I'm going to order a 27" regular iMac this week with a 512 GB SSD (current plan). Just wondering, how much of the SSD space is left after initial setup ?
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I'm going to order a 27" regular iMac this week with a 512 GB SSD (current plan). Just wondering, how much of the SSD space is left after initial setup ?
That depends on the apps and data you install, a SSD is no different than a HD. OS X itself does not take up much space, less than 50GB normally.
Another PC convert
I am new here and new to Mac.
I got my 27" 3.5 Ghz I7 iMac a couple of weeks ago, and I couldn't be happier overall.
I had been a PC user since the mid '80s and my very first computer was a VIC-20. Anyone remember those?
I use a PC for mechanical engineering in my day gig, and had been using a PC for music production in my home studio. When the need arose to upgrade the studio machine, I opted for the iMac. I am really happy that I did.
I am new here and new to Mac.
I got my 27" 3.5 Ghz I7 iMac a couple of weeks ago, and I couldn't be happier overall.
I had been a PC user since the mid '80s and my very first computer was a VIC-20. Anyone remember those?
I use a PC for mechanical engineering in my day gig, and had been using a PC for music production in my home studio. When the need arose to upgrade the studio machine, I opted for the iMac. I am really happy that I did.
Yes I do ;-)
Me and (home) computers also go a long way back... started using an Acorn Electron (British made), then Acorn A3000 Archimedes with RiscOS, in 1995 moved to PCs. Now I finally say goodbye to self-built PCs.
Just ordered my 27" with 8 GB (will upgrade myself to 32 GB), 512 GB SSD, 3.5 GHz i7, 2 GB 775m. I also plan to use external Thunderbolt drives with it (my music, video and photo collections are huge....).
I just upgraded from my current non retina 27" iMac (late 2012) to the 27" retina 5K iMac (late 2014). Specs below:
iMac 27" non retina(late 2012)
3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
1TB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1GB GDDR5
iMac 27" 5K retina(late 2014)
4.0GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
1TB Flash Storage
AMD Radeon R9 M290X 2GB GDDR5
Thoughts?!
iMac 27" non retina(late 2012)
3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
1TB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1GB GDDR5
iMac 27" 5K retina(late 2014)
4.0GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
1TB Flash Storage
AMD Radeon R9 M290X 2GB GDDR5
Thoughts?!
Likely about 450GB or more. You will know for sure within minutes of turning it on. Just don't add any files or apps and then check Finder.
Just ordered - 5k iMac
Just ordered a 5k IMac with i7/ 295X/512GB. Have been navel gazing on it for two months. This forum is the best and the worst - I agonised over the decision on the graphics card. In truth I don't need the bigger card, but wanted it for future proofing reasons and for the sheer fact of all those pixels..
I am determined not going to look for problems when I get it. But if in "normal" use I find the heat/ fan issues obtrusive then I will return it.
Just ordered a 5k IMac with i7/ 295X/512GB. Have been navel gazing on it for two months. This forum is the best and the worst - I agonised over the decision on the graphics card. In truth I don't need the bigger card, but wanted it for future proofing reasons and for the sheer fact of all those pixels..
I am determined not going to look for problems when I get it. But if in "normal" use I find the heat/ fan issues obtrusive then I will return it.
I have been the happy owner of a Late 2009 27" core i5 iMac, very pleased with its performance and longevity. until recently. been having issues with hangs, slow downs, restart problems. so i have been looking at getting a new rig for about 2 months now.
Then i discovered why i have been having these problems. the HDD is actually on its last legs. just last night my bootcamp partition while in windows, everything bugged out and the system crashed.
So, now is the time.
Ordered a Refurb Retina iMac, basically the base unit with the 1Tb Fusion drive. going to go get a new copy of windows and an external blu-ray writer and keep on with the iMacs. should be here tomorrow.
Then i discovered why i have been having these problems. the HDD is actually on its last legs. just last night my bootcamp partition while in windows, everything bugged out and the system crashed.
