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iMac Turns 25 Today: When to Expect the Next Model to Launch
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Apple lost the ability to say "one more thing" and amaze everyone.
I agree. And that's precisely why I think that Tim Cook should've never been promoted to CEO and instead just remained in charge of supply chain management. Cook did an excellent job when he was only in charge of supply chain management.
Maybe but Jobs picked him probably because he knew Cook wouldn't try to second-guess him or try to change Apple culture. Cooks surely made a lot of decisions that Jobs wouldn't have made, but he never tried to make Apple something it isn't.
ouch, it just hurts when I am reminded how Macs were exciting back in the days
Apple is giving hints to more "fun" design, but still playing it too safe. Let's hope that they have the courage to release some truly fun designs like the original iMacs and iPods.
That may be partially true, but the real problem with the puck mouse was that it was round. One could not know that the mouse was correctly aligned in their hand, so it suffered a usability design flaw. The second-generation Apple TV remote also suffered that same design problem. Was too easy to grab it the wrong way. There was insufficient tactile feedback to identify which way was "up".
Cool phone - that was one of the many Nokias that I owned. I loved the design appeal of the Matrix utilised one - 8110.
Not a single leak or analyst pointing towards anything but an M2 or M3 24" iMac.
So who cares?
It's a mini or Studio + overpriced underperforming Studio Display if you need anything more than 24".
But, obviously, all Studio Display, M1/M2/M3 24" iMac, and most Mac Studio sales would be annihilated in an instant if Apple put out an new 27-32 inch iMac with specs comparable to a Mac Studio or mini Pro and at a $3000-$4000 price point. Probably even a $5000 27" M2 or M3 iMac would still canibalize most other current desktop Macs.
Apple knows what they're doing.
Which means no >24" iMac until both 27" Studio Display and current iMacs are phased out of the Mac line-up.
So who cares?
It's a mini or Studio + overpriced underperforming Studio Display if you need anything more than 24".
But, obviously, all Studio Display, M1/M2/M3 24" iMac, and most Mac Studio sales would be annihilated in an instant if Apple put out an new 27-32 inch iMac with specs comparable to a Mac Studio or mini Pro and at a $3000-$4000 price point. Probably even a $5000 27" M2 or M3 iMac would still canibalize most other current desktop Macs.
Apple knows what they're doing.
Which means no >24" iMac until both 27" Studio Display and current iMacs are phased out of the Mac line-up.
The most beautiful computer ever made. Must be one of the most iconic computer and products of all time.
Unfortunately I never had the pleasure of owning one.
Unfortunately I never had the pleasure of owning one.
Well, 32" iMac is not coming as long as 27" Studio Display, 24" iMac, and 27" Studio and 32" XDR Displays are still in the line-up.
Why? Because a 27"-32" iMac in the $3000-$6000 range would kill sales of most current desktop Macs.
Plus, there's only(!) leaks and talk from analysts about updates to the current 24", nothing bigger than that.
Best case we're getting a crazy expensive Mac Pro within 2 years from now, sans built in display(obviously).
Or spec bumps for Mac Studio or mini Pro (all of which Apple is going to still only sell the current Studio Display and XDR Display for).
Agreed. Unless Apple has managed to keep a tight lid on any leak whatsoever regarding a new 27in. iMac then it’s simply not happening within the foreseeable future. And the prospects of getting a larger than 27in. iMac are as good as finding unicorns are real.
I picked up a Bondi on the day it was released. The motherboard appeared to have been meant for a different computer. It had all the pads for the floppy drive components. One person out there added the parts back and got a floppy to work. Also, the monitor connected to the motherboard via a standard Apple display port. I still have that iMac. Should fire it up.
Got laid off shortly after 9/11 and decided to take a stab at freelance design. A Strawberry iMac and a 2nd hand version of Freehand was all I could manage to afford, but it got me going.
I still remember when my school rolled out the Bondi Blue ones to the teachers. They looked so cool.
We had several boxes full of those horrid original iMac puck mice in our IT storage due to users flat out rejecting them for better options from Kensington or Logitech. Most of the users were ad layout people so they wanted trackballs.
Worst mouse on the planet, and that infrared was really useful. Thanks Steve!
I've never understood the anxiety about some future version of a computer. Buy the best you can afford and go forward--it won't stop working when a newer model comes out. But if you still have FOMO, save the box from the one you buy so you can list it / ship it on eBay and get about 2/3 your original cost to apply to that dream model.
Apple is really killing me without a 27 inch iMac. What an aseholes the Marketing department is 'let's maximize our profit by deliberately NOT making what everybody needs'. Desperately looking for a maxed out 2020 27" 5k then to retire the upgraded 2012. Insane. The only 'not cable clogged' option is probalbly a 'hidden under the table mac mini' and a third party monitor with integrated webcam. Too bad Samsung got the M8 all wrong.
Edit: Altough I just read there are a refreshed Samsung M8 2023 and InfinityView S9 in the works with better specs.
Edit: Altough I just read there are a refreshed Samsung M8 2023 and InfinityView S9 in the works with better specs.
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Story of a lot of us lives. Apple under Tim is a company focussed more an more on profit (and getting likes from parties who deal in virtue signaling) then on innovation and getting them out with cool marketing projects.
No Mini iPhone, No iMac M2, no 27" no black bazel no easy to upgrade memory slot a long wait on most of the no iPad/iPhone groups.
Apple seems to have forgotten who made them this great. The users that loved them when they were nobody's.
Tim "iPad is great I never use a Mac anymore" Cook is the men who is gonna make me quit Apple after 25 years+ I am sure of that, only question is when. Hopefully he is gone before that day comes, and we have had the 1st comming of Steve. ^^ (Who saved Apple with the iMac).
Well, for better or for worse, Ive made sure the form was reduced to the bare minimum right down to the current models, so that doesn't leave a lot of room for innovation. All of the recent iMacs post 2012 have proven quite popular, and nobody else has come up with some innovative design that's not iterative.
I'm not sure where they can actually go from here, but then that could be my failure of imagination at this point in life. I know, how about user accessible flaps on the back so that replacing a hard drive isn't open heart surgery, and RAM is restored to being a cheap upgrade. Nah, never going to happen.
Well, how about a aluminum iMac 27" with a black bazel and easy to upgrade memory and some I/o ports here and there for a start?
Not in my experience. And of course there was that whole Y2K experience that was so much fun in Windows,
In my experience, and this may be completely anecdotal, I've had about 20 different Macs in personal use since my 1984 Apple //c, and I've never had any of these alleged OS problems that I read about, on any of my Macs or the Macs we use in our business. I usually only run software from the big guys or well proven smaller vendors, Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Quickbooks, PDF Expert, Affinity, Carbon Copy Cloner, etc. and many others from long ago. But no OS crashes, no mysterious "I guess I'll just restart in Safe Mode" problem solving. We've had hardware issues and app issues, but no OS issues.Scanners and printers all mount and work as they're supposed to.
My advice is: don't use pre-release software, and don't use junk apps from the millions of apps out there for Mac and Windows. Not as much fun as exploring the latest apps your friends have enthused about, but none of the problems either.
And of course, stop throwing around your phones, laptops, and ipads.
Now put down those floppy disks and get off my porch.