).
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
I just bought one of these "new" 2010 27" i7 2.93 iMac's from MacMall to replace my 2008 24" 2.8 C2D iMac. It arrives tomorrow. I have a question I'm hoping someone can help me with.
What's the best way to migrate my app's, files, settings, etc... from my 2008 iMac to the 2010 iMac? Should I:
Here is the kicker. My 2008 iMac is running on Lion. The 2010 iMac ships with Snow Leopard installed. So, when I first turn on the 2010 and get to the option of whether or not to use setup assistant, can I "technically' even use setup assistant since I'll be migrating from a source iMac running Lion (ie my 2008 iMac) to a target iMac running Snow Leopard (ie the new 2010 iMac)?
I hope this makes sense!
What's the best way to migrate my app's, files, settings, etc... from my 2008 iMac to the 2010 iMac? Should I:
- Use setup assistant?
- Use Migration Assistant?
- Neither? Manually reload my app's, move files, etc...
Here is the kicker. My 2008 iMac is running on Lion. The 2010 iMac ships with Snow Leopard installed. So, when I first turn on the 2010 and get to the option of whether or not to use setup assistant, can I "technically' even use setup assistant since I'll be migrating from a source iMac running Lion (ie my 2008 iMac) to a target iMac running Snow Leopard (ie the new 2010 iMac)?
I hope this makes sense!
You can put your 2008 machine in target disk mode and connect it to the new 2010 machine. Boot the new machine holding down option select your old drive from the list of drives. If it boots and everything works you can clone the new drive to some external source so you have it if you need it. Then you can clone the wkg lion drive to the new Mac.
I hate reinstalling so I always clone if it works. Many folks disagree but I haven't had any issues other than reapplying the occasional license key.
Enjoy the new system.
Cheers,
Thanks for the feedback. Greatly appreciated. That's an option I hadn't thought of. I'll have to look into this approach as an option.
You have to try the automated apple up to date sign up. When it can't do the automated the manual email method is offered.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/
Cheers
That is one synthetic benchmark that does not take full advantage of raw CPU power. Yes sandybridge is faster clock for clock and better for single threaded tasks. But for sheer power nothing beats more cores. And Lion takes advantage of more cores since multi-tasking is taken to a higher level in lion.
When hyper-threading is taken full advantage with this test which tests raw performance, you can see the results. I don't see any i5 beating any i7's on this multi-threaded test. Notice all the i7's take the top spots. For raw performance nothing beats a i7. And in Lion raw performance is taken advantage of.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/...e-SiSoftware-Sandra-2010-Pro-GFLOPS,2409.html
Geekbench scores.
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/427033
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/466088
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Thats not what you said:
Forgot about tax. Was talking about refurb of 2011 $1699 model.
And even still, that is even worse.
The i7 870 destroys the i5 2500S. And the 5850 in the 2010
destroys the GPU in the 2011 base model 27. 1GB vs 512mb.
http://www.techulous.com/news/imac27i7gaming.html
And to make matters worse. After you pay tax on that refurb you are looking at $1500 or over.
So your are paying more or breaking even for a refurb that has a weaker CPU and GPU. How are you paying $80 less? Even if you were that is not a good deal.
That's only better if you're fine with the i5 AND you want the 2011 model.
I have mini-displayport capable systems I want to connect to the 27" so the 2011 models don't work for me and $1499 with no tax was the best deal I could find on a new system.
Cheers,
Yeah, I was just in the market for a new system and was looking for best value for money. My hope was to get the 6970 since I do a little gaming on my iMac.
I was just shocked to find that model with 8GB of ram and AppleCare to 2014 for that price. Easily $200 cheaper than the refurb store without those additions.
Follow-up!
I just thought I'd follow-up after having gotten the 2010 i7 setup. Setup assistant did not work since the 2008 iMac was on Lion and the 2010 (when 1st started) was on Snow Leopard. Setup assistant made a mess of things. I had to reformat the drive on the 2010, re-install SL and start over. I ended up just re-installing everything on the 2010 and skipping setup and migration assistant altogether. A bit more work to manual re-install everything, but not too bad and the end result was a nice fresh install!
btw....the 2010 27 i7 is a great upgrade from the 2008 2.8 C2D (although the 2008 was a nice machine). Here is the best part. I put the 2008 up for sale on CL and sold it for $150 less than I bought it for (new) after having used it for 2 years. I also bought the 2008 on clearance...new...last years model (from B&H). A win-win for me and the buyer! I think I'm hooked on buying Mac's on clearence.
I just thought I'd follow-up after having gotten the 2010 i7 setup. Setup assistant did not work since the 2008 iMac was on Lion and the 2010 (when 1st started) was on Snow Leopard. Setup assistant made a mess of things. I had to reformat the drive on the 2010, re-install SL and start over. I ended up just re-installing everything on the 2010 and skipping setup and migration assistant altogether. A bit more work to manual re-install everything, but not too bad and the end result was a nice fresh install!
btw....the 2010 27 i7 is a great upgrade from the 2008 2.8 C2D (although the 2008 was a nice machine). Here is the best part. I put the 2008 up for sale on CL and sold it for $150 less than I bought it for (new) after having used it for 2 years. I also bought the 2008 on clearance...new...last years model (from B&H). A win-win for me and the buyer! I think I'm hooked on buying Mac's on clearence.
I purchased a 2010 27" 2.93ghz i7 iMac from MacMall on 9/16/11. I got it today and tried to register it online at Apple's website and it said "unable to register your product with that purchase date." I also tried today's date.
I'm trying to register it so I can see the service and support coverage status and also I can't get the free upgrade to Lion unless it's registered. I call Apple but they're close for today.
I'm trying to register it so I can see the service and support coverage status and also I can't get the free upgrade to Lion unless it's registered. I call Apple but they're close for today.
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