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  • Apple's new 2019 iMacs deliver twice the speed as previous model, Vega graphics option

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    madan said:
    ElCapitan said:
    This is what an incremental update looks like!  :)

    Hopefully Apple has learned a lesson or two, and will keep these incremental coming at regular, reasonably predictable intervals. Meanwhile, here is a lot to like for many existing and new users. 

    No there isn't.  This iMac is a joke.  And this is coming from a huge Apple fan that has not one, but TWO 27" iMacs in his house.


    The new model is practically identical in performance to the model that shipped TWO years ago.


    I specced a machine because I was looking for a new computer and for 3000 dollar I could be saddled with a Core i5, 8 GB of RAM and a Vega 48 that trades with a 150 dollar RX 590. 

    Only a blithering moron thinks that's good hardware for the money.


    Jesus Christ what a let down.  What happened to the new 3800 series?  Why not move the Vega 64 or hell, if they're cheap, the 56 down to the iMac space and simply use the Vega 7 for the Pro?


    No, instead we're stuck with this nonsense.  A fiercely overpriced toy machine for  a ridiculous price.  I have no idea what I'm going to do now.
    Yes, if you only look at the hardware and forget about the Apple software and ecosystem that comes with it -- along with the years of support.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's new 2019 iMacs deliver twice the speed as previous model, Vega graphics option

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    HenryDJP said:
    mpw_amherst said:
    Only the MacBook left needing a bump now. Tomorrow maybe? Although hard to see what they could do that wouldn’t eat into the Air. 

    And I say this with my Education discount soon to expire. I had an iPad mini 2 I sold a while back, a 2015 iMac 27" and early 2016 MacBook.
    In my opinion the MacBook needs to die out of the lineup. It's just one step away from being an iPad Pro with MacOS on it. Especially now that the new MacBook Air has been released there's not much of a place for the standard MacBook anymore. 
    Rather:   The MacBook will be re-released with an A Series processor that leaves the MacBook Air in the dust...
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's new 2019 iMacs deliver twice the speed as previous model, Vega graphics option

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    I read all these specs and prices -- and what runs through my mind is that I can get equivalent or better specs at far lower prices on a standard Windows machine.

    But then I remember that the iMac comes with Apple's software and ecosystem --- which, while "free" to us is not free to Apple.  They charge us for it through their hardware -- which makes their hardware prices seem high.
    Drmikelwatto_cobra

  • Impact of Apple's upcoming video service 'likely small,' analyst argues

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    This analyst obviously does not understand Apple.

    Unlike most companies, Apple does not start with the profit and back into the product that will generate that profit.
    Instead, they create a great product that improves people's lives and derives its profit from that.
    redhotfuzz

  • iWork app updates coming with improved Apple Pencil support and new iOS features

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    I use Numbers and generally like it.   But I find myself switching back and forth between the Mac version and the iOS version because each has features that the other doesn't (partly due to the smart keyboard on the iOS version).  The only version that totally sucks is the iCloud version accessible from Windows.   It works if you need it but very clunky.
    watto_cobra