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New iMac With 'iPad Pro Design Language' and Thin Bezels Reportedly Coming at WWDC

mindquest said:
What brand and model of the 32" are you using?
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LG 32UD99-W
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I'd give it 9/10 marks, except now 1.5 years later since release I've read that a green screen corner defect has started to surface recently on this and other similar LG models. If it wasn't for what appears to be a manufacturing defect, it would be a recommend. Cosmetically I also really like the esthetic (very Apple-design like).

Unfortunately I cannot recommend this model specifically any longer due to the manufacturing defect. But if my monitor ends up with the defect and needs replacement, it will be replaced with a 32" 4k.
 
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seanharris50 said:
Long overdue! Do we think they will have Intel of Apple chips?
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Would be a bit daft to have Intel chips if they also announce a transition to ARM at the same event as could put a number of buyers off. Based on prevous Apple CPU/architecture tansitions they haven't supported the old architecture for that long. Then again if the apps you need don't run on ARM or are slow to transition, then you might be quite happy. Doesn't make the decision to upgrade an easy one.
 
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Interesting. Long overdue so hope they get it right right out of the bat.
Though I will wait for real life tests before making a decision.
 
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ignatius345 said:
It's about time. I was bullish on the Fusion Drive when I first got my iMac 5K. In theory it's the best of both worlds and the performance is massively better than an HDD and a lot cheaper than an SSD of the same size.

What they don't tell you, though, is that the SSD part of the Fusion Drive gets absolutely hammered with wear as you use it.

Data is constantly being migrated onto and off of it as you work. (That's by design -- after all, the logic is that the stuff you're actively working on is moved to the SSD). But all that throughput, with the tiny SSDs Apple provides in these systems, destroys them with wear. After about 4 years, the 128GB SSD in my Fusion Drive was showing less than 10% of its lifetime left before I opened the thing up and installed a big SATA SSD. So, as far as I'm concerned, Fusion Drives are basically a ticking time bomb. Also remember, some of the SSDs in Fusion Drives are a measly 32GB, exposing them to even worse wear rates than mine.
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They took a brilliant idea and pushed it too far. The first generations seemed well balanced, but then they made the SSDs too small. I suspect it’s because most users only need less than a TB of storage so the math of the fusion drive starts to break down. In my case, I have several TB of storage that I obviously don’t need all at once, so a good 256GB or 512GB SSD fused with rotating media would work well for me if they made such a thing.
 
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I have been waiting years for this. Still using a 2007 iMac that I upgraded with a SSD. Can’t wait to get my hands on one. Was waiting for the base model (all I need) to drop the slowww hard drives.
 
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This will make even more sense after the move to ARM. Same CPU line, same design language. IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER
 
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ultrafiel80 said:
I'm on the mid-2011 also. Has lasted forever, but I'm all on a new iMac if released at WWDC. It will be nice to get on a computer that supports Metal and can run the latest OS again. Hoping the screen size goes to 32 inches and that SSD prices are reasonable—I'll get at least 1TB regardless.
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Add me to the list of mid-2011 owners hoping to upgrade soon. i installed an SSD in mine 4 years ago and it is still pretty good except no MacOs upgrades.
 
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mindquest said:
What brand and model of the 32" are you using?
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I have a Dell 4k U3219Q and a Dell 34 curved. Reading text at the edges of the 4k is not fun. Its much better on the curved 34, even though it's not 4k. I have many terminals open with small fonts. Maybe the Apple display is better at that, will see. When working close to a large display the edges are off angle, the curve helps with that.
 
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magicschoolbus said:
This could be the most gorgeous iMac ever!

What if the stand moves to a flat surface and runs iOS and supports Apple Pencil?
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It would be great if the stand moves. But given the picture, it looks like it uses the same old stand design.
Pencil... that will be great! though I doubt it.
 
Not sure I'm going to embrace the new iMac, but the graphic used in this thread sure looks cool. I'm diving for sofa change and a spare kidney in hopes of going into debt for a Mac Pro. In my view, it's the only product Apple currently makes that's worthy of the 'Pro' moniker. :rolleyes: I still have my 2009 Mac Pro and it has always impressed me. The newer disposable Mac's are embarrassing.
 
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ignatius345 said:
If you get a good price, it's not a terrible idea. If it was me I'd just try the FD out and see if it meets your needs, then do the surgery later on when it's out of AppleCare anyway. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's not a fun process (lots of glue strips) but it's doable. There's a big thread somewhere on these forums about replacing the blade SSDs, which you have to carefully match to your system. The SATA drive is generic and a piece of cake to source and replace, but a bit slower.
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I'm kind of interested in it for 2 reasons: I'm in IT, so I'd like the experience of trying out upgrading the drives. Secondly, I like the idea of having two independent, internal drives. The blade for OS/Apps & the 2.5" drive for data, or the blade MacOS & the 2.5" Windows. Not sure. Just want to play around. Sure, I could use external drives, but I don't like losing the desk space when I don't have to.
 
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