Babur72 said:. Although the iMAC 27" allows some degree of upgrading of RAM chipsets & a choice of rotary or solid-state hard-drives but, thanks to it's modular design, the MAC pro's 4 hard-drive bays can be installed with rotary, solid-state or a combination of both hard-drives - Although i'm not sure whether a desktop containing 2 different forms of hard-drive would hinder system efficiency. And can also allow upgrading of the graphics-card. Any relevant advice will be much appreciated. Regards & thanks. BABUR.
Babur72 said:Hi Paolo, Thanks for the feedback chap. My apologies. My post disappeared for some unexplicable reason i'll recap largely what my first post originally stated. Being new to Apple iMAC's, MAC pros & the Apple Lion/Mountain Lion OS i'd appreciate those forum users with experience of them giving me their advice. The desktop will primarily be intended for gaming, downloading & storing of hi-res audio files, net surfing, photo(Photoshop CS6/CS6 Extended) & video-editing(Adobe Pinnacle pro/Premiere pro/Premiere pro CS6). I understand the new, slimmer retina-screen iMAC 27" has just been released. But the the new MAC pro isn't expected until the turn of the year. The new iMAC 27" sports a Firewire 800, 2 x USB 3 & 2 x Thunderbolt interfaces. Whereas the current MAC pro only has 2(?) Firewire 800 & 2 USB 3 ports. Even after contacting Apple's UK sales support help-line, i'm still uncertain whether the new MAC pro will be equipped with the broader bandwith & faster data transfer speeds of the newer Thunderbolt interface. Although the iMAC 27" allows some degree of upgrading of RAM chipsets & a choice of rotary or solid-state hard-drives but, thanks to it's modular design, the MAC pro's 4 hard-drive bays can be installed with rotary, solid-state or a combination of both hard-drives - Although i'm not sure whether a desktop containing 2 different forms of hard-drive would hinder system efficiency. And can also allow upgrading of the graphics-card. Any relevant advice will be much appreciated. Regards & thanks. BABUR.
You can with the 27" model, but not the 21.5". What you buy it with is technically what it's stuck with.landzw said:Just to note the new iMacs don't have a retina display and i'm not 100% if you will be able to upgrade the ram after you have purchased the iMac
landzw said:Babur72 said:Hi Paolo, Thanks for the feedback chap. My apologies. My post disappeared for some unexplicable reason i'll recap largely what my first post originally stated. Being new to Apple iMAC's, MAC pros & the Apple Lion/Mountain Lion OS i'd appreciate those forum users with experience of them giving me their advice. The desktop will primarily be intended for gaming, downloading & storing of hi-res audio files, net surfing, photo(Photoshop CS6/CS6 Extended) & video-editing(Adobe Pinnacle pro/Premiere pro/Premiere pro CS6). I understand the new, slimmer retina-screen iMAC 27" has just been released. But the the new MAC pro isn't expected until the turn of the year. The new iMAC 27" sports a Firewire 800, 2 x USB 3 & 2 x Thunderbolt interfaces. Whereas the current MAC pro only has 2(?) Firewire 800 & 2 USB 3 ports. Even after contacting Apple's UK sales support help-line, i'm still uncertain whether the new MAC pro will be equipped with the broader bandwith & faster data transfer speeds of the newer Thunderbolt interface. Although the iMAC 27" allows some degree of upgrading of RAM chipsets & a choice of rotary or solid-state hard-drives but, thanks to it's modular design, the MAC pro's 4 hard-drive bays can be installed with rotary, solid-state or a combination of both hard-drives - Although i'm not sure whether a desktop containing 2 different forms of hard-drive would hinder system efficiency. And can also allow upgrading of the graphics-card. Any relevant advice will be much appreciated. Regards & thanks. BABUR.
Just to note the new iMacs don't have a retina display and i'm not 100% if you will be able to upgrade the ram after you have purchased the iMac
2011 yes, 2012 no. See here:simon3102000 said:I upgraded the ram on my 21.5 2011 iMac from 4gb to 16gb.
Paul. said:Do it
Paul. said:Do it