I lusted after the iMac Pro for years but couldn’t drop $5k on it. Now, I prefer the modularity of Mac Studio. Just wish the Studio Display was $600 cheaper.
Same thoughts here. The current iMac design and colours are to forget about.in terms of design they should have continued that amazing design..refinement was all they needed to do..
the new iMacs are such inferior, step-down designs..I don't know who came up with the new boring , educational, class room themeI really don't like it.
100% I love mine - runs silent except when I really put it through its paces!The thermal design is still unmatched.
The Cube was not very powerful, that things silent design held it back. And don't forget that the PowerMac G4 was based on the same design of the B&W PowerMac G3 so that is another exception.Apple is great at creating lovingly designed and very powerful (on release date) pro machines that are expensive, never get updates, are hard to upgrade and get replaced by another entirely new concept a few years later. Cube, Mac Pro 2013, iMac Pro... Mac Studio? Despite their lack of upgradeability (the Powermac G4 and first gen Mac Pro are exceptions that will forever be cherished) these machines all offered a few good years of solid performance and kept their owners happy.
The iMac G4 was the first iMac that I was blown away by, that thing was a masterpiece in design. I remember that stupid Gateway Profile 4 commercial that tried to make fun of it and I had PC friends that fell in love with the iMac G4 design because of the negative Gateway ad. Now look where Gateway is..Honestly, to me the iMac G4 will always be peak Apple design. No iMac after that one look good to me. Just my opinion, not a fact or anything.
That doesn't sound bad at all! You're also free to keep using that nice monitor with a Mac Studio or something. Decoupling the CPU from the monitor adds clutter but it really makes upgrading less painful.Very nice machine. Looking back, I should have just got one of these, because I ended up creating a frankenstein version consisting of a maxed out Intel Mac Mini, Vega64 eGPU and 27" 5K monitor.