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Apple Rumored to Launch 27-Inch Mini-LED iMac With ProMotion in Early 2022 [Updated]
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Apple really is fixing the errors of its ways. No longer will they need to stand on the keynote stage and embarrassingly reassure their core customer base they care about the Mac. Instead, they are acting like Mac users and delivering great hardware.. Now, just get the software up to par.
I have never understood the lack of a mainstream Apple display. Millions of workers with beautiful Macs connected to cheap plastic Dell or Samsung or LG displays.
I’m not just a ”day 1” customer, I will authorize hundreds and hundreds of these to be purchased and donate all the current junk displays we’ve suffered through For far too long.
Everyone knowns these will be expensive, just don’t make them too expensive Apple.
I have never understood the lack of a mainstream Apple display. Millions of workers with beautiful Macs connected to cheap plastic Dell or Samsung or LG displays.
I’m not just a ”day 1” customer, I will authorize hundreds and hundreds of these to be purchased and donate all the current junk displays we’ve suffered through For far too long.
Everyone knowns these will be expensive, just don’t make them too expensive Apple.
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When Steve first returned to Apple, he was all about cutting down the number of products in development and just focusing on a few things to really excel at. Apple has since gotten so big that they’re expanding into ever more product categories. But hopefully they don‘t end up losing the focus that got them where they are in the first place. Probably won’t happen as long as Tim Cook’s in charge. But who really knows.
Brand it as PRO display and Apple can charge 10x of what they want with maybe 3x or 4x better performance in some metrics over competitors.
If you replace iMac with toilet, people are saying they’d rather wait for one really nice toilet than to have two bathrooms.
You're supposed to buy an iMac for desktop use. That's the message being sent.
I don’t understand the question? Personally, I would not be comfortable with only 8GB RAM in any contemporary computer. Even 16GB RAM seems limited and likely to become restrictive within 3-4 years of updates. I use a 27” iMac (2013-2014) i7 Quadcore with 24GB RAM, and it’s really not enough memory to run several Adobe and Microsoft programs, and Chrome concurrently. But, 5 years ago, that was a very comfortable spec.
I know that Apple claims their use of RAM is ‘optimized’…but I’ll have to see and experience it to believe it.
I want the 27” iMac with 32GB RAM. 😀 Very excited that it might be released in March! Still not sure how I feel about all the new iMac colors.
The iMac M1 gives you access to macOS Monterey and APFS. Sure, you can’t run Crysis, but it doesn’t make it a waste of money.
I constantly jump onto older computers when I’m rendering or exporting.
What would you do with the 27” iMac with 32GB of RAM when the thread is locked?
Sit and wait?
I suspect you maybe on the right track.
Entry Level release year 2020 is M1 with MBA, previous style MBP, MacMini and iMac 24”
Mid Level release year 2021 is M1 Pro (Max optional) with MBP 14/16”, iMac Pro 27” and MacMini Pro
Top Level release year 2022 is M1 Max (Pro Max optional) with MP
Two year AS transition.
Entry Level release year 2022 is M2 with MBA
Mid Level release year 2023
Top Level release year 2024
etcetera
Me too. They've been going strong for years and I have my B&O speakers plugged into an Airport Express for the Airplay.
I'll buy some nice HomeKit WiFi 6 AirPorts as soon as they drop...
It’s the AS introductory release year which may stagger some products into the following year.
It probably is sinful to buy two Apple TV’s if you own 1 television. Unless you hook it up to a monitor, or find some other use for it.
And I feel the same about Apple Watch. If I don’t wear it in on my wrist, I could use it as a nightstand, but not much else.
But I don’t see the issue in jumping between computers while you’re waiting to maximize your time.
I’m not trying to be a troll, but most Mac apps require some kind of waiting period:
- Xcode
- Logic
- Blender
- Final Cut Pro
- Photoshop
- Time Machine
- File Transfers
- Geek Bench
So why is it better, or morally right, to sit and do nothing?
Ephesians 5:11 Don’t waste your time on useless work, mere busywork, the barren pursuits of darkness. Expose these things for the sham they are.
And I feel the same about Apple Watch. If I don’t wear it in on my wrist, I could use it as a nightstand, but not much else.
But I don’t see the issue in jumping between computers while you’re waiting to maximize your time.
I’m not trying to be a troll, but most Mac apps require some kind of waiting period:
- Xcode
- Logic
- Blender
- Final Cut Pro
- Photoshop
- Time Machine
- File Transfers
- Geek Bench
So why is it better, or morally right, to sit and do nothing?
Ephesians 5:11 Don’t waste your time on useless work, mere busywork, the barren pursuits of darkness. Expose these things for the sham they are.
whoops I thought the article said they are releasing a new 27" monitor. lol.
they changed it right or was I imagining things. edit: they did.
27" iMac is going to be $2400k unfortunately.
Possibly they could do an M1 model for cheaper I suppose or one with less cores like they did with the MBPs.
they changed it right or was I imagining things. edit: they did.
27" iMac is going to be $2400k unfortunately.
Possibly they could do an M1 model for cheaper I suppose or one with less cores like they did with the MBPs.
Seems quite logical to me too.
But, would a "desktop version" of the M1 Pro of Max be higher spec'ed than the mobile version?
If no one buys the 27” Pro, and everyone chooses the 27” Max, what happens to the 27” Pro?
I’m just curious. I know Apple tries to refurbish them, but I don’t see many people buying unused iPhone 5c.
yeah I plugged my APE back in because I was having some internet issues for weeks. And that solved the problem.