Was thinking the same ... 8 pound lighter also means easier knocked over when hitting the table when getting up
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Was thinking the same ... 8 pound lighter also means easier knocked over when hitting the table when getting up
1)if you judge a desktop for the ease to move it around your home, then maybe you bought the wrong computer.. isn't a laptop better for you?
2) guess what, if you use a cd player, either internal or external, it's going to make a lot of noise, viceversa if you don't use it, i don't get your argument, seems written by a fanatic.
1) yes people use cd/dvd still. talk for yourself, please.
2) no, the superdrive weighs half a pound, i don't see your argument here.
3) you can make your own fusion drive on old imacs too, is just a software implementation, as long as it fits two drives.
you forgot: an unserviceable sd slot. how the hell can i reach the back of the imac to stick in a sd card?? oww but i'm so glad the edges are tapered, i so much needed it.
i might add: before this you could swap the superdrive to fit another hard disk, if you didn't need the optical, you could raid two ssd, or add 1-2 tb of space with a 2.5" hdd. not anymore.
Was thinking the same ... 8 pound lighter also means easier knocked over when hitting the table when getting up
The stand is the same; the top shell is where the weight reduction took place, lowering the centre of gravity and making the iMac more sturdy than before..
Loving that big plastic wedge inside. beautifully designed bit of plastic, very modern looking. So much better than having one of those old fashioned optical drives.
Just thinking how silly one would look with a portable blu-ray drive sellotaped to the back of it..
Come on Apple! You've taken the only route which isn't benificial here:
Larger, loads of extra features - Yes
Same size, some extra features - Yes
Smaller, same features - Yes
Smaller, less features - No no NO!
Idiots!
Come on Apple! You've taken the only route which isn't benificial here:
Larger, loads of extra features - Yes
Same size, some extra features - Yes
Smaller, same features - Yes
Smaller, less features - No no NO!
Idiots!
If you're so upset by it then perhaps you should not buy it. They can do what they want, and so far they're the only ones that are blazing a trail in any way. If you want loads of probably useless features buy a dell or something.
Agreed. The only thing that worried me was when or if my 2008 MP fails, I'd be stuck with looking in a mirror with the iMac. Now this is quite nice and when the day rolls around I can happily move on.
All the whinny people on this forum are a disappointment to me. If you don't like it, don't buy it.
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Is you lack of English the reason you sound like a whinny, spoiled brat? But, hey, cool story bro.
not so disappointed
it does look a LOT easier to get inside that the previous 21.5 and the HD looks fairly accessible. It even looks like the fusion drive is a stacked pair of laptop size drives. So maybe even a DIY Fusion drive is possible. The RAM, even that could be upgraded with a bit of effort.
When first saw the design I thought Apple had tried to make it more difficult to get inside. But maybe not...
it does look a LOT easier to get inside that the previous 21.5 and the HD looks fairly accessible. It even looks like the fusion drive is a stacked pair of laptop size drives. So maybe even a DIY Fusion drive is possible. The RAM, even that could be upgraded with a bit of effort.
When first saw the design I thought Apple had tried to make it more difficult to get inside. But maybe not...
Does anyone else look at this thing and just think its an overgrown laptop? I hope the performance doesn't suffer because of this.
Ohh I assure you I'm not whining. The new iMac is nothing unexpected, and yes I see it now, the ram is indeed user replaceable so my concerns are met.
As a retina MacBook Pro owner, I have no grounds to complain about the 'closed' nature of the new iMac's design, but I understand others' complaints with it. Apple doesn't want us buying Mac Pro's - that's quite clear. So, our choices in terms of even BASIC expandability are extremely limited. ONE iMac and the legacy MacBook Pro's are capable of having their RAM upgraded by the user. The SSD's in other models are not technically user-replaceable, though we might be able to get replacements on OWC. In a notebook, this is ALMOST acceptable. However, desktops tend to have a decent shelf life (desk life?) when given basic upgrades here and there. I kept my father's 2004/5 G5 iMac alive and kicking for seven years with a HDD and RAM upgrade. With 16GB of RAM, these iMacs may last four years, but at an unreasonable expense.
At the end of the day, this is Apple's business strategy, and many of us will continue buying their products regardless of this issue, but it's just a bit disappointing, especially when design takes a hit without added benefit. One of my biggest issues with the iPhone 3G/3GS and the iPad 1 was the tapered back to each product. It's as if the designer is saying, 'Shhh...we're hiding something here, but the consumer will never notice, because they're just a load of mindless lemmings.' We probably are.
At the end of the day, this is Apple's business strategy, and many of us will continue buying their products regardless of this issue, but it's just a bit disappointing, especially when design takes a hit without added benefit. One of my biggest issues with the iPhone 3G/3GS and the iPad 1 was the tapered back to each product. It's as if the designer is saying, 'Shhh...we're hiding something here, but the consumer will never notice, because they're just a load of mindless lemmings.' We probably are.
It's a beautiful design. Probably still not as fluent an experience as any MacPro with dual processors.
iMacs are still evolving. The possibilities of the tech now outstrip the reality; it is only so because of price. If they could do a dual processor with 1TB flash drive and have it be that price--boffo. Sadly it still has a mechanical drive and flash drives are hellishly expensive. They could probably make it a very-very thin design once they ditch the mechanical drive completely.
As it is, the iMac is a stunning piece of furniture which does a nice bit of function. It remains the upscale design of any computer on market today.
iMacs are still evolving. The possibilities of the tech now outstrip the reality; it is only so because of price. If they could do a dual processor with 1TB flash drive and have it be that price--boffo. Sadly it still has a mechanical drive and flash drives are hellishly expensive. They could probably make it a very-very thin design once they ditch the mechanical drive completely.
As it is, the iMac is a stunning piece of furniture which does a nice bit of function. It remains the upscale design of any computer on market today.
I won't be buying one. Better off with an upgraded, souped up previous gen model.
I would hardly call an optical drive a useless feature. Maybe in 10 years, but not in 2012. The only useless feature here is the thin edge, which doesn't reduce height, weight, width, depth or footprint of the unit.
For example, in my opinion it would have been better off staying the same size and price, but with:
TV tuner
More space for RAM
2nd HDD slot
Blu-Ray drive
Better graphics card - in order to cope with:
Retina display
Are you serious?
People will need Superdrives for a few years yet. If you think a Superdrive is what cuased the drop in weight you need to go back to school. They could easily have fitted a slim line drive in the new machine.
Fusion drive is nothing but a software addition, it is nothing related to hardware.
That would cost $5,000. No thanks. Think about it, one hardware failure and lose a lot if you had all this in a single device..
Which would also require:
Bigger power supply
More and bigger fans
More software development (to support BluRay)
Much higher price
I suppose Apple analyzed the market and decided their version would please more customers and generate more revenue and/or profit than your version. Maybe their analysis was right, maybe it was wrong. If they got it wrong, it just leaves a bigger opportunity in the market for someone else to offer something more pleasing to folks like you.
There's no slavery involved here. You don't have to buy what they offer, and they don't have to offer what you want.
