change Mb RAM for GB RAM... don't feel bad for the small nomenclature mistake... I am also from that computer era.... I started with a Commodore 64 KB
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Lower-Priced 23-Inch iMac and 11-Inch iPad Models Rumored to Launch in Second Half of 2020
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change Mb RAM for GB RAM... don't feel bad for the small nomenclature mistake... I am also from that computer era.... I started with a Commodore 64 KB
Hurry up with your damn Mac upgrades, Apple! I'm going to switch to a PC soon.
I doubt a 4.5K 23” iMac would be lower priced than the current 21.5”.
The 21.5” 1080p remains in the lineup, maybe drops to $999? The $1,299 4K model is replaced by $1,399 or $1,499 4.5K model.
Base model is SSD only. If you want 1TB or 2TB capacity, you’ll have to pay big bucks. No more fusion drives.
The 21.5” 1080p remains in the lineup, maybe drops to $999? The $1,299 4K model is replaced by $1,399 or $1,499 4.5K model.
Base model is SSD only. If you want 1TB or 2TB capacity, you’ll have to pay big bucks. No more fusion drives.
I hope that new iPad comes with USB-C like the Pro models.
Agreed Apple need to ditch those spinning platters in the next iMac refresh.
It would be nice if the end user could upgrade SSDs as well as the ‘lower’ end model also allowing people to upgrade the RAM without having to use Apple or an authorised service provider.
It would be nice if the end user could upgrade SSDs as well as the ‘lower’ end model also allowing people to upgrade the RAM without having to use Apple or an authorised service provider.
Feel free. Waiting on Comet Lake S-series, right? Complain to Intel, whining here about Apple couldn’t possibly help.
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Damn you COVID-19!!
It seemed like this year Apple was finally gonna finish revamping their entire lineup.
Alas, the days of me needing an iMac are long gone. My 2011 27" will be my last one. As I get older, my computer enthusiasm has dwindled.
And as much as I love the Mac, and I wish I had one for work instead of my issued Lenovo ThinkPad, I think an iPad is going to be filling my home computing needs for the foreseeable future.
Then again, the MBA is more my speed..
UNLESS...Apple turns the non-Pro iMac into an iPadOS-based, Surface Studio-like, drafting table. The OS you know and love, in "desktop" form. THAT would tempt me.
Ah, decisions, decisions.
It seemed like this year Apple was finally gonna finish revamping their entire lineup.
Alas, the days of me needing an iMac are long gone. My 2011 27" will be my last one. As I get older, my computer enthusiasm has dwindled.
And as much as I love the Mac, and I wish I had one for work instead of my issued Lenovo ThinkPad, I think an iPad is going to be filling my home computing needs for the foreseeable future.
Then again, the MBA is more my speed..
UNLESS...Apple turns the non-Pro iMac into an iPadOS-based, Surface Studio-like, drafting table. The OS you know and love, in "desktop" form. THAT would tempt me.
Ah, decisions, decisions.
Really want Apple to make a redesign of the iMac. My current one is closing in on 7 years old now, but can't bring myself to buying a new iMac 27" with exactly the same design as my current one. Unchanged for almost a decade now and those bezels could really do with some narrowing.
21.5 + bezel delete = new 24, I hope?
Even better if it takes heavy design influences from the Pro Display XDR, sans some of the cost adds like magnets and rotation maybe.
Even better if it takes heavy design influences from the Pro Display XDR, sans some of the cost adds like magnets and rotation maybe.
23" would mean that 27" will get bumped to bigger screen too. Love the idea. 30-32" would be awesome 
They're going to release a new sized iMac and it's going to be a low cost option? That doesn't make sense.
I’m wondering if the iMac Pro will survive since the Mac Pro is out now. It would be cool to see a redesign that brings some of the features from the XDR display to the iMac Pro, like the $999 stand and the cheese grater air vents. Starting at $5,999 like the Mac Pro.
