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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

5k Retina iMac

Eric Bowen said:
...If you get outside of apple software products, gluck without support.
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Not sure what you mean by this... I have always had good hardware support from Apple but, admittedly, that is a very limited perspective because I have rarely needed any.

I spent a lot of years futzing in the innards of computers, again all Macs, until I finally determined I was more interested in using them than hot-rodding, fixing, building or otherwise messing with them. For the guys who want to be like Jeff Gilgroe (for whom I have HUGE respect!) and can build a PC in your sleep, I have little doubt that the PC world brings a better price-performance ratio. But, for "the rest of us" the turnkey, low maintenance qualities of the Mac platform are attractive. I shoot and edit; I don't build computers. LOL
 
Terry VerHaar said:
Not sure what you mean by this... I have always had good hardware support from Apple but, admittedly, that is a very limited perspective because I have rarely needed any.

I spent a lot of years futzing in the innards of computers, again all Macs, until I finally determined I was more interested in using them than hot-rodding, fixing, building or otherwise messing with them. For the guys who want to be like Jeff Gilgroe (for whom I have HUGE respect!) and can build a PC in your sleep, I have little doubt that the PC world brings a better price-performance ratio. But, for "the rest of us" the turnkey, low maintenance qualities of the Mac platform are attractive. I shoot and edit; I don't build computers. LOL
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I meant outside of Apple Software products in the Media Content Creation industry on OSX ie 3rd party applications.
 
Eric Bowen said:
I meant outside of Apple Software products in the Media Content Creation industry on OSX ie 3rd party applications.
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Are you suggesting third party software companies don't support Mac hardware well? Hmmm..

We are getting OT here but, other than perhaps Adobe - which has its own war with Apple, I have not heard that complaint before. Has never been a problem I have personally encountered or hear much about. YMMV, I guess.
 
No I am suggesting that Apple has very tight control over changes to their OS that significantly impact how 3rd party applications run on it especially with GPU acceleration components. Those same tight controls require those partners to go through Apple to get fixes done where as Microsoft/Windows allows those partners to change on demand as they require with significant support tools to do so. Did you forget about all of the Resolve issues on OSX in the recent past?
 
Eric Bowen said:
No I am suggesting that Apple has very tight control over changes to their OS that significantly impact how 3rd party applications run on it especially with GPU acceleration components. Those same tight controls require those partners to go through Apple to get fixes done where as Microsoft/Windows allows those partners to change on demand as they require with significant support tools to do so. Did you forget about all of the Resolve issues on OSX in the recent past?
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I guess their strength (complete control over software / hardware integration) can introduce weaknesses. Honestly haven't had problems of this type but I am just one person.

Back to our regularly-scheduled program. Sorry for hijack...
 
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Sergio Perez said:
Thanks Robert. I'm a bit in doubt over what HDD to go with , the 3TB Fusion or the 512 SSD. I think the Fusion comes with a 128 GB SSD built in, more than enough for applications?
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I'm a bit sceptical to the Fusion drives and I went with 1TB SSD instead and now (a few months later) I still think it was the best choice for my needs.
 
You made the best choice with the 1TB flash. The fusion drive is just a regular HDD that has some additional SSD cache in front of it. It helps speed up things if you routinely load the same apps and documents from the disk. For working with large media files that continuously change, you won't see much benefit. Also, the internal drives are small as they're just a single drive. Best to put the high-speed SSD in the system and then use a larger external RAID for your working storage.
 
Anton Shavlik said:
What's a good RAID system for the iMac? Is the pegasus one they rep worth the price?
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GTECH STUDIO RAID is all I would suggest.

We have a few Pegasus and its okay but I find the GTECHs to be more robust when lugging around.

I also like the removable drive option.
 
Terry VerHaar said:
I spent a lot of years futzing in the innards of computers, again all Macs, until I finally determined I was more interested in using them than hot-rodding, fixing, building or otherwise messing with them. For the guys who want to be like Jeff Gilgroe (for whom I have HUGE respect!) and can build a PC in your sleep, I have little doubt that the PC world brings a better price-performance ratio. But, for "the rest of us" the turnkey, low maintenance qualities of the Mac platform are attractive. I shoot and edit; I don't build computers. LOL
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I feel these are wise words. As each person has his/her core competency. Despite fiddling with soldering iron in the engineering days couple of decades ago, and despite being in the IT and Electronic manufacturing industry for a long time, building computers is not my personal core competency. So I prefer macs.

By the way, can anyone tell me why the 27 inch iMac with 4.0 GHz i7 processor (Skylake) is being shown as under preorder in B&H? Does anyone know when it is likely to be available? I am planning to buy the top end iMac soon. Max I can push is 3 more weeks. Else I have to buy the i5 version. Any idea how much difference in performance will be between the i5 and i7 versions?
 
