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The bulge in the iMac will probably always be there as long as they keep offering platter drives in the iMac.
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Based on what we know of the new Mac minis, is there a sweet spot to order? It seems like maybe the $699 model? I ask because my dad's old PowerMac G5 has finally gone kaput and he needs a new machine to do mainly Photoshop and Illustrator work on. Even the $499 Mac mini is probably faster than what he has, but I'd like to get him something nice that'll last a while.
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alakath posted:Based on what we know of the new Mac minis, is there a sweet spot to order? It seems like maybe the $699 model? Probably? Seriously? That mini is 10000x faster.
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Oct 16, 2014 20:07
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The new iMac makes anyone buying a Thunderbolt Display look like an rear end in a top hat. Also, will buy the new air providing it's got 2gb of ram.
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Oct 16, 2014 20:07
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lord funk posted:Probably? Seriously? That mini is 10000x faster. Yeah, bad word choice on the "probably." His G5 is dog-slow. But seriously, though: is the $699 model with no upgrades the way to go if you're considering a Mac mini?
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Oct 16, 2014 20:08
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Ugh, that 16GB in the new iMac really burns my rear end. I didn't care about it in the phone, because I had already been planning on buying the middle level phone when I presumed it would be 32GB, so I saw it as getting double the storage for free. But with the iPad, I was planning to buy the lowest level, so only getting 16GB feels like I'm getting ripped off. EDIT: And no orientation lock switch 
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Oct 16, 2014 20:09
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Get the $699 mini with a Fusion drive, that makes it $899, that seems like a sweet spot to me, you get the faster GPU and lots of storage and it's not over $1k.
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Oct 16, 2014 20:10
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so Im totally considering the new iMac for work / gaming. I'm obvioulsy going to want to upgrade the graphics card. I am guessing there is no need to upgrade the CPU? Also, do we know if you can upgrade the ram yourself? Finally, am I nuts to switch the 1tb drive for the 256 flash drive? I hate mechanical drives now that I used a ssd. Plus, the fusion drive isnt usable in bootcamp.
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Oct 16, 2014 20:12
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G5ANDY posted:The new iMac makes anyone buying a Thunderbolt Display look like an rear end in a top hat. Also, will buy the new air providing it's got 2gb of ram. That's a thought, as it also makes people who bought Mac Pros just to shove a 4K screen on look dopey. You would hope Apple does something to correct this as Pros are a lot more money.. wonder what the refresh rate is in 5K?
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Oct 16, 2014 20:14
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I'm kinda worried about pulling the trigger on a 5K iMac because I don't want to update to Creative Cloud and apparently InDesign CS6 does not and will not ever support Retina. There goes my most important use for a Retina display. 
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Oct 16, 2014 20:17
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Bonobos posted:so Im totally considering the new iMac for work / gaming. I'm obvioulsy going to want to upgrade the graphics card. I am guessing there is no need to upgrade the CPU? You can get .5 GHz more for $250, but I doubt it'd be worth it. quote:Also, do we know if you can upgrade the ram yourself? Yep. Says user accessible right on the webpage quote:Finally, am I nuts to switch the 1tb drive for the 256 flash drive? I hate mechanical drives now that I used a ssd. Plus, the fusion drive isnt usable in bootcamp. you can get a bigger flash, but the 1 TB is a 5400 RPM platter drive which sucks moose balls so nah its not crazy.
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Oct 16, 2014 20:17
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So the ONLY difference in the new mini vs mini 2 is touchID. That's seriously it? So I can pay $400 for touch id and 16gb, or $349 for no touch id and 32gb? Haha that's stupid as gently caress.
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Oct 16, 2014 20:25
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Bottom Liner posted:So the ONLY difference in the new mini vs mini 2 is touchID. That's seriously it? So I can pay $400 for touch id and 16gb, or $349 for no touch id and 32gb? Haha that's stupid as gently caress. But gold!
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Oct 16, 2014 20:26
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Bottom Liner posted:So the ONLY difference in the new mini vs mini 2 is touchID. That's seriously it? So I can pay $400 for touch id and 16gb, or $349 for no touch id and 32gb? Haha that's stupid as gently caress. EDIT: Yup, $299: http://store.apple.com/us/product/FE277/refurbished-ipad-mini-2-wi-fi-32gb-space-gray
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Oct 16, 2014 20:26
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alakath posted:Based on what we know of the new Mac minis, is there a sweet spot to order? It seems like maybe the $699 model? This is what is always frustrating about the mini pricing. In theory, it's a cheap computer, but it gets expensive very fast by the time you make it not suck. Eventually it crosses over with a Macbook Air which has the benefit of portability.
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Oct 16, 2014 20:30
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Bonobos posted:
I would definitely get the flash drive. I hate going back to computers with mechanical drives because they are so slow. Just get an external drive if you need bulk storage. Fake edit: My 6 year old laptop crushes my work computer for everyday use (email, Office, etc.) because I put an SSD in it and work computer has an i7 but a crappy 5400 rpm mechanical drive .
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Oct 16, 2014 20:42
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I've been googling around but can't find anything. What time do the iPad orders go online? Am I staying up until 2am like I did with my iPhone?
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Oct 17, 2014 01:35
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mulls posted:I've been googling around but can't find anything. What time do the iPad orders go online? Am I staying up until 2am like I did with my iPhone? Most likely midnight pacific time.
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Jose Oquendo posted:Most likely midnight pacific time. I'm totally taking a nap now and setting an alarm for 1:30am. Thanks!
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