Apple is using the 1TB 5400 Drives because they were able to buy a large lot of those drives from a surplus reseller.
Also, by making the base configuration lacking in so many areas, they are encouraging more built-to-order custom systems and upgrades which means even higher profit margins. Classic Apple strategy to milk the customer.
Can't use Skylake because right now the only dGPU available in those is the 530, not an iris pro upgrade/replacement exactly.
Nah, I bet the real reason is because Intel gave them a huge discount on those Broadwell chips that no one wants. Look at the price difference between the 21.5 model and 27" model despite the later having Skylake, not Broadwell, a more expensive 5K screen (we know how steep 5K 27" would be vs. a 4K 27" one even, nevermind a 21.5 4K) and a discrete GPU!
I can't believe a
$1500 PC in 2015 has a 1TB 5400 rpm HDD as standard. Even the
$499 Xbox One Elite bundle has an
1TB SSHD and that's despite a more expensive Elite controller bundled in too.
The thing is you can buy a
Broadwell Core i7 HD6200 NUC with 16GB memory and Samsung SM951 256GB for less than $900. Add any of those Monitors and voila.
But, its not iMAC :whiste:
They didn't even put USB-C, but they said it's the future when they unveiled the MacBook. :whiste: No USB 3.1 either.
The crazy part continues to be this:
"the 4K iMac doesn't support Target Display Mode, since no current Mac could drive it at its native resolution at 60Hz over a single cable."
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/1...ter-screen-21-5-inch-4k-retina-imac-reviewed/
It would be easier to swallow paying $1500-2000 for a 4-5K iMac that can later be used as an external display but for now this is just a closed box that will continue to be outdated over time; and it's impossible to upgrade on your own. They even got rid of the DDR accessible port bays so you have to pay huge premiums to upgrade the RAM from the factory. :twisted:
Trackpad 2 is $129 and Magic Mouse 2 is $79. They also put the lightning connector on the bottom of the mouse which means if the battery dies, you can't use the mouse while it's being recharged.
It's funny though on Mac forums Apple fanboys complaining how iMacs don't have Maxwell GPUs. Like seriously, if they want a gaming rig, build a PC/Hackintosh with dual OS boot. ^_^