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All-in-Ones Finally Grow Up, With Fast Graphics, SSDs, and CPUs
MojoKid writes "Historically, all-in-one desktop systems like the iMac, HP's TouchSmart and similar designs that incorporate a full system on the backside of a monitor, haven't offered performance that was competitive to their full-sized desktop counterparts. Part of the reason is that many of these systems are comprised of low power notebook platform PC components inside thin chassis designs with minimal airflow. However, as mobile platforms have become more powerful, so has the all-in-one PC. Dell's recently launched XPS 27 Touch, with Intel's Haswell mobile processor and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M on board, is an example of a new breed of AIO hitting the market now. The system is based on a 27-inch panel with 2TB of storage, a 32GB SSD cache drive, 8GB of RAM and performance in the benchmarks that keeps pace with average midrange full-sized desktops. You can even game on the machine with frame rates at the panel's 1080p native resolution with medium to high image quality. It's almost like the all-in-one finally grew up."
The imac had decent specs for years.
The fact is most pcs sold have value oriented junk as only workstations and alienware bother with nice components. Most enthusiasts and gamers build their systens as a result.
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Nothing is "comprised of" anything else. The word you are looking for is composed. An computer comprises components. Components compose or "make up" a computer.
If enough people misuse a word long enough, that becomes the new meaning.
They were every bit as full-featured as component systems. I'm thinking the Intertec Superbrain or my personal favorite, the Heathkit H89. Writing Heathkit software put me through college in the 1980s.
I guess that lab full of 2 year old existing Dell AOIs we have running liquid dynamics simulation software with tons of RAM and high-end Core i7s is just my imagination. This is a Dell advertisement in disguise under the cover of linking to a third party review. Products like this come out every week, why aren't they here? They're just as relevant as this thing.
The submission and linked "story" read like ad copy from Dell. That said, all in ones and midrange laptops have long been best buys in the computing world because all the peripherals that you would otherwise have to pay extra for (and cable to your PC) are built in. It's been the case for years that high-end graphics cards are only worth the money for gamers, video composers, crackers and more recently, gene sequencers.
For only $2100. What a steal!
This is an advert.
When the hero shoots out the bad guy's monitors and the computers stop working, it will make sense.
...will this "story" go away?
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No thanks...
I bought an HP all-in-one a few years ago to replace a traditional floor tower, monitor and external speakers. With most things being built in, plus the integrated wireless, I eliminated 10 cables, 2 external boxes, and one power brick. A full-featured laptop could also have worked, but it is nice to have the big screen, and I leave it on all the time anyway.
The AI1's are essentially a laptop with a stand and no cover. Have fun upgrading it or fixing it when there's an internal problem. Twice the money for half the computer. Sounds like an idea Apple would come up with. Oh... wait...
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I like the idea of an all-in-one computer, but making them look like a monitor (with a stand and such) is a waste of the form factor.
Units that are designed to resemble tablets, with no stand or a retractable stand, can be used in more variety than units like this Dell be advertised by the article.
Take a look at Lenovo's Horizon 27 inch or Sony's Vaio Tap 20.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ideacentre-horizon-27-review-all-in-one,3564.html
http://store.sony.com/p/Sony-Desktop,-20-inch,-Tap-20,-VAIO-Touch,-VAIO-Desktop,-Core-i5,-Windows-8,-3rd-gen-Intel,-touch-display,-all-in-one,-touchscreen/en/p/SVJ20217CXW
Both can be laid flat, the Lenovo unit can be angled well by it's strong spring stand from 90 degrees down to 5 degrees of the desk making it comfortable to lean over and use to draw. It also comes with a suite of games that can be played while it's flat, from board games to billiards or air hockey.
I think all-in-ones should be going this direction. The instances where they will be used typically in this form factor will not require their screen site to get larger and their performance is easily enough to handle almost anything typical these days, so the disadvantage of not being able upgrade individual pieces of the hardware (screen or internals) is moot.
They do, it's called the small ups under the desk.
I'd rather use that than a built in battery any day.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
It's an advert for a low spec computer presented as if it was high spec. 32G of flash storage? Come on, my phone has more than that. 27" and only 1080p? That's a 22" resolution, at 27" you'd expect it to be 2600*1600 or something equivalent. 8G ram? Try running anything "high spec" with that.
I was promised a flying car. Where is my flying car?
Very few. if the only reason you were buying a mac was "to develop ios or mac os applications," chances are you'd go with a mini + kvm switch (or headless mini with vnc). It's cheaper, it's plenty powerful for running xcode & associated tools, and you don't need all the other "stuff" if you've got an existing monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. etc. - you'll save space, and money. The "huge hole" you seem to think exists is largely covered by the mini if you don't need the kvm stuff.
Funny, in Mojokid's response, he asserted that, "And we've seen AIOs from many manufacturers for years, which couldn't get out of their own way, in terms of what power users need performance-wise. iMac are a minor exception."
So... iMacs are a minor exception to all of the the poorly-performing AIO PCs "from many manufacturers" over the years, but then you claim there haven't been any AIO PCs over the years, since Apple killed competition by suing somebody for making a complete ripoff of the iMac. This would mean they're the only real AIO game in town until recently, and they've had good performance, giving the lie to the "AIO's have never performed well" claim?
Jesus, you fucks really will tie yourself in knots before you admit that Apple has ever done anything well.