Vancouver BC 4C
Hey folks, ive got a late 2015 i7 iMac with a 1TB Stock ssd and 24GB of Ram. Stock it came with 8 and I upgraded when I bought it. Its not a slow machine and its 5 years old now almost but Ive been looking around eyeing up the machines and maybe even the iMac Pros in the refurb section. Problem is what is really worth buying?
New iMacs aren't heavily outpacing my 4Ghz CPU of yesteryear. I mean ya there's like 15-25% in single core (if you go full fat with the i9) and then a decent chunk about 30-45% on the multicore side of things. I really just want things to overall be snappier, like lower latency so I think single core is going to drive most of that along with GPU. GPU is still not bad for daily use. I get some judder with Google Earth (new one in chrome) but im not a heavy gamer, and so Im still happy with it.
The only reason Ive even been looking is that my screen has a pink leading edge at the edge of the screen which is apparently a common issue, and its getting obvious enough that I dont want to use light wallpapers on it. But in order to get me over the hump on an upgrade I want to see some speed, like significant.
So not sure what to buy for the best value. Mac Pro is so sweet but holy **** the price is tag is insane. iMac Pro so slick and probably my go to except with similar configs on storage and ram I can get a loaded iMac for like 40% less. Geez. But then I look at the benchmarks and Im not seeing what Im spending 4 grand for.
So this is more of an enthusiast rant in that I wish there was a computer that I could buy that would actually make my computing experience faster, even iPadPro Like in overall latency and experience.
Please, Tell me what I have to do.
PS.
Ive also looked at OWC and they dont have any drop in upgrades to get me from 1TB to 2TB (apparently some guys have made it work but it involves some command line stuff Im not sure I 100% Trust for my main desktop machine. (I need this thing to be reliable). Ram I can do though maybe a couple of 16GB Chips.
Hey folks, ive got a late 2015 i7 iMac with a 1TB Stock ssd and 24GB of Ram. Stock it came with 8 and I upgraded when I bought it. Its not a slow machine and its 5 years old now almost but Ive been looking around eyeing up the machines and maybe even the iMac Pros in the refurb section. Problem is what is really worth buying?
New iMacs aren't heavily outpacing my 4Ghz CPU of yesteryear. I mean ya there's like 15-25% in single core (if you go full fat with the i9) and then a decent chunk about 30-45% on the multicore side of things. I really just want things to overall be snappier, like lower latency so I think single core is going to drive most of that along with GPU. GPU is still not bad for daily use. I get some judder with Google Earth (new one in chrome) but im not a heavy gamer, and so Im still happy with it.
The only reason Ive even been looking is that my screen has a pink leading edge at the edge of the screen which is apparently a common issue, and its getting obvious enough that I dont want to use light wallpapers on it. But in order to get me over the hump on an upgrade I want to see some speed, like significant.
So not sure what to buy for the best value. Mac Pro is so sweet but holy **** the price is tag is insane. iMac Pro so slick and probably my go to except with similar configs on storage and ram I can get a loaded iMac for like 40% less. Geez. But then I look at the benchmarks and Im not seeing what Im spending 4 grand for.
So this is more of an enthusiast rant in that I wish there was a computer that I could buy that would actually make my computing experience faster, even iPadPro Like in overall latency and experience.
Please, Tell me what I have to do.
PS.
Ive also looked at OWC and they dont have any drop in upgrades to get me from 1TB to 2TB (apparently some guys have made it work but it involves some command line stuff Im not sure I 100% Trust for my main desktop machine. (I need this thing to be reliable). Ram I can do though maybe a couple of 16GB Chips.
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