iMac 2013 - Haswell Refresh Released

Combat squirrel said:
There nice but well over priced even for apple. My year old PC is faster than the top end 3.5k Mac and cost me 1k (1.3k inc 1440p).

Yesssss its a Mac, yesssss its stylish yesssss its Mac tax but 2.5k for style?

No, even for apple that's to much
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wow thanks for that , Tell me what are you doing in the Apple hardware forums?

you here just to troll, so some people like apple products, get over it.

go troll in general mate.
 
Combat squirrel said:
There nice but well over priced even for apple. My year old PC is faster than the top end 3.5k Mac and cost me 1k (1.3k inc 1440p).

Yesssss its a Mac, yesssss its stylish yesssss its Mac tax but 2.5k for style?

No, even for apple that's to much
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Naa if you can afford it why not, and to be honest I dont think you are paying that much extra for the imac over a pc.

So for example the student price for the following spec is £1400 inc a 3 year warranty (many people have students in the family ;)).

27-inch: 3.2GHz
Specifications
3.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i5
Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
8GB (two 4GB) memory
1TB hard drive1
NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M with 1GB video memory

I canot be bothered but sit down and spec up a pc with a very good quality monitor and a reasonable case, a good bluetooth keyboard and mouse and it will probably come close to £1200 if not more.

Then add the cost of the OS

Now consider you have a 3 year hassle free warranty and after 2 years your £1400 Imac can still be sold for £900 to £1000 which is much more then you will ever get for a 2 year old PC and suddenly its not really that expensive.

At the end of the day it looks good, its easy to use, reliable and you do not have to put it together your self which is well worth the couple of hundred quid premium the Mac has over a PC.
 
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So pic of the new iMac up on the wall, looks nice and goes well with my chair lol, the thing must be over 20 to 30 years old (Eames EA108)
 
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Dr House said:
I canot be bothered but sit down and spec up a pc with a very good quality monitor and a reasonable case, a good bluetooth keyboard and mouse and it will probably come close to £1200 if not more.

Then add the cost of the OS
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Had the same debate with someone about it about 9 months ago. He claimed he can built the same spec at 50% of my iMac (£1980), so he had a budget of £960. So I challenged him, put his money where his words are and show me.

The truth is...he was cutting corners.

The machine he specced was loud, or at minimum, louder.
The machine was big.
It was not a 10 bit IPS monitor.
He didn't spec the Apple keyboard or the mice - I want these as I like these.
He didn't spec the OS
It had nothing like thunderbolt, or webcam.

Above all, his final cost came to 50% OVER budget, about £1400.....and had to built it himself and it was still not identical spec as my iMac.

People like that do not get it, they don't get you need time not to just build it, you need time to research, you need time to find the best price, you need time at home to sign for a dozen different items (as opposed to once for the iMac). They don't understand not everyone is as computer savvy, yes this is a computer forum so it's geeks abundance but the world out there is less so.

Majority of the time they see CPU Ghz speed, the amount of RAM and the graphic card, perhaps the HDD/SSD and compare to another computer with those 3 things. Everything else is ignored.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
Had the same debate with someone about it about 9 months ago. He claimed he can built the same spec at 50% of my iMac (£1980), so he had a budget of £960. So I challenged him, put his money where his words are and show me.

The truth is...he was cutting corners.

The machine he specced was loud, or at minimum, louder.
The machine was big.
It was not a 10 bit IPS monitor.
He didn't spec the Apple keyboard or the mice - I want these as I like these.
He didn't spec the OS
It had nothing like thunderbolt, or webcam.

Above all, his final cost came to 50% OVER budget, about £1400.....and had to built it himself and it was still not identical spec as my iMac.

People like that do not get it, they don't get you need time not to just build it, you need time to research, you need time to find the best price, you need time at home to sign for a dozen different items (as opposed to once for the iMac). They don't understand not everyone is as computer savvy, yes this is a computer forum so it's geeks abundance but the world out there is less so.

Majority of the time they see CPU Ghz speed, the amount of RAM and the graphic card, perhaps the HDD/SSD and compare to another computer with those 3 things. Everything else is ignored.
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Absolutely. Plus try making something like the Fusion drive on the PC with PCI-E storage, just not going to happen.

The monitors are professionally colour calibrated at the factory.

The Retina MacBook Pro runs the RAM at 0T command for maximum performance, they achieve that by soldering the RAM chips to the motherboard. I know most are not bothered but the geek in me loves that Apple cares about the performance like that.

All these things just add up to an awesome experience.
 
If you use your machine all day for work then it makes sense to have something enjoyable to sit in front off, that was my rational.

Only problem ive had with it is windows doesnt seem to like the new printer i bought and I have one program that I would use on pc (tnt shipping manager) so i need to find a workaround for this.
 
I've just bought my first ever Mac (Macbook Pro Retina - 15") and it has been a real eye opener; I can see why people are willing to part with the levels of money that Apple are commanding.

Apple are in a pretty unique arena in terms of having their own in house developed operating system for their hardware and I really think this is the biggest benefit they have.

I've just sold my Windows laptop and I've been restoring it to factory defaults for the new owner and factory default includes all of the bloatware that Sony felt was necessary to install in order to differentiate their product. The reality is that the software is poorly written, looks out of sync with Windows and just slows the system down. Thankfully the new owner can uninstall it all again.

Secondly, Apple's pricing is clearly working for them and driving sufficient volume - they have ridiculous amounts of cash and good working capital is a sign of any healthy, well run business.

