That really sucks, Shame on you Apple![]()
Seriously? It's not enough that they add it as an option?
That really sucks, Shame on you Apple![]()
I've opened up two of the 27" iMacs to install SSDs and if anyone thinks Apple is screwing people you're wrong. There is just no room in those things to make it easy to add an SSD. I'm amazed they did this at all. It's an amazing piece of engineering how it fits together and I was curious how they did this new setup.
It would be nice if they all had the cables and brackets but honestly, it's a VERY small percentage of customers that would ever go through the hassle to crack open this system. Most people get scared at step 1, popping the glass off the front.
Okay, this is just horrible! There's no way to explain this as anything but a big fat "screw the consumer", and I for one - a huge Apple fan - really hate it when they pull this crap.
Umm... if Apple can find space in the NEW iMacs to ship with a 2nd drive in there, I think that space should still exist even if the new 27" iMac comes with only 1 drive.
I'm sure there will be brackets and cables on ebay soon. Lets just hope that the logic board must have the connecter soldered to it.
It's too bad it doesn't have an empty slot.
Can't we simply buy the 1tb model, replace that drive with a SSD, and use large, cheap external drives? I picked up a 2tb external drive from Western Digital about two months ago for only $120. It is beautiful glossy black with matte top and I wouldn't hesitate putting it next to an iMac (or you could get that "backpack" bracket and mount it up high behind the unit on the stand to eliminate clutter). You could also get an external enclosure for the 1tb drive and use it like this.
If I bought an iMac I would do this.
So many annoying people. It is a damn tight fit in there. Why would someone put the necessary cables and mountings in there when next to no one except the people who can order the parts in anyway can add the hard drive in themselves.
If they put the gear in nerds would be pulling them apart and complaining to apple when they break it. If they leave it out people take it to the service centre and get someone who knows what they are doing to put it in. I've seen one of these things pulled apart and there is no way in hell I would be pulling it apart. Taking the screen off with suction caps in a lint free environment and then removing the LCD panel, screw that. If you want to stuff around with ur computer get a mac pro
i don't comment much here, but come on are u guys delusional? these iMac are not Dell or HP desktop boxes, but a laptop size PC w/ LCD built in. it is bigger than laptop but it also uses Desktop parts. how can you fault Apple for not leaving room, mounting bracket, or cable for you to add a second hard drive?! heck it's never designed for you to dissemble it like that (pic). why don't u bash how every laptop out there doesn't allow u to add a second hard drive or a car doesn't let you install a second engine? are you going to tell me that other desktops could? well, iMac is NOT a typical desktop. how many all in one PC can?
fyi Apple does make a typical desktop PC w/ slots to upgrade it's called Mac Pro
Seriously? It's not enough that they add it as an option?
This is the sole argument that the windows fanatics have over Mac fans. Unless the Mac Pro Is brought into question.
Are some of you guys listening to yourselves here? Honestly. I just love people saying "Shame on you Apple for not designing your new iMac so I don't have to buy your SSD and I can buy my own and install one myself". The only people that are gonna get inside of the new iMac and rip the guts out to install a hard drive are geeks that are willing to take a chance at voiding their warranty. At that point just buy a PC.
Has anyone seen the new overpriced Sony Vaio Z? Yeah, that one with the proprietary SSD's that can't be swapped out for a 3rd party drive and that same one that you can't choose a standard HDD for because Sony won't give you that option? Apple's not the only one so stop making this personal.![]()
Are some of you guys listening to yourselves here? Honestly. I just love people saying "Shame on you Apple for not designing your new iMac so I don't have to buy your SSD and I can buy my own and install one myself". The only people that are gonna get inside of the new iMac and rip the guts out to install a hard drive are geeks that are willing to take a chance at voiding their warranty. At that point just buy a PC.
Maybe you should consider what you're saying while you're at it. You're talking about people that want MacOS, how is buying a Windows machine really going to be a solution to that?
Also, please, tell me who the h*ll wants a Sony computer? Why compare Apple against a brand of computer even most PC users don't want, probably at any price? I think Apple is different from Sony in that most people seem to want a Mac, just maybe not the price tag that goes with it.
Well now, then you don't buy an iMac because you don't have that option now do you?What if I don't want to run Windows and don't want to deal with the PITA that is a hackintosh? I just want to put my 80GB SSD in my iMac and not have to take the existing one out and go external. No need for a $600 256GB one.
Maybe you should consider what you're saying while you're at it, make sure you've considered all the angles here. You're talking about people that want MacOS, how is buying a Windows machine really going to be a solution to that?
Also, please, tell me who the h*ll wants a Sony computer? Why compare Apple against a brand of computer even most PC users don't want, probably at any price? I think Apple is different from Sony in that most people seem to want a Mac, just maybe not the price tag that goes with it.