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New 27-Inch iMac Supports Up to 64GB of RAM, OWC Offering Upgrade Kits
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The DDR3 systems had a limit of 32GB. DDR4 has 64GB. There is a reason for this. It's basically 8GB DDR x 4 modules on a i5/i7, and 16GB x 4 on DDR4. Devices like laptops and the macmini only support two modules.
On the flip side, most software still doesn't use more than 4GB because they are still optimized around 32-bit operating systems. The only software that can reasonably use more than 4GB is software like Photoshop working on RAW files. Most consumer software doesn't hit this, save for sites like Twitter that automatically update without a reload.
To give people an idea, before Chrome came out with a 64-bit version, my 130 follower twitter account took about 4 days for twitter to crash the tab. It hasn't crashed since then.
johnnyturbouk
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lol, reminds me of 'in my day'The good old days....feel like I should sing a song
#SSD >>> spinning hdd
As a fashion photographer I fill up 64GB of RAM in Capture One within 3 hours everyday on a Mac Pro. (for those who can't understand why so much RAM is needed)
Wait 6 months on the price will fall... Bleeding edge price -- now, 6mo. from now rock bottom prices or close to it ...
johnnyturbouk
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1) If i was to buy the new imacs, i would use a 3rd party solution; of the top of my head, crucial single sodimm ddr4 is about £90, not bad. shameful apple stuck with ddr3 ram even in the top end 27" rimacs.
2) I thought Skylake [s/k] cpus were supposed to ship with alpin ridge, thus TB3. hece i will veto this upgrade again, hopefully the next version will have dop 1.3 also, allowing it to be used in TDM, and thus utlised as an external display.
2) I thought Skylake [s/k] cpus were supposed to ship with alpin ridge, thus TB3. hece i will veto this upgrade again, hopefully the next version will have dop 1.3 also, allowing it to be used in TDM, and thus utlised as an external display.
johnnyturbouk
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and dp 1.3
SSDs as standard would be a good start, like the mbps. Even in the budget mac mini, 5400 hdds are redundant.
The iOS statement isn't necessarily true at all. And why would you bring that up in a thread about the iMac???Most users here don't need 64GB Ram, but what they do need is 64GB storage standard on iOS devices
Yes, and for those who need better performance, Apple offers a handful of options that can be easily ordered. For those who have modest needs, and there are a LOT of people out there in that category, Apple offers the base machine with a 5400 rpm drive.
It's really pointless to defend Apple for putting 5,400rpm harddisk drive in the standard config, especially for this price point.
The difference between RAM and exclamation marks is that there can NEVER be enough RAM
Agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The good old days....feel like I should sing a song
'Yesterday…
All my troubles seemed so far away'
Thanks for the reply. We have an i7 iMac the one right before the newer high resolution model and I thought I could put 64 in it .. it currently has 32.
If that was your attempt at defending apple's idiotic and greedy decision to put in a 5400rpm drive as the default configuration on a 2015 computer, then you've done a pretty poor job.
And no, I'm not going to pay Apple an extra $300 on top of an expensively priced computer just to get a 500GB SSD when I get buy a similar SSD for $99.
Every Mac user I know, yes average users, has been whining to me about how slow their Mac is lately; they only stop complaining once I manually upgrade their 5400rpm garbage to a ssd
You can get a 500GB PCI SSD at 2GB/s for 100 dollars? Wow, show me where please.
Not buying until they come out with a model that supports 128GB RAM. And when that happens, I'm not gonna buy until they have one that supports 256GB of RAM. And then I'm not gonna buy...
Couldn't have said better myself. I've practically made it a side-business from people complaining about their 13" cMBPs with 500GB 5400RPM spinners being unbearably slow and upgrading to SSDs. There's a ton of these on campus. One girl I know even started using her mother's Samsung laptop because her 2011 13" cMBP felt so slow.
One detail though-these are very high performance PCIe based SSDs, so Apple's prices are pretty much in-line with aftermarket. While nice and dandy, Apple should give the option for standard SATA III SSDs that will smoke an HDD any day of the week but still be significantly cheaper than the current SSDs.
With that said, given their margins, 256GB SSD and Fusion should be standard across the entire line.
I like the speed of SSD, but I'd like to be able to store more. So, is it possible to make a home brewed Fusion drive with these new iMacs? I am thinking getting the highest built in SSD, then install a huge HD. Is this possible?
So my question is What would I gain by upgrading from my current device Late 2014 iMac Retina 5k 4ghz intel core i7, with Radeon M295x 4096 MB with 1TB fashion drive to a newer equivalent?
I hope you are saying that with eyes squinted, a little sneer, and slowly moving your head back and forth so people here know you are a really serious person, one who should be paid attention to. That said, you might be shocked learning that everybody's needs are not the same as yours. For the majority of users that have modest needs, Apple has a base model available. For those that need more performance, there's an option available as well.
Excellent - DON'T DO IT! That's why Lenovo, Dell, Sanyo, Acer, CyberPower, etc all have machines with your name on it. Go for it!