27-inch iMac gets a major update • Hacker News Board

Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update

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Post by oneplane » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 4:41 PM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #96

burlesona wrote: post #3

Solid spec bump. Interesting how much emphasis they put on the camera, speakers, and mic; makes total sense in the age of Zoom. I’d also speculate this means iMac won’t be the first computer getting Apple Silicon. I wonder if it will be the last? What’s the consensus guess now? Perhaps a new MacBook Air with good performance but the real “breakthrough” is > 12 hours battery life?

Interesting how much emphasis they put on the camera, speakers, and mic People realized how crappy the camera (an well mic) was on Macs compared to other computers now that we are all video conferencing. Its sad that every PC user with a Logitech looked much better.

Plenty of Mac users with a logitech as well ;-) works just fine.

Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update

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Post by jghn » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 4:41 PM UTC

efficax wrote: post #48

dijit wrote: post #9

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It will almost certainly be a low end macbook. In fact, there's a non-pro 'macbook'[0] that already exists which would be perfect, it was discontinued a year ago, but used ultra-low power CPUs. In fact when they were talking about them (prior to release) they thought they would have ARM CPU's back then. They are fanless and have a 5W thermal envelope, which fits in with the current A12X too. The major criticisms of t…

the 12" macbook is my favorite laptop of all time. Mine is the 2016 version and it's starting to feel dated and I'm hoping that they rerelease this on the new silicon first. I'll be smashing the buy button the day it's out.

I also have a 2016 12" Macbook and love it. It's my full time personal machine, having replaced an older iPad and MBP. I love the form factor and weight, but I like it more than an iPad due to having an actual keyboard and ability to run real software.

As you say it's getting a bit long in the tooth and I've been lamenting that there's really no replacement for it. I've been holding out hope that apple silicon will change that.

Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update

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Post by rbanffy » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 4:42 PM UTC

Most interesting that, now, the only Mac you can buy with a (SSD-cached) hard disk is the 21" iMac.

I guess the next update will get rid of any vestigial spinning metal storage.

Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update

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Post by n3k5 » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 4:42 PM UTC

“SSDs across the line with quadruple the storage”

1/4 TB of storage in the $1800 model, 1/2 TB in the $2300 one. Ugh. (So before the lower-end one had 64GB? [Edit: Nope, 1 TB Fusion Drive, thanks smnrchrds!] That would be FULL just from installing the one game the press release mentions.)

What kind of magic fairy dust SSDs are they using that you can't have a sensible amount of storage space at those prices? Looking at the upgrade options (which aren't even available for the lower-end model), they charge $300 per TB.

Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update

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Post by wackget » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 4:42 PM UTC

Why is this advertisement written as if it's a news article?

Starting it with `Cupertino, California -` as if it's breaking news and then launching into a complete sales pitch is just so slimy.

Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update

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Post by Someone » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 4:42 PM UTC

epistasis wrote: post #97

dijit wrote: post #84

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Yes, my girlfriend works with a 2 TB port macbook pro and has a dock like this: https://www.webhallen.com/se/product/313438-ALOGIC-USB-C-Doc... She uses it with a USB keyboard/mouse and PS4 controller and an external 1440p screen.. works without issue.

That appears to only have a single C port. It's a strange thing, you can get these super complicated docking stations with all sorts of different ports, but can't get a 4-port hub that's only usb-c connectors. At least neither tzs nor I have found such hubs.

Googling “usb-c to usb-c multiport hub” gives me plenty of hits, for example https://www.sitecom.com/en/usb-c-hub-4-port/cn-386/p/1881: “Turn your USB-C port into 3 ultrafast USB-C ports and 1 USB-C Power Delivery Port”

Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update

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Post by tomcat27 » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 4:43 PM UTC

Better camera, that's the only thing I see useful to an average user.

Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update

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Post by Aaronstotle » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 4:44 PM UTC

I can't believe it took so long for Apple to add SSDs to the basic configuration. I had the misfortune of coming into a company who purchased 2017 21" iMacs and they were almost worthless with how slow the fusion drive is.

Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 4:44 PM UTC

epistasis wrote: post #97

dijit wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, my girlfriend works with a 2 TB port macbook pro and has a dock like this: https://www.webhallen.com/se/product/313438-ALOGIC-USB-C-Doc... She uses it with a USB keyboard/mouse and PS4 controller and an external 1440p screen.. works without issue.

That appears to only have a single C port. It's a strange thing, you can get these super complicated docking stations with all sorts of different ports, but can't get a 4-port hub that's only usb-c connectors. At least neither tzs nor I have found such hubs.

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Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update

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Post by obmelvin » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 4:44 PM UTC

oneplane wrote: post #131

protomyth wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting how much emphasis they put on the camera, speakers, and mic People realized how crappy the camera (an well mic) was on Macs compared to other computers now that we are all video conferencing. Its sad that every PC user with a Logitech looked much better.

Plenty of Mac users with a logitech as well ;-) works just fine.

It may work fine, but its slightly absurd to need a better webcam for a recently made 2k USD laptop