And are "toy" and "high end desktop production needs" the only two options here?
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Apple Announces Redesigned iMac With M1 Chip and Seven Color Options
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And are "toy" and "high end desktop production needs" the only two options here?
> you tilt your head, just as you need to if you want to plug it in on the side
> if you have speakers or amps i doubt you would unplug it and for that purpose I’d rather have it underneath, besides it’s easier that having to fiddle around on the back anyways.
Anyways I’m happy that you’re happy with the side facing port, i wireless for all my audio so i don’t really care, just my 2 cents.
To be clear I agree that the position seems a bit odd i think it was just the least bad option.
as for turn your head - you can physically see the side of a display or iMac just standing or sitting in front and slightly to one side. It’s quite unlikely you will be able to see a port on the bottom of the computer is sitting on a desk.
I'd be surprised if it was a different design to be honest - when was the last time different sized iMacs had different designs? A most, different colours perhaps, but the chin and bezel will likely be the same.
I think with this stuff, it quickly becomes something you don't really notice, but I do think the main thing with the white bezel is that it will be accentuated when its switched off as it will contrast with the black of the screen.
And with the chin, I think it is accentuated because it doesn't have the logo to break it up a bit, and add a little character.
You see, there’s no SD card reader in my current iMac or in my 10 port hub. So that “most widely used port” would be quite useless to me. On my iMac. On my MacBook I use one as a portable time machine drive. So it’s not even consistent between my Macs.
PS I wouldn’t consider any memory sticks or SD cards other than SanDisk. Not sure if they are on that wall at Walgreens.
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So I guess an option for the 27" users who got screwed today is to buy an M1 iMac Mini and attach it to your 27 inch iMac in target mode. Likely what I'll do. Dammit Apple!
Or just, I dunno, wait a few months?
After all this whining I hope the bigger iMac has an even bigger chin. Something to put jay leno to shame.
just to really set those people off and send them over the edge.
Depends whether or not you need as much RAM as you used to I'm machines with the M1. Which, but all reasonable accounts, you do not. So there's that.
Just wondering... Am I the only one, after 36 pages of posts, who notices that Apple doesn’t tell us about the clock speed of their chips anywhere? You’d hope that with more space for cooling and little need for saving power it would be higher than on the MBP.
Just calling a spade a spade. He doesn't need to explain or justify anything to you. He is perfectly free to offer his opinions whether you agree with him or not. Doing so is not complaining, it's offering his opinion which, despite your disagreement with it, is his right. So please, stop being an apologist for Apple.
Yeah, USB-A is a lot more important that SD. I'm guessing laptops have SD because they expect photographers to bring their laptops outside while shooting.
(In case you were wondering, Walgreens memsticks are SanDisk. Not that I'd buy from Walgreens; I was just naming the most normal store I can think of.)
The Mac mini M1 chip has the same clock speed as the MBP, IIRC. So I expect the same, except not really, given that thermal throttling is going to determine the clock speed you actually run at.
Well, wait for the beefed up ones then. This is still faster than what they had before.
you joke but I live rurally and power outages are a thing a few times a year(snow &/or falling trees kicking lines)
I already keep the modem on a battery backup so I have internet during the outage (sometimes those are left intact)
low Wattage is good on any device, id rather have it and not need it than need and not have it
I used to have that setup but found UPSs too unreliable compared to a laptop, which just has the battery built in. As cool as the iMac is, the laptop + monitors setup is probably here to stay for me.
White bezel? Looks rubbish.
Bet the repairability on these will be zero. Good work Apple caring for the environment. And before anyone jumps in, longevity + recyclability is the key to improving the environmental sustainability of a product, not just recyclability.
Why is 16GB of ram the highest upgradable amount? 16GB should be standard in 2021, with 32GB available as an upgrade.
Bet the repairability on these will be zero. Good work Apple caring for the environment. And before anyone jumps in, longevity + recyclability is the key to improving the environmental sustainability of a product, not just recyclability.
Why is 16GB of ram the highest upgradable amount? 16GB should be standard in 2021, with 32GB available as an upgrade.
And yet, by all accounts, the new Macs with the M1 so far have blown away the previous models in terms of performance?
It’s a riddle, isn’t it?
pretty good chance that your scanner and printer has a detachable cable. Just get a USB-C cable or even a hub to connect all those 4 cables.
Yes, they should be forced to do that when they have old equipment and refuse to go wireless.
Do you mean like the Surface Studio that lays flat on a desk? Like a drafting table?
Because no one wants to raise their arms to paw at a 24" vertical screen...
Exactly. I don’t get this thing about touch screens on large displays. It’s not a problem that needs a solution.