{"id":17426,"date":"2013-09-25T17:20:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T15:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sequencer.de\/blog\/?p=17426"},"modified":"2013-09-25T17:50:49","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T15:50:49","slug":"new-imacs-haswell-speed-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sequencer.de\/blog\/new-imacs-haswell-speed-update\/17426","title":{"rendered":"New Apple iMacs – Haswell (Processor) Speed Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple silently updated the iMacs – they are available as 21 and 27″ as before in 2 standard configurations – all i5 processors,
\nso you need to click for 200\u20ac i7 processor updates –
\nhere’s the i7 prices<\/strong> you might be interested in the most with Haswell processors:<\/p>\n

21.5″ i7 Quad Core – 3.1GHz -> 3,9 turbo boosted 1.7k\u20ac\u00a0<\/strong>
\n27 \u00a0 “ i7 Quad Core – 3.5GHz -> 3,9 turbo boosted 2.2k\u20ac<\/strong><\/p>\n

so the upgrade is 0.1 GHz (0.2 GHz more on the 21″ iMac) faster in frequency but about 20-25% faster for the i7 architecture so recommendable to audio and video purpose especially with heavy use of synth plugins. for standard DAW i5 is ok.<\/p>\n

all iMacs are 8GB RAM – the SSD OPTION (it’s a simple 1TB 3.5 HD with no specific configuration) – got PCI-SSDs now like the new Macbook Airs, so they are faster than than the Sata-Connectors.
\nas always Apple charges 200\u20ac for a small SSD INSTEAD of the HD, and 500\u20ac for 512GB SSD – it’s quite hard to change the HD since you need to disassemble it to the bones which is a lot harder than on other macs (before)..<\/p>\n

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iFixit already did their job<\/p>\n