leighton w wrote: CGrindahl wrote: leighton w wrote: CGrindahl wrote:
Where Apple hooks you on monitors is with their resolution. My 2019 27" iMac has a resolution of 5120 by 2880 which is double the resolution of my previous 27" iMac. It is marketed as 5K. Looking at monitors available at the moment no one has anything like it and even the 4K monitors cost almost as much as a new iMac. Granted, the newest iMac has a 24" display. Of course, a stand alone Apple display is outrageously expensive. I certainly wouldn't be buying one if I chose to go with the Mac Mini. I guess I'll stay with an iMac and the one I own could very well be the last I'll ever need.
Except the new Samsung S9 27" which is also 5k and selling for around $1400.
As I said Leighton... I can buy a refurbished 27" iMac today for $1299... a hundred dollars less than that Samsung monitor. I can add RAM to that machine as well. Things are changing with the 24" iMac but my point is still valid. You get a great deal with an iMac...
I agree but, the only 27" iMacs are intel based. After I've tried a Mac with a silicon chip, I cannot go back to intel. YMMV.
I bought a MacBook Air with the M1 chip for the ridiculously low price of $799 earlier this year to replace a ten year old MacBook Air that could no longer be upgraded. Yes, the M chips are game changers, but then for the kind of work I do, I really don't believe the advantages of the new chip make much of a difference. I know Apple and everyone else, for that matter, insists that we need the latest and greatest. I've resisted that message and along the way have saved quite a bit of money. I usually buy refurbished gear which comes with a full warranty... or as in the came of the MacBook Air, I bought the M1 cheap after the M2 came on the scene. You're right, we each are motivated by our own better angels... or at least we hope they are our better angels...
I likely will never buy a 24" iMac but then at my age I may never need a new computer, a new iPhone or a new car...
leighton w wrote: CGrindahl wrote: leighton w wrote: CGrindahl wrote:
Where Apple hooks you on monitors is with their resolution. My 2019 27" iMac has a resolution of 5120 by 2880 which is double the resolution of my previous 27" iMac. It is marketed as 5K. Looking at monitors available at the moment no one has anything like it and even the 4K monitors cost almost as much as a new iMac. Granted, the newest iMac has a 24" display. Of course, a stand alone Apple display is outrageously expensive. I certainly wouldn't be buying one if I chose to go with the Mac Mini. I guess I'll stay with an iMac and the one I own could very well be the last I'll ever need.
Except the new Samsung S9 27" which is also 5k and selling for around $1400.
As I said Leighton... I can buy a refurbished 27" iMac today for $1299... a hundred dollars less than that Samsung monitor. I can add RAM to that machine as well. Things are changing with the 24" iMac but my point is still valid. You get a great deal with an iMac...
I agree but, the only 27" iMacs are intel based. After I've tried a Mac with a silicon chip, I cannot go back to intel. YMMV.
I bought a MacBook Air with the M1 chip for the ridiculously low price of $799 earlier this year to replace a ten year old MacBook Air that could no longer be upgraded. Yes, the M chips are game changers, but then for the kind of work I do, I really don't believe the advantages of the new chip make much of a difference. I know Apple and everyone else, for that matter, insists that we need the latest and greatest. I've resisted that message and along the way have saved quite a bit of money. I usually buy refurbished gear with comes with a full warranty... or as in the came of the MacBook Air, I bought the M1 cheap after the M2 came on the scene. You're right, we each are motivated by our own better angels... or at least we hope they are our better angels...
I likely will never buy a 24" iMac but then at my age I may never need a new computer, a new iPhone or a new car...