So, now is the time.
Ordered a Refurb Retina iMac, basically the base unit with the 1Tb Fusion drive. going to go get a new copy of windows and an external blu-ray writer and keep on with the iMacs. should be here tomorrow.
First Impressions
So i've had the machine for almost 48 hours now so i thought that i will give my initial impressions. Its an astonishing machine, i honestly never thought that transitioning my home setup from Windows to Mac would be this painless.
The retina screen is great but nothing mind blowing in my opinion. What i do find mind blowing is how anti reflective the glossy display is, it is utterly amazing.
It runs very quiet and cool so far but at the moment i'm really not doing anything too taxing. Very pleased with this machine. While it has its own setbacks, so far the positives far out weigh the negatives and it truly does feel refreshing and how my home entertainment setup should be.
So i've had the machine for almost 48 hours now so i thought that i will give my initial impressions. Its an astonishing machine, i honestly never thought that transitioning my home setup from Windows to Mac would be this painless.
The retina screen is great but nothing mind blowing in my opinion. What i do find mind blowing is how anti reflective the glossy display is, it is utterly amazing.
It runs very quiet and cool so far but at the moment i'm really not doing anything too taxing. Very pleased with this machine. While it has its own setbacks, so far the positives far out weigh the negatives and it truly does feel refreshing and how my home entertainment setup should be.
Refurbished or new?
I have been on the fence about buying a new iMac (switching from Windows) or waiting until fall when I hope an updated 21.5in iMac will be released. I have looked in the Apple Store at a refurbished 2013 iMac model (1TB drive) for about $500 less than a new one. Or a refurbished 2014 model with 500 G Drive. And am very confused about what to do. My current Dell laptop might not last until the fall..
So should I buy the refurbished model or new now or wait?
Any advise? Thanks
I have been on the fence about buying a new iMac (switching from Windows) or waiting until fall when I hope an updated 21.5in iMac will be released. I have looked in the Apple Store at a refurbished 2013 iMac model (1TB drive) for about $500 less than a new one. Or a refurbished 2014 model with 500 G Drive. And am very confused about what to do. My current Dell laptop might not last until the fall..
So should I buy the refurbished model or new now or wait?
Any advise? Thanks
Just one piece of advice: whatever you buy, it should have a SSD in it (Fusion Drive or SSD alone). Don't buy a new machine today with just a classical hard drive in it. The SSD makes your Mac so fast!!
Depends on whether you live in the US or not. Here in Europe, specially the Netherlands, refurbished iMacs from Apple has almost impossible to find. I ordered a new 27" non-retina last week.
You can wait, but personally I don't expect big performance gains when Apple finally upgrades the line-up to Intel's Skylake CPUs or maybe Broadwells. The main thing about Skylake and Broadwell is TDP aka power. Perhaps Apple won't use an external GPU anymore in its non-retina models (=> cost saving for Apple).
This year, the main thing for PCs is the move to PCIe (NVMM) for SSDs. However, AFAIK Apple already uses NVMM in Yosimite (for some models ?).
I want to upgade to the Retina iMac. I also got the same late 2012 iMac. I am not sure if I should do it....
Had the mid-2011 27" iMac, then found got a great deal on a late 2012 27" 3.2 iMac. Going to upgrade from 8 to 16 GB RAM. Hoping to get the 5K model later in the year.
It's been awhile since I was on this wonderful forum, 2 years I think, but I just had to share the news with you guys.
Ordered the 5k iMac!!
Went with the 3TB Fusion drive (Tired of using an external drive for all my music). 16 GB of RAM (will probably upgrade that to 32 at some point). 4Ghz i7 (while I may not need to the processing power for what I am doing now, it might come in handy for the future). Stayed with just the default 2GB video card (not going to be doing any gaming or video card intensive work and I doubt I will in the future).
Pretty excited for it to arrive, should be here Monday or Tuesday. Congrats to all those that bought one.
Ordered the 5k iMac!!
