Michal Ždanský Today, a new model of the iMac desktop computer appeared in the Apple Online Store, which is offered five thousand crowns cheaper than the current basic iMac. A desktop computer from Apple is generally quite expensive, especially for businesses or schools, and the new model is likely to reduce these costs. However, the price goes hand in hand with the specifications, compared to the current mid-range model, the new iMac is quite cut down.
The computer will offer a dual-core 1,4Ghz Core i5 processor, an integrated Intel HD Graphics 5000 card and 8GB of RAM, 2 Thunderbolt ports and 4 USB 3.0 ports. In terms of processor and graphics, the components are identical to the base MacBook Air. Even the possible custom configuration of the computer is quite limited, where you can only change the storage to Fusion Drive or SSD disk, you cannot choose a better processor or more RAM. What's more, the Fusion Drive is more expensive for this model, it costs 6 CZK, while for the 500 CZK model and above, you will only pay 34 CZK for it.
Compared to what you get for an additional 5 crowns when you buy a higher model (so far the basic one), the new iMac is not worth much, for the price the configuration for a desktop computer is rather below average, and this cheaper model will probably only be appreciated by those who want any iMac at the lowest possible price and do not plan to use it for demanding tasks such as editing videos or playing games. The new iMac is the de facto equivalent of the basic Mac mini, but in the body of an All-in-One desktop computer with an IPS display.
You can buy the new basic 21-slot iMac in Apple Online Store for CZK 29, Apple states availability within 990 hours.
Apple has also discounted another product by a few tens of crowns, the Apple TV can now be purchased instead of the original 2 crowns for 2 crowns. However, there have been no other changes to the Apple TV, even its delivery takes place within 24 hours.
Isn't there a difference of 5.000?
I know that appearance is appearance and IPS is IPS, but isn't it better to buy a Mac Mini with an IPS monitor? :)
if you buy a high-quality IPS panel with the same resolution as in the case of the iMac, the price will not differ much.
So the LCD panels in the iMac are from LG. I found this out with the 27-inch model at the time. The same one is only in the monitor from Dell.
So I wouldn't see it so darkly. But personally, I would also rather buy a monitor and a Mac mini with an i7, for example.
Or I would build a PC that would be compatible with Mac OS X and turn it into a Hackintosh.
that's right, I'll think more and more about this variant... :) hackintosh
But that hackintosh is really worthless. Although one will get lucky with a good system, unfortunately one will never have the most basic thing of a Mac: tuning the system with the appropriate HW. Regardless of the updates... It's simply worthless.
Personally, at the beginning of the year, I considered buying a desktop computer. I ended up building a Hackintosh, simply price:performance. I can not complain. Everything works as it should. All major updates require hours of installation, but that can be overdone. In most cases, 10 clicks are enough and then you wait for the completion...
The only mac that is worth buying from Apple is in the form of a laptop.
Well, that's not entirely true. I have one hack and it runs flawlessly. Built exactly according to http://www.tonymacx86.com. If you follow the instructions, you have just matched the iron with the software.
Hackintosh is completely useless because updates don't work. But the mac mini and i7 solution is certainly far better than buying this Apple new stupidity. Let him look as good as he wants.
If the Hackintosh is made well, it works. You just have to wait until someone adapts the system to the Hackintosh installer. It makes more sense to me personally.
Updates often don't really work with Hackintosh - or rather, sometimes something is overwritten and the computer won't start.
When I had the hack, on 10.6.x the SleepEnabler.kext changed after the update, causing a kernel panic, so after each update it had to be booted from the DVD and turned off via the terminal and install the correct version for OS X data - really annoying and I dare say, that the mission impssibru is often used by ordinary users.
In addition, desktop hackint0sh is fine, but making a hack from some note is sometimes really unreal.
I would rather see it as more advantageous to buy mb air + some quality monitor. You will be +/- the same price, but you will get a slightly faster machine (the Air has an SSD) and you will have the option of having a mobile device as well.
That's what I thought too. In the end, the MBA ended up hanging permanently on the back of the Apple Thunderbolt Display because I have so much data there (iTunes libraries, iPhote/Aperture libraries) that I don't want to disconnect with it, and I no longer use the MBA as a portable. I was thinking about a Mac mini, but for the desk and as an iTunes library for the home, this iMac would be enough for me. 8GB of memory (albeit soldered) is still twice as much as the base for the MBA and at the same time the maximum that can be put in the MBA. As I wrote above, it's a pity that it's just the HDD instead of the SSD. But I still have the Fusion Disk in an external Thunderbolt case, so there's no need to boot OS X from the internal HDD at all.
:-) It can then be used, for example, for logs or tempo :-)
I thought so too, but probably not, because of the amount of cabling and only one Thunderbolt port on the Mac mini. On the other hand, owners of Firewire devices will still pay with earnings, because Apple dropped the FW port on the iMac and thus will have one Thunderbolt port blocked by a reducer (quite expensive). But they can still cram a lot of Daisy Chain devices in front of her.
This is a good model for schools and the chancellery. The rest of the interested parties will buy something else. The comparison with the MBA is lame, the 5400 HDD degrades the machine heavily (although yesterday I measured a decent 5400MB/s write and 110MB/s read with the 130 HDD from a Mac mini, which is decent).
I could see it on an entry level iMac with a 128GB SSD. Easily $1100. Schools and offices have networked storage anyway, and the responsiveness of the system would be incomparable. And the machine is as quiet as a summer breeze...
With that money, I will buy the chancellery as well as the ministry in CR.
I wonder if that RAM is expandable or is it hardwired on the board which I wouldn't be surprised by.
I also wonder if there will even be a new mac mini.
And since when does dad really know how to bake?
haha, so the memory is soldered on the board and non-replaceable...
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The surcharge for FD is higher for the basic Mac, because it has a 500GB disk compared to 1TB for the original...
It's fun to watch how Apple keeps inventing new, better and cheaper devices. This year we already received an 8GB iPhone 5C, a macbook air with a slower disk than the previous generation and finally an iMac with a processor and memory from the basic macbook air and a slower 5400 rpm disk :D
If Steve Jobs had lived, they would have invented and introduced faster devices with a higher price. I am curious about the second half of the year with the best portfolio arranged in the last 25 years.
That Macbook Air: it was (as the original article soon made clear) the same variation between drives as the previous generation.