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New 27-inch iMac Said to Launch in Multiple Colors

JPack said:
Who cares about colors?

The biggest takeaway from the Digitimes article is “the device will not come with a miniLED display as previoulsy speculated, according to industry sources.”

The adoption of colors along with conventional backlighting suggests it might not be positioned as an iMac Pro.
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Who cares about colors and miniLED display.

The biggest takeaway is "Apple's upcoming 27-inch iMac will feature a thinner exterior design and be available in multiple colors like its 24-inch counterpart, according to a new report today."

Jony Ive is back! 🤣
 
JMacHack said:
Actually, the issue was that on the original 5k iMac Thunderbolt 2 didn’t have enough bandwidth to drive the whole display (the displays at the time required two displayport connections)
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The lack of bandwidth was part of the issue, but the TB3/4 specs addressed the bandwidth part of the equation. There's still more to it. I don't know this well enough to be able to explain. I considered getting an eGPU at some point and disappeared down the rabbit hole of why 5K monitors were problematic and why only the BlackMagic eGPUs could drive an LG 5K Ultrafine even though there were other eGPU enclosures that had TB3/4 ports and bandwidth.
 
smirking said:
The lack of bandwidth was part of the issue, but the TB3/4 specs addressed the bandwidth part of the equation. There's still more to it. I don't know this well enough to be able to explain. I considered getting an eGPU at some point and disappeared down the rabbit hole of why 5K monitors were problematic and why only the BlackMagic eGPUs could drive an LG 5K Ultrafine even though there were other eGPU enclosures that had TB3/4 ports and bandwidth.
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I think that by the time the bandwidth issues were solved, Apple was balls deep into working on Apple Silicon, so they probably didn’t work on getting TDM up again.
 
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johnnyenv said:
Not sure about this. Why would Apple increase the base iMac from 21.5" to 24 to then only bring out a 27". There's hardly enough size difference. Surely makes more sense to have a 24" iMac and a 30ish "Pro" or at least the pros are the 27".
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Agreed, but that's also what Apple did when they redesigned the iPad Pro. They increased the smaller screen size and kept the body size (approx), while for the 12.9 they kept the screen size and shrunk the body. Does make it harder for me to choose!
 
Gold / Copper with black bezels and keys <3
I'd love to have more options than the boring grey or space grey... Don't understand the complaints when it just means more options.
 
chucker23n1 said:
It will come in Dull™ and Slightly Darker Dull™, because Apple has decided that professionals lead a drab life that must not have color.
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funkypepper said:
It will probably be silver, space gray, and dark space gray (still, multiple colours).
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Professionals want to focus on what is on the screen. This is even more important if you are doing precise color correction and such. From what I understand, the people doing the color correction for the original Matrix movie had a green bezel on their screen. Look what happened.
IllinoisCorn said:
27-24 is 3 inches.

Do you see a difference in size between a 13 inch MBP and a 16 inch? Because that's 3 inches too, and there is a huge difference in screen size and cost in those 3 inches.
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It depends on the size. If you are going from a 1 inch screen to a four inch screen, it's a huge difference. If you are going from a 1024 inch screen to a 1027 inch screen, not so much.
 
It’s entirely possible Apple might have two larger iMac options. A consumer larger iMac powered by a Mx chip and a “Pro” model powered by a Pro/Max variant. The only thing I have trouble believing is that Apple would introduce a new plain M1 model this late in the M1’s lifecycle, unless they launch it alongside the M2.
 
numa1000 said:
I don´t think so. They will not use the space grey again because they removed the external keyboard from the shop half a year ago. The last intel MacMini was in space grey as well and the latest M1 is silver again. This could be a sign...
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They removed it because they discontinued the 2017 iMac Pro. They also just updated the magic keyboard with Touch ID as well.

The M1 Mac mini is silver because it’s not a pro machine.
 
This definitely interests me. I am generally loving my 24" M1 iMac, but I miss the ability to really spread out on my old 5K iMac's screen. My only hopes would be 1) a little brighter than the 24" and 2) a bit louder/bassier speakers. Whether I can justify replacing the Mac I just bought is another question entirely.

To people griping about the white bezels, they fade away from view in real-world use because what you have on screen tends to appear brighter and they fade to appear neutral gray. I love the color on the back of the machine, but sadly it's facing the wall 99% of the time so I only see it when I'm digging around for the USB ports.
 
The combination of recent reports on the display and 'colors' leads me to believe there will be 2 new 27" iMacs introduced .. The regular 'consumer' one with LCD and color options ... essentially a larger version of the 24" AND a new Pro model with miniLCD, and likely a more pro 'business' color silver/gray.
 
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Agree about the chin, though I’d love to see it go and don’t care if that would mean the computer was thicker.

The stand is different too. On the XDR it is mounted higher up on the back and is vertical instead of angled. Of course it is also $1000…

Anyway, it wouldn’t be a deal breaker for me. Just a general preference.
 
NotTooLate said:
You are of course correct , but if you read the MR echo chamber you would believe that color is for computer toys , why would ppl hate color is beyond me.
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Especially, when the rather neutral silver was always an option. It boggles the mind that a lot of people managed to completely ignore that. 🤔

I came very close to buying the green iMac but went with a Mac mini instead because I wanted a bigger screen.
I do hope the next iteration of the MacBook Air will feature colors 😁
 
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makes me really want for a mini with a good display to replace my iMac when it reaches its end of life
 
RalfTheDog said:
Professionals want to focus on what is on the screen. This is even more important if you are doing precise color correction and such. From what I understand, the people doing the color correction for the original Matrix movie had a green bezel on their screen. Look what happened.

It depends on the size. If you are going from a 1 inch screen to a four inch screen, it's a huge difference. If you are going from a 1024 inch screen to a 1027 inch screen, not so much.
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"It depends on the size. If you are going from a 1 inch screen to a four inch screen, it's a huge difference. If you are going from a 1024 inch screen to a 1027 inch screen, not so much."

I mean, make a good faith argument---of course it doesn't matter when the object is 88 feet. Did you really interpret my statement to apply to 3 inches in a non-relative way?
 
Circa1984 said:
The combination of recent reports on the display and 'colors' leads me to believe there will be 2 new 27" iMacs introduced .. The regular 'consumer' one with LCD and color options ... essentially a larger version of the 24" AND a new Pro model with miniLCD, and likely a more pro 'business' color silver/gray.
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Exactly what I think.

In the last few days we have gotten rumors that have said iMacs with miniLED have started production, as well as rumors saying the iMac will have LED instead. We’ve also heard rumors the iMac will share designs more similar to the ProDisplay (thicker chassis with the cheese grater holes in the back) and other rumors saying the iMac will look just like the 24”. I think these rumors are talking about two different iMacs = iMac and iMac Pro.

• 27” iMac - same design as small iMac. Fun colors. M1 Pro/Max chips. Maybe a cheaper M1 chip option too.

• iMac Pro - same design as ProDisplay (thicker with cheese grater holes) but with a chin. Black bezels. Silver/grey colors. (2x) M1 Max chips.
 
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bradman83 said:
Considering it’s been missing from iMacs from 2015 onward I doubt Apple will be bringing this feature back.
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It’s almost criminal to ship these kinds of displays which will almost surely outlast the internals.

I understand we didn’t have the interface capability when the feature was removed, but that should no longer be an issue.
 
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