Wow, that's absolutely laughable, especially at the price. Well at least I don't to find the money for a new PC for another 6 months at least, or I'll just go back to Dell.
OMG... I can't believe people are still bitching about Blu-Ray. It's simple really. Sony want's to charge too high of a licensing fee.
Just go buy a firewire B-R drive that you can happily use on all of your machines.
Was not that obvious since... long ago? However I think the iMac is still a solid computer. And if I am not mistaken, this is the first time a mainstream Apple computer gets 1 GB of memory for graphics (27" model).
The Mac Pro also got 5770 and 5870 1GB cards as options. At the prices listed, they certainly aren't what I would call mainstream tho so you're probably right
just saw the update and have been waiting for it. Now I wonder which one to get. It will definitely be a 21.5", as 27" is just to big for me. However I wonder wether I should spent extra money on the better graphics and processor (might even consider the core i5 upgrade), but I just don't whether it is worth it or not.
My use: light gaming, but not high end and latest and greatest games. More like WoW and other games that shouldn't be to graphic intense. Other than that, just the usual stuff. No fancy video editing either.
Just wondering if it is worth to spend £200+ for 500GB, a slightly better graphics card and eventually an upgrade to the core i5.
The Mac Pro also got 5770 and 5870 1GB cards as options. At the prices listed, they certainly aren't what I would call mainstream tho so you're probably right
Yes, I consider the Mac Pro as a workstation-class machine. The iMac is for the masses and that amount of graphics memory was not available before.
No USB 3, no eSATA, no Blu-Ray... I'll just go back to Dell.
ROTFLMAO.
Yeah, go back to Dell.
Anyone expecting Blu-Ray on this iMac revision has been, shall we say, a wee bit out of touch recently.
Blu-Ray is a mess. I was watching a Blu-Ray movie last night (or trying to) while it repeatedly connected to the internet, downloading "content" that I have absolutely no interest in watching. There's no way around watching endless previews, intros, etc... I just want to watch the goddam movie! But no, Sony says you have to do this and wade through 15 minutes of junk before you watch a movie that you thought was yours.
You really want crap like that in a computer? Doesn't matter - the more important consideration is, does Apple want that in their computers? Obviously not.
You want to play Blu-Ray? Get a Blu-Ray player. Want a computer? Get an iMac.
Want to throw your money away on utter shit? Get a Dell. Or an HP.
What?!?! The least expensive iMac with the i3 chip has no Turbo Boost?!?!
WTF!!!!!
Yeah the 3.06GHz i3 has no Turbo Boost, all the other models do. That's probably fine for the lowest end model, but it does seem odd. Does the line of i3 with turbo boost go no lower than 3.2GHz? If so that would explain it, another way for Apple to differentiate the product line.
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So, what will be the performance difference between the old C2D of yesterday's iMac vs the Core i3 of today's iMac?
Faster processors and faster graphics across the board. Not sure what percentages we will see, but the new systems will certainly be faster.
Honestly the thing I'm disappointed about most in the iMac update is that we don't have DX11 video across the board. The 4670 is DX 10.1.
Blu-Ray is a mess. I was watching a Blu-Ray movie last night (or trying to) while it repeatedly connected to the internet, downloading "content" that I have absolutely no interest in watching. There's no way around watching endless previews, intros, etc... I just want to watch the goddam movie! But no, Sony says you have to do this and wade through 15 minutes of junk before you watch a movie that you thought was yours.
Is THAT bad? Force you to watch things you don't want and were not meant to? Probably it makes little to no difference for TV junkies though.
Now that Apple is moving to SSD options in their iMacs and Mac Pro's, it would be nice if the next upgrade in OS X will support TRIM commands and address some of the issues that are found with SSDs.
Anyone expecting Blu-Ray on this iMac revision has been, shall we say, a wee bit out of touch recently.
Blu-Ray is a mess. I was watching a Blu-Ray movie last night (or trying to) while it repeatedly connected to the internet, downloading "content" that I have absolutely no interest in watching. There's no way around watching endless previews, intros, etc... I just want to watch the goddam movie! But no, Sony says you have to do this and wade through 15 minutes of junk before you watch a movie that you thought was yours.
You really want crap like that in a computer? Doesn't matter - the more important consideration is, does Apple want that in their computers? Obviously not.
You want to play Blu-Ray? Get a Blu-Ray player. Want a computer? Get an iMac.
Want to throw your money away on utter shit? Get a Dell. Or an HP.
Well, I don't want to buy a compressed crap, sold as HD movie, on iTunes store for 20 bucks, when I can get a true HD movie for 10 bucks. That's called throwing away your money on utter shit.
Now that Apple is moving to SSD options in their iMacs and Mac Pro's, it would be nice if the next upgrade in OS X will support TRIM commands and address some of the issues that are found with SSDs.
This is really puzzling for me that Apple sells SSDs but doesn't want to offer TRIM support in OS X. This is really annoying . Apple shouldn't advertise Mac OS X as the most advanced OS while it doesn't actually support advanced technology like TRIM.
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No USB 3, no eSATA, no Blu-Ray...
Wow, that's absolutely laughable, especially at the price. Well at least I don't to find the money for a new PC for another 6 months at least, or I'll just go back to Dell.
OMG... I can't believe people are still bitching about Blu-Ray. It's simple really. Sony want's to charge too high of a licensing fee.
