Now if only for once in a while Apple would offer an outwardly identical monitor to go with this iMac as secondary and third monitor.
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Kuo: 24-Inch iMac With New Design to Launch in Fourth Quarter of 2020
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Guys, if they are making a 24 inch iMac, the 27 will become 32.
The rounded rectangles are a Jobsian design aesthetic that go back 35 years, and Sir Ive simply followed the dogma. Yes it’s arrogance — institutionalized.
Could it be possible that this is touchscreen? & Maybe that is the reason for only one size? This would Make sense.
Am I the only one that still thinks design of the current iMac is looking absolutely great? Thin on sides, thicker in the back (where you don't even see it) to let components breath better, chin with a logo under the screen never bothered me in slightest - on the contrary, I kinda like it. I actually dislike the proposed concept (looks like a scaled-up iPad pro). Would rather see they only improve the internals, drop the price a bit and also make it functional as a screen again (from what I know that used to be an option). Getting additional screen size options is a plus, of course
Hoping they release some sort of new or slightly upgraded IMac in the next few weeks. As a few people mentioned they have a 3-4 week build time on the 27 inch Imacs. Do to the amount of space a MacBook Pro and a 24 inch monitor takes on a desk I’m very close to getting one for work. But the prices seem a bit out of date especially with still offering fusion drives.
How will windows run on these machines? Not that I really need it but it's handy for some games now and then.
I will probably buy the newest 27 inch Intel iMac and wait it out, I'm guessing most will do this as the speed gains will take some years.
I will probably buy the newest 27 inch Intel iMac and wait it out, I'm guessing most will do this as the speed gains will take some years.
Virtual solutions from Windows to Makos have existed for a long time, and yet the bootcamp is in great demand, because it does not take valuable system resources to support virtualization. This is a crutch, not a practical solution.
I would look with curiosity how much you can stand in a pose, keeping your hands on the weight in front of the monitor.
And then wipe this big monitor every day ... uh ...
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While it is known about the virtual machine, but for games this is not a good solution, because the virtual machine takes a lot of resources.
Apple, Acer hit a home run on hardware today. It wasn't an out of the park. I'd say an inside the park home run. What can't be denied is you dropped the ball and Acer picked it up and hit a home run with it. The mark of a good company is not to allow your customers to second guess their buying decision based on quality and timely updates.
Tim already said upcoming Macs will still use Intel. So an Intel iMac with the new design is plausible. I’m hoping for a new intel iMac as well. I’ll transition to ARM once the whole lineup is completed and they no longer need the Rosetta software.
You're lucky. Most 2011 27 iMac's have a bad video card or power supply issues. Ours was fine until sometime last year but no authorized retailer will touch it. Hate to throw it in the trash just because of bad thermal paste.
Here's my hot take. Tim Cook said there are still Intel Macs in the pipeline. I have a feeling the new iMac will still have an Intel based chipset. The new iMac has most likely been in development for at least a couple years and was originally designed around Intel processors. I think the first ARM based Mac will be a laptop. Most likely an updated Macbook Air later this year. I could be wrong but I don't think Apple has an ARM chipset ready for Desktops yet.
I, too, still like the current design, but the market can be fickle. Candidly it’s the hardware where Apple has been lapse in addressing in the iMacs for machines at their price point. It should have been all SSD standard some years ago or at least during the past two years with the cost of memory and storage dropping as much as it has.Am I the only one that still thinks design of the current iMac is looking absolutely great? Thin on sides, thicker in the back (where you don't even see it) to let components breath better, chin with a logo under the screen never bothered me in slightest - on the contrary, I kinda like it. I actually dislike the proposed concept (looks like a scaled-up iPad pro). Would rather see they only improve the internals, drop the price a bit and also make it functional as a screen again (from what I know that used to be an option). Getting additional screen size options is a plus, of course
I could see adopting the iPad Pro look, with thinner bezels, while keeping a measure of bulge in the back where it remains unseen. That might permit eliminating the chin altogether. I wouldn’t care if they retained the current pedestal that pivots for desired viewing angle since it would still fit in with the new look.
If they go with a 23 or 24in. base size I would love them to bring back the access panel allowing you to upgrade your own RAM—makes it easier for the customer rather than special ordering the computer just to have more RAM.
One other small thing I would like to see is a keyboard with the numeric keypad included as standard rather than the current keyboard included sans keypad. It’s a small thing and not a deal breaker, but at this price point I find it rather cheap (on their part) to have such a basic keyboard at this price point.
I certainly don’t care about them having a touch screen. I see the benefit of a touch screen for a laptop because not everyone likes trackpads and it’s not always convenient to use a mouse with a laptop. But I see little to no benefit to having a touch screen on a desktop all-in-one computer that stays in one place and a mouse is always at hand. Unless, of course, you want to see finger marks all over your display.
