There are 1200W PSUs... if you've got 3xGTX295 in triple sli, few hard disks, dvd-burners etc... The desktop PC that would use 4x the electricity of an iMac would be a 4xfaster computer... or more. Tell me how can the same parts in iMac and PC use different amounts of electricity?
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Because iMac only has desktop CPU and hard drive, everything else are laptop components which use a lot less electricity than desktop ones. Of course desktop components are faster and cheaper. I'm not saying you need 1200W PSU but at least 500W for that configure.
i hate being smart alecy about tech items, but since this a tech forum...
The iMac does have LCD screens... its the back lighting that is LED. its a common misnomer to say an led tv is an led tv if its just the blacklighting. a real led screen (think OLED) would be ridiculously expensive but look awesome.
They have the Mac mini and MacPro for those that want to bring their own screen or two. MacBook/MBP can also drive big monitors.
Thank you for clearing that up, I didn't know the difference.
Would you agree the iMac is the middle of the road? Apple's middle is very thin!
On one end you have the underpowered Mac Mini, I don't want 5400rpm HDDs, or graphics cards from 2007. The other end are Mac Pros, only a true professional could use this thing to the max, not worth $2500+ to me. All I'm asking for is a choice when I buy my iMac
What else is there apart from CPU and hard drive that uses a noticeable amount of electricity? Only the GPU, so the only way an i5/i7 iMac saves power is by using a laptop GPU. And I'm not so sure about that either... Ati Radeon 4850 HD is a desktop card... the 4830 and 4860 are the mobile versions...
unamused you aren't saying anything new, but the cost of what it would be still stands.
Also madwolf you have to consider that they do build in power efficiency sensors and such into it, oh and its a monitor with a computer on the back of it and not a monitor with a giant box. From what I have heard, it cost about $25 a year to power a iMac (I think it was from the CNET or Gizmodo review) this is of course based off of the 3.06Ghz 27' iMac, but I would assume it would be maybe only a little more for the iMac i7.
Also madwolf you have to consider that they do build in power efficiency sensors and such into it, oh and its a monitor with a computer on the back of it and not a monitor with a giant box. From what I have heard, it cost about $25 a year to power a iMac (I think it was from the CNET or Gizmodo review) this is of course based off of the 3.06Ghz 27' iMac, but I would assume it would be maybe only a little more for the iMac i7.
I'd still like to know how you can get even twice the power consumption from your average tower and display over an iMac.
Your average prebuilt computer is going to sport a 300W PSU (around 240W continuous) with a display running an additional 40 - 60W.
Apple.com said:
http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html