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Ordered Late 2015 27 Retina iMac Thread
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Ok... 2 words: Holy S*** what a nice screen! Already in love after 1 day haha. Well worth the wait.
Just need to get used to different commands now.
Congrats fellow iMac users. What's the configs?
I currently use a 2012 Mac Mini connected to a Thunderbolt display. I've played with a 5K in the Apple store a few times. It looks good but I wouldn't say it was a huge difference over what I have now. I was only on it a few minutes though. In real life use at home, would there be a noticeable difference over what I have now?
Is your display 4 or 5K? That makes a huge difference. Are you surfing the web and doing word processing, then not a huge difference in terms of performance, but noticeable. Anything more demanding, certainly a great improvement depending on the specs of the machine you purchase..
also remember that they don't have the best configurations in the store. we'd need a lot more information about what you tested and what you plan to do. but if you spend the bucks for a higher end imac, you will be pleased.
Oh I am quite pleased with my iMac. I maxed everything excet the memory. I have it at 16GB right now. This was before I realized I could use 64GB in the system. When I get my tax return I'll probably bump it up to 64GB of 2133MHz DDR3 while the RAM is still available and get it over with.
I can still buy more RAM for my late 2009 iMac. So you should be able to years down the line from now
Your 2009 iMac uses DDR3.
From experience I know that as memory transitioned from DDR2 to DDR3 the DDR2 became had to find and expensive. The same is probably going to happen with DDR3 within the next 12 months.
I find it hard to believe that you will need 64GB of memory even over the next few years. Get a memory meter program and when you realize you don't need it, give some $$$ to doctors without borders.
I use virtual machines extensively.
On top of that both Windows and OS X are very capable of buffering recently used programs into memory. Currently with 16GB on my Mac Mini it is caching about 8GB worth of programs into the RAM. Let me put it in terms of the bouncing icon on the OS X dock.
Number of times iMovie icon bounces on the dock while opening:
5400 RPM Drive: 14
7200 RPM Drive: 11
SATA3 Solid State Drive: 7
PCIe Solid State Drive late 2015 iMac (with cache cleared): 5
Late 2015 iMac with out clearing cache: 2
More RAM equals more cache. Faster RAM equals even quicker opening.
I like instant reactions to everything.I use virtual machines extensively.
On top of that both Windows and OS X are very capable of buffering recently used programs into memory. Currently with 16GB on my Mac Mini it is caching about 8GB worth of programs into the RAM. Let me put it in terms of the bouncing icon on the OS X dock.
Number of times iMovie icon bounces on the dock while opening:
5400 RPM Drive: 14
7200 RPM Drive: 11
SATA3 Solid State Drive: 7
PCIe Solid State Drive late 2015 iMac (with cache cleared): 5
Late 2015 iMac with out clearing cache: 2
More RAM equals more cache. Faster RAM equals even quicker opening.
I just threw 32GB into mine. Because I could. My original computer had 512K. Yup. Wrap your head around THAT if you can
Guess how much RAM this is?I just threw 32GB into mine. Because I could. My original computer had 512K. Yup. Wrap your head around THAT if you can
LOL no it is not a lot of RAM.That is a really great photo, thanks! Not much Ram though
My first computer that I owned that wasn't my parents was a AMD K6-2 500MHz with 32MB of SDRAM that I upgraded to 256MB (at the time a fairly crazy amount). I had a massive 4GB drive that I upgraded to a drive that had 40GB. Sadly the machine had a integrated graphics chip on the motherboard so there was no AGP slot which meant I had to make do with a GeForce 2 MX that I installed myself. I used it to play Never Winter Nights, Mech Commander 2, Mech Warrior 3, Civilization 3. While at my University I even managed to install student copies of Maya and 3D Studio Max on it after I upgraded from Windows 98SE to Windows 2000 and installed a PCI ethernet port onto it and pulled the 56k modem out. I still have my CD for Illustrator 10 and VB6 Professional that I used.
Those where the days. It was the next year once I got past the 3D design, Color Theory, Painting and other core classes that I started working on my major and got exposed to the Power Mac G4 machines. How I wanted one of them so badly.
Since then time has whizzed by at light speed.
That is has, that it has
You are a power user! My first hard drive was 20 Megabytes. Yup. A Plus Hardcard. http://www.pcmuseum.ca/details.asp?id=224&type=Peripheral
Well I'm pleased with my second (technically third) 5k iMac, the first one went wrong in 2mths and needed a new logic board, so I sold it after repair and bought a new one without a spinner. I lost £100 so no big deal . Then the second one with new specs had a glitch so they replaced that.
it absolutely flies and I'm glad I went all SSD this time around, the fusion drive was great but the SSD was worth the extra money.
- 4.0GHz i7,
- 16GB 1867MHz DDR3
- 1TB Flash Storage
- AMD Radeon R9 M395X with 4GB
it absolutely flies and I'm glad I went all SSD this time around, the fusion drive was great but the SSD was worth the extra money.
My Dad used to work at a reseller for IBM way back in the day. He brought us home a IBM PC that looked something like this.That is has, that it has
I was in the single digits of grade school using Lotus 1-2-3 to type up my spelling words over and over. It was to teach me to type and to have me work on my spelling. This was way back before the days of spell check.
Then around the time of Windows 3.1 my Dad bought a gateway 2000 machine. I don't remember all of the specs on it but I am fairly sure it was a 486 with a double speed CD ROM and a sound card. I played Sim City 2000, Star Wars Rebel Assault, Comanche Maximum Overkill and AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet. This is around the time I was exposed to the command prompt and the underlying commands.
It looked like this.
Those are the same specs I have on my iMac. I went with the trackpad because I already had a brand new first generation Magic Mouse. I didn't want to have to not be able to use the mouse while it is charging. I'm very happy with the track pad and barely use the mouse at all.
You are so right the SSD on this machine flies.
I don't mind the new mouse, it lasts ages before a charge, and then I just plug it in near 20% and leave it while im away from the Mac for a couple of hours. I have to say I don't miss the battery not making connection issues the original mouse had. I might well be tempted to get a trackpad though.
I don't mind the new mouse, it lasts ages before a charge, and then I just plug it in near 20% and leave it while im away from the Mac for a couple of hours. I have to say I don't miss the battery not making connection issues the original mouse had. I might well be tempted to get a trackpad though.
The trackpad is awesome. You can do every gesture with it just like you can on a MacBook. On top of that the trackpad is huge but doesn't have to be moved on the desk. The only time I use the mouse is mainly for Diablo 3 and Elder Scrolls Online. However in these games cases I'm using my Razer Naga Epic because it is more precise, quick and in ESOs case I need to be able to left and right click at the same time.
I have to say, I really like the keyboard. Thought it was gonna be too small, but all in all it's great
It is really nice. I have been using a keyboards for a while. I have the original wireless keyboard and a USB full sized keyboard. Currently my Mac ini is using the full sized keyboard and my iMac is using the new wireless keyboard. The travel on the keys is very different but I like it a lot too.