Just a minor correction to my discussion of the iMac from the other day. The memory is user-replaceable (thanks, ifixit), so it isn't quite as expensive as I was thinking. Getting 16GB RAM to start (especially since they've provisioning it as 2x8, rather than 4x4), and later upgrading to 32GB will work fine.
So my odds of getting one went up a bit.
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Showing posts with label retina. Show all posts
20141020
20141017
Another Apple note
One other item of note was the new iMac Retina. Man, I'm excited about that display. I really wanted to get a Mac Pro for my next computer, but now I'm reconsidering.
Marco had a nice summary of the state of the art, mentioning CPU/GPU power comparisons between the iMac and Mac Pro as well as interconnects, now and for the foreseeable future, and it's got me thinking about that iMac pretty seriously.
At 14.7 Megapixels, I could get most of a D4 RAW image on screen, at full resolution. That just blows me away, honestly. Plus, USB3, Thunderbolt, and Bluetooth LE. Faster photo import, greater expansion capabilities, and continuity. Those things will make a difference for me. To say nothing of what the higher resolution will do for photos. Even though the CPU will be a significant upgrade, and the GPU probably an even bigger one, it's that improve I/O that will make the most difference for me.
It's expensive (not being able to get aftermarket RAM, due to lack of upgradability, especially hurts), but would help me a lot.
Marco had a nice summary of the state of the art, mentioning CPU/GPU power comparisons between the iMac and Mac Pro as well as interconnects, now and for the foreseeable future, and it's got me thinking about that iMac pretty seriously.
At 14.7 Megapixels, I could get most of a D4 RAW image on screen, at full resolution. That just blows me away, honestly. Plus, USB3, Thunderbolt, and Bluetooth LE. Faster photo import, greater expansion capabilities, and continuity. Those things will make a difference for me. To say nothing of what the higher resolution will do for photos. Even though the CPU will be a significant upgrade, and the GPU probably an even bigger one, it's that improve I/O that will make the most difference for me.
It's expensive (not being able to get aftermarket RAM, due to lack of upgradability, especially hurts), but would help me a lot.
20130529
Double-retina?
I trawl some of the apple rumor sites fairly regularly, leading to some interesting things. For instance, I remember reading, several years ago, about Apple supposedly working on a 50" monitor. What's interesting about that is that it's probably tied into the same rumors we're hearing, these days, about an Apple TV with a screen.
But that's not the main reason I'm writing this. The reason I'm writing this is that you'll sometimes see really stupid things going across these sites. Witness: double-retina resolution.
Ignoring system-level problems with this (reduced battery life, need for much better GPU, increased heat from that GPU, possibly need for more memory), it just doesn't make any sense to begin with. Retina resolution is already at the limit of what your eye can see. What would be gained?
But that's not the main reason I'm writing this. The reason I'm writing this is that you'll sometimes see really stupid things going across these sites. Witness: double-retina resolution.
Ignoring system-level problems with this (reduced battery life, need for much better GPU, increased heat from that GPU, possibly need for more memory), it just doesn't make any sense to begin with. Retina resolution is already at the limit of what your eye can see. What would be gained?
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