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Ah, but see - you are not taking advantage of the Apple Vision. They want people to go "wireless." They also want people to use (now) Thunderbolt as that can connect many more devices so less cabling is needed. And, if you had bought a NAS (or equivalent), you wouldn't have so many drives connected to your iMac.Let me respectfully disagree I dont think it saves space and especially cutting cables. If I take a look behind my iMac I see lot's of cables. Outer Bluray writer, HD for Time Machine (a must) 2 other HD for films (OK that is my mania . USB splitter, CF card reader, charging cable for the phone... etc... Almost every one I saw have the same situation.
If I could put al the HDs into a tower there would be a lot more order on my desk (yes I am about to build a Hackintosh for work )
rockjano
I state the above using humor.
Seriously though, yes, I do think Apple should have left some things in the AIO's - such as the SuperDrive. I also think that some ports should be on the front (Oh, crap, there goes that aesthetic!!!), along with the SD card reader (should have been left in too). I mean who wants to reach around, awkwardly, to get at those things???
I bought a USB hub to run a wire from back to front, so, yes, still had cables. I had a FireWire 400 external drive connected to the rear. So, yes, I know exactly what you mean.
However, the AIO got rid of A Very Big Box that I now have (and I'm not at all complaining about it because it completely rocks), and both a monitor cable and monitor power cable. That was nice. However, I like my Very Big Box much better!!!
So, I suppose I'm not much into the Apple Vision in that respect either... But, that doesn't mean I don't understand and appreciate what they are trying to do.