You can swap in RAM. I have 32 gig in my iMac 27 5k. Installed half of it after purchase.
Paul via phone > On Nov 25, 2015, at 7:25 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Bryan Jacoby wrote: >> Thank you, Steve and Paul. I think in the end I will get the "top" >> standard configuration with the M395, 2 TB fusion drive (and upgrade >> the RAM myself of course, probably to 24 GB). Thunderbolt external > > Double check that you can upgrade the RAM. Probably still doable on iMacs, > not still doable on macbooks. > >> drives/enclosures/docks aren't cheap, and I am slightly unhappy with >> the idea of an external boot drive on an "all-in-one." The upgrade >> path will be the option to, in a couple of years, replace the fusion >> drive with a big internal SSD (when those are less expensive and the >> machine is old enough that I'm not afraid of breaking it). > > Also check on how doable it is to replace the hard drives. > > One advantage of the newer iMacs is that they can be used as displays when > they obsolete out. Godfrey convinced me that I'd be better off going with a > mac mini and an external display a year or so ago, although it turns out that > my mini won't work with two high definition displays, kind of annoying > because I like to have both a horizontal and a vertical display, when working. > > >> >> >>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Paul Stenquist<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> Hi Bryan, >>> I have the IMac27 Retina 5K with the Radeon R9 M395 graphics chip, 2 gigs >>> of VRAM, the i7 4 ghz processor and 32 gigs of RAM. I don’t have anything >>> to compare it to, but it’s very efficient. I do a lot of PhotoShop work on >>> 1 gig+ scans of 6x7 negs, and the machine never hesitates. i can do >>> gaussian blurs and rotations in near real time. And a long burn-in session >>> will result in only 10 seconds or so of down time. I opted for the 3 >>> terabyte fusion drive, which comes with a 128 gig SSD. I find that it >>> tracks my work flow very well and brings up current projects and current >>> folders almost instantly. A 1.5 gig image file saves in a couple of seconds. >>> >>> Paul >>>> On Nov 25, 2015, at 5:27 PM, steve harley<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> brief answer: my hunch is the graphics chip difference won't matter much >>>> because the VRAM matters more — and both have 2GB; i would personally >>>> greatly prefer an external SSD to a Fusion Drive; however choose carefully >>>> — most Thunderbolt solutions will use a SATA drive, whereas PCIe is a lot >>>> faster with the right SSD >>>> >>>>> On 2015-11-25 11:38 , Bryan Jacoby wrote: >>>>> I am thinking of buying a new 27" iMac, one of the standard >>>>> configurations (so I can get a discount this weekend). I'm looking at >>>>> the base and middle option. The differences are: >>>>> >>>>> AMD M380 vs. M390 graphics >>>>> 1 TB 7200 RPM HD vs. 1 TB fusion drive >>>>> $200 >>>>> >>>>> Photo editing (lightroom) is probably the heaviest lifting the machine >>>>> will do. I know that Lr can use the GPU but I haven't been able to >>>>> find much information about the difference between the M380 and M390. >>>>> >>>>> Now that the SSD component of the fusion drive is only 24 GB I'm not >>>>> sure how much of an advantage that is over the straight HD. If I get >>>>> the straight HD I will almost certainly use an external Thunderbolt >>>>> SSD for most things, and use the internal drive for photo + music >>>>> libraries. If I get the fusion drive, maybe that will be fast enough >>>>> on its own, I'm not sure. If it's not and I still end up with the >>>>> external SSD boot drive, I'm wondering if the fusion drive will >>>>> actually be worse for photo and music libraries since it is presumably >>>>> a 5400 RPM drive. >>>>> >>>>> (I guess, for the price of the middle M390 + 1 TB fusion drive model + >>>>> external Thunderbolt SSD, I could get the top standard configuration >>>>> with M395 + 2 TB fusion drive + slightly faster processor. The 2 TB >>>>> fusion drive has 128 GB of flash. I'm just not sure how that would >>>>> perform compared to an SSD boot drive). >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for any advice. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
