More news about the iMac core i7

#1

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http://www.hardmac.com/news/2009/12/14/a-test-where-the-mac-pro-wins-out-against-the-imac-core-i7[/SIZE]

Rob Art has made a strange observation. The iMac Core i7 is faster in its basic configuration of 4 GB than with 8,12 or 16 GB. The difference is not enormous, approximately 6 to 7% under After Effects, but sufficient to be noted. Other memory tests confirm that the memory bandwidth is higher with the memory banks filled in a homogeneous way (either two identical bars, or 4 identical). But all cases, beyond two bars, the memory bandwidth drops a little. …

#2

Hi Bert,

thanks…I´m not sure if I interprete that results right, as it sounds not logic in my ears.
Does this mean that it is a waste to buy or set up those new Imacs with 16GB ram ?
Especially for people like us who are in 3D animation and rendering ???
Hard to believe…

best
Tom

#3

The main porpouse of getting these machine is space and the nice monitor you get, for me still being a laptop chip. Rather buy a laptop and hook it up to any monitor.
MY 2 CENTS

#4

I’m teaching 3d courses on a regular basis.
Having a big iMac around is extremely convenient, when moving it from office A to office B.

No more juggling with monitor and power cables. It’s pick up, put down, plug and play !
The old days, when iMacs used to be inferior low-speed computers are definately over.
Differences between Pro & iMac are getting smaller and smaller …

Cheers, Bert.

#5

Absolutely having a laptop with a cheap monitor in Office a and b is not convenient.:slight_smile:
plus those new iMac with a 27inch monitor are meant to keep in one place only, not move around from place to place.
Edgard

#6

Absolutely having a laptop with a cheap monitor in Office a and b is not convenient.
plus those new iMac with a 27inch monitor are meant to keep in one place only, not move around from place to place.

Yes…
but why not building a kind of rack…putting that Imac27 inside…
and take it everywhere you want…just like an oversized laptop ???
:bounce:

best
Tom

#7

There you go :slight_smile:

#8

an Imac27" in a rack, are you kidding me ?

You might as well add a washing machine, a lawnmower and a BBQ set :-))

#9

What the silly thing needs is a lifting handle, like a suitcase :D.

#10

or…given the price, buy more than one and then you don’t have to move it from one room to another…

#11

LOL

BTW: There are specialized Travel cases like this one: 27" iMac Carrying Case

Cheers

Hans

#12

I have to attest to the portability of the iMac. With a wireless KB it’s even more of a “pick up and go” i even bring it into the bathroom and sometime I hide it under the sink. The 24" fits everywhere.

#13

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