middle 27 inch imac?

[hagr182]

I saw the keynote on my now old macbook pro 2009; and I want to replace my apple computing devices (currently the 2009 MBP and a 16 gig iPad 2) with an iMac 27 for heavy lifting and an ipad pro 10.5 for my on the go tasks. On that setup I can eventually afford the 1999.99 version of the iMac; my questions are:

Is the ram user replaceable? (so that I can buy more down the line instead of apple) and is the Radeon Pro 575 good enough of a graphics card, or should I just save up more and get the way more expensive (where I live) iMac that comes equiped with the 580?

Lastly, just how much flash storage comes in the 1tb fusion drive?

 

[Glideslope]

I saw the keynote on my now old macbook pro 2009; and I want to replace my apple computing devices (currently the 2009 MBP and a 16 gig iPad 2) with an iMac 27 for heavy lifting and an ipad pro 10.5 for my on the go tasks. On that setup I can eventually afford the 1999.99 version of the iMac; my questions are:

Is the ram user replaceable? (so that I can buy more down the line instead of apple) and is the Radeon Pro 575 good enough of a graphics card, or should I just save up more and get the way more expensive (where I live) iMac that comes equiped with the 580?

Lastly, just how much flash storage comes in the 1tb fusion drive?

21" Ram is soldered to MB
27" has 4 DIMM Slots.
1T Fusion 64g SSD
2-3T Fusion 128g SSD
575 is the sweet spot IMO

 

[dborod]

From the "how much storage is right for you" popup: "The 1TB Fusion Drive pairs a 1TB hard drive with 32GB of fast SSD... ...The 2TB and 3TB Fusion Drives pair a larger hard drive with 128GB of fast SSD storage"

 

[Glideslope]

From the "how much storage is right for you" popup: "The 1TB Fusion Drive pairs a 1TB hard drive with 32GB of fast SSD... ...The 2TB and 3TB Fusion Drives pair a larger hard drive with 128GB of fast SSD storage"

Correct. Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[Xenden]

21" Ram is soldered to MB
27" has 4 DIMM Slots.
1T Fusion 64g SSD
2-3T Fusion 128g SSD
575 is the sweet spot IMO

The 21.5” is no longer soldered to the logic board.

At least not the 4K version.


https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac+Intel+21.5-Inch+Retina+4K+Display+2017+Teardown/92170

Step 7

 

[Glideslope]

Correct. Thanks for pointing that out.

Yes. My post was pre iFixit