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It’s taken longer than it should, but I personally felt a larger iMac will come again and never wavered from that feeling, despite the “Mac Studio and Mac Studio Display are they new iMac” naysayers. You can get off your high horses now, neigh-sayers.
Nope. Rational logic compels us onto these high horses!
 
I NEED LARGER IMAC FOR THE SAME PRICE PREVIOUS 27” or I’m never upgrading, can’t imagine going down from 5K or paying an insane amount of money. How could they discontinue the best Mac I can’t fathom 🤦‍♂️ If they struggle with new design so much, they should just slap M1 series of chips without design change as they did with mba
Pssst...a base model Studio Display and a base model Mac mini is only $200 more expensive than a base model 27-inch iMac was at the same storage and RAM capacities. Also way more flexible.
 
I would like to see a 32” Apple display that isn’t stratospherically priced. Doesn’t need to be 6K either. Perhaps something like this:

32-inch 16:9
5.6K at 5600x3150 (201 ppi) or else 5.7K at 5760x3240 (207 ppi)
8-bit + FRC (simulated 10-bit)
Wide colour with True Tone
Glossy screen (with Nano-texture glass option)
60 Hz
600 nits (no HDR)
Fixed stand (with adjustable stand and VESA mount options)
Camera with Center Stage
Six speakers with force cancelling woofers, Spatial Audio
4 x Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4
US$1999 / CA$2699 / 2199€
I don't really care about 5K or 6K, I'd be more than happy with 4K. But ProMotion/120 Hz is a must, once you go there you can't go back. 60 Hz is just not cutting it anymore.
The rest is a nice list though, especially True Tone, also a must. Price will very likely be higher.
 
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I would like to see a 32” Apple display that isn’t stratospherically priced. Doesn’t need to be 6K either. Perhaps something like this:

32-inch 16:9
5.6K at 5600x3150 (201 ppi) or else 5.7K at 5760x3240 (207 ppi)
8-bit + FRC (simulated 10-bit)
Wide colour with True Tone
Glossy screen (with Nano-texture glass option)
60 Hz
600 nits (no HDR)
Fixed stand (with adjustable stand and VESA mount options)
Camera with Center Stage
Six speakers with force cancelling woofers, Spatial Audio
4 x Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4
US$1999 / CA$2699 / 2199€
Let me get this straight. MacBook Pro has SD Card but iMac Pro wouldn’t? Makes no sense.
 
I hope they drop the chin and have an equal bezel around the whole unit. The only reason I could think that the chin still exists is it might have something to do with form factor
 
Pssst...a base model Studio Display and a base model Mac mini is only $200 more expensive than a base model 27-inch iMac was at the same storage and RAM capacities. Also way more flexible.
Pssst… AIO

Display size comparison for your reference, if anyone was curious:

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I hope they drop the chin and have an equal bezel around the whole unit. The only reason I could think that the chin still exists is it might have something to do with form factor
Speakers amplify better when closer to the desk and chin then brings middle of display closer to eye level. Screen on all iMacs should be vertically adjustable regardless however.
 
I hope they drop the chin and have an equal bezel around the whole unit. The only reason I could think that the chin still exists is it might have something to do with form factor
Speakers amplify better when closer to the desk and chin then raises the middle of display closer to eye level. Screen on all iMacs should be vertically adjustable, however.
Because a Mac mini is too much clutter for you?
Correct. And it’s not just the clutter aspect but the simplicity aspect. If some TVs were sold with a Mac mini sized external part that was needed for the TV to function and some were not I’d got for the latter. Yes TVs are on the wall, but regardless, one of those products is fundamentally simpler. I want less clutter around me not more and a 27” iMac has existed for years fulfilling this role perfectly. My 2014 iMac 5K with 4 TB upgraded internal is still working away. A simple screen with a computer built in and no ugly external power brick and a good compliment of ports built right in. How I like it.
 
