Thinking about 27” iMac

[Spudlicious]

I got the highest i5 available, 3.8GHz. For what it's worth, I had an i5 on my PC, then bumped it up to the next gen i7 (not same gen i7) and I felt the speed difference wasn't huge. Maybe 10% or so faster rendering in Premiere Pro. Outside of rendering, I didn't feel there was a significant difference. That's just my experience anyway.

I haven't done any rendering on my i5 iMac, but I have done some 1440p gaming and haven't heard a fan yet.

I did consider the i7, but figured I'd rather have a quieter iMac than a slight rendering boost.

That's interesting, thanks.

 

[iAppl3Fan]

I bought it February. The keyboard started to fail 5 weeks ago while working on a film here in LA. It was a disaster and I really went after them.

Unfortunately for them, 2 techs initially admitted that the new keyboards are prone to failure, can't handle much dust and debris and were not (in their view) tested enough prior to release. The folks at the Apple Store readily said the same, even telling me that they had returned their units. The last thing I wanted was another MBP of any kind.

I told them that I'd stay with Apple, but I expected a full refund. They actually went beyond that and I got extra money in the deal. Out of shear bad luck, my new iMac 27" i7 with 2 TB FD had a bad memory slot. I wasn't too thrilled, but they upgraded me to a 512 SSD at no charge and threw in a Apple TV.

So...all is well (arg last), and I spent more money, so Apple is probably happy too!


R.

I'm glad it worked out for you. As for me, I have a 2016 MBP with keys that sometimes refuses to register when typing. I had that since Jan. I picked up a 2017 MBP new and out of the box it was already scratched due to poor QC so I had to return and get another one. I'm still trying to decide what to do myself.