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New iMac and Magic Accessories Tidbits: 'Then and Now', Automatic Pairing, Fast Charging and More
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Do they talk about how Apple is using the same 5400 RPM hard drives almost 20 years later?
Oh you know why... $$$
Just beginning, huh? They've been nickel-dicking their customers for years now, generating huge profits at the expense of the customers who just don't get the best bang for their buck.
MacRumors Forums AKA Bitch Forums response:
"Wow, laptop specs? 5400 RPM? What a scam! Apple owes me an update to the Mac Pro which is still 10 times more powerful than Dr. Krabs's 2008 era gaming PC with 4GB of DDR2 RAM and a Core 2 Quad that can still play GTA 5! Grrr, me angry! Apple are huge cheapskates!!!!!"
You guys seem spoiled enough that you'd still be buying the Fusion Drive option anyway. Once there's an SSD, the speed of the hard drive is irrelevant. Or you can also stop and think about how the iMac isn't the professional Mac. The iMac is a casual use Mac that is consumer-oriented. Buy a Mac Pro if you want a powerful desktop.
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I hope you will vote with your wallet and buy a Sanyo windows machine. That'll show 'em...
Didn't the old accessories pair automatically?
It's just the Magic Mouse + sealed battery
It's just the Magic Mouse + sealed battery
An announcement of clunky products all the way around. An imac with an outdated hard drive, a mouse that charges from the bottom, and a keyboard that IMO wins my ugly award and is a huge step down design-wise from the current version.
Maybe the trackpad is okay.
Maybe the trackpad is okay.
Yeah, you'd think they are having to tighten their belts or something. Maybe that new Trillion Dollar Apple campus is putting some stress on their wallet.
And, how easy is it to upgrade that 5400RPM HDD to a SSD later? You can't. It's like being stuck in a time machine. Stuck in 1984.
I can't justify £109 for a trackpad.
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From apple site
from the looks its useable while charging ...
Same goes for the new keyboard...
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At this point they might as well just use hybrid SSHD drives and save some more cash...
I just had to cancel my Magic Trackpad order... I had been wanting one for a while but held off thinking an update was around the corner. Saw this story earlier and pulled the trigger, despite the higher price. Unfortunately, my iMac doesn't have Bluetooth 4.0, so it looks like I'm stuck until I buy a new Mac.
Apple is officially out of touch. No forward facing ports, slow hard drive, peripherals with horrid ergonomics.
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I must be an oddball because I never had an issue using the puck mouse on the original iMac. I think a lot of people couldn't get over their initial reaction to its unusual shape and it became a mental hang-up, but if you just tuned it out, the shape and size wasn't that hard to get used to and I experienced no ergonomic issues or problems using it (and I used one at work for a couple years straight.)
That said, I'm perfectly happy not to have one nowadays. While I'll defend having used it and had no trouble getting accustomed to it, I wouldn't go so far as to recommend it.
That said, I'm perfectly happy not to have one nowadays. While I'll defend having used it and had no trouble getting accustomed to it, I wouldn't go so far as to recommend it.
I have one mini that has 4TB internal, and the other one has 3TB. If I want to take ALL of my movies, TV shows and music with me it's the 4TB mini, power cord, HDMI cord and wireless trackpad. Done. Wireless keyboard if I'm going to have to connect to a network for passwords or whatever, but I usually don't.
What it comes down to is this.
People complain ad nauseum but the important thing, (to Apple), is that they still buy. They therefore have no reason to spend more in build costs.
This time around I personally have voted with my wallet, (I was all set to buy the nMP), until I saw what their new angle on the Pro Desktop was. Previously I’d often buy whether I needed to or not. Same with the iPhone, I’ve given the 6 and 6S a miss.
Same as politics, not enough people actually care to voice their opinion.
Seeing this, it really convinces me that it's time for Apple to kill the iMac. The all-in-one was a great concept in the late 90s when Apple needed a killer selling point to differentiate themselves but it's not that great an idea anymore. I think it's long overdue that Apple make a respectable, headless Mac option.
I'd love to see Apple do this but after so many years, I think it's never going to happen. I've owned 2 iMacs and they were both fantastic machines but I just can't see buying another all-in-one and tossing out a perfectly good display when the CPU or motherboard dies. The Minis are okay but lack power. Combining those two lines would be a freakin' awesome move at this point.
Never going to happen though.
I'd love to see Apple do this but after so many years, I think it's never going to happen. I've owned 2 iMacs and they were both fantastic machines but I just can't see buying another all-in-one and tossing out a perfectly good display when the CPU or motherboard dies. The Minis are okay but lack power. Combining those two lines would be a freakin' awesome move at this point.
Never going to happen though.
The same color keyboard, still with no black keys option? Did you look at the iMac's aluminum and black when “redesigning” this “new” keyboard, trackpad and mouse?
I mean seriously?
Lightning charger for the keyboard but it has no backlight? Trackpad and mouse colors matching only the stale same keyboard color? Absolutely ridiculous laziness.
I mean seriously?
Lightning charger for the keyboard but it has no backlight? Trackpad and mouse colors matching only the stale same keyboard color? Absolutely ridiculous laziness.
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So... if I have a PC with bluetooth 4, can I use the magic trackpad? My next computer is going to be a home-built PC, but I kind of hate mice now (for anything other than gaming), and I was going to get a Magic Trackpad...
(Side note: Icaras, I love your avatar. I designed and sold those stickers! Still makes me happy seeing it pop up randomly)
(Side note: Icaras, I love your avatar. I designed and sold those stickers! Still makes me happy seeing it pop up randomly)
I love/hate the latest iMacs.
I love the all-in-one system but hate that upgrading internal components is (AFAIK) next to impossible.
I love the all-in-one system but hate that upgrading internal components is (AFAIK) next to impossible.
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I knew the shape of that keyboard reminded me of something. But wait, that one has a numeric keypad.
As a graphic designer who's worked on MacPro towers for years and now a 27" iMac for the past 4 years, Apple seems to really not be concerned with what their target audience wants. As with the new MacPro, they have let industrial design reign over practicality.
Why did the iMac need to be thinner? Who cares! Why do we need more pixels without a good hard drive option or a discreet video card? What creative professionals really want is accessibility to ports, exceptional video cards and reliability. There's nothing worse than having to awkwardly try to get behind a 27" iMac to plug in a 12th USB device (into your 2nd hub, I might add), or have the video card in said iMac die right after the warranty expires, leaving you without a computer.
My friends who all ponied up for MacPros are disappointed that compatibility is often lacking and that bugs run rampant and unaddressed. It's a shame.
Why did the iMac need to be thinner? Who cares! Why do we need more pixels without a good hard drive option or a discreet video card? What creative professionals really want is accessibility to ports, exceptional video cards and reliability. There's nothing worse than having to awkwardly try to get behind a 27" iMac to plug in a 12th USB device (into your 2nd hub, I might add), or have the video card in said iMac die right after the warranty expires, leaving you without a computer.
My friends who all ponied up for MacPros are disappointed that compatibility is often lacking and that bugs run rampant and unaddressed. It's a shame.
That's hilarious. I'm imagining having the new Magic Mouse 2 upside down with a lightning cable sticking out charging for two hours. What an odd sight for an Apple designed product.
No less odd than them prominently showing the apple pencil sticking out of the end of the ipad in their last press conference. Actually maybe more odd since swapping the battery on the pencil would be totally impractical, whereas the mouse has room for the batteries.