Just go buy a firewire B-R drive that you can happily use on all of your machines.
Was not that obvious since... long ago? However I think the iMac is still a solid computer. And if I am not mistaken, this is the first time a mainstream Apple computer gets 1 GB of memory for graphics (27" model).
The Mac Pro also got 5770 and 5870 1GB cards as options. At the prices listed, they certainly aren't what I would call mainstream tho so you're probably right
just saw the update and have been waiting for it. Now I wonder which one to get. It will definitely be a 21.5", as 27" is just to big for me. However I wonder wether I should spent extra money on the better graphics and processor (might even consider the core i5 upgrade), but I just don't whether it is worth it or not.
My use: light gaming, but not high end and latest and greatest games. More like WoW and other games that shouldn't be to graphic intense. Other than that, just the usual stuff. No fancy video editing either.
Just wondering if it is worth to spend £200+ for 500GB, a slightly better graphics card and eventually an upgrade to the core i5.
I would appreciate any advice.
OMG... I can't believe people are still bitching about Blu-Ray. It's simple really. Sony want's to charge too high of a licensing fee.
WTF!!!!!
The Mac Pro also got 5770 and 5870 1GB cards as options. At the prices listed, they certainly aren't what I would call mainstream tho so you're probably right
Yes, I consider the Mac Pro as a workstation-class machine. The iMac is for the masses and that amount of graphics memory was not available before.
No USB 3, no eSATA, no Blu-Ray... I'll just go back to Dell.
ROTFLMAO.
Yeah, go back to Dell.
Anyone expecting Blu-Ray on this iMac revision has been, shall we say, a wee bit out of touch recently.
Blu-Ray is a mess. I was watching a Blu-Ray movie last night (or trying to) while it repeatedly connected to the internet, downloading "content" that I have absolutely no interest in watching. There's no way around watching endless previews, intros, etc... I just want to watch the goddam movie! But no, Sony says you have to do this and wade through 15 minutes of junk before you watch a movie that you thought was yours.
You really want crap like that in a computer? Doesn't matter - the more important consideration is, does Apple want that in their computers? Obviously not.
You want to play Blu-Ray? Get a Blu-Ray player. Want a computer? Get an iMac.
Want to throw your money away on utter shit? Get a Dell. Or an HP.
What?!?! The least expensive iMac with the i3 chip has no Turbo Boost?!?!
WTF!!!!!
Yeah the 3.06GHz i3 has no Turbo Boost, all the other models do. That's probably fine for the lowest end model, but it does seem odd. Does the line of i3 with turbo boost go no lower than 3.2GHz? If so that would explain it, another way for Apple to differentiate the product line.
So, what will be the performance difference between the old C2D of yesterday's iMac vs the Core i3 of today's iMac?
Faster processors and faster graphics across the board. Not sure what percentages we will see, but the new systems will certainly be faster.
Honestly the thing I'm disappointed about most in the iMac update is that we don't have DX11 video across the board. The 4670 is DX 10.1.
Blu-Ray is a mess. I was watching a Blu-Ray movie last night (or trying to) while it repeatedly connected to the internet, downloading "content" that I have absolutely no interest in watching. There's no way around watching endless previews, intros, etc... I just want to watch the goddam movie! But no, Sony says you have to do this and wade through 15 minutes of junk before you watch a movie that you thought was yours.
Is THAT bad? Force you to watch things you don't want and were not meant to? Probably it makes little to no difference for TV junkies though.
What?!?! The least expensive iMac with the i3 chip has no Turbo Boost?!?!
WTF!!!!!
From reading Wikipedia, no i3 has Turbo Boost...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...22_.2832_nm.29
ROTFLMAO.
Yeah, go back to Dell.
Anyone expecting Blu-Ray on this iMac revision has been, shall we say, a wee bit out of touch recently.
Blu-Ray is a mess. I was watching a Blu-Ray movie last night (or trying to) while it repeatedly connected to the internet, downloading "content" that I have absolutely no interest in watching. There's no way around watching endless previews, intros, etc... I just want to watch the goddam movie! But no, Sony says you have to do this and wade through 15 minutes of junk before you watch a movie that you thought was yours.
You really want crap like that in a computer? Doesn't matter - the more important consideration is, does Apple want that in their computers? Obviously not.
You want to play Blu-Ray? Get a Blu-Ray player. Want a computer? Get an iMac.
Want to throw your money away on utter shit? Get a Dell. Or an HP.
Well, I don't want to buy a compressed crap, sold as HD movie, on iTunes store for 20 bucks, when I can get a true HD movie for 10 bucks. That's called throwing away your money on utter shit.
From reading Wikipedia, no i3 has Turbo Boost...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...22_.2832_nm.29
The 1499$ iMac with i3 processor does offer Turbo boost. You don't need to go Wikipedia for that. Read on the Apple website.
Now that Apple is moving to SSD options in their iMacs and Mac Pro's, it would be nice if the next upgrade in OS X will support TRIM commands and address some of the issues that are found with SSDs.
This is really puzzling for me that Apple sells SSDs but doesn't want to offer TRIM support in OS X. This is really annoying
Sony want to charge high license fee and Apple want to charge high every Apple product. Right?
OMG... I can't believe people are still bitching about Blu-Ray. It's simple really. Sony want's to charge too high of a licensing fee.)
These myths again?
-Chris