Just please for the love of all that is computing, no HDD-only options at all, not even Fusion Drive preferably (unless they up the flash to 256GB+, but they've skimped on that so much).
The lowest end iMac is a disgrace at this point. Apple has been cleaning up/modernising the Mac lineup, but they’re certainly dragging their feet on this one.
A new 23” 4K with SSD (only) would be a welcome addition.
I really hope we don't get 50 different $350 Magic Keyboard skus over the next two years.
Maybe the iMac will be the almost-retina LG screen from the 23.5" Ultrafine, complete with mechanical hard drive.
Please Please Please use Desktop CPU and Desktop Graphics and SSD.
iMac Pro just shows there is no problem with fitting a 500W TDP design inside iMac.
iMac Pro just shows there is no problem with fitting a 500W TDP design inside iMac.
My thoughts on a new screen size for iMac are in other threads - I won't repeat them here at length (yet).
A 23" iMac achieved by reducing the bezels of the existing 21.5" display doesn't sound very logical. That implies Apple would large re-use the existing form factor (which accommodates hard drives) instead of designing something completely new.
Easier perhaps to bump the storage on these existing machines and keep hard drives in the supply chain for a little while longer - especially in these times?
As I have calculated before, a 4.6k 24" 219ppi 'Retina' panel could be a 'cheaper' 27" 5k model.
If you look at Apple's direction on the iPad and iPhone they have base models with 'Pro' models sitting atop them. For iPads they have a middle model iPad Air that sits between the budget models and the Pro iPads.
I call iMac Air with all SSD and not 'cheaper' at all
A 32" Retina iMac would have a 6k panel the size of the Apple Pro Display XDR... (unlikely in my opinion).
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They could just flat out price cut the existing 21.5" models or spec jump the lineup by discontinuing the non Retina display and then cutting the price of the other two models. It would make a nice gap for 2 SKUs under a 27".
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That's not Retina though. They'll keep the 219ppi so a 23" could be around 4.6K
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Cheaper than a 27" - maybe
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As I argued in another thread, a new 'iMac Air' configuration with a 24" 4.6K panel at 219PPI allows Apple to start these machines with 256Gb or 512Gb SSD and no HDD. No confusion from traditional 21.5" or 27" buyers over storage quality.
Let's arguably say it apes the Pro Display XDR in design language, even better if there's a RAM access door.
Who's buying one?
A 23" iMac achieved by reducing the bezels of the existing 21.5" display doesn't sound very logical. That implies Apple would large re-use the existing form factor (which accommodates hard drives) instead of designing something completely new.
Easier perhaps to bump the storage on these existing machines and keep hard drives in the supply chain for a little while longer - especially in these times?
As I have calculated before, a 4.6k 24" 219ppi 'Retina' panel could be a 'cheaper' 27" 5k model.
If you look at Apple's direction on the iPad and iPhone they have base models with 'Pro' models sitting atop them. For iPads they have a middle model iPad Air that sits between the budget models and the Pro iPads.
I call iMac Air with all SSD and not 'cheaper' at all
A 32" Retina iMac would have a 6k panel the size of the Apple Pro Display XDR... (unlikely in my opinion).
[automerge]1587487580[/automerge]
They could just flat out price cut the existing 21.5" models or spec jump the lineup by discontinuing the non Retina display and then cutting the price of the other two models. It would make a nice gap for 2 SKUs under a 27".
[automerge]1587487654[/automerge]
That's not Retina though. They'll keep the 219ppi so a 23" could be around 4.6K
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Cheaper than a 27"
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As I argued in another thread, a new 'iMac Air' configuration with a 24" 4.6K panel at 219PPI allows Apple to start these machines with 256Gb or 512Gb SSD and no HDD. No confusion from traditional 21.5" or 27" buyers over storage quality.
Let's arguably say it apes the Pro Display XDR in design language, even better if there's a RAM access door.
Who's buying one?
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