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OS X El Capitan Code Hints at 4K 21.5-inch Retina iMac
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If Broadwell is already done, does that mean the very next release from Intel will be Skylake? MBP with Skylake is coming soon?
Not sure what you mean. The text would be marginally smaller than 1080p and there's no reason that it wouldn't be non-natively scaled. The resolution would be 2048x1152 but pixel doubled. There's nothing non-native about it. The text would be the same size as the 27 inch 5k, which is perfectly fine.
It will give a slightly bigger working area than the current 21.5". The value only refers to a screen resolution. It might be a bigger physical size. The iMac has got bigger screens over time. The jump to retina is a good opportunity to increase again.
My wife and daughter are both waiting for new iMacs. Theirs are 24" models from early 2008. I bought the upgraded processors, which give some extra time before upgrading is required. But I'm amazed at how well these models have held up for most computing tasks. While my wife mostly uses hers for more basic things, including watching video and playing games, my daughter has a degree in fashion and advertising photography, and her iMac no longer works well for that, but she has a Retina 15" Macbook Pro she uses instead.
I'm waiting for Skylake. I really don't see a point in getting what I consider to be an interim design. Skylake, from what Intel is saying, will be worth the wait. and it's possible that Apple is waiting for that to make some larger changes in the iMac designs. Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.1 among them.
I'm waiting for Skylake. I really don't see a point in getting what I consider to be an interim design. Skylake, from what Intel is saying, will be worth the wait. and it's possible that Apple is waiting for that to make some larger changes in the iMac designs. Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.1 among them.
It Proves only an 4K iMac comes, not an 21.5" iMac, I bet the new iMac will be bigger than 23" and smaller than 24.5"
Why is Apple running on AMD gpus? Performance-per-watt from them is absolutely dreadful. I've got a Geforce GTX 960 and at load it draws only 120 watts. AMD's similar performer takes about 230 watts. Pathetic....
Apple isn't redesigning the iMac. They maintained the same design when going to retina, that shows me they're sticking with the same design for years to come.
The reason why you are confused is because either you don't need it or don't know what you want...
now if they would add a 3TB options for HD to the small ones
Then they could expand the recall to that model as well.
If they're older than 40, you'll be wasting your money.
I think that's what he meant. Not the trackpad on the MBP, which was added to all recently, but the standalone trackpad, which is used with the iMac.
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Toshiba has a 3 TB drive, the only one > 2 TB 2.5" drive I am aware of, could you link me to the claim you make above.
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Lose the 21" iMac, 27" QHD iMac, MBA's, and Apple has an all retina lineup. Wonder if they'll keep an intro non-retina iMac around (Only $200 difference between the 27" 5k and QHD, just like the non-retina 13" MBP & retina 13" MBP). Come Skylake, they could update the Mac Mini, MBAs & eventually MBPs. Must be a paint ot have had Intel get delayed so much, on what might have been a quicker refresh across the Mac lineups.
Hopefully not - the 5k iMac's price was pretty good value when it came out for a 5K AIO.