At least folks know what they are getting into. Everyone in this thread knows the thermal and fan noise is a huge problem. Don't buy one (like me!) if you don't like that. Apple is milking this for a final time before the AS transition (and I don't blame them).
They are riding out the iStale design.
But the spec boost is substantial.
You can get most of the iMac Pro performance for less than half the price albeit with slightly trimmed ssd size and less ram.
There's value for those that want an Intel iMac.
You get more for your money than you did with the 2019 iMac. More value. More performance.
But the design? And the cooling? Both could have been 'cooler.'
Could have been better. They may as well have used the iMac Pro chassis.
But clearly all hands are on deck with AS Macs.
Azrael.
Out for delivery, looking forward to increased rendering performance!
anthony13,
Excellent!!!
GO! GO!! GO!!!
Azrael.
Exactly, you've really got to want or need those upgrades. I want my new iMac to last a long time, but I also seem to lack self control. So I'm not sure that I won't get a little weak in the knees when a new 32", cool running, AS iMac drops. For me, there are far too many variables (and far too many of those are unknown) that are at play in trying to determine how long this new machine will keep my eyes from wandering to AS iMacs.
You have a point...
Azrael.
Same thing for me.
I don't want to spend 4500$ CAD on a 2020 iMac when the AS iMac will for sure equal it of even beat it with more features (FaceID for instance) while running cooler. If really I don't have choice I'll buy it but I still have the choice. And still have a backup workstation to work on if the MBP blows the battery out of its case.
Part of me (it's not buyer's remorse...) wonders if I'd been better getting the...Top tier 3 (£2300...) as opposed to a fully loaded one...
Reason? I'd like a PC too. The one thing that bit me for the last nearly 6 months is not having a back up machine.
£3400. For that price? (And I still need another £50-100 for Win10 OS to install in bootcamp...)
I could have two £1700 (approx) machines.
If I go for the Tier 3. I get 'most' of the 10 core perf'. I get 'most' of the gpu perf' if I get the 5700 instead.
So that would be £2600.
That other £800 could go towards an 8 core PC machine...with a 32 inch (rotate to portrait...) 4k monitor. (I'd need another £1200 to complete the £1400 PC plus £600 4k monitor spec...ie £2k in total...)
I'd still like a dedicated PC machine. Reason? Dual Mac/PC workflow and 'back up' machine.
And I do aim to get an AS Mac at some point. (That's 6 months to a year away...dep' on screen size.)
It's as some say. They dont' want to go crazy on a legacy Intel because they want to put some of that last 20% of perf' premium (around £800-£1000?) towards an AS Mac.
Feel free to chime in, esteemed luminaries.
Azrael.
Yeah. Base tier-3 is totally fine for 95% of people looking for a 27" iMac.
As you said, you must really need these costly upgrades. But iMac must target general audience AND specific needs. I think this last version of iMac excels in doing this.
I personally fall in the second category.
- Standard glass
- 3.6GHz 10-core 10th-generation Intel Core i9 processor
- 8GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory with upgrade to 64 GB of Crucial memory.
- Radeon Pro 5700 with 8GB of GDDR6 memory
- 1TB SSD storage
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Would be my config. Plenty of fast storage for datasets, 10 cores to play with. And Radeon Pro 5700 because
BUT if my Late-2013 doesn't explode 'til ARM iMac (not expected this year thought) I'll wait
I'm definitively convinced that Apple Silicon based Macs will be a lot better than any Mac Intel released to date.
That's a great post. And gets to the nub of the issue.
So...you'll buy the 24 inch AS iMac in the next 6 months?
Azrael.
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