Apple Announces Redesigned iMac With M1 Chip and Seven Color Options

[00sjsl]

No Ethernet?
No USB A?

Eurgh. It’s a no from me. I’ll keep my 2011 iMac.

It has ethernet, they hid it in the power cord.

 

[aapl owner]

At this point, better buy a mac mini and a good monitor
That way, in few years you can buy a better screen if you wich

Have to agree with you on this one since it has the same HW as Mac mini but with a very nice monitor. Kinda surprised they didn't upgrade the GPU vs the M1 processor.

 

[Souponastick270]

• No SD card reader
• No USB A
• Only 2 Thunderbolt Ports on the base model / 2 TB and 2 USB C on the high end
• White bezels
• Chin...
• No black/space grey
• Mouse still charges in the base
• Touch ID keyboard only comes standard on the $1499 version - base still has the normal non touch id magic keyboard (will be a spec option I guess)
  
  Kinda expected more from Apple for their main desktop machine

 

[bluespark]

Lol. This is so funny. This is replacing the 21 inch. Not the 27. They even said that. This is for students people who work at home etc. Not professional offices. You need the chin for cooling. How do you expect to cool the device. If there was no chin the back would be super thick. And I would rather have a chin and lots of people don’t really care. There is a redesigned 27 inch coming. Like it’s not that hard to figure out. The macrumors people are so funny. They live in their own bubble and act like they are the target market for these products

I agree with pretty much all of this, except that the fate of the 27" is less clear to me (which is too bad, because I would have jumped at the bigger one). Beyond that, you're entirely correct. The chin allows for much better cooling, and I for one like it as a design feature. It adds some color to the front (yay!) and I've always found it a convenient place for sticky notes and a nice way to tilt the screen without touching it. I'd greatly prefer this to a chinless version of the same thing.

 

[citysnaps]

Just make it thicker.

Obvious. But doubling the thickness wasn't the design goal.

 

[ZipZilla]

this is a college dorm room computer, not a Prosumer machine.

16GB Ram limit is a hard pass for any serious work

 

[Rogifan]

My guess is the colors and white bezel indicate this is the consumer model. There will be a pro model with darker colors and probably black bezels and maybe no chin?

 

[HowardEv]

The “chin” is where all the tech is, speakers, logic board, cooling, it’s necessary, even if it’s ugly, not sure why they removed the logo

Apple should take all the tech out of the display and put it in a little box (with internal battery and external power supply), connected to the display with one thunderbolt cable supplying both power and video. It'd look so much better and be so much more useful. Is there still a benefit to an all-in-one iMac, especially with no portability or expandability?

 

[DeanKamitsis]

The VESA option is nice: https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/imac-vesa

 

[contacos]

I am guessing this sort of confirms new iMac Pro and MacBook Pro with M1X chips in June

 

[flatline83]

Interesting it looks like base model has no ethernet. I noticed on their business site that it looks like you will be able to get it without the stand and it can be vesa mounted.

 

[JMacHack]

I think this is actually worse than the shock of the 2016 MacBook Pro introduction. I am simply astounded that people here thought that what Apple introduced today was not completely consistent with what Apple does. They are all in shock and proceed to the third stage of grief almost instantly. I think it's hilarious. I mean, the thing isn't even out the door and everyone has already made this judgement about it (which they'll be wrong about as usual) and they all say they want change and then Apple changes it and they now all want the old black bezels back, OMG it doesn't have an SD Card slot, why isn't ethernet on the mother board (duh, the ethernet jack is thicker than the fracking iMac) and on and on and on...I'm dying over here from laughter. They say they want progress, but progress comes and they all realize what they wanted was on their terms and that's not how Apple or any successful innovative company stays successful. Everyone here wants a damn Snuggy, that's not Apple.

Give it like, 5 years and people will love it. As I recall there was a lot of iMac G3 nostalgia here not too long ago, “when Apple computers had a sense of fun!”
This is basically a modern G3.

 

[CubeHacker]

The “chin” is where all the tech is, speakers, logic board, cooling, it’s necessary, even if it’s ugly, not sure why they removed the logo

I would have preferred they made it thicker and remove the chin. I'll never understand apples obsession with thinness

 

[ian87w]

A desktop with No user upgradeable RAM nor storage, and with all base models only come with 8GB RAM, ensuring quicker SSD wear and sooner upgrades. Very smart Tim. I knew Apple is switching business model, just didn’t realize it’s intentionally gimping the hardware so you have to upgrade sooner.

 

[elptdbi3lYI]

Obvious. But doubling the thickness wasn't the design goal.

Just screen with small bezels would make computer "disappear" more, so they missed their design goal.

 

[Jean Claude]

I can't even begin ... like ... is this real? First, they not only keep the bezels, they make them white?!?!?!? The chin is bad enough, but they don't even launch a bigger size to complement the 24?!?!?! Sorry, but I'd get everyone in a room in charge of these decisions and fire them yesterday. Wow, just wow......

 

[joecomo]

Wth, no way will you see something like this in a professional environment. Atleast give us a choice for a silver or black model and give us black bezels!

This thing has just 4 USB/TB ports - the Pro model will come in Summer together with the MacBook Pros

 

[MN7119]

Are you gonna be ok??

I couldn’t care less. I never had an iMac and never will. A MacBook with a nice monitor is way better than this.

 

[Steve121178]

The SSD size options are anemic. The highest is 512? I can get more storage in an iPad than my home computer? Not in the market but its not a good trend.

The CTO options will be available when pre-orders start.

 

[Michael Scrip]

For $1,300 you only get 2 ports and no ethernet...

This is the "stripper" model... like a rental car with rollup windows.

🤣

 

[NT1440]

VESA mount option confirmed. I’m tempted but don’t actually need an iMac 😂

 

[idktbh]

lmaooo

 

[paulypants]

Interesting it looks like base model has no ethernet. I noticed on their business site that it looks like you will be able to get it without the stand and it can be vesa mounted.

Ethernet is on the power brick.

 

[AlexisV]

An iMac without a chin is just a generic screen. Buy a Mac Mini if you want a rectangle to stare at.

 

[ZivaD]

I was a bit annoyed at the lack of a bigger option but after looking at the site and seeing that it’s ports and tiny ssd choices that separate the different models oh and colour choice!
that’s it, no actual options!? What the actual?
Nope, I got excited at an orange iMac but now I’m just not interested in a big fixed iPad.