Makes no sense to just want "a good looking, physically large, 6k display" and consider the performance (e.g. brightness) is irrelevant.
And some of us buying expensive displays do want matte. Glossy is a deal killer for me.
There seems to be a real disconnect between lots of MacRumors forum members and actual professional video editors for example. The vast majority of high end pro creative productivity monitors are matte. It surely can't be because all the pro monitor manufacturers just ignore customer opinion and make matte monitors just because. Even Apple offers a nano-texture matte option for all of its pro Macs and displays for higher cost.And some of us buying expensive displays do want matte. Glossy is a deal killer for me.
Oh that is nice looking. I had a H
oh I forgot about Huawei. I have (had) a beautiful digital face watch from them. Sadly now we have retina / OLED and the faces just aren’t up to par. There’s a brand called NOTHING CMF, it’s on Amazon. They are like $79 and the faces are beautiful. I have basically all the gen 2 and gen 3 models. I will admit, their UI / iOS is so weird. Like one Gen 3 model, and between another that is basically the same watch has totally different ways of settings. But I bought it to actually get away from Apple. Just to breathe. Oh and the battery life. I actually would have kept all my Apple Watches if it weren’t for battery life.
The LG 6K isn't glossy, and I'm 99% sure there will never be an iMac with this panel.
Im also 99.9% sure but this is the place to say such thoughts. And what i meant to say is that matte is not a deal breaker even if i prefer glossy. Would have to see it in my space first.
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Sales estimates in 2023/2024 are that the iMac still vastly outsells the Mac mini. However, the Mac laptops in turn outsell the iMac 20 fold. That tells you just how low the sales for the Mac mini are. The iMac apparently outsells the Mac mini and Mac Studio combined, despite the fact that the iMac has a built-in screen, while both the Mac mini and Mac Studio allow the use of any screen you want.
with the redesigned m4 mac mini coming out end of 2024, i would be shocked if these numbers would still be the same in 2025.
iMacs are extremely popular in the backgrounds for YouTube content creators.
Seriously though, I have repeatedly seen them in school computer labs, row after row of iMacs, both in universities and high schools. A lot of those labs still have Intel iMacs, but I've already seen them with Apple Silicon iMacs.Prepare to be shocked. Although the data currently remains scarce, initial 2025 estimates by some pundits still have the iMac easily outselling the Mac mini. 2025 Q1 estimates have the best selling laptop Macs being the MacBook Pro overall and the MacBook Air in the education sector, and the best selling desktop Macs being the iMac.
My money is on the Mini substantially closing the gap or beating the iMac in 2025. But even if those "pundit" stats were released, it's still a best guess. And it won't account for the unit sales that Apple sells directly to consumer which I believe is about 30% of all sales. Unless they somehow got access to the secret production numbers which also don't mean they sold. But I don't doubt that a 14 year old mini in 23-24, with some under the hood refreshes, a questionable value in its base form (8gb/slow 256gb ssd), and expensive with upgrades, lost out to a redesigned iMac from 2021. And working in the Apple distribution channel myself for decades, many independent Apple resellers always told me they struggled selling the redesigned iMacs, especially the base 8gb/256gb trims without below water discounts. The 16GB base M4 has improved the value but so did the M4 Mini. Could be regional, as I'm in Toronto, Canada. Primary and secondary schools here, don't buy Macs, they buy Chromebooks or crippled cheap Windows laptops or at best, MacBook Airs. I have some visibility to all the tenders from the boards. This mini talk is going off track though... lol. If there are sleep issues with the LG, will it be a deal breaker for you? LG Canada can be tricky to deal with for returns as I don't think they cover shipping on the way back. And it's only 15 days I believe. I ran into a bit of an issue with them when I bought an OLED tv not too long ago. Just an FYI.
I'm in Toronto. I just went to a high school open house since my kid will be attending high school next year. That publicly funded TCDSB high school had two multimedia labs full of iMacs. One lab was all 21.5" Intel iMacs and one lab was all 24" Apple Silicon iMacs.
I looked into this before I ordered. For non-warranty returns at LG Canada, return shipping for all monitors and for TVs ≤55" is $25. For TVs >55", there is a 15% restocking charge.
Lab equipment equate to several hundred devices every 4-5 year upgrade cycle for the lab in a GTA board. Typically Macs are only considered for the creative labs. Personal devices handed out by the boards equate to tens of thousands annually. Which is what would push the needle in unit sales for a large company. So where it counts, iMacs nor Minis are bought in volume or recommended by the boards. Minis’ for labs are eliminated because they are also easier to steal and conceal from a classroom. Which is a factor. And of course students (high school, college, uni) want mostly Macs but it isnt Mac desktops either. Anyways, we will see what these stat “pundits” claim in due time. Good luck with your LG delivery.
