Hands on experience with 2012 imac?

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Hands on experience with 2012 imac?

Post by vido » Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:37 am

I am extremely tempted to buy a new imac, the slim type. But I'm a bit hesitant because it only has one fan and a much smaller chassis so will it have major heat-issues and fans running all the time?

Anyone with hands on experience doing some heavy projects on a new 2012 imac..?
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Re: Hands on experience with 2012 imac?

Post by Tarekith » Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:05 pm

I have a few friends who love their new iMacs for making music. Definitely get the fusion drive too!

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Re: Hands on experience with 2012 imac?

Post by vido » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:06 am

Tarekith wrote:I have a few friends who love their new iMacs for making music. Definitely get the fusion drive too!
Thanks! No complaining about overactive fans...?

I've heard the fusion-drive can make the system unstable over time because frequent transferring of files increases the chances of the files getting corrupt... But... I thing I'll go for it anyway :)
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Re: Hands on experience with 2012 imac?

Post by blakjesus » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:15 am

vido wrote: I've heard the fusion-drive can make the system unstable over time because frequent transferring of files increases the chances of the files getting corrupt... But... I thing I'll go for it anyway :)
I doubt you will have to worry about this in the normal lifetime of a computer.

(You should be backing up your projects anyway. :wink:)

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Re: Hands on experience with 2012 imac?

Post by vido » Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:16 pm

blakjesus wrote:
vido wrote: I've heard the fusion-drive can make the system unstable over time because frequent transferring of files increases the chances of the files getting corrupt... But... I thing I'll go for it anyway :)
(You should be backing up your projects anyway. :wink:)
Yeah exactly... Over the last year I've lost one mac, and got an ssd go corrupt on me...

Anyway: now it's ordered... and I'm over to drooling at hardware synths.
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Blake and Axe; "All The Light I Do Not See"
Spotify: https://goo.gl/MR8Wjr
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Google Play: https://goo.gl/HQ1g7E
Amazon: https://goo.gl/cx5dUL

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