This is the 8 core one the was available then. AFAIK the fixes for S&M were rolled into 10.13.4 which I’ve already installed.
This 27" screen isn’t bad at all. The newer 5K ones are pretty for sure. This has an SSD. As for USB3, eventually that will be useful but I just migrated all my external storage over to a Drobo because I dont want my next computer to have a swarm of HDDs hanging off it.
True but getting 7 years out of a machine aint nothin to spit at and this will probably die or get replaced before theres some shiny that I actually need.
first off, an i7 (of that vintage) does not have 8 real cores. It has 4 real cores and 4 virtual cores,
The new i7 has six real cores (and six virtual cores)
second, the fixes for spectre and meltdown cause performance degradations. Intel is in the process of redesigning its cpus so performance will not be degraded.
ironically, ssds are most impacted by the fixes. (you know, the same ssds that were heralded as the “single most effective upgrade” of the last couple of years.)
no need to preach to me on that. My G3 iMac last 4 years, my G5 lasted 9 and is still a 4TB storage/backup for us, and my mid 2010 iMac 27" while cannot game anymore…it will remain my primary design/dev/multimedia and daily use computer.
You know what? This one has “enough” cores for what I do. Is it as fast as the i7 in my 2016 MBP? No but as per my original comment, the difference between the 2011 i7 and the 2018 i7 isn’t enough on its own to make me want/need a new desktop.
I have a G4 Cube that still works and a 15" G4 PowerBook that still works as well. The Cube is up in storage and the PowerBook is hooked up to my turntables for digitizing vinyl. Theres other PPC Macs in the attic that might work, not sure. I’m pretty sure the Motorola PowerBook in the attic does not work any more but I might try and power it on just to find out.
Up until the big quake in 2011 I used it as a public web server and house file/print server but shut it down because of nation wide power savings after that. Just never found another use for it.
The printer got replaced by a Brother that has a network interface and the storage was wonky anyway with daisy chained firewire RAID pairs. Lots of that data got migrated to externals hanging off this iMac. Recently ripped all those RAIDs out to make room for my Drobo. These externals won’t be needed by the time I get a new iMac. In fact they are likely to die of age before this computer does.
That’s what the ColecoVision and MAME cabinet is for!
Honestly, outside of things like Myst and Riven – which are being rereleased for OS X soon anyway – any vintage gaming needs are being nicely catered to by GOG.com these days.
