Deals: M1 iMacs Available for $199 Off on Amazon, Starting at Record Low Price of $1,099.99

[rpmurray]

Actually, it does. As a long-term iMac owner, I finally learned the lesson: iMac was high value at purchase time but a terrible waste at the end... when tech guts fail (or being made obsolete) means the best screen gets tossed too.

Separates change that. When my Mac Studio conks or is made obsolete, the monitor will move on to the replacement. A good monitor can easily be just as good for 10+ years. No new Mac is likely to be in up-to-date use in 10 years. Separating the two offers less value up front but more at the end (of the Macs life).

You do know that there are people that would buy your "tech guts fail" iMac to either turn it into a display (there are DIYs on ways to do this) or the replace a cracked screen on their still working iMac. Unless you're one of those people that toss everything into a landfill when one part breaks.

 

[StellarVixen]

When I see that side-view/profile angle, I imagine a modestly wedge-shaped back instead with a removable panel into which one could insert 2 or maybe 4 m.2 storage sticks for "as we need it" SSD expansion... like how former iMacs offered a removable panel to insert our own, third-party RAM. Yes, I know Apple would rather sell their high-profit internal storage at point of sale, but one can dream that they prioritize consumer utility/value instead of their own motive$$$.

And I also recall some early iMacs (post tubes) where only a few screws could remove the entire back, making upgrading anything inside somewhat easy. Since the screen in these Silicon iMacs will likely outlast the tech guts by a LONG time, wouldn't it be nice to be able to remove the back and swap out the tech guts to continue using the rest when Apple decides to obsolete or vintage those tech guts with macOS upgrades? This seems like a much better option than the whole "throw baby out with the bathwater" approach when any one part is made obsolete and/or fails... and a perfectly good monitor remains. It would certainly better fit Apple's environmental spin. If not DIY, let us bring a vintaging iMac into an Apple store, pay for the new guts and have the store do the swap. But, of course, there is much more profit in "throw baby out with the bathwater."

Honestly, external storage these days has came very far. I think upgradeable RAM would be much more valuable to happen, but there’s close to 0 chance that’s ever gonna happen with these in house chips. That’s just how they work. Maybe it’s possible to make RAM that is outside the SoC, but Apple still won’t do it.

 

[ignatius345]

Amazon today has Apple's M1 iMac (7-Core GPU, 256GB) for the all-time low price of $1,099.99 in Green, Silver, and Pink, down from $1,299.00. Although stock on the Green and Silver colors is dwindling, the Pink option remains steadily available to deliver by March 26.

You can get the same machine from Apple Refurbished page for exactly the same price. No need to rush for this sale.

 

[ignatius345]

I keep seeing people make that argument and yet we have the Mac Studio/Apple Studio Display combo, that costs a whole lot more and provides nothing additional over an iMac, being touted as a substitute.

Well, it does offer one thing (besides more cables): a cheaper and more flexible upgrade path down the road, since the computer is decoupled from the display. You do spend quite a bit more up front to get the display and computer separately.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

You do know that there are people that would buy your "tech guts fail" iMac to either turn it into a display (there are DIYs on ways to do this) or the replace a cracked screen on their still working iMac. Unless you're one of those people that toss everything into a landfill when one part breaks.

Yes, while I may have the technical ability to convert an iMac into a screen, that's not a mass market option... so I suspect most do end up in a landfill. My suggestion was about Apple making an iMac that maintains some "separates" thinking INSIDE the case... to actually make this an easy option for all.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Honestly, external storage these days has came very far. I think upgradeable RAM would be much more valuable to happen, but there’s close to 0 chance that’s ever gonna happen with these in house chips. That’s just how they work. Maybe it’s possible to make RAM that is outside the SoC, but Apple still won’t do it.

I lean on external myself but many argue the reason for an iMac is the "cleanliness" of an "ALL"-in-one. So that idea was about preserving that want. Once little and big "dongles" are hanging off an iMac, it is definitely no longer an all-in-one and, arguably, not a very clean desk solution either.

I'm quite happy with the separates route now and will not turn back again for anything.

 

[trigf]

This isn't a record low. Non-Affiliate stores have had it cheaper. Also anyone who buys an M1 iMac is going to be disappointed in about a month.

 

[trigf]

... screen tech advances a lot in the 5-10 years ya own an iMac.

Not necessarily. The panel being used in the $1600 Studio Display is the same panel in the 5K iMac that has been around since 2014.

 

[svish]

Good price. But M1 iMac is 2 years old and a new version might be released this year. But iMac releases don't seem to be a priority for Apple. So M1 iMac might still be a good buy.

 

[FlyingTexan]

I have a m1 MacBook Pro. It handles everything I throw at it as a daily driver. I finally feel I’m at a point where I don’t need anything new. So if apple wants me to buy something else they better up their game. They make a great product but right now, design/build wise, they simply are the best at refining old design over and over.

There’s only three things that keep me using going to a MacBook. Trackpad, speakers, and OS.