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Hi Sabyasachi
Please excuse my delay in replying to you.
This is the case I'm using.

http://www.amazon.com/27-inch-iCarr...8&qid=1445805865&sr=8-2&keywords=imac+27+case

I can't fully endorse it though, without a critical modification. The plastic frame that holds the wheel assembly is not large enough on the bottom to keep the case standing upright. When I first received it, I thought I was on crazy pills. The case kept wanting to fall forward. So I fused a couple pieces of rigid steel onto the frame. Since then it's kept it from tipping. The other critical flaw in this case is the design used for the top. When you place the iMac into the case you take the top flap and place the base of the computer into it. This creates an exposed contact point that could snag, crash, etc. Causes annoyance especially when loading dozens of rigid camera cases and you have to be overly sensitive with this one to ensure its safety. Now this is for the 27 inch and the smaller cases may not be plagued by these flaws. All that being said, for the price it works well. It has some clever, albeit minimal, storage inside that also adds a level of additional padding. Customer service is great. You actually talk to the very nice lady from Minnesota who makes them and she's a hoot.
If I had to do it all over a again, I'd get the outrageously expensive Tenba case and call it a day. That thing I can safely travel on a plane with, throw into a gear vehicle and not worry. This softer case is very convenient for local productions, mobile edit sessions, when conserving footprint is necessary.
I hope some of this information is helpful. Please feel free to ask any additional questions.
Have a fine day!
 
Anyone with the 5K Imac able to tell me if it features a HiDPI mode for the larger resolution? If so, what specs on that please?
 
Er... Not sure what you mean. It by default runs in a "retina" or high DPI (HIDPI) mode, just as other systems do. The screen itself is 4X the pixel area of typical 27" 2.5K display. So instead of 2560x1440, we have 5120x2880 pixels. By default, the screen mode on the 5K iMac when you pull it out of the box, or set it up like new, has everything sized and proportioned like a 2.5K display, but with the extra pixels we get much sharper icons, text, images, etc.. There are other scaling options we can select, like the equivalent sizing of a 3200 pixel wide display, or 3840 pixels. And of course, apps that support retina scaling can access 1:1 pixels for sharp images, lines, etc..
 
Peter Stepnoski said:
Hi Sabyasachi
Please excuse my delay in replying to you.
This is the case I'm using.

http://www.amazon.com/27-inch-iCarr...8&qid=1445805865&sr=8-2&keywords=imac+27+case

I can't fully endorse it though, without a critical modification. The plastic frame that holds the wheel assembly is not large enough on the bottom to keep the case standing upright. When I first received it, I thought I was on crazy pills. The case kept wanting to fall forward. So I fused a couple pieces of rigid steel onto the frame. Since then it's kept it from tipping. The other critical flaw in this case is the design used for the top. When you place the iMac into the case you take the top flap and place the base of the computer into it. This creates an exposed contact point that could snag, crash, etc. Causes annoyance especially when loading dozens of rigid camera cases and you have to be overly sensitive with this one to ensure its safety. Now this is for the 27 inch and the smaller cases may not be plagued by these flaws. All that being said, for the price it works well. It has some clever, albeit minimal, storage inside that also adds a level of additional padding. Customer service is great. You actually talk to the very nice lady from Minnesota who makes them and she's a hoot.
If I had to do it all over a again, I'd get the outrageously expensive Tenba case and call it a day. That thing I can safely travel on a plane with, throw into a gear vehicle and not worry. This softer case is very convenient for local productions, mobile edit sessions, when conserving footprint is necessary.
I hope some of this information is helpful. Please feel free to ask any additional questions.
Have a fine day!
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Thanks a lot Peter!

I am primarily looking at carrying my iMac using my SUV. Ability to carry in airplanes would have been great. Your review of the iCarrier makes me think about the costlier option. However, that Tenba at 654.95 USD is very expensive. I will have to decide whether I can swallow that bitter pill. :) Thanks once again.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
 
L. Langer said:
Not likely. It's in Apple's best interest to hold off on that until next year, when DP 1.3 and HDMI 2.0 are co-existing in monitor reference designs as there will likely be new hardware refreshes in 2016 for the Mac Pro and 2015 for the iMac and MacMini when Skylake is available.
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I agree with you, but it's VERY interesting to see 10-bit colour arriving in the iMac: https://www.cinema5d.com/5k-imac-10-bit-color/ This is an indication of things to come with DP 1.3 and HDMI 2.0 in a HOPEFULLY updated Skylake MacPro. :-)
 
Sabyasachi Patra said:
Thanks a lot Peter!

I am primarily looking at carrying my iMac using my SUV. Ability to carry in airplanes would have been great. Your review of the iCarrier makes me think about the costlier option. However, that Tenba at 654.95 USD is very expensive. I will have to decide whether I can swallow that bitter pill. :) Thanks once again.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
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You are more than welcome, I enjoy any opportunity to offer up a perspective on gear. That price for the Tenba case is annoyingly high. After borrowing one over a dozen times from a friend this past year, it just goes to show that I should of purchased it from the beginning. That's my personal experience and feel the cheaper case "with care" can work but it's just not tough enough for all scenarios. Oh and besides price the Tenba is also the size of a baby elephant. :)
 
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