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Hope so in spite of the all in one doubts, it's such a tech icon that a lot of asian drams show execs always having one on their desks. When have we ever seen a TV show that featured a Mac Studio combo.
If the smaller iMac gained 3 inches, it's only logical to grow the larger iMac by 3 inches too. Until such a display is ready with Apple's preferred PPI density and there's a cheap enough chip to push that many pixels comfortably, we've got to wait. The long rumored 14 and 16-inch MBPs eventually arrived too.
 
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I use iPhones for a long time. For longevity’s sake, the 5W Power Adapter is the best one. A shame they discontinued it. I have a bunch, of course (like… 5? Maybe?), but it’s a shame that I can’t buy that. The only fast changer I use is the 20W included USB-C charger on my iPad Air 5, the rest charge as slowly as possible.
 
You speak very much for yourself there. Pretty much everyone I know would prefer their phones to charge faster than that 5W adapter was capable of.

And there are literally hundreds of very similar UL validated USB power supplies out there that cost less than Apple charges for theirs. Have been since before the iPhone even existed, when they were marketed toward iPod owners. That's hardly the badge of honor you seem to think it is.

"Pretty much everyone I know would prefer their phones to charge faster than that 5W adapter was capable of."

How nice for you. I'll continue to charge with the 5 watt charger.

"And there are literally hundreds of very similar UL validated USB power supplies..."

Literally hundreds! Great! It sounds like you've done a lot of research on this.

Could you please list a dozen or two well-known brands whose chargers are UL Listed? Thank you.
 
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Amazing. To the untrained eye, all of these products look identical to ones that still exist in the lineup.
You can’t tell me that the 27 inch iMac, the iPod touch and 5W power adapter looks identical to the current lineup. They don’t.
 
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I miss the 27" iMac everyday. Trying to connect my peripherals to the MacMini M1 creates a F$%@ing spider web of cables, cable adapters and then trying to get a HomePod mini to behave with the M1 is impossible. I'm not even trying to connect a second monitor.

BRING BACK THE 27" iMAC!!!!...damnit.
 
The evidence is the interior of the StudiNo Display

Studio_Display_interior-blog.jpg


When iFixIt disassembled the "monitor" they found some very interesting tidbits. https://www.ifixit.com/News/58242/studio-display-teardown-is-this-secretly-an-imac

The logic board of the monitor matches an iMac's very closely, even having space for storage as the A13 the monitor has actually has 64 gbs of storage AND has iOS installed. The monitor has a power supply completely inside it, with a massive desktop class heatsink that exists solely to cool that PSU. Everything about the "monitor's" internals suggests this was originally supposed to be the 27 inch iMac but halfway they decided against it, presumably because the M1 family was on the way out or setbacks with the chip shortage.

It's very possible this design will come back to be the 27 inch iMac (or iMac Pro as they'll most likely call it) with an M2 Max chip inside.
I would wager they build the Studio Display as a dumbed-down iMac to save on R&D and parts, remember the A13 chip in there is used for AV functionalties nobody asked for but that Apple pushed to make the SD more appealing.

Shoving a M2 Max in there without proper heat management/ventilation wouldn't work, and that would make the frame thicker than it is today (remember the current iMac is so thin because it's essentially a Macbook Air with a larger display).
 
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Everything about the "monitor's" internals suggests this was originally supposed to be the 27 inch iMac but halfway they decided against it, presumably because [of the] chip shortage.
As we can see with the 24-inch iMac, they had an even better idea than flattening the power supply and cooling it with a heatsink. An external power supply allows for an even thinner iMac and eliminates all cooling and repair problems. As nice as it is to not have an extra power brick, it's even nicer to not worry about any problems coming from the power supply.
 
The evidence is the interior of the StudiNo Display
I would wager they build the Studio Display as a dumbed-down iMac to save on R&D and parts, remember the A13 chip in there is used for AV functionalties nobody asked for but that Apple pushed to make the SD more appealing.

Shoving a M2 Max in there without proper heat management/ventilation wouldn't work, and that would make the frame thicker than it is today (remember the current iMac is so thin because it's essentially a Macbook Air with a larger display).
The current 24" IMac has the metal back side that helps dissipates heat, seems to cool down fairly quickly when I stop playing sustained performance hungry games. A larger IMac could do the same with larger surface area. The dual fans could be larger also inside increasing airflow on the bottom in/out air ducks.
 
