OK, you talked me into it. I ordered a maxed out iMac:
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... except for the RAM. As someone on this thread suggested, I'll get the 16 GB (2x8GB) from Crucial or OWC for a total of 24GB and upgrade to 64GB later on when prices drop.
Experience actually tells me the opposite. The stock models are by far the best sellers, and that holds true on resale. You lose a lot of the resale value on high end upgrades because most people don't want them.Experience also tells me that the highest spec'ed macs will sell better when it's time to move up again.
I feel like this is the last iMac with the current design. For this reason, I am going to wait. Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, DDR4, all this will be added into the next iMac, which hopefully has been redesigned. We'll see!
Experience also tells me that the highest spec'ed macs will sell better when it's time to move up again.
He never said he'd recoup his purchase price difference....
He said it will sell better, which I agree......but you will take a big $$ hit from purchase price.
I purchased a maxed out machine because that's what I want and intend to keep my iMac for 5+ years......I could care less about resale.
That's a false economy. In 6 years, you can sell the old 5k Retina iMac and easily afford a new 5K 27" monitor which will be very, very inexpensive. You'll probably even make a few bucks. Target display mode will likely come in 2016, but is a white elephant (is that the right expression?)Agreed! I am also waiting for Thunderbolt 3, and not-as-important-but-would-be-nice USB C. Not sure why Apple didn't add Thunderbolt 3 to these 27" iMacs, with Skylake they should be able to handle it.
The reason I want it: with it the retina iMacs should be able to support Target Display Mode. This 2009 27" might be getting a little slow, but it still has a great screen; I intent to keep it and use it as an external monitor when I get my retina iMac. Then when that one gets old, I'd like to do the same thing
What is your definition of 'sell better'? The only thing relevant is which one depreciates more because either computer sells depending on what you list it for.
Exactly the point
- If you list both computers in 2019 for the same price will the max out version sell faster? Yes it will.
I disagree......while you will never recoup the purchase difference, in your example I bet it would sell faster.
- If in 2019 you list the base version for $800 and the max version for $1100 will the max out version sell faster? No it won't.
Thats fine and logical reasoning. No one is questioning that.
Yup, I purchase for myself and don't really give a hoot about resale.......
Thank You.
I feel like this is the last iMac with the current design. For this reason, I am going to wait. Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, DDR4, all this will be added into the next iMac, which hopefully has been redesigned. We'll see!
If you're going to buy a maxed out iMac, I'd wait until next year. I'm convinced 2016 is going to be the year of the redesigns (MacBook, iMac, iPhone). I'm just not willing to spend a large chunk of my money on an iMac (my first Mac!) that's basically just a spec bump.
Makes good sense.I think this is more than a spec bump. I've been waiting for the Skylake processor, instead of Haswell or Broadwell, which is a Haswell refresh. Skylake is a completely new Intel platform. A Skylake refresh isn't expected until the third quarter of 2016. The 5K monitor is another plus with 14.7 million pixels with a larger color palette, which is perfect for photographers. So, if you don't need an iMac right now, you can choose to wait for the refresh, but that's another year.
Ok, so here is my take on it. I want a maxed out iMac*. I probably do not need one, but i want one anyway, so i am trying to convince myself to buy one. I need help in pressing that 'confirm order' button with the juicy extras all loaded up. And i suspect others need that nudge too.
My justification to press the button is this: The new (late 2015) 27" Retina 4.0GHz, 512GB Flash Storage, M395X and 3 year apple care on the UK store comes to £2548
My latest iMac has lasted me about 8 years. I paid roughly £2000 for it in 2007. 8 years is 2920 days and £2000 divided by that number works out at about 68.5p a day for a wonderful machine ( upgraded the storage to SSD a few years ago ) that has served me so well.
So, if i apply the same 8 year time frame to the new (late 2015 iMac), i'll be paying 87p a day if it last me 8 years. Although, i really don't want to hang on to it for so long. So if i half that to 4 years, the average daily expense will be £1.74.
£1.74 a day isn't that much, its the choice between an extra cup of bad coffee a day or a shiny new iMac, and
especially when you consider the resale value after the 4 year period. Which hopefully will be around £700-1000.
Please tell me i am not delusional because i want to order immediately!!
* Will upgrade RAM myself to 32GB at later date