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My God the 27" is gorgeous, I seriously want one! Only thing I'm waiting for is if they replace the dual's with Quads in November, maybe with i3/i5 options for the base model (tbh don't mind a dual if it's got DMI)

Anyone know how much the base 27" is on Higher Ed discount?

Cheers

Si
 
JediFragger said:
My God the 27" is gorgeous, I seriously want one! Only thing I'm waiting for is if they replace the dual's with Quads in November, maybe with i3/i5 options for the base model (tbh don't mind a dual if it's got DMI)

Anyone know how much the base 27" is on Higher Ed discount?

Cheers

Si
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£1,407.60 :)
 
I've just read a very interesting article about the 27" iMacs. I shall reproduce it here:

The more I think and learn about the curious pricing of the 27” iMac, the more bizarre and incredible it seems.

It has a resolution of 2560x1440, which no other monitor in the industry seems to have (that I can find). 30” LCDs are the same width but 1600 tall. Shrinking 2560-wide into a screen that’s 3” smaller diagonally yields an impressive pixel density, especially given the panel’s still-immense size.

It has an IPS panel. IPS is the best and most expensive LCD type, giving the best viewing angle and the least color- and brightness-shifting as the angle increases in any direction. Nearly every panel on the market, including every laptop panel, is the cheap TN type. (TN panels wash out as soon as you move your head slightly, especially vertically, which is why it’s so hard to find a good viewing angle for your laptop lid while watching a dark movie.) Other 27” TN panels exist (only at the lower 1920x1080 resolution), but I can’t find any other 27” IPS panels.

It’s also LED-backlit.

So it’s a very high-specced, brand new panel that’s apparently not being mass-produced yet (since no other monitors for sale are using it). That must be expensive. How much of the base 27” iMac’s $1700 retail cost does this represent?

The closest existing panel for comparison, spec-wise, is the 30” IPS panel that Apple uses in their Cinema Display. It has the ultra-high resolution and size, but doesn’t compete with the 27” iMac’s panel for brightness, contrast, power efficiency, or color range. It’s overpriced by today’s standards at $1800, but not by much — Dell’s original 30” monitor with the same panel is $1200, and a newer version with better specs (although still not as good as the new iMac’s) is $1700.

A standalone monitor with the new iMac’s panel would be perfectly reasonably priced at about $1500. From Dell. Apple’s only charging $200 more than that for theirs, and there’s an entire high-end computer stuck to the back of it.

When they mentioned on last week’s quarterly earnings call that they expected lower profit margins for a new product, I don’t think anyone expected a change of this magnitude. How are they making anything — or even not losing money — with the base-model 27” iMac?

My guess: a massively successful negotiation with the panel’s manufacturer (most likely LG) to get not only an incredible price on these panels, but also apparent exclusivity for a while. It’s a hell of an accomplishment, and presumably a hell of an effort, for a computer that isn’t even Apple’s most-selling model (or even product line). That raises a more interesting question: Why?

Until we know why the panel is so cheap, I bet we’re going to see a lot of Mac Pro owners buying 27” monitors for $1700 and trying to figure out what to do with the free computer stuck to the back. For new-computer shopping, a lot of people are going to abandon whichever laptop or Mac Pro they were considering and get this instead.

That helps answer the “why” question: Maybe Apple wants to push more buyers away from today’s default system-type choice — laptops — and show them why they should consider getting a fast, spacious desktop instead. And, for the time being, it’s a desktop with absolutely no equivalent in the PC world.
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OK, the prices are in dollars, but it's a good read.

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Feek said:
I've just read a very interesting article about the 27" iMacs. I shall reproduce it here:



OK, the prices are in dollars, but it's a good read.

source
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I'm confused a little by that article. Specifically this bit:

It’s a hell of an accomplishment, and presumably a hell of an effort, for a computer that isn’t even Apple’s most-selling model (or even product line). That raises a more interesting question: Why?
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Excluding the MacPro the iMac has always been Apple's poster child. Sure they sell more laptops than desktops and the MacPro has more grunt but it's the imac that sets the standard on how a desktop computer should look.

Having the balls to squeeze a 27" display in at that resolution and price shows that Apple is a serious player. Just don't tell the die hard Windows fanbois that, eh? ;)
 
If anyone is interested I bought the new Airport Extreme and it is bloody amazing.

I have a 4965bgn card in my laptop and can now transfer at 20MB/s (yes megabytes) on 5ghz, 40mhz width. Average speed is never less than 15MB/s over gigabytes of data. Range seems good but my house has walls like paper!

The USB sharing seems improved too, provided you format the disk as HFS+ then you can get 20MB/s read and 10-15MB/s write from either the wired or wireless interfaces. NTFS doesn't work and FAT32 seems to have some issues. The drive shows up in Windows without any extra software too, which is a bonus.

Highly recommended as it is currently the fastest thing you can buy due to the real 3x3 mimo config.
 
EVH said:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article..._27_imac_only_supports_displayport_input.html
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It's a real shame that. I'm in the market for a new Monitor, ideally I want a 30" but wasn't sure I could justify the price. The 27" iMac though... with built-in computer has me extremely tempted... but if I get a Dell (hell, even the 24" Dell) then I can also plugin a console as well as my Unibody MBP.

I don't think I can justify spending that much on a "monitor" when I'll need to buy a TV at some point to be able to plug in a console :(
 
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