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iMac 24" a bit more popular this year? See a lot of orders on the thread
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Is Apple likely to eventually release an iMac with a Pro or Max chip? What would be the reason not to? To encourage people to get a Studio instead? I'm not against getting a Studio but the relatively compact form factor of the 24" iMac is good for some workspaces.
I just got my 24-inch iMac set up...ordered extra stuff (32 MB RAM, 2 TB drive...yes, excessive? Maybe.) But, Adobe told me that my Intel hardware was "too old" to install Photoshop upgrade. Anyway, this thing cuts through DXO NIK Collection 7 presets (I have probably 100 in each module) like butter. Never really expected that. Coming from 2 Intel Mac Pros (2006 and 2010) and two more recent Intel iMacs (2015 and 2017), I was pleasantly surprised. Would have waited for next Studio, but I want it all contained (small footprint), as in iMac.
That's good to know. I do some video editing regularly, not usually anything too terribly demanding, but primarily need it for working with lots of large photos in Lightroom and Photoshop and Topaz Photo AI. Increasingly, I'm using AI tools for noise reduction etc, and they take a bit of time to run on each photo, which adds up. I'm not sure if that's primarily using the main processor cores or the graphics processor cores.
The iMac has a certain elegance to it which either a Mini or Studio when combined with a Studio Display lacks.
For low to medium workloads the regular M4 with the dual coolers of the iMac should be just fine from what I have gathered by reading numerous comments but I think anybody should be considerate when choosing the ram and ssd.
I currently use 2 x 25inch monitors with my Linux desktop machine that runs Ubuntu Studio, I primarily use it for hobby video projects in Resolve and it runs well. I previously had a 32inch TV as a monitor and found it far too large, I'd never go bigger than 27inch and would choose an ultrawide over anything larger.
For low to medium workloads the regular M4 with the dual coolers of the iMac should be just fine from what I have gathered by reading numerous comments but I think anybody should be considerate when choosing the ram and ssd.
I currently use 2 x 25inch monitors with my Linux desktop machine that runs Ubuntu Studio, I primarily use it for hobby video projects in Resolve and it runs well. I previously had a 32inch TV as a monitor and found it far too large, I'd never go bigger than 27inch and would choose an ultrawide over anything larger.
I still have my 2017 iMac, and I like the expanded screen space; in fact, I doubted seriously if I could even adapt to the 24-inch. So, I just bumped up this 24-inch iMac to max resolution of 2560 x 1440 and bumped up my text size on everything to default 14 point--and large typeface in Photoshop--so now I have just as much working space as I did with the 27-inch. Very happy given my less-than-perfect vision.
I tried what you posted. I also saw in the Display resolution panel that using a scaled resolution may affect performance. So far I didn't notice anything different. I wonder what Apple means by that.
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Yeah, I keep looking for performance problems, but I can't find any. I did run the machine on the default setting before resetting to the higher resolution (at 2560 x 1440), and I can tell absolutely no difference...so far.
Love mine. Have the M1 and have pondered upgrading to the M4 and increasing my RAM. As a general family/home computer it's fantastic. Seeing my kids use it to do their homework always makes me smile.
Thats good to know about performance. When you switch the font size to 14. Is it in this setting "System Settings/Accessibility/Display/Text Size/... thats where you did that right?
Oh I did try to research this a year ago and forgot. Found this article. It's not a bad performance hit.
What is Display Scaling on Mac, and why you (probably) shouldn't worry about it | AppleInsider
Display scaling makes the size of your Mac's interface more comfortable on non-Retina monitors but incurs some visual and performance penalties. We explain these effects and how much they matter.
appleinsider.com
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Yes, this is in System Settings/Accessibility/Display/Text. There you can set a default size using a slider, and if you click on Text Size (Under Text), you gain the ability to set sizes for other components...or override the default text size in any given program. Going to go read your linked article now.
I have a 2012 iMac and I want something larger than 27-inch.
Hopefully in 2025 a 32-inch model may come out.
Your welcome. I'm doing a lot of family conversion or improving family videos from camcorders in the 80's 90's and the 1% hit is negligible to me.
