27" likely to get discontinued?

[TMRaven]

Up until now the iMac's always been the cover boy for apple displays. The 27 inch will only get discontinued if there's a 30 inch iMac or larger. If not a retina I'd like the iMac to be the first to get oled screen and whatever else apple could throw into the best display they could make-- but of course that won't be happening anytime soon.

 

[washburn]

Death Of 17" Macbook Pro -

Did you know that many 17" Macbook Pro's were returned in exchange for 15" Macbook Pro's? And SIZE was not the issue. Why then were 17" MBP's returned in favor of 15" MBP's? Screen Resolution/Font Size. Many people had a hard time reading the screen fonts on the 17" MBP at its native resolution.

If this was really the issue, then Apple would have addressed it long ago and continued to make 17" especially in time for Retina, how well did 17" really sell? you dont know

It would be cost prohibitive, and I do not think it would even work well.

Why then does OS X have support for Hi-Res monitors?

https://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/24/mac-os-x-lion-building-in-support-for-super-high-resolution-retina-monitors/

http://www.redmondpie.com/new-hidpi-images-in-mac-os-x-10.7.3-points-to-future-release-of-retina-display-macs/

 

[JoeSixPack]

27" iMac sells a lot better than 17" mbp, I don't see it going anywhere.

Literally - most desktop owners don't try to travel with them. (with apologies to my 21 year old self who managed to fit an LC and a 12" CRT into a case, carry it through the airport, and get it into an overhead compartment - with age comes wisdom)

 

[JoeSixPack]

I7 is the only reason I'd consider the 27".
Sizewise I'm more than happy enough with my 20" iMac.

Just because I want power doesn't mean I have unlimited space.
27" would barely fit on my desk. 30"? Forget it.

You're right, 30" is big for a desk. But who said anything about a desk ...what if the much rumored new Apple TV was also a fully functional Mac? You could do computer tasks on the couch in the living room with BT keyboard and mouse, have the game on split screen, and get your entire desk back for some other use.

Don't forget Apple did try this once, it was an all in one Mac in a black case with a tv tuner card. It failed because the screen was small, but that wouldn't be a problem today.

 

[colour]

I don't see them dropping 27" size screens as someone pointed out they may go up a screen size to 30" or 32" there is a market for people who would want to double up their iMacs to TVS.

What we will see is a lack of 3rd party upgradablility in terms of RAM and Hard Drives, like the the MBPR.

 

[nuckinfutz]

I don't see them dropping 27" size screens as someone pointed out they may go up a screen size to 30" or 32" there is a market for people who would want to double up their iMacs to TVS.

What we will see is a lack of 3rd party upgradablility in terms of RAM and Hard Drives, like the the MBPR.

Well even today the hard drives can be upgraded but it's not that easy. The RAM is really easy.

The Retina MBP eschews RAM and Storage upgrades because the design goal is to make it as thin as possible and reduce weight.

The iMac is under no such design goals as a desktop computer.

 

[colour]

Well even today the hard drives can be upgraded but it's not that easy. The RAM is really easy.

The Retina MBP eschews RAM and Storage upgrades because the design goal is to make it as thin as possible and reduce weight.

The iMac is under no such design goals as a desktop computer.

oh you work for apple and know this? what else can you tell us?

 

[nuckinfutz]

oh you work for apple and know this? what else can you tell us?

When the new Mac Book Air came out the accompanying video discussed how they got it so thing.

Removed the SSD from the metal casing and put it in a blade format.

Soldered the RAM to the motherboard so extra height wasn't needed for the RAM clips.

Some are trying to make these design decision from Apple being anti-upgrade when in fact they've openly stated why they made the choices.

Bob Mansfield at 3 minutes in

http://youtu.be/PK_2foL1xwk

Smaller SSD packaging means larger battery (see iMac doesn't need this) so this design is largely notebooks.

You don't need to work at Apple to comprehend what they are saying.

 

[washburn]

thinner iMac rumors have been going around for a while, plus the optical drive will most likely be gone, we may see a Retina iMac alongside older 21 & 27 models..

 

[colour]

When the new Mac Book Air came out the accompanying video discussed how they got it so thing.

Removed the SSD from the metal casing and put it in a blade format.

Soldered the RAM to the motherboard so extra height wasn't needed for the RAM clips.

