current imac upgrade

[tom_w141]

1 minute ago, Ctown0812 said:

That was back in March and there is still no fix? Well then.....

I looked it up the other day for someone else and still saw posts about it for late April/Early May so take caution.

[Ctown0812]

24 minutes ago, tom_w141 said:

X299 is not soldered like X99 was. Intel cheaped out so X299 is going to be a furnace

 

20 minutes ago, tom_w141 said:

Yep I'm very disappointed regarding the lack of soldering

I was talking with someone at work the other day and they speculated the reason they did that is because on smaller die chips, solder becomes damaged over time through intense thermal cycling, which is common for enthusiast cpus. It makes sense, I guess,

[mrchow19910319]

I think you should wait for this year's imac refresh. 

They are gonna announcing something special according to rumors. 

 

And the reason that your imac is slow is probably because it has a standard HDD in it. 

Get one with a SSD the machine will fly through everyday tasks. 

[Harker1993]

13 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

I think you should wait for this year's imac refresh. 

They are gonna announcing something special according to rumors. 

 

And the reason that your imac is slow is probably because it has a standard HDD in it. 

Get one with a SSD the machine will fly through everyday tasks. 

I would second this.

It is WWDC, Apples developer conference next week, and its heavily rumored that they will announce new hardware. I would look at what they have to offer then and choose accordingly 

[mrchow19910319]

5 minutes ago, Harker1993 said:

I would second this.

It is WWDC, Apples developer conference next week, and its heavily rumored that they will announce new hardware. I would look at what they have to offer then and choose accordingly 

they will either announce it at WWDC or later this year.

 

[tom_w141]

1 hour ago, Ctown0812 said:

 

I was talking with someone at work the other day and they speculated the reason they did that is because on smaller die chips, solder becomes damaged over time through intense thermal cycling, which is common for enthusiast cpus. It makes sense, I guess,

X99 was soldered so X299 sure as shit should also be soldered the die is not small like it is for the mainstream cpus.

[Sentryy]

Get a hackintosh and also have windows on it 

[Natsoup]

4 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

Build quality, proprietary awesomeness, multiple Thunderbolt 3 ports, great battery technology, beautiful design, and the Apple logo. That's why it's expensive. 

>proprietary awesomeness

>dual core i5

 

beautiful design is subjective. 

 

jussayin.