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I'm really glad I got the last 27" iMac model fully specced out. I use it daily. It's still plenty fast. Wonder why Apple hasn't come out with a silicon large screen model.
We would like you to buy the Studio display with a Mac Mini or or Mac Studio or Macbook (preferably all specced out) separately. They're our best products ever!

- Tim
 
We would like you to buy the Studio display with a Mac Mini or or Mac Studio or Macbook (preferably all specced out) separately. They're our best products ever!

- Tim

Totally agree. My Mac Studio + Studio Display are an outstanding combination; especially for post processing photographs.

And for running X-Plane, but with three LG 4K displays (each handling a 60 degree FOV).
 
The current 24" IMac has the metal back side that helps dissipates heat, seems to cool down fairly quickly when I stop playing sustained performance hungry games. A larger IMac could do the same with larger surface area. The dual fans could be larger also inside increasing airflow on the bottom in/out air ducks.
There's a sound box filled with air between the monitor and the metal backside. So the chassis isn't directly used for cooling. And the heatpipe in the mid-tear model only goes from the M1 to the right-hand fan. An M2 Max iMac could have heatpipes to both fans.
 
Apple also finally discontinued the Apple Watch Series 3 this year, which — lest we forget — they were still selling for several months after they officially announced no more software support for it.

Pretty shameful of them to have kept selling that thing as long as they did, especially after they dropped support for future software updates. It should have been discontinued in 2021 at the very latest. 2020 would have been better.
 
The logic board of the monitor matches an iMac's very closely

Well, yeah, its a bit of composite with copper tracks and surface-mount components soldered to it. It's a conspiracy, I say!

even having space for storage as the A13 the monitor has actually has 64 gbs of storage AND has iOS installed.

Pretty much any high definition display these days has a relatively powerful CPU to control everything, handle on-screen menus etc. and possibly for scaling/interpolation - replacing a lot of dedicated circuitry. The Studio Display also has things like the face-tracking webcam and spatial audio and using the A13 & neural engine for that makes sense.

Putting an A13, the minimum 64GB of storage and running the iOS kernel & relevant drivers in the Studio Display (rather than needing drivers & consuming CPU/GPU on the connected Mac or iPad) makes perfect sense. Or, I guess, Apple could have developed a special processor and written a new OS just for the Studio Display - but that would have been kinda stupid when they could basically re-use existing iPhone hardware and software.

Maybe people have an inflated idea of how much that A13 and 64GB SSD is costing Apple vs. how much R&D they save by reusing iDevice tech.

The monitor has a power supply completely inside it, with a massive desktop class heatsink that exists solely to cool that PSU.

...well, yes because it's a large PSU in a very confined space which has to (a) power a large display (b) power 3 USB-C devices at 15W and (c) charge a 96W laptop via Thunderbolt.

What there is no sign of in the SD is any way to cool the processor - which is fair enough for an iPhone-class A13 but useless for the Mx Pro/Max/Ultra which a 27" iMac would use. Look in any other Mac with a "pro" processor and the SoC is either under the fan/heatsink or close alongside it and connected by a honking great heat pipe.

So when there's a clear reason for the heatsink, a clear reason for the large PSU, a clear reason for the A13 and iOS. and a clear reason why a M1 Pro/Max wouldn't work in the same case without a major internal layout change, there really isn't any compelling evidence that this was ever meant to be an iMac. Of course, it's not impossible for Apple to put an iMac in a similar-looking case, but they'd probably have to re-think the internal layout...
 
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We would like you to buy the Studio display with a Mac Mini or or Mac Studio or Macbook (preferably all specced out) separately.
Just like the old Thunderbolt display, the Studio Display makes more sense as the ultimate MacBook docking station than as a display for a desktop system - and there are a lot more MacBook users than iMac users.

I'm using my Mac Studio with a pair of 3:2 4K+ displays which I find perfectly suited to my use. It's not that a pair of 5k Studio Displays wouldn't be nice but it would cost 3x as much... and bearing in mind that I don't want/need speakers in my display anyway (I have an external audio interface and some nice studio monitors which sound far better than anything built into a display), only need one webcam (I don't Zoom in 3D!), and don't need to charge one large laptop, let alone two, it would be terribly wasteful.

Mac Studio + Studio display is a perfectly reasonable choice (and costs about the same as a comparable i9 iMac, and a lot less than a comparable iMac Pro) but a big plus of the Mac Studio is that you could instead choose to use it with a Pro XDR display, or a bunch of third party displays.

