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Re:27-inch iMac gets a major update by Shivetya on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @12:54PM (#24051897)
Man, this will put a lot of us in a quandary. Buy this knowing the Apple Silicon is coming down the pipe or wait it out. I am disappointed no obvious changes to cooling have been made. Current i9 models can really spin up the fan as a number of owners have stated it one of the loudest Apple computers ever.

Nano Glass is around $500 up charge which does not seem bad but I seem to recall it has special cleaning requirements so be careful if you have family or friends who are touch prone.

SSD upgrade from 512 to 1TB is reasonable as well, around $200

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Re:27-inch iMac gets a major update by Dunedan on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @01:02PM (#24052008)
> SSD upgrade from 512 to 1TB is reasonable as well, around $200

Reasonable for Apple maybe, but for $200 you already get a pretty decent 1TB retail SSD.

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Re:27-inch iMac gets a major update by ChuckNorris89 on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @05:29PM (#24054696)
Crucial P1 NVME 1TB is around 100 Euros in my neck of the woods so charging twice that for an 512GB upgrade is bonkers in my book but clearly I'm not the intended customer base.

I guess for companies flush with cash where every employees salary is in the six figure ballpark, the price of Mac configs don't raise any eyebrows in the list of expenses but at least in all companies I've worked so far if I'd have suggested we buy Macs, the bean counters would have had a fit.

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Re:27-inch iMac gets a major update by MikusR on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @08:05PM (#24055854)
That Apple ssd is almost twice as fast as that Crucial.
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Re:27-inch iMac gets a major update by pier25 on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @02:12PM (#24052814)
> I am disappointed no obvious changes to cooling have been made

Same.

I own a 2017 5K model with an i5 and the terrible cooling is my only gripe with it.

It's totally fine for bursty workloads, but once you get into a light sustained workload (eg: music production) temps go to +70ºC and the fans become quite annoying.

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Re:27-inch iMac gets a major update by cerberusss on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @02:14PM (#24052842)
As for the nano glass, I ordered an anti reflective screen protector from a local Dutch supplier. It works fantastic on my 16". I do programming though, no color-sensitive photo or video work.
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