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4jasontv said:
Good enough != same. There is no 4K TV on the market that can be used the same as a monitor and have the same experience. Even that 48" C1 has to be placed at the very back of a desk.
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I’m very interested in this year’s 42-incher. We’ll see…
 
Macative said:
At the moment, it is a replacement for both, and it sounds very much like have no intention of making a 27" iMac.
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ThisBougieLife said:
Maybe. In the PC world, all-in-ones do tend to be entry level only. I guess that's what Apple is doing.
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Yes. I think you're right. If you caught the one announcer saying something like "We're not done yet. There's one more M1 item to come, and that's the Mac Pro." I think that means no 27" iMac.
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Mainyehc said:
Yep. And now, the grieving process and the whole deal of sifting through benchmarks in order to pick the right Mac to replace my woefully outdated 2017 5K iMac begins…
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Well, I've also got a 2017 5k iMac - but that was because there was no viable headless desktop available at the time and I was already kinda tending towards the "high end Mini" and using 3rd-party displays...

A M1 Max Mac Studio with a pair of these arouses my interest:

www.amazon.co.uk

HUAWEI MateView 28.2 inch Monitor, 4K UHD(3840x2560), 1 Billion Colours, Ultra-thin, 60 Hz Refresh Rate, IPS,HDR400,MiniDP, HDMI, 2xUSB-C,2xUSB Mystic Silver

HUAWEI MateView is a monitor that enhances every aspect of your experience. It presents elegance in a stunning 4K+ display and intensifies your love of colour. It enables smart work via wireless connectivity to multiple devices. Use your finger to conveniently control MateView functions and setti...
www.amazon.co.uk

(EDIT: Amazon have the screen res wrong - it's actually a 3840x2400 16:10 ratio)
(EDIT EDIT: Actually 2840x2560 3:2 https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/monitors/mateview/specs/)
 
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So the close out line for the Mac studio was "well that's it for our transition to Apple silicon - except for one last item - the Mac Pro" so definitely no new iMac 27 in coming in the future which is really disappointing.

With the Mac Studio starting at A$3099 (A$3399 for 1TB SSD) dont think I can spring for a Studio Monitor as well. Not sure what the future now holds for my home desktop needs...
 
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MacFin said:
So they just killed the 27" iMac product line!!! I double-checked the UK and USA stores and there are no references to 27" iMac anymore so it's all gone!!! Good Bye large iMacs!

All they had to do was to fatten that same Studio display a little and glue the M1 MAX chip inside and I would have been happy. But no, Apple wants me to buy two separate products instead...
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Which is better for you in the long run.
 
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i dono why people are mad about the ipad air. they've been doing this for ages. I mean, true, previous iterations pros still had mmore graphics cores, but ask yourself if that actually mattered.
 
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jayducharme said:
My maxed-out 2020 M1 Mac mini cost me $1700 and is still working great. A basic configuration for a Mac Studio would cost $2100 (with a 1 tb HD), and I'm not sure I'd get that much more for the money. I'd see just slightly faster video rendering. To see a real difference I'd have to shell out $2000 more for the Ultra configuration. So I think I'll stick with my current setup.
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Single thread performance is going to be the same as your M1 MM, keep it and enjoy it. These are designed for 4K/8K youtubers.
 
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Macative said:
Yeah they very much are worse than anything Apple produces. Sorry. I'll die on this hill all day long. The display market is garbage.
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My 40" 4k Samsung might not be 5k but damn it looks pretty darn good even next to my husband's 27" 5k intel imac.
 
MacFin said:
So they just killed the 27" iMac product line!!! I double-checked the UK and USA stores and there are no references to 27" iMac anymore so it's all gone!!! Good Bye large iMacs!

All they had to do was to fatten that same Studio display a little and glue the M1 MAX chip inside and I would have been happy. But no, Apple wants me to buy two separate products instead...
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All for the sake of "modularity." :)
 
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So when my 27” Intel iMac needs replacing I have to get either a smaller M1 iMac, a Studio/Mini then an expensive Apple monitor? I don’t under why they’ve retired the 27” version.

