Apple should use the whole design for the screen. The bottom line is so ugly... Would look like a huge IPad... I Like the new design, except that bottom line.
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Apple Reportedly Developing Larger iMac With Over 30-Inch Display
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Two more years?! Really, Tim? Was it too difficult to just slap some Macbook Pro M-chips into the existing 27" iMac? Jeez, talk about disenfranchising your iMac base.
I want to make the jump to AS but my 2019 iMac has been solid for me (512SSD, 40GB RAM).
The 24-inch iMac was appealing but the screen size difference was really noticeable. This 30-inch iMac could do the trick if I hold out for a couple of years — depends on the price.
I'm surprised they would make a bigger iMac for fear of cutting into the Studio Display sales.
The 24-inch iMac was appealing but the screen size difference was really noticeable. This 30-inch iMac could do the trick if I hold out for a couple of years — depends on the price.
I'm surprised they would make a bigger iMac for fear of cutting into the Studio Display sales.
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I didn't think it would bother me so much, but it's very jarring switching back and forth between the 5K iMac and the 30" ACD. These days I just use it as a secondary display when I GM on Roll20. Character sheets, campaign notes, etc.
Yes, please! We’ve needed a larger iMac for a while. This could double as a TV for small rooms.
I've been buying iMacs for longer than I wanna remember. It seems to me that they pretty much always always costing ~$4K when all is said and done. That includes the effects of inflation.
Just this past week I priced out a Studio/Studio system that would do what I want. Guess what! ~$4K.
At least the performance is getting better all the time.
Maybe, and I’m just spitballing here, a $3 trillion global tech company doesn’t plan their long-term product pipelines on whatever gear you happen to own right now.
You mean the equivalent of $4K in 2023 dollars? You must be spec'ing nicer iMacs than me
My own benchmark is the cost of an entry-level Mac laptop. The iBook G4 I bought in like 2005 cost around $1,000. Today's M1 MacBook Air... about $1,000. This despite some very significant inflation since 2005. As they always have, people love to whinge about Mac prices, but the inconvenient truth is, they're actually falling.
If they'd done that, people here would be howling about the "outdated" design and clawing their eyes out over the bezels.
But yeah, agreed. They took that route with the M1 Mini and the M1 Air, so it wouldn't have been a crime against humanity to add Apple Silicon to an iMac 5K as a stopgap last year or the year before. I almost wonder if some enterprising hacker has managed to do this, actually.
Agree, it won't, and I'm much happier with separate Mac and Display today.
Apple made that choice for me last year, and I am happy for it.
They already redesigned the imac for the 24”. Just scale it up to 27 and add faster chips and more ram. This isn’t rocket science That should take years to “develop” the hard work has already been done
You are going to be sorely disappointed if you expect this thing to be cheaper than a Studio Display + Mac Mini.
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* Vanilla Mac OS that came initially with the hardware during release without third party apps installed.
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How often has Gurman said a bigger iMac is coming now? I’m not convinced personally as Apple are clearly aiming the Mac Studio at the high end/pro market given how little effort they expended on the new Mac Pro. I’d also expect a fair amount of engineering effort will be expended on the Vision line including a non-pro version.
I just want a 32” 6k at 120hz Imac with multiple video inputs 😂 , a M1, 16gb ram and 512 ssd for 1499$ is that asking too much?
By the end of the week it will be re-published again.
The reason I bought a Mac Mini was because I wanted a 34" Ultra Wide monitor. There are a lot of us out here that like that format. Apple would be smart to compete in that market.
"People keep buying it, cause it's Apple". They ousted Scott Forstall for this, but at the same time it is the new strategy.