Yes, I understand all that. I'm on an early 2008 iMac, maxed out at 4gb of ram, constantly running hot (probably from dust) and shutting down on me in the middle of something when it overheats. I "need" a new computer, too.
But, I realized that if I put a clip-on fan behind the computer, it keeps the temps cool enough so that It can be running all day without shutting down. Since I really want to wait for the iMac refresh before I buy a new one, and I can manage with what I have, I don't "need" it as much as I thought I did. I'm willing to put up with the slowness, inconvenience and hassle now to get something better down the line.
So spare me the nonsense of being from a different planet.
I'll do you a favor... reply to this and I won't answer so you can have the last word. 🙄
Well it's similar with mine, it's slow, it gets hot as well but it works for normal things. However, I can't work on big projects with Logic, which I need, because it makes me earn money. And I don't need to have the last word by the way
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Also what I didn't mention is, because of the Mac getting so hot sometimes, that it had a graphics card issue. I'm scared it will happen again and then I won't be able to sell it
An single external hard drive isn't going to become "ultra fast" just because it is interfaced with Thunderbolt I or Thunderbolt II ... it is going to transfer data at its normal slow speed of around 130 MB/sec. Only if you create a large multi drive RAID-0 array are you even going to get close to utilizing a Thunderbolt interface with hard disks.
You can save a lot of money by just buying an inexpensive USB 3.0 hard disk for either the current or future iMac. You don't need Thunderbolt 2 unless you do extremely data intensive real-time transfers which your posts don't seem to indicate.
Yes that's what I read yesterday, what are does arrays you are talking about? I do work with large files (with Logic) all the time, so it would be convenient if it was as fast as possible.
From what I read, HDDs are more reliable than SDDs, and also they're cheaper as we know. I have a Western Digital 3T right now, I can't judge how fast it will be with USB3 or Thunderbolt at the moment, since I also have 1TB on my iMac right now, I only used it to store stuff and do backups, and not to put stuff on it that I use every day.
https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx...046C2!240&app=Excel&authkey=!AIirA-I4jvTVWU4&
Source:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/382882/which-external-hard-drive-usb-3-or-thunderbolt
Also I use software instruments that are up to 40GB and more sometimes, I think the 256GB Flash drive will be filled very quickly. I guess I'll have to go with a 512 one, just to put the stuff I need on it.
My vote is to wait for new ones. Your only a few months away at worst and it'll likely have cheaper SSD memory, upd CPU, etc... For the same price. I can put up with my current 2009 17" MBPro for a little longer...
That's what I'm scared of, that it will be
much better for the same price. I don't think the SSD memory will be cheaper, or what makes you think this? I mean I know it gets cheaper with the years but still.
