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New iMac and Magic Accessories Tidbits: 'Then and Now', Automatic Pairing, Fast Charging and More
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Apple really deserves to be hammered relentlessly over the 5400 rpm HD. It's insanity.
I wouldn't buy any computer today with a Fusion drive even. SSD only. Anyone who needs more storage should pickup external drives which are cheap enough and fairly fast. My 2013 iMac has a 256GB SSD and 2 Seagate USB 3.0 4TB drives attached. The first for iTunes. The second for Time Machine. The OS, all Apps, and Photos library resides on the SSD.
That 5400rpm disk is absolutely ridiculous as well as lowering the SSD part in Fusion Drive. 24GB instead of 128GB? Come on Apple, we know you like your profits but 128GB SSD should be a standard!
It seems so odd to have a 4K resolution screen and then have a hard drive that is slower than slow. I got a Mac mini with a 512k SSD and I was blown away at speeds and I'd never go back to anything but an SSD.
The fusion drive should have been standard and eliminate the hard drive. I mean we're on the verge of 2016.
The fusion drive should have been standard and eliminate the hard drive. I mean we're on the verge of 2016.
The Fusion drive change is appalling, it's almost as bad as offering the 4k iMac with a 5400 rpm drive.
Love the new keyboard and trackpad. But the prices are really out of proportion, at least in Belgium. Bit sad that the MM didn't get a new design, gets boring after all those years.
For a split second, before I even bothered to read anything I saw the iMac G3 and mistakenly thought it was the blueberry clamshell iBook and my heart stopped.
Please Apple gods, bring me a clamshell.
Help me fulfill my dreams of being any teen on television in the 2000's.
Please Apple gods, bring me a clamshell.
Help me fulfill my dreams of being any teen on television in the 2000's.Couldn't even keep the 128GB SSD in fusion drive, had to cut all the way down to 24GB for a few extra bucks. Sucking pennies dry like this at the expense of user experience is why I'm beginning to dislike Apple.
It's all part of the plan to push over-priced upgrades via sub-par starting options.
Oh, I think they sort of moved the Apple logo to the top on the newer one.
I noticed that statistic was conspicuously absent from Apple's comparison. Seriously, 7200 rpm drives are a dime a dozen these days. That's what they should have used, if they want to stick with mechanical drives. But really, all of the high-end iMacs should be using SSDs. I just don't understand Apple's thinking. Profit margins can't be their only concern, but it sure seems like it.
New trackpad looks nice, but the price is absolutely ridiculous.
The new keyboard is also way too expensive for what it is. For that money, I would rather get a Logitech K810 / K811 every time. All the same features, plus it has back-lighting and connects to 3 bluetooth devices at once with easy switching between devices.
The new keyboard is also way too expensive for what it is. For that money, I would rather get a Logitech K810 / K811 every time. All the same features, plus it has back-lighting and connects to 3 bluetooth devices at once with easy switching between devices.
In addition SSD drives are really not that expensive and buying them in bulk like Apple would even be cheaper to install. I don't understand it.
Yea, however I did noticed the 1TB SSD dropped down $100 (as well as the 512GB SSD but I forget how much it was previously) which i think is great. Hope that number drops even more next year.
Exactly that is just crazy, 128 SSD was already low but cut it down to 24GB SSD I keep scratching my head.
Then you never used that round thing from the 90s. Holy cow, my hand is still cramped.
Thought they might upgrade the FD to 256 gig ssd at least
This is - an insult
As for that 24 gig travesty....
This is - an insult
As for that 24 gig travesty....
Every time I read rumors and I get excited about new stuff like the new Magic Mouse and think like. "Oh damn, it'll probably be something really good, I'll have to buy it even though I already have the current Magic Mouse'' But these last few years, none of Apple's products have made me think so... and today, nothing has changed.
- iMac 21.5" now can no longer have its memory upgraded, previously, with a bit of digging, you could, but now it's impossible.
- 5400RPM hard drive? Really? Why is the 1TB fusion drive comes with a 24GB SSD? That's literally nothing!
- Thanks for making everything only work with 10.11 or later only, my Magic Mouse works with 10.5 god dammit.
- Why are all accessories twice as expensive?
- Why is there no separate GPU option for the 21.5"?
- Why is the Magic Mouse's connector on the bottom? Who designed this ****?
I wonder since the lightning port is used for pairing as well as for charging, that you could use the magic trackpad wired only with no bluetooth. Ive had a lot of issues with bluetooth especially with USB 3.0 interference.
the ergonomics isnt great, but the touch-surface on top is awesome.