just a couple of comments...
on 2013-12-23 11:55 Stan Halpin wrote
The one that most appealed to me was the Mac Thunderbolt 27" display. As a display it is
said to be a good one (YMMV), plus it can serve as a hub for external drives etc. However, it
hasn't been updated in 15-18 months; the I/O ports in the "hub" are Thunderbolt
(1), FW800 (1) and USB2.0 (3). But the Thunderbolt is used for the input from a laptop, Mini,
or Pro,[...]
that's not quite right; there is a built-in Thunderbolt cable to connect to
computer, plus another Thunderbolt port for daisy chaining additional
Thunderbolt devices;
1. MacBook Pro. [...]
- - But not all that many ports. 2 USB3.0 on the laptop and 3 USB2.0 on
the display don't leave me much to work with once I attach keyboard, printer,
scanner, and CD reader. USB hubs tend to be unreliable in my experience, some
items (like the keyboard) just don't work unless directly attached, and the
laptop option just didn't seem very attractive.
keyboard, printer, scanner, & CD reader could all go on one USB 2 hub; they are
slow devices and don't need individual ports
2. Mac Mini [...]
- Only 1 Thunderbolt (and not Thunderbolt 2) port
other than a 4K monitor i'm not aware of anything that really requires
Thunderbolt 2 throughput
So I ordered the iMac. I didn't max it out; e.g., I'll add memory from other
sources. And I went with an old-technology internal drive; an external SSD is
on order that will tie into one of the USB ports.
good choice and good reasoning
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