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Will there ever be a new large iMac (Pro)?
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All depends on your setup I reckon. In my case behind me is a wall and windows in my office are behind the iMac (so I look out the windows when looking up from the display) - so I don't get big issues with reflections. If it was the other way around (windows behind me) I'd be getting the nano option.
To me that would depend on how big a deal glare is in the location you’ll have the iMac placed. I hate hate hate screen glare, but where my iMac is located, it’s not an issue. If it was, $500 would be a bargain considering I‘ll spend 8+ hours a day using it for 5+ years.
I suppose easiest is to check it out in person in a apple store to feel the difference.
I don't think i need it (much less for 500€) since i have no glare issues with my MacBook Pro and my 2012 iMac were i set them up inside (MacBook or iPad outside, different story) while my TV, not magic apple glass but matt, dos have some hours in the afternoon were i just have to let down the shades if i want to see anything. (but this one is also 2013 so probably 10,5 nits or something).
Ordered this config this morning (10core i9, 5500XT, will add 32GB Ram myself, 1TB)
Going from a 2011 15" with GPU problems that I needed to melt back together every few months to this is going to feel great. May look into the laptop offerings of AS a couple of gens in but I am excited to get this!Expecting it to come some point between 20th and 27th.
DrRadon - I did the same machine. For some reason, the 2 TB also drew me in, but I like to partition out for bootcamp, too. The maxed CPU and GPU is what sold me over the iMac Pro, which was also in competition, if for anything, the cooling and aesthetics.
I do see others clamoring about improved cooling with the redesign, but I must have missed that in the marketing blasts. Would be great if they have it. I only notice my 2014 iMac getting noisy once in a blue moon, but when it does it reminds me of my Windows Gaming days, which used to prompt noise complaints from the lady friends. ha
I do see others clamoring about improved cooling with the redesign, but I must have missed that in the marketing blasts. Would be great if they have it. I only notice my 2014 iMac getting noisy once in a blue moon, but when it does it reminds me of my Windows Gaming days, which used to prompt noise complaints from the lady friends. ha
It's not about the money, it's about the hassle of keeping it clean - special cloth, very very prone to damage - not worth it unless you absolutely need it... I'd look around for feedback on maintenance...
This guy had just exceeded the limits to get my respect. Too bad for him. Never call me a sucker.
That will be a nice upgrade. All 10th-gen chips have SMT so that will be 6 cores / 12 threads versus 4 cores / 4 threads of your 2014 iMac.
Can't say for newer devices, but Catalina, from 10.15.3 worked totally fine on my Late-2013 MBP. The mess was before .3.
So, as I understand from the very useful posts in this thread (thank you all! ) this is a very good upgrade for my 2017 3.8 580 iMac.
I think that I'll go with the 8 core 3.8 (3.8 again!), 5700 XT 16GB, 1tb SSD, 10GB Ethernet (for future proofing).
The 500 nano texture glass is yet an expensive option and unknown factor in general.
I would like to have the 10 core CPU but I worry a bit for the thermals. Do you think that it will be fine?
) this is a very good upgrade for my 2017 3.8 580 iMac.I think that I'll go with the 8 core 3.8 (3.8 again!), 5700 XT 16GB, 1tb SSD, 10GB Ethernet (for future proofing).
The 500 nano texture glass is yet an expensive option and unknown factor in general.
I would like to have the 10 core CPU but I worry a bit for the thermals. Do you think that it will be fine?
We'll have to wait for the first impressions, but my guess is the 10-core will be loud as hell under load.
Lots of no name brand third parties also use Micron. It's the QA that matters, not just the chips. In my experience good brands are like Crucial (Micron), Hynix, Samsung. These are the brands that actually make their own memory chips and have excellent QA, and these are the brands that Apple itself uses. Out of these three though, the easiest one to get at retail is Crucial. If not one of these, then you're on to companies like Kingston, etc.
Thank you, this is what I'm afraid of.
Anyway, the nano texture option seems to be too demanding, it needs a $€£ 9 "special" Apple Cloth® to clean it and no water! This very special cloth will be provided after negotiations, it seems...
Apple Adds 27-inch iMac to Nano-Texture Glass Cleaning Guidance and That Apple-Approved Cloth
Apple's latest 27-inch iMac comes with an optional nano-texture glass, which is etched at the nanometer level to cut down on reflectivity and...
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Rbfinch2. Congrats on your rig and arrival! You're giving Max a run for getting it in and benched!!!!
Highly respectable. You're performing as well as the 8 core Ryzen 7 on Cinebench(!), there...which caught a few plaudits.
Some very decent benches there. Ty very much for sharing!
...and catch those SSD speeds.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your boot times...do you get neck whiplash?
Azrael.
Can't tell
On some pictures you can see the Micron logo, on others Hynix ... Hard to say. These companies just like Kingston or Corsair doesn't have one vendor. They use batches of DRAM chips according the the price they can get when they need it. So if one week Hynix is less expansive than Micron, the RAM sticks will have Hynix DRAM chips.And they are always priced higher than Crucial.
But OWC is generally good. It's a geek thing to focus on Crucial and Micron (and I'm a bit geek). I like this brand, the QA they got, the reliability of their chips and it's a US-based company. This is why I prefer Crucial (Micron) over other brands. Kingston is another US-based company that I really like. High quality products, very well tested. In all the PCs I assembled in the past before going to software engineering (I used to be a IT tech before), I never never had a single defective Crucial or Kingston memory stick.
OCW seem to have a good rep for Mac upgrades. Memory et al.
Think I'll be going Crucial. I'll have to get my order in otherwise pledisle will be smacking my bottom for having more gpu ram than system ram. *Teases.*
Azrael.
My experiences of iMacs are they get hot under load. The 24 inch, I could have cooked an egg on it. The 27 inch blowed when ever you did more than one thing.
I'm in an attic studio room. So heat rises (especially on these British 'muggy' days...) and iMac can get 'warm' to the touch even if it doesn't do anything(!)
10 core. when I get mine. I'll do 3 passes of Cinebench and see if the fans kick up hairdryer mode.
Azrael.