OK, but how do you attribute a coherent strategy to Apple not updating the Mac Mini for four years, from late 2014 to late 2018? That seems more like a lack of coherent strategy to me—like maybe they couldn't decide whether they were going to drop it or not. And while of course other considerations can intervene and cause delays, I don't see how one could seriously say that external factors (e.g., delays in Intel's roadmap) prevented Apple from updating it for four whole years.
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'iMac Pro' Coming in 2022 With M1 Pro/Max Chips, 27-Inch Mini-LED Display, MacBook Pro Ports and More
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I hope it accepts video signals so that we can use the iMac screen as monitor.
This would be appreciated by many people currently working from home and using Windows laptops.
Apple droppd the ability to use iMacs as external monitors in 2014, and didn't bring it back with the new M1 iMac, so I'm guessing it won't be available with the big iMac either. I agree that's unfortunate, since these really would make beautiful external monitors. Though there is a *possible* workaround:
M1 iMacs don't offer Target Display Mode for use as an external monitor, but here's a workaround - 9to5Mac
One of the handy features of older iMacs was Target Display Mode, an option that allowed you to use an...
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Yep. The M1 Pro has the same core running at the same clock as the M1. It does have faster memory, but a single core probably can’t make use of that in most applications.
Monterey allows you to screen share. You can easily blast your iPhone to the iMac, your iMac to an Apple TV and possibly your MacBook to your iMac.
Windows? Not a chance me thinks!
I was thinking that these may not be powerful enough? I know geekbench is just a drop in the ocean when looking at processors but the current iMac Pro’s have higher scores. Maybe they will clock it higher. Either way I think the max and pro would work wonders in an iMac!
Would it be worth the probable 2 grand plus asking price then though? When there are other options on the market.
No intel. No thanks.
Bought a 2020.
Bought a 2020.
most likely not. I do mostly photo and graphic work so HDR isn't really needed but I just feel after using the MBP screen, using lesser monitors would be a let down. Unless you have recs for a nice 4/5k screen that's great with color for photo related stuff?
I believe Mac Mini is not a strategic product for Apple, it is probably not generating enough profit to warrant a lot of resources.
In product development you do not have unlimited resources. If another product needs more focus because it is strategically more important resources will be diverted to the more important project and an update of a less important product cancelled or delayed.
From the inside the decisions are typically well analyzed and motivated. From the outside it may not be obvious.
Guys sorry but it's not going to look anything like that.
Expect the same form factor as the new iMac just black bezels, bigger screen and available in silver and space grey only.
That's all you're getting.
Expect the same form factor as the new iMac just black bezels, bigger screen and available in silver and space grey only.
That's all you're getting.
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They could have, but the performance improvements weren’t that great, so maybe they felt it wasn’t worth the hassle.
If you ask me, it doesn’t matter if it’s a 3% faster, if there’s a new chip, either use it or adjust the price accordingly (you’re selling 4 years old tech). Apple did neither. Hopefully we’ll return to roughly yearly refreshes now that apple controls design and production of the chips.
"The device will feature the same M1 Pro and M1 Max chips that Apple introduced with the MacBook Pro models, and there could possibly be an added configuration."
The Intel iMac already has a 10-core CPU and up to 128GB RAM, and Intel's Alder Lake chips expected in the next few weeks have up to 16 cores, so I could imagine a further iteration of the M1 SoC with either more cores, or the efficiency cores (that can't be used for hyperthreading) replaced with performance cores, plus more real estate for memory. The alternative would be to leave a top-end Intel offering until the M2/A15 family is ready.
My main interest, though, is a larger 32-in display or failing which, an identically-bodied monitor that could be hooked up alongside. Otherwise I might wait for a revised Mac Mini and do my own thing with a widescreen non-Apple display.
The Intel iMac already has a 10-core CPU and up to 128GB RAM, and Intel's Alder Lake chips expected in the next few weeks have up to 16 cores, so I could imagine a further iteration of the M1 SoC with either more cores, or the efficiency cores (that can't be used for hyperthreading) replaced with performance cores, plus more real estate for memory. The alternative would be to leave a top-end Intel offering until the M2/A15 family is ready.
My main interest, though, is a larger 32-in display or failing which, an identically-bodied monitor that could be hooked up alongside. Otherwise I might wait for a revised Mac Mini and do my own thing with a widescreen non-Apple display.
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Then maybe Apple should start a new product designation: “Noob”.
iPhone Noob
MacBook Noob
iMac Noob
and…
AirPods Noob
I hope it comes in multiple colours. Just because it is the pro machine, don't mean it has to be boring.
I get that for a product like AirPods Pro, which are really just AirPods Premium. But an iMac Pro is literally a product for professionals.
Guess what? You won’t get either of those. Creating a mini-LED display at that size in 16:9 for mass production is going to be difficult enough much less a super-wide. Target Display Mode has been gone since 2013, and replaced with AirPlay to Mac, SideCar and Universal Control plus third party solutions like Luna and AstroPad. No, none of them are TDM, but they are close enough for Apple. TDM is gone for good.
I remember the iMac DV SE only came in graphite. For some reason, it’s been a multi decade habit of theirs to make high/top end machines grayscale.