Glad this thing finally started shipping.

For $50 more than the Dell (which features the same panel) I think it's competitively priced. It adds laptop charging, thunderbolt, speakers, an isight camera, and an aluminum body.

I'd have a hard time purchasing the thunderbolt display over a 27" iMac (which can be used in target disk mode), but for $700 extra I can see how others might not agree.

Dinny, I advise you to buy the big iMac with a side of MBA.

I thought the standalone Google Chat development (on any platform) was discontinued years ago? Anyway, wouldn't the easiest solution just be to sign into gmail and turn on chat?

Lol, I didn't know you could chat from within mail. Duh. I still hate gmail, though.

Dinny, I advise you to buy the big iMac with a side of MBA.

You are wise.

http://store.apple.com/us_epp_124689/product/FC510LL/A?mco=MTkwMzU2NDg

iMac 27" refurb for $1269. $340 more than the tbolt display...same display panel, but it's also a 3.2ghz imac...

Dinny, do what everyone says so I won't have to.

Dinny, I advise you to buy the big iMac with a side of MBA.

This. Man up Dinny.

I cannot figure out why I need the new display, but damn I want one to connect my MBA to!

I cannot figure out why I need the new display, but damn I want one to connect my MBA to!

Because it's BIGGER!

screen real estate really makes a big difference to me.

I cannot figure out why I need the new display, but damn I want one to connect my MBA to!

X2. Now stop, your are giving me bad thoughts...........................

two displays are better than one, so you should get the 27" iMac and a 27" display. and a MBA. maybe two MBAs, in case the need for two ever arrises.

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Well as an interim step up why not connect a 1080 HDMI TV to the MBP? Thirty two inchers gor for < $400, is the MBP graphics card the bottleneck here?

now that MBAs have i5 and i7 CPUs,

This thread is better if you don't know what an MBA is, and assume it has something to do with business school.

I'd get a Thinkpad X1.

I ended up getting a 17" MBP, purely because the iMac wont work properly with 3rd party SSD drives (and my needs are different), but I will add to the chorus of 27" iMac + Air. I'll probably get a TB screen once the TB cases come down to more sane prices, as I want to piss off the 5 drive cases sitting on my desk into one box.

What's the problem with the iMac and SSD drives? (My old iMac is working fine with one.)

The very newest imacs require you use apple specific drives.

Wow. How can they do that? Is it a firmware thing? Also sounds pretty damn anti-competitive to me, but what do I know?

Wow. How can they do that? Is it a firmware thing? Also sounds pretty damn anti-competitive to me, but what do I know?

Anti-competitive like their many lawsuits in attempts to ban Samsung tablet and phone galaxy products in the US, Japan, Europe, and Australia?

Macsales/Other World Computing (good Mac-oriented upgrades vendor) says they've got the 3rd-party SSD problem licked, at least for certain brands of controllers.

http://blog.macsales...id-state-drives

http://blog.macsales.com/11734-mac-compatible-sandforce-updater-now-available

http://blog.macsales...owc-ssd-updater

I've bought from them in the past and their goods and advice have been reliable, though I haven't used any of their SSD products.

Anti-competitive like their many lawsuits in attempts to ban Samsung tablet and phone galaxy products in the US, Japan, Europe, and Australia?

You've seen just how much samsung has done to clone apple everywhere, right? At some point, they have to protect their work.

I'm really just talking about the anti-competitive behavior of a possible tying arrangement.

I do agree it's pretty weak they don't let you use any drive in the imac, but maybe there are a lot of genius bar issues based on people replacing their hard drives on their own

Hah. That Apple/Samsung graphic has been in my Slow Forum "to post" folder for ages now.

Haha, nice pic. I see their point. Just wait until all of the "Ultra books" come out that Intel are funding. Apple is definitely leading technology in design. I hope it bites Samsung in the ass, I hate their one button phones.