Apple Announces New 27-Inch iMac With 10th-Gen Processors, Up to 128GB RAM, 1080p Webcam, True Tone, and More

[incoherent_1]

RIP Steve

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This. And I’m sure I’m in the minority, but IMHO the 2009 design was better than today’s (I owned both). Today’s footprint and front-facing design are identical but with 2009’s you got a DVD drive and thicker case, which could be used today to improve thermals. I have not once said to myself of the new designs “Oh I’m so glad they are thinner and tapered on the edges.” You can’t even notice.

 

[Puonti]

it matters if Apple is includi nag the thick 1”+ size of the bezel in the total viewable screen size! If they are doing that then Apple is charging for a larger screen than what you’re paying for and that isn’t right. Again it’s an IF they are doing that.

They're not doing that, though, and I don't believe anyone has ever included bezels in the size of a display. At least that's not the way display sizes are supposed to be indicated.

 

[kucharsk]

It's amazing to watch people complain about features many don't want.

I don't want to see a touch screen Mac, ever.

Touch screens are for iOS devices.

 

[rafark]

Why would Apple redesign an Intel iMac when they‘re moving to their own chips. Seems logical they’d save the redesign/wow factor for new Macs with Apple Silicon.

Fair point if it weren’t for the fact that these things cost around/over $2k.

 

[sunman42]

I wonder if they have done anything with the cooling. 10th gen i9 with the 5700 XT is gonna be pretty toasty.

I’d like to see that, too.

If you haven’t seen them yet, there are some videos out there with the i9 but only the 5500XT, for example

 

[sunman42]

Almost $9,000 bucks maxed out...
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And who, exactly, would be crazy enough to buy memory from Apple?

if you need the 128 Gbyte, buy from OWC and save yourself $2K.

if you need more than 1 Tbyte storage, buy an external Thunderbolt 3 SSD.

And so on.

 

[cardfan]

My 2012 iMac is a damn champ. The Fusion Drive died years ago, I added an external SSD. Then the neck snapped spontaneously one night. I propped it up with some books. Fans started rattling recently, I slapped it in the back and they quieted down. Now, it’s reached the end of the road for macOS updates as of Big Sur.

The thing is, it still runs great. I use Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator and Final Cut Pro on it all day and it just keeps on chucking along.

I’m so tempted to buy this new iMac to replace it but given that mine has lasted 8 years and I can’t picture Apple supporting Intel chips for that long after the transition is over in 2 years, I’d be setting myself for disappointment.

Bring on the Apple silicon iMac!

I think you’re setting yourself up for disappointment with arm chips. Think iPad type apps. Devs will continue to support millions of intel macs. Not a few apple arm chromebook like locked down arm macs.

 

[ipedro]

I think you’re setting yourself up for disappointment with arm chips. Think iPad type apps. Devs will continue to support millions of intel macs. Not a few apple arm chromebook like locked down arm macs.

You're conflating user interface with processing power which are obviously not the same. iPad apps are designed the way they are because they're used primarily with a finger and need to be simpler to manipulate. Underneath, they're capable of being just as powerful as on a Mac.

A Mac with an A-Chip inside is still going to be a Mac. It's still going to run macOS with a cursor as the primary input method so Mac apps will still look like Mac apps.

You either didn’t watch the Apple silicon announcement or you didn’t understand it. Virtually every Mac app that runs today on Intel will run on an A-chip Mac, recompiled during the install. Major developers like Adobe and Microsoft already optimized their apps to run natively on Apple silicon.

 

[cardfan]

You're conflating user interface with processing power which are obviously not the same. iPad apps are designed the way they are because they're used primarily with a finger and need to be simpler to manipulate. Underneath, they're capable of being just as powerful as on a Mac.

A Mac with an A-Chip inside is still going to be a Mac. It's still going to run macOS with a cursor as the primary input method so Mac apps will still look like Mac apps.

You either didn’t watch the Apple silicon announcement or you didn’t understand it. Virtually every Mac app that runs today on Intel will run on an A-chip Mac, recompiled during the install. Major developers like Adobe and Microsoft already optimized their apps to run natively on Apple silicon.

I think you missed it. They will run in emulation. Expect iPad like versions of Adobe and office if they ever submit native apps.

 

[ipedro]

I think you missed it. They will run in emulation. Expect iPad like versions of Adobe and office if they ever submit native apps.

No, you missed it. For the vast majority of apps, there will be no emulation. Instead, there’ll be translation. Unlike Rosetta, Rosetta 2 will convert the binaries at install instead of emulating them on the fly. They will then run natively, no emulation. Go back and watch again to learn how this will work.

And again, I don’t know if you’re being deliberately disingenuous but the Mac versions of Photoshop and of Lightroom were demonstrated running natively on Apple silicon.

 

[cardfan]

No, you missed it. For the vast majority of apps, there will be no emulation. Instead, there’ll be translation. Unlike Rosetta, Rosetta 2 will convert the binaries at install instead of emulating them on the fly. They will then run natively, no emulation. Go back and watch again to learn how this will work.

And again, I don’t know if you’re being deliberately disingenuous but the Mac versions of Photoshop and of Lightroom were demonstrated running natively on Apple silicon.

Lol ok. Whatever you say. Have fun with emulation. That’s the arm Mac. If you want full versions of office and Adobe get an intel version.