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- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) 4 GHz Intel Core i7 32 GB 1867 MHz DDR3 AMD Radeon R9 M395X
Hi:
A little more than a year ago I switched my primary computer use from FreeBSD to OSX by purchasing a Macbook Pro. Shortly thereafter I purchased a 27" iMac.
My experience with the switch was stellar! All of my bash scripts, ssh keys worked out of the box. My FreePascal code re-compiled flawlessly. I am rather thrilled to have UNIX machines with a working, stable GUI.
I have replaced my Linux server with a Mac Mini running OSX Server. It is now providing all my personal email, web, internal DNS, and VPN services, as well as new useful services such as Profile management of my iPhones and iPads, software update and caching services. Great stuff! Three Time Capsules provide excellent router/NAT services as well as plenty of redundant backup space for all the machines as well as the 4TB Thunderbolt Raid which I bought from Apple along with my iMac.
One thing I still miss sorely is OSX's lack of focus following the mouse pointer option. It still messes me up!
Getting used to the arcane directory structure of these BSD systems has taken a bit of getting used to, and has caused me hours of frustration, but that is getting slowly better.
I have one real beef with regard to cut/paste where pasting text has the nasty habit of overwriting stuff it shouldn't, or rather, stuff I didn't intend it to overwrite.
Multi media is outstanding! Bowers and Wilkins NM1s connected to the iMac, an airport express driving a stereo amp/speaker system, and 4 Bose airplay speaker systems fill my apartment with wonderful sound from iTunes.
One beef here too. I am a chord-never. I have high-speed (101/35) cable internet only. All of my "Video" watching is done on the 27" iMac screen from many online sources. Which is great except for the fact that I can't divert the audio to any of the Airplay systems which, by design, have a 2 second buffer delay making video/audio synch clumsy at best with Airfoil.
Overall, I am more than thrilled! This stuff mostly just works.
A little more than a year ago I switched my primary computer use from FreeBSD to OSX by purchasing a Macbook Pro. Shortly thereafter I purchased a 27" iMac.
My experience with the switch was stellar! All of my bash scripts, ssh keys worked out of the box. My FreePascal code re-compiled flawlessly. I am rather thrilled to have UNIX machines with a working, stable GUI.
I have replaced my Linux server with a Mac Mini running OSX Server. It is now providing all my personal email, web, internal DNS, and VPN services, as well as new useful services such as Profile management of my iPhones and iPads, software update and caching services. Great stuff! Three Time Capsules provide excellent router/NAT services as well as plenty of redundant backup space for all the machines as well as the 4TB Thunderbolt Raid which I bought from Apple along with my iMac.
One thing I still miss sorely is OSX's lack of focus following the mouse pointer option. It still messes me up!
Getting used to the arcane directory structure of these BSD systems has taken a bit of getting used to, and has caused me hours of frustration, but that is getting slowly better.
I have one real beef with regard to cut/paste where pasting text has the nasty habit of overwriting stuff it shouldn't, or rather, stuff I didn't intend it to overwrite.
Multi media is outstanding! Bowers and Wilkins NM1s connected to the iMac, an airport express driving a stereo amp/speaker system, and 4 Bose airplay speaker systems fill my apartment with wonderful sound from iTunes.
One beef here too. I am a chord-never. I have high-speed (101/35) cable internet only. All of my "Video" watching is done on the 27" iMac screen from many online sources. Which is great except for the fact that I can't divert the audio to any of the Airplay systems which, by design, have a 2 second buffer delay making video/audio synch clumsy at best with Airfoil.
Overall, I am more than thrilled! This stuff mostly just works.