Apple Patent Imagines iMac Made From a Single Sheet of Glass

[rumplestiltskin]

Everyone complains apple aren't innovating then complain when they do.

There's "innovation" and then there's change for its own sake, not to benefit function.
I give you this:

 

[JRobinsonJr]

In a world of cynicism for everything new Apple designs, I'll stay open minded


I can certainly see a 30” and above size for the iMac Pro pipeline. Not so much for the consumer iMac.

Why not? To me, that's an example of limited thinking. I already use a 34" monitor b/c I have lots of docs open. In addition, at 53 my eyes need a bit of help. Larger monitors make it easy and comfortable to do my work.

 

[Icaras]

Why not? To me, that's an example of limited thinking. I already use a 34" monitor b/c I have lots of docs open. In addition, at 53 my eyes need a bit of help. Larger monitors make it easy and comfortable to do my work.

I suppose it’s possible Apple could release a 30” iMac, but I feel like anything greater than that would skyrocket the price out of consumer pricing brackets. I just feel that higher screen sizes are much more likely to be on the iMac Pro rather than the iMac due to increased prices and user demands.

As for needing a bit of help with your eyes, I’ve argued this extensively in the iMac forum with someone around your age. The screen quality between the two iMac sizes are identical (if you don’t believe me, you can just read the specs on Apple’s site). Having larger screen sizes won’t improve the quality of the pixel density since Apple is adamant on hovering around 218 PPI. The added ease of use you are experiencing is just exactly as you said: “a lot of docs open”. More content on screen = less scrolling and window management. But at the same time, more content on screen ≠ better screen quality. In other words, content will remain just as equally sharp on any sized iMac you can buy today.

But yes, Apple should absolutely release a 30” plus iMac! Whether that model lands on both the regular iMac and the iMac Pro though remains to be seen.

 

[EdT]

As some people have pointed out, what was released didn’t represent a possible prototype. But unless there is some feature or improvement that wasn’t in the drawing and concept then there’s nothing here to get excited about.

 

[Jury]

What? The new iMac needs a thinner bezel and removal of its chin. Those patents are terrible and seem worse than the current model.
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It's kind of ugly and certainly more obtrusive than the current iMac... but hey maybe we're entering a retro-future era, with computers like the ones in Alien, and Alien: Isolation... I wouldn't mind too much. 👀

I mean you can only modernize (clean design-ize) and flatten, simplify things so much before it gets boring... Where do we go from here?

Agreed. It doesn't bode well with that design.

 

[iJustines]

The patents and design for the next generation iMac are unquestionably bad and reminds me of the inferior butterfly mechanisms fiasco.