"SSDs across the line"
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27-inch iMac gets a major update
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> What kind of magic fairy dust SSDs are they using that you can't have a sensible amount of storage space at those prices? The kind where Apple can make a 300% or more margin, knowing that people will still pay. Don't think Apple have ever sold SSD upgrades at anything remotely resembling competitive $/TB prices. Clearly they don't need too because people still buy their machines.
> people still buy their machines Sure, but more would buy at lower prices. That said I don't doubt that Apple has researched this a zillion ways, and this price point is there for solid reasons.
But isn't it great to show that you can afford Apple?
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#393Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think I might the only one who likes and wants bezels on everything that has a display. Extra large bezels. Perhaps the only exception would be phones as they increase the size of the device. Bezels are important to frame the screen content from functional perspective. Think of it like a frame for the art work. Black bezels occulude the distracting edges and background noise from the screen and you have always have…
I don't mind nicely designed bezels, if they have to be there. It's 2020; they don't.
I am arguing that they're invaluable even if they're not needed now that LCD technology has advanced in terms of being able to assemble it.
It actually doesn't matter if its a screen, artwork or a photo. IMO bordered (black or white) photos is vastly superior to borderless photos. There is a reason why every museum that displays fine art photography have borders, almost always.
I don't see any distinction with screens. Perhaps, even more so important to have distraction free edges on monitors than photos.
Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update
#394“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…
> 1/2 TB in the $2300 one
It's $2k for the 27" with 500GB.
How much is it to get a really good quality 5k display with a Dell?
> What kind of magic fairy dust SSDs are they using that you can't have a sensible amount of storage space at those prices?
I'm using 165GB of 500GB on my current system. Considering all the systems issued by work are configured the same and nobody complains about space issues, I don't think it's a big problem.
I'd take the 5k display over 1TB storage any time. Sadly my work issues laptops and not iMacs.
Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update
#395I'll never understand the pricing. $1000 extra to get 64gb of memory? Incredible. What circumstance leads a purchaser to look at that and say, "ok sounds great?"
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Until you have to manage a lab full of Windows, then MAC becomes a much better value. With a Mac you don’t have to buy MS office, you get iWork. You also get iMovie, GarageBand and other Apple software that covers almost everything a typical school would need. And you never have to buy updates for either the OS or the other Apple software. You also have less malware to deal with. Having worked at a school with labs f…
I'm imagining this being said to the principal of a local rural school in, like, Ghana.
Spend $x now on Macs, or spend more later? I should hope that the principal of any school would understand basic math.
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Why do their customers tolerate this?! I know some people love Apple (their hardware does look great), but this is extremely annoying.
I used to build gaming PCs for myself and friends, salvage laptops from parts picked up at auction, etc. But I'm no longer interested in doing that. I'd much rather just buy the computer I need and not fuss with it. I think both of those "modes" are completely valid, and it's great that there are many options on the market for people in both groups. Is it perhaps "annoying in theory" that I couldn't upgrade my Mac's…
> But I'm never going to want to do that, so I don't experience any practical annoyance.
It seriously looks like finding an excuse.
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#398I bought a 27” 5k iMac a few years ago and it just made me hate Apple more. I am irritated that they have a monopoly on iOS development.
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#399My employer has decided to stop offering Macs for work machines. I think the dev era for Mac might be close to ending
Re: 27-inch iMac gets a major update
#400Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Sure, but more would buy at lower prices. Well, sure, that's just the law of demand. If Apple's goal was simply to ship the most products as possible in the short term, they would sell them for a penny until they ran out of money.
True. My only point was that "people still buy" is not much of an argument. In hindsight, I didn't contribute anything of value to the discourse by that...
"People still buy and Apple is wildly successful" is a pretty decent argument though.