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new iMac!

Stephen Dolbee
Booster
The new iMac looks great. 27"!!! Choice of i5 or i7 quad-core. Is it worth the $200 extra for the i7? Will AC see a significant speed increase? Also, going from 4 to 8 gigs of ram is an extra $200. Until 64 bit comes out for AC, will that affect performance (with just AC running)?

Thanks
AC19(9001), 27" iMac i7, 12 gb ram, ATI Radeon HD 4850 512mb, OS 10.12.6
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Anonymous
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Thanks again Matthew.

So if we go with 8GB ram, would speed/efficiency be affected if the 8GB was made up of 4x2GB or 2x4GB?

Cheers, not Chers as in the last post, no one needs any Chers in their life.

Mike
Anonymous
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There might be a measurable difference in performance but I doubt it would be noticeable and I don't know which would be the faster.

I recommend going for the 2x4GB option and leave the other two open for a future upgrade.
Fritz T
Booster
Can anyone comment on using the smaller 21'5 imac as a workstation? The two model seem to have the same specs, except for the 1tb hard drive option..?
AC 6, through 27

iMac 27' 3,1 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5

500GB OS X12.7.3 Monterey
Anonymous
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Fritz wrote:
Can anyone comment on using the smaller 21'5 imac as a workstation? The two model seem to have the same specs, except for the 1tb hard drive option..?
I would go for the bigger screen. It's only $200 more but makes a big difference.
Fritz T
Booster
I would love to. The only problem is that here the cost difference is closer to $780, depending on the exchange rate. We pay $1820 for the lower end 21'5 imac. (see the attached Gizmodo note)
Do you perhaps know how AC runs on this mac?
AC 6, through 27

iMac 27' 3,1 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5

500GB OS X12.7.3 Monterey
Erika Epstein
Booster
Are y ou able to buy a refurbished machine from Apple? Here you can save 30% or more and it comes with the same warranty as a new one.
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
Fritz T
Booster
Hi Erika, This option only seems to be available in the US, UK, and AUS markets as a direct purchase from Apple.
The refurbished mac sold by the local reseller comes without any warranty.

After seeing it, I now do think I'll rather go for the larger 24'.
Cheers
AC 6, through 27

iMac 27' 3,1 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5

500GB OS X12.7.3 Monterey
Erika Epstein
Booster
Sorry to hear that Fritz. You won't regret going with the larger screen. The extra inches will save you so much time
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
aahatimo
Newcomer
apple has really bumped up the imac specs today!
http://www.apple.com/imac/performance.html
plus the new magic trackpad.
http://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/
tim hanagan
aaha! design studio durango, co
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