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M1 iMac Reviews: Impressively Fast With Long-Awaited Redesign
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The "new" iMac is just another boring rehash of the 2004 iMac G5. Just thinner, way more power and a somewhat bigger screen.
24" is way too small for 2021. 27" is the standard for screen size on a desktop computer today. Heck, I run a 49" and starting to feel I need more space.
In the early days, the iMac really pushed the limits on what a "simple" AIO could be, now, not so much. When the iMac G5 launched with 17" or 20" screens, most people sat behind awful 15" or maybe 17" CRTs. Now, even cheap crap PCs can be had with a 27" screen at an affordable price.
The iMac G5 got flak for not having height adjustable screen as the iMac G4 did and now, 17 years later, Apple still hasn't fixed that. We know they can (looking at you expensive Pro Display XDR stand), they just don't want to.
The part of the computer that you will be looking at the whole time you use it is not at all pretty. That chin looks awful without the Apple logo and a white bezel is a really strange decision. The colours are meh, at best, embarrassing at worst. Brings back memories when I got my gf an orange iBook G3. When she used that on her commute, she got so many comments about it in the line of "oh, I see you are using one of those new girl computers". Kitting a full classroom with 25-30 new iMacs will make the room look like a scene out of a Japanese cartoon.
I really hope there will be a new "iMac Pro" looking a bit more "Pro", but I doubt it.
24" is way too small for 2021. 27" is the standard for screen size on a desktop computer today. Heck, I run a 49" and starting to feel I need more space.
In the early days, the iMac really pushed the limits on what a "simple" AIO could be, now, not so much. When the iMac G5 launched with 17" or 20" screens, most people sat behind awful 15" or maybe 17" CRTs. Now, even cheap crap PCs can be had with a 27" screen at an affordable price.
The iMac G5 got flak for not having height adjustable screen as the iMac G4 did and now, 17 years later, Apple still hasn't fixed that. We know they can (looking at you expensive Pro Display XDR stand), they just don't want to.
The part of the computer that you will be looking at the whole time you use it is not at all pretty. That chin looks awful without the Apple logo and a white bezel is a really strange decision. The colours are meh, at best, embarrassing at worst. Brings back memories when I got my gf an orange iBook G3. When she used that on her commute, she got so many comments about it in the line of "oh, I see you are using one of those new girl computers". Kitting a full classroom with 25-30 new iMacs will make the room look like a scene out of a Japanese cartoon.
I really hope there will be a new "iMac Pro" looking a bit more "Pro", but I doubt it.
I joke that he left in the middle of designing this iMac. That is why it doesn't have colored in bezels and is missing the logo in the front!
I just don’t get the reasoning behind the thin and light thing… did apple seriously think customers would be excited with how thin and light it is for that one time they remove it out of the box and put it on a desk probably throughout its lifetime… I get thinness and lightness for mobile devices but not for a desktop.
There was too many draw backs for a very minimal gain.
It should have been thicker to allow the chin to be removed, black or white bezels is a matter of preference but for me no chin would look better with black bezels.
There was too many draw backs for a very minimal gain.
It should have been thicker to allow the chin to be removed, black or white bezels is a matter of preference but for me no chin would look better with black bezels.
This iMac is presented in a 4:3 format to preserve the integrity of Apple’s creative vision.
The green one in UrAvgConsumer’s video (
) looks really great too. It looks more like teal.
iMac Pro is dead now, hence why they’ve reduced the mouse/keyboard/trackpad space grey price.
This is simply not true. You can boot from a Thunderbolt 3 drive e.g. a Samsung X5.
Stopped reading after "generated lots of interest on TikTok"
Have to pass on iMac (and all in ones) altogether. Once (after spending 4K or more) was enough for me. With mini led or oled monitors coming out this year, that’s probably the route I’ll take later.
Reviewers were impressively fast with these reviews because they have had their units for a good while. They were adhering to the required embargo so that they won't be axed/blacklisted by Apple.
Put it on the back of your car and make people think you’ve got a prototype Apple Car
Yeah I came to the conclusion long ago that there's not really a compelling reason to get an iMac instead of a MacBook. At some point you're going to want to pick it up and take it somewhere... I traded in my iMac for a less powerful MacBook Air in 2012 and never looked back.
This replaces the 21.5 iMac...how do you not understand this? It isn't a downsize, it's an upsize lol.
While I welcome the better performance, I am not a fan of that white bezel. I surmise these will look very "dated" in years to come.
Thin and light means it costs them less to fly / ship them from their foreign manufacturers. If Apple makes the box smaller and the item lighter you can pack more in the same space saving transport costs. Sure, as the individual buyer, you can't see it. But, Apple shipping millions of them, the savings adds up.
Yes, but that is the intended audience.
I’ve read their specs page a 100 times, but it doesn’t say which color is fastest. Please help.
Those look amazing and will sell incredibly well, especially with the performance boost.
A shame I don't need another all-in-one computer.
A shame I don't need another all-in-one computer.
Great point. Such a shame they have stopped developing Macs and there will never be any others made after this release.
Oh, oh hold on...
I wish reviews were based on who the machine is for vs what the reviewer wants. Or maybe give it to the right person to review. A review from someone who wants an iMac Pro is useless because that’s not what this machine is meant to be.