Friends Kingdom: Re: [iPad] The newest iPad was custom-built for seniors

Nicer/prettier and smaller, because of the Apple design and sharper screen and no need for a CPU and a UPS on the floor ( altho on dollies ). Quieter, because no fan whoosh at startup and elsewhen, even in sleep. The Asus monitor's not a bit ugly, tho, and that's all you have to look at from above, aside from the Logitech wireless kbd and trackball, which attractive in themselves.

But it's fine. Next time, maybe, an iMac. OSX would have been nice. I miss UNIX.

On May 7, 2015, at 8:01 PM, Tony tdale@xtra.co.nz [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

The iMac would have been nicer - prettier, quieter, and a lot smaller

Hard to compare as I assume there won't be an iMac of this spec

Nicer - Subjective.. In what way? The case, the finish?

Quieter - No Idea. Many fan systems are available, and you'd need to relate the fan noise to the heat reduction required

Prettier - Subjective. In what way? The case, the finish?

Smaller - Yes, you would not want to put this spec in a thinner and lighter case

Bottom line is that Apple and non Apple use the same architecture. You can buy as cheap, as expensive as pretty as you like with Non Apple. You get that choice with Non Apple but you dont get OSX with Non Apple.

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It's not a hotrod, just a cheaper iMac, built by Microcenter.

The iMac would have been nicer - prettier, quieter, and a lot smaller - but one manages one's budget as one must, alas. For similar reasons, I have an Accord, and not a BMW 😎

On May 7, 2015, at 11:16 AM, Jim Saklad jimdoc@icloud.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

David Smith wrote:
I did, however, decide that my new desktop would have to be a custom-built PC, rather than the 27" 4K retina iMac I wanted, because the cost of a fully loaded iMac would have been a thousand dollars more. Sounds cheap, but it makes sense, in context.

Sure does. You didn't want a Porsche. Instead you built a hot rod.
~KLM

I don't know if the market has changed, but when the "5k" iMac came out, there was only one monitor easily available with the same resolution, and it cost the same as the iMac did. But came without any attached computer, keyboard, or mouse.

So I am curious what CPU, what graphics processor, what monitor you used in your "hot rod"?
Also RAM and storage choices?

(The iMac has a 27-inch 5K display with IPS technology; 5120-by-2880 resolution with support for millions of colors).