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« on: March 14, 2020, 04:05:23 pm »

It's a disgrace that Apple still sells an iMac with a 5400rpm hard disk

What you need to know


Apple's cheapest iMac is the 21.5-inch model at $1,099.
It comes with 1TB of storage.
But that's a 5400rpm hard disk.


Apple should be ashamed.

When you think of Apple's iMac, you imagine the huge 27-inch monster. Or maybe your mind's eye takes in that Space Gray iMac Pro that would look so good on your desk. But at the other end of the range, there's the 21.5-inch iMac. The one that usually finds itself on reception desks at companies that try to look swish. That's fine, but what isn't fine is the 5400rpm hard disk that sits inside it.

That computer – the entry-level iMac – costs $1,099 as of writing this. It comes with 8GB of RAM and a 2.3GHz dual-core 7th-generation Intel Core i5 processor. It won't break any speed records, but it's more than capable for most people. And it's being held back by that hard disk. A hard disk that would probably have looked much more at home in 2010. And in something costing a lot less than $1,099. Probably something wit...

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