The extra $400 for the tilt monitor stand is disgusting. Basic ergonomics shouldn’t be chargeable.
 
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UBS28 said:
The PPI is good enough, you see no pixels looking at 4K movies from the couch. So it is “retina” too.
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A monitor is something you view up close versus a TV it’s something you view a distance away. The retina definition of you can’t see pixels is meant to be up close. I can’t see pixels on my 32” 720P TV so I’m guessing that’s retina as well ??
 
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I feel like the 2020 M1 Air continues to deliver the best value of any Mac computer. More so with every new release :p
 
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MacsAre1 said:
Was hoping for announcement of eGPU support as well as user upgradeable RAM and SSD in the Studio. All necessary to make it a true pro level machine.
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I believe the challenge with off-chip RAM in these machines is it would slow the machines down because the data would have to leave the chip for processing.

And for SSDs: you may be better off hanging an external SSD (albeight M2 and super-fast) onto a TB4 port than paying whatever premium it would entail to interface with any internal port Apple could come up with.

As it is I buy the minimum internal storage on all Macs then pop an NVME SSD on. By not keeping the User folders on an internal drive we each have an SSD we can use on any of the Macs in the office. Need super-fast today? Use the MacPro. Need to hit the road? Grab the MacBookPro. Plug your SSD in to either of them and boot up. It's ALWAYS your desktop no matter what machine you use.

Edit: typo correction. "off-ship" --> "off-chip"
 
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Purchased display rather impulsively with monthly payments. Not sure if I should cancel and pay in full or just cancel lol. I feel guilty and not sure why...maybe bc my current 4 year old LG 4K 27" only cost 300...
 
ShufromChina said:
The entry level Studio being at $1,999 (on par with the entry level MacBook Pro) implies that there's still some sort of a Mac mini upgrade along the line, right? I really can't imagine this replacing the more affordable Mac mini.
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They might simply offer a BTO for the existing Mac mini adding a M1 Pro option.
 
Mac Studio looks crazy but the Studio Display is underwhelming. 27" just isn't a large monitor anymore and at 5K resolution a 32" or 34" would be a nice bump up.

I think one thing that Apple is going to run into is that it gets tougher and tougher to justify pro gear when their consumer stuff is so damn good. A 8-core mac mini is more than enough processing power for everything that isn't 8K video editing and is a LOT cheaper.
 
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Bahamut Eos said:
27 inch iMac was where it was at. I guess you can always just buy a cheaper monitor and pair it with an apple studio. Put a $50 dollar separate webcam and use separate speakers and you save a lot of money even if you don't have the apple chic. Still having the cheapest apple monitor cost $1,500 sucks. (not as bad as it costing 8K I guess...). But like I thought 750 and 800 was a lot back in the day.
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I use my integrated iSight/FaceTime/whatchamacallit camera so sparingly, and so rarely with FaceTime, that I believe I could absolutely get away with using Reincubate Camo and my iPhone for all my video call needs. It's not like those calls aren't already scheduled in advance or like I'm supposed to be able to answer phone calls or even doom-scroll through my feeds for their duration… As for speakers, I've never used any of my iMacs' internal ones (and I mean it literally! The last iMac whose speakers I ever used was my first one, the G4 iMac with the gorgeous polycarbonate globes), I either use some really old powered speakers from a PC I had since way back in 1998 or a nice pair of KRK KNS-8400 headphones, both connected to an analog, two-way splitter/switch.

If a new, affordable 5K offering doesn't come out soon (it probably should, because Apple's new Studio Display, at only $200 more, does put the LG one to shame), something tells me I'll be getting an extra 4K LG display like the one I already have and downsampling 5K to 4K and just live with it. I won't sit idly by, waiting for Apple to release a new 27'' iMac, and a new M2 Mac Mini might just be the machine I'll pair with such a setup.
 
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sfwalter said:
Interesting the the 27" iMac is no longer available for sale.
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That’s what happens when products get discontinued or replaced. I kind of wish they would’ve kept the 27” iMac because I like my 24” iMac but I don’t know if I want to buy a studio display.
 
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