I remember reading a lot of laptop reviews on the Verge a few years ago and every single laptop's touch pad was benchmarked against Apple's - majority fell short. What's incredible is reviews now are still saying the same thing, why aren't the Windows OEMs fixing these issues?

Could I have got a machine that on paper, had significantly better specs? Definitely, there are gaming machines out there with mobile versions of the top end GPUS, but this doesn't translate into a better machine for me.
 
I'm looking to get my order in shortly for a 27" iMac but I'd like some advice on finalising the spec.

This is what I'm looking at:

3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2X4GB
1TB Fusion Drive
Apple USB SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5
Magic Trackpad
Apple Wireless Keyboard (British) & User's Guide (English)
AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac
Accessory Kit

I'm trying to decide wither to take the upgrade to the 3.5GHz i7 or if it's overkill for my needs - Internet, Games, General Office Tasks and perhaps learning to use xCode for iOS app development. I realise it's nothing too CPU intensive, but then I'm looking for this to see me right hopefully for the next 3yrs or more.

I'm going to be purchasing a Drobo 5N for additional storage and for use for Time Machine backups.
 
Valo said:
I'm looking to get my order in shortly for a 27" iMac but I'd like some advice on finalising the spec.

This is what I'm looking at:

3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2X4GB
1TB Fusion Drive
Apple USB SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5
Magic Trackpad
Apple Wireless Keyboard (British) & User's Guide (English)
AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac
Accessory Kit

I'm trying to decide wither to take the upgrade to the 3.5GHz i7 or if it's overkill for my needs - Internet, Games, General Office Tasks and perhaps learning to use xCode for iOS app development. I realise it's nothing too CPU intensive, but then I'm looking for this to see me right hopefully for the next 3yrs or more.

I'm going to be purchasing a Drobo 5N for additional storage and for use for Time Machine backups.
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This past Sunday I went into the Trafford centre and bought the i7 @ 3.5, 8GB RAM, 3TB Fusion and 780 4GB model.

I've been a gamer since 7 years old and 20 years later I've made the switch.

It did, of course cost a lot. Don't look at what you could have had for that money with a PC because it'll sway your decision without even experiencing a Mac for an extended amount of time.

I chose the trackpad also and its great. The gestures make browsing, filing and switching between programs really fast.

I'm growing up, and that means less gaming and more time spent learning website creation and multimedia use centred around my little girl at 8 months old.
 
How long do you have to get the applecare after purchasing an iMac? I got one a few weeks ago and still not bought the applecare, is it definitely worth it?
 
sh33pst3r said:
This past Sunday I went into the Trafford centre and bought the i7 @ 3.5, 8GB RAM, 3TB Fusion and 780 4GB model.

I've been a gamer since 7 years old and 20 years later I've made the switch.

It did, of course cost a lot. Don't look at what you could have had for that money with a PC because it'll sway your decision without even experiencing a Mac for an extended amount of time.

I chose the trackpad also and its great. The gestures make browsing, filing and switching between programs really fast.

I'm growing up, and that means less gaming and more time spent learning website creation and multimedia use centred around my little girl at 8 months old.
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Thanks for the reply and information. I'm just not 100% sure if the i7 upgrade is worth the extra £190. I'm sold on the iMac and OSX as I've had enough of PC's and Windows in general.
 
Maybe a stupid question. But I am considering replacing my iMac with this one

27-inch: 3.4GHz
Specifications
3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 (Upgraded to 3.5 i7)
Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
8GB (two 4GB) memory (Upgraded to 32Gig)
1TB hard drive1 (3Tb Fusion Drive)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M with 2GB video memory (GTX 780m 4Gig)

Basically the best spec you can pretty much get.

Currently have this.

iMac 27" 2011 2.7GHz i5
16Gig Ram 1333Mhz
1TB 5400 RPM
AMD HD 6770m 512MB

Now I know obviously the newer one is a lot better but just how high a performance increase am I going to see?

All my data is stored on a Synology NAS via Ethernet anyway.

I use Photohshop a lot, Lightroom, and hopefully Final Cut Pro.

Just weighing up wether or not to just stick an SSD in my current one. Just wonder if its worth the upgrade to the new iMac as I never bought the one I originally wanted.
 
Right I decided to go with the i7 CPU and I've just pulled the trigger on my order for a 27" iMac :D

I've been saving for a couple of years and this is my first Mac since the 90's. It should be delivered the first week in November :cool:

Ordered Spec
3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2X4GB
1TB Fusion Drive
Apple USB SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5
Magic Trackpad
Apple Wireless Keyboard (British) & User's Guide (English)
AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac
Accessory Kit

Now all I just need to get my NAS situation sorted.
 
Valo said:
Right I decided to go with the i7 CPU and I've just pulled the trigger on my order for a 27" iMac :D

I've been saving for a couple of years and this is my first Mac since the 90's. It should be delivered the first week in November :cool:

Ordered Spec
3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2X4GB
1TB Fusion Drive
Apple USB SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5
Magic Trackpad
Apple Wireless Keyboard (British) & User's Guide (English)
AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac
Accessory Kit

Now all I just need to get my NAS situation sorted.
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I'm actually upgrading from my 2011 iMac to this one above but I have decided to get the 512Gig SSD instead of Fusion drive after seeing its read/write speeds of almost 800mb
 
Just had to cancel my order :(














I just found out that a friend of my late sister works for Apple. He offered me his staff discount! Queue a saving of £530.00 :D :cool:
 
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My new iMac was dispatched on Friday and should be delivered on Tuesday :D
Unfortunately I can't set it up until the middle of the month, I now just need Apple to issue me a credit for the AppleCare on my original order that I cancelled.
 
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