On my Macbook Pro the headphone jack is on the LEFT hand side. Left hand side! I'm right handed for god's sake!
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On my Macbook Pro the headphone jack is on the LEFT hand side. Left hand side! I'm right handed for god's sake!
I agree; it'd be nice to see this, but don't forget that the headphone jack is a combination of stereo output, optical digital sound output, and it is compatible with an Apple iPhone headset with the mic, so it also receives signals.
I guess Apple haven't cracked the nut on how to pack all that into a mag safe connector? Or care to?
I did not suggest otherwise; Apple led the industry in dropping floppy support, and now they are simply doing the same with regard to CD support. Thinness was a consequence of dropping CD support. I think that most user simply don't need it anymore. Those that do need it can get an external reader/writer, and I'm in that category, but I still think that most do not need a CD drive.
I generally agree... but I would rephrase the bolded section above to: Thinness was a opportunity enabled by dropping CD support.
If I may be allowed to put my two cents in, yes I'm annoyed by this move, for several reasons. One reason, not my main one though, is that there really seems to be no practical reason to make the edges of the iMac thinner. Looking at my 27" unit head-on (yes I bought one), it looks exactly the same as my early 2011 iMac... and I'm not likely to be using it in a sideways manner anytime soon. So there really is no increased practical or aesthetic appeal to the extra thinness. Maybe it's some sort of sales gimmick. After all, turning out snappier hardware in the same boxes year after year doesn't give that "new product" aura in the store.
So I bought a superdrive to go with, and use it to import my CD collection to iTunes. No big deal. EXCEPT...
These moves by Apple, Microsoft, Google, and now Adobe, to get users involved in "The Cloud" is actually a major annoyance for me. Reason being, it creates a dependence, and pushes users into providing a steady stream of revenue for the corporations involved. For Apple's part, they make it way too easy, IMHO, for users to engage in impulse buying through iTunes and the App Store. The inclusion of smaller capacity, solid state drives on the Macbook line makes this method of purchasing media more necessary, too.
The other thing is, iTunes hardly ever has the albums or films that I want to buy. I watch obscure dramas, and listen to Japanese music. I have to order this stuff most of the time. Even if it were to become available, I really abhor the idea of having to repurchase everything on iTunes, just so it will be available on my computer. I don't intend to repurchase movies I've collected or albums by American or British bands that I already own, either... just so they'll play in the cloud.
These issues aren't dealbreakers for me. I still love my Macs, and intend to keep using them until it is no longer practical to do so. It is annoying, though, to think that someday it might be.
So I bought a superdrive to go with, and use it to import my CD collection to iTunes. No big deal. EXCEPT...
These moves by Apple, Microsoft, Google, and now Adobe, to get users involved in "The Cloud" is actually a major annoyance for me. Reason being, it creates a dependence, and pushes users into providing a steady stream of revenue for the corporations involved. For Apple's part, they make it way too easy, IMHO, for users to engage in impulse buying through iTunes and the App Store. The inclusion of smaller capacity, solid state drives on the Macbook line makes this method of purchasing media more necessary, too.
The other thing is, iTunes hardly ever has the albums or films that I want to buy. I watch obscure dramas, and listen to Japanese music. I have to order this stuff most of the time. Even if it were to become available, I really abhor the idea of having to repurchase everything on iTunes, just so it will be available on my computer. I don't intend to repurchase movies I've collected or albums by American or British bands that I already own, either... just so they'll play in the cloud.
These issues aren't dealbreakers for me. I still love my Macs, and intend to keep using them until it is no longer practical to do so. It is annoying, though, to think that someday it might be.
If i might add my not but humble opinion. At one point in the thread it was argued that Apple have put form over function and they have never done this before. In my opinion Apple wouldn't still be around if they didn't focus on design. I believe that design, amongst other things is the key to Apple's success, in 1997 when Steve Jobs returned as CEO he scrapped the current computers and produced just one, the imac g3. The company went from a $1Bn loss to profit, in one year. The G3 is a prime example of putting design right at the spearhead and an even better example of the fact that it worked.
I agree with that, but we should distinguish between design (which covers not only the way how a product looks like, but it's overall functional approach, how well things are integrated, the coherence of a product's concepts, ...) and just the looks of a thing.
The G3 both looked nice and delivered a sound and well-performing overall package. That's what I consider good design.
The new iMac on the other hand favors looks over function and general design. Non-replacable disks are bad design, as we all know that they will break in every computer. Glueing the screen to the case is bad design, as there are other solutions available that don't reduce servicability (damn, there are so many monitors out there that perform better than the iMacs without all that glue). Reducing the thickness of the AOI case is just for better looks, but it comes with significant drawbacks. Bad design either.
Don't get me wrong. To each their own. It's just that I would never buy this machine. Its way too limited.
The Macs thinness is indicative of how much more efficient it is. Apple says it's 40% more energy efficient, which I believe, because it never seems to get hot or even warm. Also it's lighter weight, which you can argue doesn't matter in a desktop, but to me speaks to the overall focus on engineering efficiency that's gone into this machine.
The iMac is cooler because it uses notebook chips in a desktop computer, which is good for thermal emissions, but bad for performance. It's more or less a sealed notebook on a stick.
I do not think that is generally true. Certainly not the CPU. GFX does use mobile components but that is about it. Memory uses a mobile DIMMs... but that is just a form factor change... not performance.
/Jim
Agreed, but far from being the fastest desktop. Which is not relevant in almost all cases, as these machines are typically not used for power computing.
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I like this Hoodman USB 3.0 "RAW STEEL" model which has both CF and SD sockets:
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-howard
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Hoodman, Lexar, Sandisk all have good dual card readers in USB 3. I've heard good things about the Hoodman and I myself use the Lexar.
I'd hardly call the Mac Pro a desktop, more like a workstation. But ok, limit it to AIO. Obviously the iMac isn't the supreme performance leader among all non-portables, but it's way up there. Just look at the benchmarks. The i7 iMac gets 13,000 vs Mac Pro 12 core getting 25,000. That's impressively fast.
I got my first Mac a couple weeks ago. My only gripe was that it didn't come with an optical drive. It wasn't enough of a gripe to dissuade me.
I had not been paying attention to any of the marketing didn't really notice how thin it was until after I got it home.My main reason for switching to Mac was that Vista was eating my old PC alive. It was time to upgrade and I was ready to try something new.
I had not been paying attention to any of the marketing didn't really notice how thin it was until after I got it home.My main reason for switching to Mac was that Vista was eating my old PC alive. It was time to upgrade and I was ready to try something new.
Welcome to the club! And congrats for trying something new instead of buying back into the Windows world.