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New iMac Tidbits: Headphone Jack on Side, Ethernet Port on Power Adapter, Spatial Audio and WiFi 6 Support, No SD Card Slot
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Correct, the base model does not have ethernet. Ethernet models will likely live on college and university campuses.
well,
1. you can use that headphone jack without fumbling, pulling your imac away from the wall to find the damn location
2. enet is 99.9% on floor. Seems pretty good idea. It also means that Enet and power break away with magsafe, so there are NO floor cables attached that can pull it off the table.
Yeah, what we got was an interesting mix; the side and top bezels are smaller than what many wanted, but it still has the chin—minus the Apple logo.
I don’t mind it, but it’s an interesting couple of design choices.
It was a consumer format. Pro's use CF Express A and B now and before that used CF, XQD, and CFast. At least in the photography world, I have heard sound engineers still use SD.
i think there is a reason why we separate power supply and those main component. if the always heated power supply burn up you just replacement the PSU cheap(compare to main component). now you need to also replace the LAN module.
i understand the need to be thinner on laptop to remove the SD card(but i still prefer the SDcard reader on old MBP). but on desktop class computer ?....really ? i think that's another bad move for apple.
if apple really want true cable free desktop. why not move ALL the USB ports on the PSU ?! so it's just a monitor on the desktop ....it will be SUPER thin !
now i think ppls got this new mac they always have some dongles dangling behind the mac.
i understand the need to be thinner on laptop to remove the SD card(but i still prefer the SDcard reader on old MBP). but on desktop class computer ?....really ? i think that's another bad move for apple.
if apple really want true cable free desktop. why not move ALL the USB ports on the PSU ?! so it's just a monitor on the desktop ....it will be SUPER thin !
now i think ppls got this new mac they always have some dongles dangling behind the mac.
I thought people wanted an iPhone mini...
The headphone jack on the side makes sense for headphones, but will be annoying for speakers.
Most people are probably using wireless headphones these days, so I can see the validity in the complaints about the side headphone jack ruining the aesthetic when external speakers are constantly plugged into it.
Most people are probably using wireless headphones these days, so I can see the validity in the complaints about the side headphone jack ruining the aesthetic when external speakers are constantly plugged into it.
I would have bought this in an instant. People would have gladly put up with a thicker machine with the internals behind the screen to lose the chin. Also, black bezels are a must, IMO.
Yay I definitely needed my iMac to be too thin to have a SD card slot. What’s the point of having an all in one if I need dongle city to connect stuff?
The silver hearkens back to the "snow" colour of some iMac models around the time of the second refresh in 2000/2001. This colour was only applied to the highest-performing machines and was thus one of more "professional" iMac offerings at the time.
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and yet people claim the SD slot is coming back on the MacBook Pro?
Removing the SD Card slot on the iMac, will probably mean, contary to rumours, will also remain omitted from the upcoming MacBook Pro redesigns.
Headphones on the side is much easier. As a AIO they aren't expecting you to use external speakers when the ones built in are apparently amazing as is. I also can't imagine the ethernet being used outside of campuses, not many are going to wire up their home when WIFI is good enough and if the WIFI is crap then the thought process is to blame the ISP and not that you have a poor signal to your WIFI router on the other side of the house.
No? Not at all? These iMacs look great, in my opinion, and will sell like hot cakes. They're likely going to be the new iMac G3 and will be ubiquitous in the new trendy open plan offices that are going to be everywhere in the coming years. They're also priced right. Comparing them to the Microsoft Surface Studio is a really bad comparison. The Surface Studio costs *way* more and is marketed at a completely different target audience (one that I'm surprised even exists). It is insanely expensive, with a starting price of £3,549 compared to the iMac 24's £1,249. I love the concept of the Surface Studio but unless they were less than half the price, I'd never buy one (fwiw *all* of my company's work computers are Surface Books so I'm not anti Microsoft or anything).
It's clear now that going from Intel to Apple Silcon is a money grab, Intel CPU's are quite a bit more expensive than AS yet here we are, more expensive iMacs.
And then there are Airtags without a hole, even a greater money grab.
And then there are Airtags without a hole, even a greater money grab.
Still waiting to see if Apple does a Mac mini Pro/Smaller Mac Pro. Still having upgrades in a box, might not be as pretty as a iMac but I can upgrade memory, storage and GPU and have a PCI slot if I want to upgrade something with the system. Don't like turning a Mac into a iPhone or iPad you replace every three years so Apple can have a little more money. At least I think that Apple could do now is throw in AppleCare + for three years if they think their systems are so good now.
Agreed in theory, but the lack of decent displays available for $700 makes it impractical. It is insane to me that no 3rd party manufacturer has put out a decent 5K monitor at this price point.
Is it bad that the picture bothers me because it has the wrong keyboard?
If you want this and need a lot of dongles, you're probably buying the wrong computer. I think the target audience for this device is people who aren't likely to be adding a ton of peripherals. I'm not a a real fan of the redesign, but after consideration have realized I'm not in that target audience either.
I got a great 4k 24 inch screen from Dell for a little less, but the issue with all these decent displays is that they are plastic fantastic. It seems to much to ask of Dell to produce a nice black brushed aluminium industrial design monitor with a solid metal stand.
"Why would they remove the floppy disk!?" - '98
"But I NEED my optical drive!!" - '08
"No headphone jack!?!" - '16
"How will I survive without an SD reader?" - '21
Adapt or die.
"But I NEED my optical drive!!" - '08
"No headphone jack!?!" - '16
"How will I survive without an SD reader?" - '21
Adapt or die.
It bugs me too, but there are surprisingly few easily accessible high-res photos of the snow coloured iMac.
Wait until the 30 inch comes out with the M2. I bet they will add more I/O to it.
Am really hoping that the 27” replacement has a black or space grey option without the awful white bezel
Still not sure about the thin obsession of a desktop machine, though
Still not sure about the thin obsession of a desktop machine, though