There is a gap in the range where the $1800-$2000 iMac 5k models would have been - but the iMac market is being eaten away from several directions:

First, the 24" iMac now has a larger, better screen and more processing/graphics power than the old 21.5" iMacs ever did - so they'll take some sales from the 5k. Then there's the option of the Mac Mini + 3rd party display which will outperform the lower-end 5k iMacs (unless you climb on the desk with a magnifying glass to do A/B comparisons between 4k and 5k screens). Then, the days of the i7/i9 iMac/discrete GPU combos out-performing the top MacBook Pros are over, with Apple Silicon - so strike off all those customers who needed a MacBook for portability and an iMac for power, - now they can just get a MBP and - if they like - add a Studio Display (or cheaper option). Yup, the M1 laptops will have seriously curtailed the sale of Mac desktops.

Some people obviously liked the all-in-one iMac, but plenty of others always hated the idea of having a high-end Mac and a high-end display inseparably welded together, so you couldn't choose your own screen (Pro XDR or third party) or replace one without the other down the line. In a perfect world, maybe the iMac and Mac Studio would co-exist but I guess Apple don't see enough demand to justify both.
 
You speak very much for yourself there. Pretty much everyone I know would prefer their phones to charge faster than that 5W adapter was capable of.

And there are literally hundreds of very similar UL validated USB power supplies out there that cost less than Apple charges for theirs. Have been since before the iPhone even existed, when they were marketed toward iPod owners. That's hardly the badge of honor you seem to think it is.
I prefer the 5w charger as well because 99% of the time I charge my iPhone overnight whilst I sleep so fast charging isn’t needed.
 
I prefer the 5w charger as well because 99% of the time I charge my iPhone overnight whilst I sleep so fast charging isn’t needed.
I'm not sure what we are going to do when Apple decides to introduce USB-C for the new iPhone next year. We will not be able to charge our iPhone with a 5W charger anymore.
 
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I miss the 27" iMac everyday. Trying to connect my peripherals to the MacMini M1 creates a F$%@ing spider web of cables, cable adapters and then trying to get a HomePod mini to behave with the M1 is impossible. I'm not even trying to connect a second monitor.

BRING BACK THE 27" iMAC!!!!...damnit.
I thought I was the only one. Stupid HomePod mini.
 
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The evidence is the interior of the StudiNo Display

Studio_Display_interior-blog.jpg


When iFixIt disassembled the "monitor" they found some very interesting tidbits. https://www.ifixit.com/News/58242/studio-display-teardown-is-this-secretly-an-imac

The logic board of the monitor matches an iMac's very closely, even having space for storage as the A13 the monitor actually has 64 gbs of storage AND has iOS installed. The monitor has a power supply completely inside it, with a massive desktop class heatsink that exists solely to cool that PSU. Everything about the "monitor's" internals suggests this was originally supposed to be the 27 inch iMac but halfway they decided against it, presumably because the M1 family was on the way out or setbacks with the chip shortage.

It's very possible this design will come back to be the 27 inch iMac (or iMac Pro as they'll most likely call it) with an M2 Max chip inside.
It seems very over-engineered so it's plausible this started out as a new 27" iMac model for sure. I don't understand why a monitor needs 64 GB of storage. Maybe if it wasn't so over-engineered they could've hit a price point close to the old Thunderbolt Display, but it upsets me more to see the lack of good third-party 5K displays on the market that could've forced a lower price point. I want something comparable to my 7-year-old iMac without spending a fortune and there just isn't anything.

Looks like my only option might be one of these mod boards:
 
I would wager they build the Studio Display as a dumbed-down iMac to save on R&D and parts, remember the A13 chip in there is used for AV functionalties nobody asked for but that Apple pushed to make the SD more appealing.

Shoving a M2 Max in there without proper heat management/ventilation wouldn't work, and that would make the frame thicker than it is today (remember the current iMac is so thin because it's essentially a Macbook Air with a larger display).
Agree. Basically apple just shoved an A13 series set up in to give a heap
Totally agree. My Mac Studio + Studio Display are an outstanding combination; especially for post processing photographs.

And for running X-Plane, but with three LG 4K displays (each handling a 60 degree FOV).
apple expects you to daisy chain three Apple Displays, not LG. That apostasy won’t give Apple the margin increases they seek by killing go off the 27 inch iMac.
 
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