Apple 2020 iMac 5K: some Nice New Options but with Downsides for Pro Users (and save up to 77.7% on memory at OWC)
Get 2020 iMac 5K at B&H Photo.
I’m tempted to get a 2020 iMac 5K, as I still use the 2019 iMac 5K heavily during my travels to places like the Eastern Sierra, Alabama Hills, Mt Dana area, Saddlebag Lake area, White Mountains, etc—4 months straight this sprint during the feckless COVID-19 lockdowns.
The improvements in the 2020 iMac 5K are incremental. But for demanding computing chores like I do, including focus stacking and image scaling and panorama assembly using raw files of images up to 150MB each, the following features...
MPG: Apple 2020 iMac 5K: some Nice New Options but with Major Downsides for Pro Users
Apple wants a +$2600 for 128GB memory in the 2020 iMac 5K. This profit margin would make a Wall Street weasel blush.
Or you can get the 128GB at OWC for $600, a savings of $2000.
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$298 SAVE $302 = 50.0% OWC 64.0GB (2x 32GB) 2666MHz DDR4 SO-DIMM PC4-21300 SO-DIMM 260… in All Other Categories
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$260 SAVE $140 = 34.0% OWC 64.0GB (4x 16GB) 2666MHz DDR4 SO-DIMM PC4-21300 SO-DIMM 260… in All Other Categories
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$130 SAVE $70 = 35.0% OWC 32.0GB (2x 16GB) 2666MHz DDR4 SO-DIMM PC4-21300 SO-DIMM 260… in All Other Categories
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$2099 SAVE $1301 = 38.0% OWC 8.0TB OWC ThunderBlade Ultra High-Performance Gen 2 Thunderb… in Storage: SSD
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$749 SAVE $51 = 6.0% OWC 16.0TB OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dock - Thunderbolt 3 Dock and D… in All Other Categories
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$249 SAVE $31 = 11.0% OWC 14-Port Thunderbolt 3 Dock with Cable - Space Gray in All Other Categories
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