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Benchmarks for high-end iMac 5K show 75 percent speed gain over 2017 model
Not to be *that* guy, but how do we know this score in question isn't that of a Hackintosh? I'm seeing several i9 9900K iMac 19,1 scores on Geekbench, and they have wildly fluctuating scores that are several hundred points off from each other on the single core tests and several thousand points off from each other on multi-core tests. I'm even seeing an iMac 19,1 score from a test that was taken back on March 3 with i5 3450. -
Benchmarks for high-end iMac 5K show 75 percent speed gain over 2017 model
frank777 said:OWC sells a 2.0TB SSD for $449.99, while Apple charges $1,100.00 to step up to a 2TB SSD from the 'Best' config of the iMac.
And in modern Apple fashion, there's no way to upgrade the SSD yourself.
Given that I am working with a pure 1TB SSD in my current 2009 iMac, I'm unwilling to 'step down' to a Fusion Drive for my next-gen machine.
Even if the actual working difference is small. I may end up keeping my next machine for another decade.
Everything else looks fine. It's powerful, the RAM is upgradable and even if the graphics card is soldered in, 8GB should be fine for awhile.
The only real problem here for me is the lack of a replaceable SSD, so I wait to see what the Mac Pro brings.
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15-inch MacBook Pro Radeon Pro Vega 16 and Vega 20 GPU options now available
entropys said:Is there any reason not to announce new imacs now?
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Seven new MacBook & MacBook Pro models on the way
What Apple needs to do with their MacBook lineup:1. Kill off the Retina 12" MacBook. In a world where a faster MacBook Air with a 13.3" inch screen exists, there is no reason for this thing to still be in the ecosystem, especially considering it hasn't been updated in 2 years.2. Rebrand the 13" MacBook Pro without the Touch Bar as the MacBook. When I see the word MacBook without a trailing Air or Pro, I think of something that's slightly heavier and more powerful than the Air, but not quite as powerful as the Pro with Touch Bar, which is exactly what it is as of right now, though it could use some soec bumps to remain relevant, since it also hasn't been updated in 2 years.3. Everybody keeps talking about Apple bringing a 16-16.5" MacBook Pro with a nearly bezel-less design sometime next year, and I'm here thinking "Y'all do remember that Apple used to have a 17" MacBook Pro, right?" I say bring *that* back with a Retina 4K screen, and with a slightly larger battery, so they can double or even quadruple the memory capacity, especially if the current 15" model has two SODIMM slots with soldered modules. Samsung has 32 GB ECC SODIMM modules in the works, so if they can double that to 4 slots in a larger Logicboard, then they could easily give us a mobile i9 with 128 GB of RAM or better yet, a mobile Xeon with 128 GB of ECC RAM. Maybe bump up that Vega 20 to something better with 8 or even 16 GB of HBM2 VRAM. Other laptop manfacturers (Dell and Lenovo come to mind) have 17" pro notebooks that are beefier than their 15" counterparts, it's time Apple did the same.