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Credible Leaker Says New iMac to Feature 'Really Big' Display Larger Than Current 27-inch Model
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I had a couple of iMacs -- including the original Bondi Blue -- but it stopped making sense to me that I had to retire the monitor when I retired the machine. I'm now on a 2018-era mini, and switch my monitor (a Samsung 4K) back and forth between that and my gaming PC, which I couldn't do with a Mac.
I'm holding off moving to an M1 mini because (a) there are some open-source software packages I use that haven't made the leap yet and (b) I'm curious to see whether we hear anything substantial about the M1X this month.
There are reasons for the iMac, but they're not for everybody.
I'm holding off moving to an M1 mini because (a) there are some open-source software packages I use that haven't made the leap yet and (b) I'm curious to see whether we hear anything substantial about the M1X this month.
There are reasons for the iMac, but they're not for everybody.
I'm just looking at a Mac mini, but heck I could get the 21" iMac equivalent size and it would work too - and maybe have that M1X in it!
I have a feeling that for unified memory 16Gb may have to be a used for a 6k display if it has to be used as a display frame buffer as well
Everyone needs a hobby. Mine is technology. Yours seems to be spending time on the wrong website. I would say my life is pretty full, and I think my dignity tank— whatever that is—is as well.
Apparently not so since the 8GB M1 Mac mini can be used to drive the 6K Pro Display XDR.
Here's hoping you're correct since my office set-up is constraint to the current 27" footprint.
Yes but what if the iMac user wants to add an additional Pro Display XDR? The standard M1 mini can use one 6k display plus a 4k display. If an M1 iMac has a built in 6k display then it's only going to allow an external 4k display to be added (not even a 5k?).
This to me suggests that M1X will be the dividing factor and I would wager that all those SKUs will come with 16Gb baseline RAM too. In other words, M1X will be driving 32" iMac while M1 will be left to the 24"...
It will support a processor of four times the power. It will include a great display as a great value.
There's enough thermal headroom in a Mac mini to support some form of M1X chipset though. Will be interesting to see if Apple do that to replace the upper SKU which is still Intel for now.
If we're talking a 32 inch "bezel-less" screen it can't be 5 inches bigger diagonally and 4-5 inches wider than the 27 inch iMac. If the 27 inch iMac has a diagonal width of 30.5 inches with the bezel and chin, that would mean maybe 1.5-2 inches wider.
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27 will probably be the smallest option, with 32 or 34 being the larger size
All good, but until all widespread apps are updated to work on apple silicon, any increase in performance will be negligeable.
I'm really really hoping betas for native versions of Illustrator and After Effects, by Adobe, will be available by this summer (during adobe max).
Photoshop has been released (and it's fast), Premiere Pro will be released very soon and Audition, inDesign, Media Encoder and Premiere Rush are available as betas for apple silicon.
Anyway for the updated M1 chip apple needs to take good care of the GPU side, the CPU performance of the M1 one are great as they are but so many programs are now GPU accelerated and the integrated graphics is just not enough (not considering the many glitches with external displays)...
As of today, it seems that the apple silicon GPU experience is still in beta, while the CPU one is pretty solid, assuming the support for rosetta 2 isn't dropped anytime soon.
I personally have a mac mini 16GB M1 since december, and only now that 75% of the apps I use have been made M1 native it feels like a smooth experience.
Apple really struck gold with this transition and I can't wait for all the macOS third party software to be made native...
Even "cheap" machines (like my mini) will run like a joy.
I cannot wait for an M1 native version of After Effects, as it is one of the apps that has the biggest potential for improvement, with the Apple Silicon Architecture.
With regards to my next mac, it'll be one of the rumoured macbook pros with the new designs, as I play to travel quite a bit once thid damn pandemic will be over...
I'm really really hoping betas for native versions of Illustrator and After Effects, by Adobe, will be available by this summer (during adobe max).
Photoshop has been released (and it's fast), Premiere Pro will be released very soon and Audition, inDesign, Media Encoder and Premiere Rush are available as betas for apple silicon.
Anyway for the updated M1 chip apple needs to take good care of the GPU side, the CPU performance of the M1 one are great as they are but so many programs are now GPU accelerated and the integrated graphics is just not enough (not considering the many glitches with external displays)...
As of today, it seems that the apple silicon GPU experience is still in beta, while the CPU one is pretty solid, assuming the support for rosetta 2 isn't dropped anytime soon.
I personally have a mac mini 16GB M1 since december, and only now that 75% of the apps I use have been made M1 native it feels like a smooth experience.
Apple really struck gold with this transition and I can't wait for all the macOS third party software to be made native...
Even "cheap" machines (like my mini) will run like a joy.
I cannot wait for an M1 native version of After Effects, as it is one of the apps that has the biggest potential for improvement, with the Apple Silicon Architecture.
With regards to my next mac, it'll be one of the rumoured macbook pros with the new designs, as I play to travel quite a bit once thid damn pandemic will be over...
This obsession with zero-bezels is a manufactured objective - like "megapixels" and "thinness".
Bezels are good. They separate your desktop from the background environment in your field of vision - reducing physical eyestrain and cognitive load.
Zero-bezel is like zero-depth "glass surface" keyboards. It might sound cool in the marketing department, and you can probably get a load of tech magazine/website editors excited by it .. but in reality it is a really bad idea.
Here's an illustration ....
Bezels are good. They separate your desktop from the background environment in your field of vision - reducing physical eyestrain and cognitive load.
Zero-bezel is like zero-depth "glass surface" keyboards. It might sound cool in the marketing department, and you can probably get a load of tech magazine/website editors excited by it .. but in reality it is a really bad idea.
Here's an illustration ....
Because it will have integrated into one package a really nice monitor, webcam, speakers and microphone — all of which you have to source and plug into that Mini.
I get the appeal of that modular approach, but for a lot of people it just makes more sense to buy a single all-in-one machine.
It doesn’t need to get physically wider. It would cause extreme fatigue to my eyes. I AR’ed the Pro XDR onto my desk and it looks huge. I wouldn’t like to have such a huge screen.
On the other side, a 24 inch would be too small for me. But I am only using the iMac 4 hours a day and I wouldn’t need such a powerhorse. So maybe a Mac Mini would do too. We’ll just wait and see.
On the other side, a 24 inch would be too small for me. But I am only using the iMac 4 hours a day and I wouldn’t need such a powerhorse. So maybe a Mac Mini would do too. We’ll just wait and see.
And yet here you are in this forum reading and commenting 🤔
Hard disagree. Height is useful for anyone who wants to work with text (or even web pages) without constantly scrolling.
I don’t think the display will be the same size as the XDR — thinking at or just below 30 inches for the larger size.
Regardless, if the design comes out like renders and what’s in my head, this will be peak Mac design.
Regardless, if the design comes out like renders and what’s in my head, this will be peak Mac design.
