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I think the current iMac is capable of handling 32GB RAM( officially 16GB) and has 4 slots. Their capacity will increase in the future, but the important issue is the locked-down nature of iMac which won't work well with the Pros. Can't upgrade the GPU, can't upgrade the Hard drive etc. Thunderbolt, solves some issues like storage and hard drive space, but I don't think its possible to connect a Quadro level GPU with Thunderbolt, atleast in the near future. And Eww, I hate those Glossy screens that come with iMac.
Satya G Meka.
On Monday, January 16, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Carey Dissmore wrote:
On Jan 16, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Alex Czetwertynski wrote:
If the thunderbolt allowed you to add more RAM + a better graphics card + more hard drive space to you iMac, we are in business :)
Alex...to your point... See my video blog post for a clear explanation as to why Thunderbolt is fast enough for storage, video I/O and other stuff but nowhere near fast enough for things like RAM and GPU (at full speed).
To Tim's point (below), I'd say you're on the money. The slow uptake is part of it (I believe they are now working to open the market faster), but also there are architectural issues with Thunderbolt that would limit certain high-bandwidth functions. (see above).
Carey
On Jan 16, 2012, at 10:24 AM, Tsassoon wrote:
I think Apple would argue that with Thunderbolt, there's less need for the Mac Pro, but of course that would ignore a multitude of issues, not the least of which is the painfully slow uptake of that technogy.
Tim Sassoon SFD Santa Monica, CA
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we're getting to the point where we're going to know soon, one way or the other, if the Mac Pro (or some new incarnation of it) has a future.
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