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Apple Executives Discuss How Mac Studio Fills the Gap Between iMac and Mac Pro
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I'm sticking my neck out here, but I'd guess through the computer's built-in speaker.
Apple will soon make you purchase each key on your keyboard separately too. The frame will be $100, then $5 per key.
2023 Modular Keyboard.
2023 Modular Keyboard.
Looking at the stock photo the biggest design fail to me looks like the studio won’t fit on the monitor stand , giving even more desktop space available
Almost like they had two separate design teams that only met up right at the end … bit like the infamous PS3… ?
Almost like they had two separate design teams that only met up right at the end … bit like the infamous PS3… ?
I do t think it’s too bad looking. Just like a mini, which is quite nice in the flesh. It’s a shame there wasn’t a new ‘radical’ design - but each time they try that with these type of desktop machines they have been bitten. This seems to offer function over design which is very un-Apple, whilst still being Apple like to look at, albeit a bit vanilla.
Exactly!! As an iMac 27" owner, I am very disappointed. It was the best all in one desktop
Apple's definition of modular in this context is 'BYO KVM'
A lot of people in this thread comparing this new studio to the 27" iMac and complaining it doesn't represent good VFM. That's only true if you limit yourself to buying Apple peripherals like screens, keyboards and mice. There are a whole host of peripherals out there in the big wide world you can plug this thing in to which are at least as good or better than the ones provided by Apple, and cost less. That's where the Studio (and the Mini, for that matter) score.
^^^ this. I'm confounded by the swathe of iMac owners complaining even the cheapest Mac Studio + Studio Display is double the price of their iMac. Just buy & use a display not made by Apple, you know, like you can't do with an iMac because you're stuck with the display that Apple gave you. It's as though they don't realise other options exist.
If you really need an iMac-quality screen (few do), buy an LG Ultrafine, which literally has the same panel. And guess what: you can KEEP this monitor when you eventually do need a more powerful computer, instead of having to ditch it like you would with an iMac.
Having a new product in the Mac lineup is good but hopefully that does not cause 27” iMac to be removed. Really hope Apple launches a 27” iMac in the future.
A fair point, as I see the USB-A dilemma as being similar to prior historical changes, such as Serial-to-USB and Firewire-USB transitions: the question basically comes down to is with a new PC system being introduced, how many legacy peripherals does one need to retire & replace "NOW" in order to maintain continuity of capabilities? For this, the USB-C vs. -A question doesn't look to me to be too painful: there are adaptors and they're not expensive.
But there is the question of abolishing all legacy ports because the "future-proof" latest stuff isn't necessarily the right choice for all system peripherals. For example, consider wired keyboards/mice (etc): these just don't need or benefit from TB4/USB-C bandwidth.
As such, while we can choose to lose a TB4 port just to run a USB-2 hub to get some USB-A ports to maintain this capability, that's really a huge waste of a TB4 bandwidth allocation, so isn't it smarter to just keep a few USB-A's baked into the base hardware so that the TB4 bandwidth allocation doesn't get wasted on a user-added old USB Hub? Particularly if in doing so, it means one more TB4 port available?
This is a practical aspect of these architecture design decisions - - to know what really needs what - - which are probably going to keep USB-A around for a lot longer than what many folks will opine that it "should", because of something that's "better" even if that improvement can't be used on that particular peripheral subclass.
While not apparent, “modular” means that Apple or any third-party can design an external storage unit that connects to the Mac Studio similar to some options for the Mac Mini. Maybe there is another unrevealed benefit of the M1 Max and that is to attach external GPU an it’s announcement is being withheld for the introduction of the Mac Pro similar to the Max - Ultra situation.
There will be an updated Pro Display XDR that has similar specs to the 2021 MacBook Pro displays, Apple is not going to give up all the goods for cheap ?
Speak with your wallets folks and hit them where it counts. I'm a huge apple fan and I spend tons of money on apple devices every year. I'm fortunate to be able to afford a new Studio + Studio Display but I'm not about to spend a penny on this money grab for the display. This display was the worst thought out product I can remember with lack of adjustability/swivel, and price. They removed the computer guts and charge the same amount for just the panel....no matter how bad I want a new setup, I'm not giving apple my money for this garbage.
Had apple offered a display option without speakers and camera for $999, it would be a totally different atmosphere. Two of those along side an upgraded (matching) 27" iMac and apple would have taken approximately $5500-$6000 from me this year. But instead they will get nothing. I know many other 27" iMac users who are boycotting apple this year for the same reason. Maybe that's why you can already pickup a display in the stores?
Back to the drawing board apple, your decision to kill the 27" iMac is going to cost you. People are just going to wait for an upgraded Mac mini and use a 3rd party display.
Had apple offered a display option without speakers and camera for $999, it would be a totally different atmosphere. Two of those along side an upgraded (matching) 27" iMac and apple would have taken approximately $5500-$6000 from me this year. But instead they will get nothing. I know many other 27" iMac users who are boycotting apple this year for the same reason. Maybe that's why you can already pickup a display in the stores?
Back to the drawing board apple, your decision to kill the 27" iMac is going to cost you. People are just going to wait for an upgraded Mac mini and use a 3rd party display.
Modular in terms that you can change/upgrade the display, storage and other features added via the Thunderbolt 4 and USB ports. It supports up to 5 displays. So for the most part it is more modular than the iMac or Mac mini.
They wanted you to buy Apple displays and keyboards then also. YOU don't have to buy Apple's display or keyboard so YOU still have that choice same as back then.
In my experience modular means any computer that is headless without a display so a modular computer is one that does not have a display two different modules the CPU and Display (Mac Mini and now the Mac Studio). And expandable computer is one that has internal slots, drive bays, ram slots etc (Mac Pro). I think when Apple first introduced the Mac Mini they did call it modular. An all-in-one customer has the CPU and Display in the same unit, in other words one single module like the iMac.