After the recent announcements from Apple's Special Event on October 23rd, what does everyone think about the new iMac's? Should you get the 21.5 or 27" respectively? Traditional Hard Drive, SSD, or both? (Fusion Drive)? Discuss below.
It turned me off by moving even further away from a "desktop" computer. Loss of optical drive, forcing the memory card slot to the back, ect.
At this point I may as well just buy a Thunderbolt display for my Macbook.
For an "All in one device" I'll be shopping against the Dell XPS 27. Blu-ray, TV tuner, nice 27" screen. Works more for what I need.
Why doesn't Apple offer a monitor smaller than 27"?
A standalone 21.5" monitor would be more suitable for use with a Mac mini.
Is there an equivalent (non-Apple) 21.5" monitor that's comparable (quality-wise) to Apple's latest new 21.5" iMac screen?
It's sitting on a desk and not moving. Frankly I don't give a rat's furry butt about shaving a bit of depth and a few pounds off. Especially if that means that it's costing functionality that was previously available.
And the argument that "you can just buy a superdrive if you need one" is the biggest copouts I've heard. It's such a backwards and consumer unfriendly decision that I can't even understand how people think that it's a reasonable suggestion. I just ask, what did you really gain for the deletion? I don't accept that thinner is better simply because it was fairly svelte to begin with and the depth/weight wasn't an issue anyway.
These devices are not laptops. I'm not concerned about portability and weight.
I do understand where you are coming from. The fact that they decided to remove it does obviously make a claim in itself but honestly, no one really uses an optical drive anymore so why include it?
It's funny, the same things were said in 1998 when the first iMac came out, and Apple removed the floppy drives. Seems like they were on the right track then, too.
And the argument that "you can just buy a superdrive if you need one" is the biggest copouts I've heard. It's such a backwards and consumer unfriendly decision that I can't even understand how people think that it's a reasonable suggestion. I just ask, what did you really gain for the deletion? I don't accept that thinner is better simply because it was fairly svelte to begin with and the depth/weight wasn't an issue anyway.
You are not thinking this through, the reason for the removal is to tie MORE people into their App Store for being able to receive anything on their machine.
Really? I still use DVD for images, for installations (not always USB thumb drives) DVD/CD allows me to provide documents and images to clients and friends.
Stop drinking the Piss from Apple. Just because you can do away with the DVD Drive does not make it in the client best interest.
You are not thinking this through, the reason for the removal is to tie MORE people into their App Store for being able to receive anything on their machine.
This was my first reaction. The change in shape only servers an aesthetic purpose while possibly compromising quiet operation or powerful components. It looks like the only major compromise they needed to make is removing the optical drive and nothing else is too heavily impacted because of smart design. The cooling system looks very neat with the one big fan sucking air in mainly through the bottom and pushing the hot air from the CPU+GPU straight out the back near the hinge. It makes way more sense than letting the warm air pass over all of the components before coming out the top like the old design. They still gave GPU power a big boost which is nice and having 2x nm silicon in the GPU and CPU makes it appealing. The optically bonded screen could also be a very nice upgrade. I wonder if the screen is better or worse than monitors that use those LG panels with only the soft plastic front surface.It turned me off by moving even further away from a "desktop" computer. Loss of optical drive, forcing the memory card slot to the back, ect.
This was my first reaction. The change in shape only servers an aesthetic purpose while possibly compromising quiet operation or powerful components. It looks like the only major compromise they needed to make is removing the optical drive and nothing else is too heavily impacted because of smart design. The cooling system looks very neat with the one big fan sucking air in mainly through the bottom and pushing the hot air from the CPU+GPU straight out the back near the hinge. It makes way more sense than letting the warm air pass over all of the components before coming out the top like the old design. They still gave GPU power a big boost which is nice and having 2x nm silicon in the GPU and CPU makes it appealing. The optically bonded screen could also be a very nice upgrade. I wonder if the screen is better or worse than monitors that use those LG panels with only the soft plastic front surface.
It only looks worth it to me for people who already want an iMac over a desktop for simplicity, looks etc. This looks like a good value over last years model if the user wants the faster GPU, better screen or looks. We'll have to see if it runs quieter. The 27" is the model to get for the extra GPU power and awesome screen but the 21.5" looks like it could really blend in unobtrusively on a desk that sees other uses. Fusion Drive also sounds great. It's not as fast as managing SSD space yourself but if a user is considering not getting a SSD at all then this is perfect.
Really? I still use DVD for images, for installations (not always USB thumb drives) DVD/CD allows me to provide documents and images to clients and friends.
Stop drinking the Piss from Apple. Just because you can do away with the DVD Drive does not make it in the client best interest.
You are not thinking this through, the reason for the removal is to tie MORE people into their App Store for being able to receive anything on their machine.
I am not sure why people are making such a huge deal about the Optical Drive. No one uses them anymore and you can easily purchase one for around 30 dollars. I really don't see a huge deal there.