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The latest iMac with 5K retina display
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Originally posted by Tasslehoff View PostIn my opinion, no.
that can essentially the same stuff?Comment
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Originally posted by IR35 Avoider View PostMy wife has just bought a new Windows machine, which I'm slightly jealous of as it boots in about 5 seconds. (Not a fast processor, but it has SSD disk plus UEFI, I think it's called.) Anyway, it's actually capabable of doing everything I use a PC for. (I don't play games, most strenuous use is probably Monte Carlo simulations of my retirement!)
It cost less than a tenth as much as that iMac.
So I suppose the iMac is for people who are willing to pay ten times as much for a sexier PC.
Or do its users actually have funtional requirements that it meets, and a Windows machine costing 90% less doesn't?
Edit: a tenth might be an exaggeration, I have only a hazy idea of iMac price, however the point remains valid: if the iMac is more than several hundred pounds then it's already costing multiples of what a machine that does everything I need costs.
(Wife's machine was a £200 Zoostorm from Ebuyer, to which was added a £125 22" monitor capable of use in portrait mode.)Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostHow did you get a PC with SSD for £200?Comment
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Originally posted by Platypus View PostI specc'ed my dream Mac Mini (I do fancy one of those) and top-of-the-line was £1799Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostChoose the CPU you want in the cheapest configuration, and upgrade it yourself?
Mac mini (2014) first look review - Review - Macworld UKComment
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I'm in dire need of a new laptop/ pc and after months of swithering, I've got my finger on the 'buy now' button for an iMac right now.
John Lewis have the 1.4ghz version at £799. And the 2.7ghz at £949.
Should I go the extra £150? Decisions, decisions.Comment
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Originally posted by JRCT View PostI'm in dire need of a new laptop/ pc and after months of swithering, I've got my finger on the 'buy now' button for an iMac right now.
John Lewis have the 1.4ghz version at £799. And the 2.7ghz at £949.
Should I go the extra £150? Decisions, decisions.
Apple was right - I could hardly read the menu bar, it was tiny - in perfect detail, but tiny. The Dock was a tiny strip. 3120 is fine, and nice.
Just like my hero John Shuttleworth can't go back to Savory now, I can't go back to non-retina now....
I Can't Go Back To Non-Retina Now....Comment
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