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Yeah. Since when do you have to pay more for a keyboard with num' pad. Cheapo, Tim Apple.
As for touch screen. Not unless the iMac can go into 'easel' mode. Strangely, that new Ben Hur look OS...seems to...have a 'touch' based design enlargement based around iphone/iPad OS elements... Curious, eh?
It could set us up for Apple Pencil use on 'Macs.' But that wouldn't work on iMac's current ergonomic pivot.
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You can get a damn good used (not that far off new) car in the UK for that kind of money. £6k. It's still alot of money for a monitor...or a tower with crepe entry specs.
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Didn't know that.
Interesting.
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Keep in mind of a few things:
1. This is not a CPU, Apple silicon is a massive system on a chip; it comes with neural engine (for machine-learning tasks), disk controller, GPU, ISP, unified memory, secure enclave, a bunch of co-accelerators (camera, audio, crypto, video, etc), etc. We've already seen solid benefits via T1/T2 chips in existing Macs (ignoring the crap bridgeOS/touchbar).
2. A12Z they're using is designed specifically for the battery life and thermal constraints in iPad and it is two years old with <8? watt limit. A13 is faster and upcoming A14 will be even faster. None of which will be an issue in this iMac, they've already said several times that there will be a custom Mac series of CPUs, just like there is A series for iOS, H for Airpods, S / W for AppleWatch, U1 for UltraWide stuff (Carkey, etc)
The future of Apple silicon and Apple's ecosystem isn't the CPU, it's the total integration with software/hardware, Apple is free to add custom instructions and custom accelerators to speed up various features without any waiting on Intel (CPU) or AMD (GPU) to do this.
1. This is not a CPU, Apple silicon is a massive system on a chip; it comes with neural engine (for machine-learning tasks), disk controller, GPU, ISP, unified memory, secure enclave, a bunch of co-accelerators (camera, audio, crypto, video, etc), etc. We've already seen solid benefits via T1/T2 chips in existing Macs (ignoring the crap bridgeOS/touchbar).
2. A12Z they're using is designed specifically for the battery life and thermal constraints in iPad and it is two years old with <8? watt limit. A13 is faster and upcoming A14 will be even faster. None of which will be an issue in this iMac, they've already said several times that there will be a custom Mac series of CPUs, just like there is A series for iOS, H for Airpods, S / W for AppleWatch, U1 for UltraWide stuff (Carkey, etc)
The future of Apple silicon and Apple's ecosystem isn't the CPU, it's the total integration with software/hardware, Apple is free to add custom instructions and custom accelerators to speed up various features without any waiting on Intel (CPU) or AMD (GPU) to do this.
People are acting crazy as if their Intel Macs are going to be obsolete just because of the switch to Apple silicon. Apple will continue supporting their existing machines for at least 5 years based on the past PPC to Intel move. Even after that your computer will still work fine, just not get the latest system software. I fully expect my 2017 iMac Pro to run well for the next 8 years at least.
Until it breaks and the Acer will break...that angle for the trackpad is horrendous. More PC Junk being touted as the next big things. Good luck with that.
Having owned a 24" and a 27" iMac, I'd love to see this form factor in a ~27" size. If this does turn out to be one of the first A-Macs, I certainly don't want to be 'first on desktop ARM'... so it is entirely possible that I'll bail for Linux (I already have a Ubuntu 20.04 LTS desktop machine) and maintain my Apple ecosystem relationship via IOS until after the transition to ARM is complete and Apple is a generation or two into A-Mac hardware.
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A $600+ Chromebook is an 'inside the park home run'... Or did I miss another Acer press release?
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Wasn't the whole presentation about showing how much Apple chips increased in performance over multiple years?
Why? Because you want to run Windows on it? Otherwise, why wouldn't you want the faster performance, better thermals, and future-proof technology of Apple Silicon? Why buy new hardware that will be outdated and obsolete in a few years?
New Mac OS versions will support the Apple Silicon hardware for years to come, but they will stop supporting Intel hardware much sooner.
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How do you know this? Do you work at Apple? Have you hacked into their systems and obtained super secret details of future unreleased, unannounced hardware?
Or are you actually thinking of the A12Z, a two-year-old iPad chip that Apple has stressed is not representative of the silicon used in actual shipping Macs?
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5 years? Are you sure about that?
First Mac OS X release to support Intel CPUs: 10.4.4 (Tiger)
Last Mac OS X release to support PowerPC CPUs: 10.5.8 (Leopard)
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Fully redesigned products coming out on intel seems unlikely. If Apple's gone to the trouble to totally redesign the hardware then they'll certainly move it to the latest architecture while they're at it.
Updates/refresh to existing intel-based models? Yes.
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