Opinions on the new Dell all-in-one?

[forty2j]

Your tone is incredibly condescending and I don't feel it's appropriate.

I was working on the actual resolution and not the physical size of the change/pixel increase. I don't like marketing like this as to me and probably most users Quad HD = 720 x4 or 1080 x 4 NOT the measure of the pixel density increase.

It's because you can literally display 4 HD pictures simultaneously... I dislike misleading marketing too, but Quad HD makes sense.

 

[Buffsteria]

For a second I thought I was looking at the HP Z1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OAji8R-_jQ

Question: do either that Dell or the Z1 have as good looking a display as the iMac?

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Okay I looked at the Dell site. The model with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 2GB GDDR starts at $1599 and that's with the 3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i5-3450s processor (2.80 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.50 GHz).

If you want the 3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i7-3770s processor (3.10 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.90 GHz) then it's $1999.

Still not worth buying over the iMac in spite of the savings.

 

[applefiend95]

Your tone is incredibly condescending and I don't feel it's appropriate.

I was working on the actual resolution and not the physical size of the change/pixel increase. I don't like marketing like this as to me and probably most users Quad HD = 720 x4 or 1080 x 4 NOT the measure of the pixel density increase.

hmmmmm...... You are definitely not getting it. what manufacturers do is the increase the pixel counts while keeping the original size; this is why you get retina displays and such on tiny devices => pixel density increases.

 

[redache]

looks like you may have to go back to middle school there buddy. take a square which is 1 X 1, this has an area of 1. now take a square whose dimensions are double: 2 X 2, this has an area of 4. are you getting it? when you double the dimension, you quadruple the area; this is why they call it Quad HD; cheers!

hmmmmm...... You are definitely not getting it. what manufacturers do is the increase the pixel counts while keeping the original size; this is why you get retina displays and such on tiny devices => pixel density increases.

I understand that but I'm saying, for the layman it doesn't make sense to have marketing like that, I guess this is why Apple are more successful with portable devices .

 

[benmrii]

Gawd. Even the promotional is inspired by Apple; Can't blame them.

Quality and inspiration is sorely lacking in this world...

I love how Apple is improving the PC and mobile industry and no one acknowledges this fact.

Go Apple!

More accurately: Apple is improving the mobile and OS industry. But the latter is not so much the case anymore... the last few upgrades - and Mountain Lion is a great example - are all bells and whistles that are... well, not great. "Yay! It's linked to iCloud! The most preposterous, bloated POS cloud/email/photo streaming package available!" (As I write this, I check and it's one hour and counting that my iCloud address can't send email.)

But more importantly, Windows is responding.

What has made Apple great all of these years is their OS/iOS. The computers are prettier, but it's the OS that makes the difference. In the other areas, you get less for more money. Compare prices and hardware specs and it's not even close. As I just said elsewhere, the "new" Mac Pros cost more than twice as much as recent PCs that have more RAM, processor speed, hard drive space including SSD, video cards that would make the MacPro's cry...

I use both, I need both. I've been a loyal Apple fan, and employee for a long time. But Windows is getting lots better, and Apple isn't competing nearly as hard on the OS level, and if they ignore their entry level desktops I fear they will lose ground in the market.

 

[gagaliya]

Here's the article, for anyone that hasn't read it yet:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-3118_7...dell-all-in-one-matches-imac-pixel-for-pixel/

DOA, fail before it's even out. I dont understand why those companies REFUSE to release an AIO with a decent graphic. Retarded...

The Intel HD 4000 graphics core embedded in the Dell's new Core i7 and Core i5 chips is a viable 3D processor, but neither that chip nor the Dell's GeForce 640M upgrade option is a match for the iMac's high-end AMD Radeon HD 6970M.

 

[applefiend95]

I understand that but I'm saying, for the layman it doesn't make sense to have marketing like that, I guess this is why Apple are more successful with portable devices .

its a good marketing strategy because most computer users are not techy and will not understnad what is being advertised. therefore, for those targeted consumer range, this type of marketing is well enough.

 

[AceWilfong]

My iMac is flattered.