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Make it 6k please! Still loving my imac Pro 10core! Still a beast for adobe AE/Photoshop/illustrator.
2017 edition so 6years in, would be great to buy a new one end of 2024.
You must do very light work in After Effects, as sometimes I still struggle with my M1 Ultra and 128GB of ram.
 
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“Larger iMac is coming, larger iMac is coming coming, larger iMac is coming…”

At this point it’s practically clickbait. And we went from 27 to 30 to now 32 inches.

Next up will be, “Larger iMac is coming and purportedly 36-40 inches.”

Watch for it.
Chill. It only took 10 years of rumors for a 15” MacBook Air to materialize. I bet we’ll see a bigger iMac happen before this decade is over.
 
I don't really care about 5K or 6K, I'd be more than happy with 4K. But ProMotion/120 Hz is a must, once you go there you can't go back. 60 Hz is just not cutting it anymore.
The rest is a nice list though, especially True Tone, also a must. Price will very likely be higher.
I tried a 144 Hz monitor on my Mac mini. It was fine but I could take it or leave that feature. That said I could understand why some would prefer it. Same goes for my iPad Pro. I have ProMotion on my iPad Pro but it’s not a must have feature for me. However, I understand why people like it.

I also tried a 32” 4K Asus ProArt monitor. The text quality was noticeably poor. I returned it for this reason and because it had some light bleed.

I ended up buying a 28.2” 3840x2560 60 Hz monitor (see sig) and I am much happier.
 
But will the iMac M3 24" come out or not in October 2023? In case it doesn't come out, does it mean that there will be no new Macs in this 2023? Because now they are all already M2s except the iMac, so it's not clear to me what they can present as of October 2023 if not M3 base, at least.
 
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I would like to see a 32” Apple display that isn’t stratospherically priced. Doesn’t need to be 6K either. Perhaps something like this:

32-inch 16:9
5.6K at 5600x3150 (201 ppi) or else 5.7K at 5760x3240 (207 ppi)
8-bit + FRC (simulated 10-bit)
Wide colour with True Tone
Glossy screen (with Nano-texture glass option)
60 Hz
600 nits (no HDR)
Fixed stand (with adjustable stand and VESA mount options)
Camera with Center Stage
Six speakers with force cancelling woofers, Spatial Audio
4 x Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4
US$1999 / CA$2699 / 2199€
60 Hz? nope
 
But will the iMac M3 24" come out or not in October 2023? In case it doesn't come out, does it mean that there will be no new Macs in this 2023? Because now they are all already M2s except the iMac, so it's not clear to me what they can present as of October 2023 if not M3 base, at least.
Agreed the updated 24” iMac is way over due.
 
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But will the iMac M3 24" come out or not in October 2023? In case it doesn't come out, does it mean that there will be no new Macs in this 2023? Because now they are all already M2s except the iMac, so it's not clear to me what they can present as of October 2023 if not M3 base, at least.
One could assume M3 iMac in October 23 together with M3 MacBook Air and 13 inch MacBook Pro. We would then have MacBook Air 15, MacBook Pro 14, 16 and iMac Pro with M3 Pro and Pro Max in March 24. This would line up pretty well.
 
But will the iMac M3 24" come out or not in October 2023? In case it doesn't come out, does it mean that there will be no new Macs in this 2023? Because now they are all already M2s except the iMac, so it's not clear to me what they can present as of October 2023 if not M3 base, at least.
I’d expect 2024 for M3.
 
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There is not one movie aspect ratio but dozens. And who said this 32-inch iMac isn’t 24:10?
No guarantees but... If Apple release a 30" or larger iMac, I guarantee you it won't be 24:10. ;)

I would expect 16:9, or possibly 16:10, but definitely not ultrawide.
 
Apple is experimenting with larger iMacs, including a model with around a 32-inch display, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

Someone at Apple bought a decent 32 inch LG monitor... and mounted a Mac Mini to its back. Nice. The next step is to repackage it and ship it to customers.
 
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