Went with the 3TB Fusion drive (Tired of using an external drive for all my music). 16 GB of RAM (will probably upgrade that to 32 at some point). 4Ghz i7 (while I may not need to the processing power for what I am doing now, it might come in handy for the future). Stayed with just the default 2GB video card (not going to be doing any gaming or video card intensive work and I doubt I will in the future).
Pretty excited for it to arrive, should be here Monday or Tuesday. Congrats to all those that bought one.
That's amazingly fast. I "hope" to see my first iMac later this week after ~2-3 weeks since I ordered it.
A CTO 5K iMac was a little above my budget...
The delivery date was moved back to Friday or Saturday so a little bit more of a wait. Hope you get yours soon.
BEWARE people... This "image retention" thing is STILL very much an issue. Just google "iMac image retention" or "iMac image persistence" and you will get an eye full. I have had 2 late 2013 27" iMacs and both had these issues. I don't know what to do as I just returned the last one to the Apple Store. Do I wait until June and pray that Apple has made LG fix these issues? I am even reading that the 5k models are plagued by this and not just the 2012 and 2013 models. What is most troubling to me is that Apple is calling this "normal". This is NOT normal and has not always happened. I have had many many iMacs since they're very first release and they did not all do this. I spoke to a senior adviser today that said Apple is calling this normal for IPS displays over time... Mine have done it 20 minutes out of the box. I asked him his honest opinion and even he said that he agrees that it is not normal and should not be happening. There is nothing normal about an image burning into your screen...
Apple refers to IR as "image persistence". To the eye this can appear very similar to permanent screen burn-in seen on old CRT or plasma displays, but it's not the same problem. Notes:
- This doesn't happen until the computer has had a chance to warm up.
- The after-images are most visible on a dark gray background, and are invisible against a very bright or completely black background.
- When the problem first starts to kick in as the system warms up, blue after-images show up first, followed by green.
- Certain white or yellow colors result in green after-images.
- Certain blue, magenta, or white colors result in blue after-images.
- Green after-images are far more common than blue after-images.
- Green after-images are much more noticeable/distracting/annoying.
- After system is warm, it takes about two minutes for an after-image to become noticeable, and it becomes strongest after about 5 minutes.
- It takes about 20-30 minutes for a strong after-image to fade away after switching to a dark gray background.
- Rebooting doesn't clear an after-image.
Apple refers to IR as "image persistence". To the eye this can appear very similar to permanent screen burn-in seen on old CRT or plasma displays, but it's not the same problem. Notes:
- This doesn't happen until the computer has had a chance to warm up.
- The after-images are most visible on a dark gray background, and are invisible against a very bright or completely black background.
- When the problem first starts to kick in as the system warms up, blue after-images show up first, followed by green.
- Certain white or yellow colors result in green after-images.
- Certain blue, magenta, or white colors result in blue after-images.
- Green after-images are far more common than blue after-images.
- Green after-images are much more noticeable/distracting/annoying.
- After system is warm, it takes about two minutes for an after-image to become noticeable, and it becomes strongest after about 5 minutes.
- It takes about 20-30 minutes for a strong after-image to fade away after switching to a dark gray background.
- Rebooting doesn't clear an after-image.
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Mine actually came today after saying it would be delivered sometime between the 24th-28th so it may get to you sooner.
I bought this 27" retina iMac at Xmas but i only got mine with 8gigs ram figuring that I would upgrade at a later date.
I am an average user, mostly on the internet although i do often have 2 browsers open with about 16 tabs going at once, email, and a few others and never once have i run into a ram problem, even when all of that and converting a film from .mkv to .mpg
so not sure why everyone feels the need for 16-32 rams straight out of the box but i guess at some point i will upgrade
I am an average user, mostly on the internet although i do often have 2 browsers open with about 16 tabs going at once, email, and a few others and never once have i run into a ram problem, even when all of that and converting a film from .mkv to .mpg
so not sure why everyone feels the need for 16-32 rams straight out of the box but i guess at some point i will upgrade