Some are trying to make these design decision from Apple being anti-upgrade when in fact they've openly stated why they made the choices.

Bob Mansfield at 3 minutes in

http://youtu.be/PK_2foL1xwk

Smaller SSD packaging means larger battery (see iMac doesn't need this) so this design is largely notebooks.

You don't need to work at Apple to comprehend what they are saying.

So your quoting apples PR / marketing / promotional material / commercial / launch video produced completely by apple for an apple product on the apple website design to be released launch day?

Well at least we know that apples PR division does a great job, next time find another source that isn't such a staged and scripted stunt.

Facts aside, we know what happened with with the MBPR which streamlined their products, who is to say that they won't opt for the same technology to allow for more space for storage, graphics and RAM utilizing the same design idea of soldering everything to the motherboard.

While we're here, apple suggests that no one uses optical drive any more through their product designs, we may say goodbye to that too, we may be left with something that is as half the thickness of the current iMac. I wouldn't be surprised if that is the direction apple will take, something extremely thin and compact flattened out over 27", interesting design and not out of character for apple.

 

[harcosparky]

If this was really the issue, then Apple would have addressed it long ago and continued to make 17" especially in time for Retina, how well did 17" really sell? you dont know

The 17" Powerbook and thus subsequent 17" Macbook Pro sold well enough for Apple to keep the 17" in its lineup.

Here is what I do know, the last round of 17" Macbook Pro's were the only ones to have so many returned because of the font issue. In the past I have owned 17" Powerbooks and 17" Macbook Pro's and the last one I had 17" Macbook Pro was the only one to exhibit the font issue. When I took my 17" MBP back and said it was because of the font issue, the people at the Apple store didn't even blink an eye. They were well aware of the issue.

Maybe you never heard of the font issue with the 17" ????

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/961949/

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/668670/

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1778675

Why then does OS X have support for Hi-Res monitors?

Does OSX only support Hi-Res monitors, or does OSX support other resolutions as well. Any operating system Apple puts out will have support for several resolutions so that the user will have flexibility in display selection.
Just because Apple includes support for Hi-Res monitors in its OSX operating system is no indicator that Apple will be moving solely to Hi-Res displays.

 

[FrankHahn]

My husband saw someone bring their iMac to the library yesterday. They set it up on one of the big reading tables. I guess if you don't have a laptop...

This brought back my memories from student days. One of my classmates brought his Macintosh Plus around: Home, office, library.

A couple of months ago, one of my colleagues brought his 27" iMac back and forth between home and office. It is not that inconvenient for a person with long arms.

 

[old-wiz]

My husband saw someone bring their iMac to the library yesterday. They set it up on one of the big reading tables. I guess if you don't have a laptop...

And you are strong! My wife works in a library and says it's very rare to see someone drag anything other than a laptop in.

 

[washburn]

27'' imac stays safely, only reason to cut it is they make a 28-29-30-31-32 they wanna redesign (but size aint the issue)

doubt they'd go higher than 27" again and probably make it a bit smaller in the future

they had a 30" Cinema Display before and that was discontinued

 

[colour]

doubt they'd over go higher than 27" again and probably make it a bit smaller in the future

they had a 30" Cinema Display before and that was discontinued

I think that it was discontinued for many reasons but NOT because it was too big. It was a professional piece of equipment favoured by allot of semi to full professionals working in film and especially photography & graphic design. At the time it was one of the largest commercially available monitors you could buy with with such a high quality panel. Apple shifted away from making this grade of computers towards a lesser quality, in turn cheaper in all sense's of the term, towards a more consumer targeted angle. Sales weren't that high on the 30 inch ACD as they cost as much as a decent PC complete with all the bells and whistles, that's not to say that they weren't needed and sought after it's just the same reason why apple got rid of the 17 inch MBP.

As I said above I see apple making something bigger than 27 inch, we already know apple is building a TV unit I wouldn't be surprised if this TV vs Monitor market is blurred with the implementation of wifi streaming from other apple products and used as controllers or input devices.

 

[harcosparky]

doubt they'd over go higher than 27" again and probably make it a bit smaller in the future

they had a 30" Cinema Display before and that was discontinued

Yeah they discontinued the 30" cinema display to bring out the 27" display with the Thunderbolt hub.

Seems like Apple likes 27" display, which is why its crazy to think the 27" iMac is going to go away!