Pfft. Hold out till they mix things up and bring back the materials used for pre-flat-design iOS/macOS.
Who needs a white bezel or a black bezel when you can have wood grain, or rich corinthian leather, or green felt.
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Hands-On With Apple's New Orange M1 iMac
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Who needs a white bezel or a black bezel when you can have wood grain, or rich corinthian leather, or green felt.
That is literally the ugliest colored computer ever.
I see you never saw/had a key-lime iBook.
Shouldn't be any fundamental difference - the XDR has local dimming that improves the dynamic range but that's not about "sharpness". As you say, Apple tend to keep the pixel density constant so moving to a larger display is more like extending the size of the desktop.
However, you might choose a different "scaled" resolution to get your preferred amount of "real estate" for that physical screen size. So if you set it to "looks like 2560x1440" you'll get the same amount of text and icons on the screen (but smaller) as a 5k iMac, but because it is getting scaled down by a non-integer ratio it will have some minor artefacts. That's the only respect in which it is "less sharp" than a 5k iMac display, and that's a bit of a stretch.
Orange is the new Space Gray! Or... Um.... I haven't seen the red one yet. Hmm...
And some of the early iMacs were bile raising experiences. I remember someone calling the spotted iMac as 'contagious', and that was not a compliment. He hoped he didn't catch whatever the system caught, covering his body with big white spots...
But everyone's a critic. I'm sure there will be *someone* who will buy one of the more questionable colors. And they who come up with a 'wrap' for the people that bought the color and get tired of it in the (near?) future will make some handy cash...
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I want a red keyboard. I am fascinated with their new Magsafe connection. It's what they should have used from the start, but likely because the decreased demand of the new machines(?)
Anyone bought the red one with pictures?
It looks like the sticker might be too big, but maybe that's why they included the color keyed stickers. Hmm... Great idea!
Apparently, the original orange iMac (CRT version) didn't sell well either. Who the hell does the research on the color pallet at Apple?
erm, (tries to put hand up not very high and hope no one notices), I bought the Tangerine version.😉
Not really worried on the colour myself but obviously many are.
Really need to see how it does for my wants.
Creative types will make their own custom stick-on bezels. For the less creative types, probably coming soon from the guys that bought you HomePod coasters.
The "correct" colour for the borders of a computer display is probably neutral mid grey - to minimise distraction when working with colour on-screen. Frankly, the silver option comes close enough.
Or, maybe something like the Philips Hue TVs that gently illuminates the bezels with the "average colour" of the current screen? C'mon Apple, chameleon-effect bezels should be a nice challenge for your ace designers...
Personally, the bit I don't like is the combination of white bezel and pastel-coloured chin and the appearance of a seam between the two (although it is actually a single sheet of glass). Against a light background, the screen appears to float over the chin, which then looks odd because it is wider. Having the entire front face either white, pastel or black would look better to me.
Meanwhile, the point has already been made that Apple have spent the last several years pushing "dark" colour schemes which work better with black bezels...
iPad on a stick. Yes. They denied it, but so many manufacturers have gone the 'mobile on the desktop' direction. I remember attending an Intel conference where they were pushing that 'MODT' angle really hard. It pretty much flattened the market as using faster more capable processors would be barred from that dogma. Heat was the one question people asked, and the answer was 'dialing down expectations, and unspoken 'capability'.
Apple seems, more than others, to be all in favor of dumping most of their users into a small box, and ignoring their needs. For Apple, it makes manufacturing easier, same board, different sprinkles. For users, it's get what you think you need, and pay for it, in many potential ways. Cash, heat, not able to upgrade, etc...
If the market accepts this 'iPad on a stick', like they accepted the whole iMac agenda, it will radically change the computer market, and decimate the 'pro market'. Already, if you want to play 'pro', you have to pony up some huge cash with Apple. It's probably not going to get any better, sadly...
Smart. Seeing something on a screen and seeing something in person can make a world of difference.
I’m reminded that I am in the market to upgrade the alloy wheels on my car—I presently have 17 in. and I want 18s. Looking online is a pain because the vast majority of wheels shown are depicted as an illustration and somewhat flat in presentation—they don’t look anything like actual photos. So if you see something you kind of like you then try finding actual photos through Google. Sometimes some sites have photos of wheels mounted on people’s car, but they often not the best pictures. And people often don’t have the opportunity to go to an actual store to see the actual wheel. So ordering wheels online can be a crap shoot. What I managed to do is find photos of some of the wheels I’ve liked and photoshopped them onto a photo of my car to get a clearer idea of whether a given wheel would actually look good on the car. Sometimes something looks good on its own, but doesn’t suit the car and sometimes looks okay on its own, but really pops when on the car. Weird. Then there is the issue of fitment, but thats a whole other story.
Being able to see something in person sitting right in front of you is the best way to make a decision.
To all the detractors of the new iMac: we get it—you hate it. You hate the colours. It looks like a toy. It’s not a real computer any self-respecting person would buy.
Your repeating the same things over and over and over is not enlightening or persuading anyone to change their minds. So you are here pissing in people’s cereal to no purpose other than to maybe try to make it look like you’ve smarter and managed not to drink the Apple Kool Aid. 🙄
Yes! There were many people that bought the lesser colors, and loved them. I worked at a reseller that really tried to not stock many iMacs in their local stores. As a result, they ended up with a glut of them in their distribution centers, and had to pay to ship them, at a loss, to stores that sold them for a loss. But Apple wasn't using 'just in time delivery', where machines would be built in the 'custom' color, one at a time if needed, which should definitely help ease inventory concerns for these new colored macs, but what of returned systems. Ahh... Indeed... The Apple refurb store is about to get a lot bigger...
Gollum's computer!!!
Oh, yeah, I bought a Cabletron NuBus adapter for my IIcx, and took it into work a few times (They had a T3 line) and people would often flock around me/it as I was actually able to get some real business work done using it (as well as trying to download the internet). I was eventually asked to not bring it in because it was 'disruptive', and wasn't business provided equipment. *sigh* But several people actually bought macs after that.
Of course you love it, because the chin of the green iMac is a nice turquoise. They look all great from the back, but I think only the green looks good from the front.
PS: Where’s the ifixit teardown of this machine?
Here’s my problem...
Real life vs Apple website.
Real life vs Apple website.
As I suspected...to my taste it looks awful when the screen is off (which will be most of the time in a home environment).
Agreed! Not just the black screen, but also the two tone pastel and dark stand...just looks...weird.
It is very elegant and when they brighten up offices it’s going to look and feel amazing.
If you want ugly there were computers that looked like this……
Were you around when the iMac G3 was released and sold millions?
Butterface
Yeah I was surprised how different it looks from the promotional material. I thought the chin was going to be the same color as the stand, just under glass. But it clearly is a more pastel color especially in the orange version.
Yeah I was surprised how different it looks from the promotional material. I thought the chin was going to be the same color as the stand, just under glass. But it clearly is a more pastel color especially in the orange version.
You’re missing my point. There are some liberties with marketing, but the difference between the two images is huge.