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Apple Announces Redesigned iMac With M1 Chip and Seven Color Options
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That's your preference. People who frequently plug-unplug will appreciate the change. They probably did the consumer study and most of the people prefer easy access
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This replaced the 21” entry level machines, just as the M1 MacBook Air and M1 mini are replacements for the ENTRY level machines. You know this, you have to...
What happened with Apple design department. They hired Tims grandchild as head designer? That new iMac is a total fail. Obviously Looks good in a kindergarten.
They kept the shin which should have gone away just for thinness. But even more wrong is the the white screen bezel. It should at least have the same colour as the rest; the colour you order.
On Apple website they call it “This extraordinary design…” . Well I am not happy, I wanted one with mini mouse around here and there in pink.
They kept the shin which should have gone away just for thinness. But even more wrong is the the white screen bezel. It should at least have the same colour as the rest; the colour you order.
On Apple website they call it “This extraordinary design…” . Well I am not happy, I wanted one with mini mouse around here and there in pink.
Grandparents. They are my son's grandparentsWow... there's a name I haven't heard in decades!
Good ol' Broderbund... I remember making banners with continuous-feed printer paper...
They probably started with v1 of print shop, possibly before you were born? 
It's also got two fans and a >100W power supply. Unless you literally just want an iPad Pro with a massive screen, comparing the two doesn't make much sense.
OWG! It’s gonna be a Epic fall! It’s the first opportunity they can come up something new after Steve, and look what they’ve done?! It looks like some cheap Chinese knock off.
Be keeping my 27” iMac. This is gonna be a hard sell. I suspect this will sell well with teens and schools but for professionals it will be a hard pass.
Yeah i mean i wonder if the port still has a optical connection inside or if that’s gone too. Because it looks like a weird placement for something that’s supposed to be connected permanently, like desktop speakers for example.
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To bad they excluded the black option, that would be the one i would be going for. I mean now I’m kinda confused, i will be getting one but I’m not sure which color, leaning towards silver but yellow is also my favorite color otherwise so 😆Clearly Apple looked to the past when designing this new iMac:
You know this isn't the replacement for your 27" iMac, right?
I'm guessing the 30"+ model will be offered in "traditional" colors and will be more up your alley.
I'm nostalgic for the days when a design like this was unheard of. We've been spoiled by too much of this freaking incredible technology that it doesn't blow my mind a 24" all-in-one computer is as thin as a pancake.
I am worried, however, as the opportunities for expansion are basically zero outside of an external peripheral. We all knew it was coming to this but it doesn't make it right.
I am worried, however, as the opportunities for expansion are basically zero outside of an external peripheral. We all knew it was coming to this but it doesn't make it right.
Is it me or the old iMac looks better than the current one except for the hinge maybe? I mean seriously nothing can express my disappointment after all these years of wait for them to come up with a hello kitty consumer PC....
It’s a desktop. A usb-c hub plus three 14TB hard drives is quite affordable. Or a USB-C hub and three 8TB SSD drives. Or you order with a built-in 2TB SSD.
White screen bezels?!?! WHITE SCREEN BEZELS?!?!
What a disgrace!
What a disgrace!
Yes, much better, even the stand looks better.
What I, and plenty others would have preffered is a thicker body with the guts behind the display without a chin, and 2 colours only, standard (aluminium) and space grey.
I have a feeling they're keeping the chin as some kind of weird "brand ID" or something. Otherwise it would look like a nondescript monitor.
That’s why you get a 10 port USB hub if you need it. Or a five port USB hub if that’s enough. Or none if you don’t need it.
It's not that bad.
They are just attributes.
You start with the model... then you pick storage... then RAM... then color.
Luckily Apple's backend database will keep track of all those SKUs.
Cars are even worse... they come in multiple colors too... some with sunroofs and some without... some with the premium sound systems and some without... 5 different wheel options... etc.
There are probably 500 different configurations for a particular car... SKUs if you will... and no one cares.