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Apple's 27-Inch 'iMac Pro' With Mini-LED Display Expected in Spring 2022

It will be cheaper than the current 16 MBP.

I have one at home but will be returning it. The notebook form is just not for me. (too many compromises)

So, I look forward to what they give us.

JippaLippa said:
I ended up choosing the 16" mbpro because I needed a new work machine now (april is too late), but also because I expected the 2022 iMac to be outrageously expensive, mostly becsuse of the Liquid Retina XDR Display, and I'd still need a second display.
I'd rather spend roughly the same amount of money on a 16" and an Apple display.



I have no doubt the imac pro will be outrageously expensive.



I really hope for something in the middle.
Having a traditional LCD for professionals would be obsolete (terrible technology for video editors and colorists), so it'd have to be the liquid retina XDR, however I'd hope that by removing promotion and making it smaller (27") we could have something in the ballpark of 1500$.
I'd totally get one of those.
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JippaLippa said:
I ended up choosing the 16" mbpro because I needed a new work machine now (april is too late), but also because I expected the 2022 iMac to be outrageously expensive, mostly becsuse of the Liquid Retina XDR Display, and I'd still need a second display.
I'd rather spend roughly the same amount of money on a 16" and an Apple display.



I have no doubt the imac pro will be outrageously expensive.



I really hope for something in the middle.
Having a traditional LCD for professionals would be obsolete (terrible technology for video editors and colorists), so it'd have to be the liquid retina XDR, however I'd hope that by removing promotion and making it smaller (27") we could have something in the ballpark of 1500$.
I'd totally get one of those.
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Would definitely replace my Huawei Mateview with two of those
 
NOT sure that's a good use of Apple's resources ...

Anybody remember those 5+ years Munster had been shouting from rooftops "Apple TV is coming" ?

we'll, consider this ...

what if Apple combined a 24" (high-nits) OLED with their Apple TV hardware ?

Would that be of interest to many ?

How about just Sports fans OR really anyone interested in High-End Live Content ?

IMO, I don't think Tim Cook has a Good Team working for him !

'Cause, to me, this is a NO Brainer product, yet NO signs of it :(

As long as the hardware supported Rec.2100, I can see NO reason it wouldn't sell like Popcorn ? ...

except perhaps if Apple priced it @ typical Apple Pricing levels.

But, if they thought it through, they wouldn't ...

The gist, if Apple wants their TV service to take off, they need to Go Vertical & focus on High-End Live Content, with Sports at the top of the list.

Live Sports is after-all, what keeps people tied to Cable & Satellite.

Google TV is $65 USD per month here in the States, & that's for 1080p.

Apple could probably get 20% of Google's market share (right off the bat) just by Leapfrogging them with a Vertically-integrated solution, specific to High-End Live Content.

If Apple priced the Hardware @ $549 (1/2 the price of the cheapest 13 Pro Max here in the States), it would be their Top Selling New Product (IFF the companion Service was priced right, that is; $45/month is probably the Max the market will support) !

Of course, Google would quickly follow-suit, OR perhaps, Google is first.

Anyway, how do you like them Apples Gene Munster ?
 
I never owned an iMac and I thought the next model could maybe be for me but 27 inches is a deal breaker.
 
HeavenDynamic said:
I was hoping for 30-inches.
27“ with smaller bezels might feel kinda small.
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jz0309 said:
Timing as expected, screen size no, really want something bigger, 30 would be good with 6k
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what do you guys do that requires more than 27"?

my personal preference is one screen, dead centre for focused work. I dont want anything else distracting me, so tend to work on one window at a time, and have the workspaces set up to allow this.

I am currently sat here on a 4k 27" working in multiple types of apps [CAD / RT viz / adobe / and the usual stuff].
 
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richinaus said:
what do you guys do that requires more than 27"?

my personal preference is one screen, dead centre for focused work. I dont want anything else distracting me, so tend to work on one window at a time, and have the workspaces set up to allow this.

I am currently sat here on a 4k 27" working in multiple types of apps [CAD / RT viz / adobe / and the usual stuff].
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I have many windows open at any time, plus, when photo editing, my 26MP raw photos still don't fit on the screen, so higher resolution will help me ...
 
I don’t think it would make sense to call it an iMac Pro again (even if it has the M1 Pro or Max chipsets), especially at 27”. An updated iMac sounds right. Later when they release their Apple Silicon Pro tower at that time I could see them putting those innards into a 32+” IMac Pro that would start at $5K.
 
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brett_x said:
Target Display Mode or bust :)

Edit to point out: It would be an actual selling point for people working from home. Just plug in your work laptop and *boom*, it's a sweet display. (I used my 2010 iMac like that for years).
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Agreed.

My "work" monitor that my company supplied absolutely disgusts me, and ruins my workspace shared with my iMac.

Target mode with a PC (without needing my nanny-state IT department to approve the vid output) would make me sell my 24" iMac instantly.
 
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Realityck said:
We knew it was spring 2022 all along. I originally predicted the end of April shipping May 2022. ;)


Still not sure it will be called iMac Pro? We had years of a smaller consumer iMac and a larger iMac. The intel iMac Pro has ceased, replaced by the much more capable M based processors. Time will tell with that rumor.
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Yeah, but some people on here were oddly proclaiming January-February, so it’s nice to have this affirmed.
 
Hopefully by next spring Apple will have figured out how to make ProMotion 120Hz work system wide. Right now, it's a bit of a joke.
 
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dlewis23 said:
It better not have an "iMac Pro" price to go with it. We need the replacement to the 27" iMac that is $1999, not $5000.
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The chances of it being $1,999 are about the same as a tuna fish escaping from the can alive. That's how much you're going to be paying for the iPhone 15 next year.
 
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Darth Tulhu said:
I highly doubt the iMac Pro will come with a notch.

I also doubt it'll come without a chin.

However, I do believe that it'll be available bigger than 27 inches, which would make the chin look smaller.

I'm not in the market, but I can't wait.
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I vote edge-to-edge and $2,999 just like the pictures. In conjunction with a new external display being launched with Mac mini updates. Come back here in 6 months to either quote me or emoji poop on my face.
 
MrGunnyPT said:
Give us the external consumer level display....
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Exactly, missing a huge gap with those millions of us that want a sweet 27-32" Mac display that is less than $1000 stand included. Right now you have to buy the $12000 beast for rocket science or some LG substitute. Huge miss by the Apple deciders in chief. Not that I expect any group of people, small or large, to be awesome anymore.
 
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