Just attach a USB C/Thunderbolt Dock with a headphone jack.
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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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How about on the bottom of the chin? If you're using dual screens and want to have the iMac on the left, you can't.
Now we all going to have a excuse to use those hundreds of Apple sticker. Problem solved with the chin with no logo!
This is the first thing I thought, if it has the same chip as the Mac Mini why would you spend the extra. The display does look great but for the extra money I'd want something with more power in it.
Folks seem to be forgetting that every iMac prior to 2007 had a white bezel. I absolutely love the return to white bezels and colored chassis. It really brings the classic iMac look in a modern design, and for me evokes the brightness and fun that got totally lost in the black-and-aluminum era. (Kinda agree on the missing Apple logo on the bezel, though.)
with 24 hours to think about it, I have dropped all my objections to the new imacs:
1.) they will sell as fast as they can make them
2.) the mac is whatever apple says it is
3.) the girly/beta male colors leave room for improvement
things like no SD card slot are pro features that will come in the imac pro
the real benefit here is more M1 machines out there to get developers on the ARM train
1.) they will sell as fast as they can make them
2.) the mac is whatever apple says it is
3.) the girly/beta male colors leave room for improvement
things like no SD card slot are pro features that will come in the imac pro
the real benefit here is more M1 machines out there to get developers on the ARM train
and still no backlit keyboard. this imac is a total disappointment. maybe the 30" version (now i assume they will be 24/30 instead of 21/27) will have some more stuff than this. anyway, all mockups are far better than the real version. Grandpa Cook, please get your money's bag and go for a very long holiday, far away from cupertino! Leave your chair for someone else as we are tired of you!
The white bezels are truly disgusting.
Ethernet on the power brick is fine by me, providing they include it. Ethernet is more popular than ever and in a busy office environment absolutely necessary.
Ethernet on the power brick is fine by me, providing they include it. Ethernet is more popular than ever and in a busy office environment absolutely necessary.
It’ll be very interesting to see how long this price point holds with these features...
in general MagSafe makes a lot of sense when interruptions to power doesn't imply your mac to stop on the stop, like portable devices with batteries.
i see the pain, and i understand the risks of accidentally pulling off the iMac from the table, albeit i don't think this measure mitigates the risks entirely. i secure my iMacs to the desk using a contraption that holds the flat part of the leg down to the tabletop. this protects them from being knocked down, as sht happens.
but this ethernet story bothers me to the bone. they have to create 2 different PSUs just to omit ethernet from one of them. the 'new iMac MagSafe' connector is another proprietary one, so you have no means to power your very stationary desktop device. at least with the MBA and MBP you could mix/match the chargers.
usually people don't leave cables on the floor. especially those, who are triggered by their cluttered desk (if adding just 1 _another_ cable qualifies as a mess).
it's maybe just my personal preference, but power bricks to me present a bigger 'mess factor' than a cable i can easily velcro to the regular power cable in no time.
don't get me wrong, i understand the design choices apple made here:
- the C14 receptacle is too deep, can't fit into the thin design
- the SD card slot is too deep, can't fit into the thin design
- the RJ45 port is too deep, can't fit into the thin design
it's like a MBA (entry model) or an MBP (2 upper tier models) with a beefier power supply.
same CPU (still great) same GPU (still fine) same ports (not so much). at some counts the new iPad pro seems to be a 'more powerful computer' for the first time.
I think this is a bit short sighted.
My iMac is either up against a wall or mounted on the wall. I'm not going behind it to plug/unplug an SD card. Not now, not ever. I plug in a simple hub to the USB-C port that provides me with I/O on the desk where I can actually reach it to insert/remove my SD card. I would never prefer it to be built into the back of a machine.
Except that they are adding it to the new MacBook Pro. lol.
So we will be seeing you on the shipment tracking forum page on Friday, then?
Really - a consumer format? Top notch mirrorless cameras have SD card slots still, for example Z7 II or Sony a7 III. The latter even using two of them. Even dSLRs like Nikon D850 have one slot for SD card.
I don't get the point of this device. If you're not going to add in more ports, built-in Ethernet, etc - why even make a desktop? The bigger display, some colors, and better speakers? Those are really the only selling point over just getting a MacBook Air. Same number and/or lack of ports, less portable, same number of dongles needed. I've used Macs personally and professionally for over 30 years, and this is by far the least functional, worst thought out design for a desktop I have seen them deliver to date. Imagine trying to use this in a school setting. No USB-A = no wired keyboard without a dongle that will get stolen. Same for the ethernet power brick - I can imagine watching as these walk away. Couple all that with the lack of firmware password, and I don't think the M1 iMac is going to survive in schools or universities.
"What's a computer?"
"What's a computer?"
Who says stuff like "girly/beta male colors"? What is an "alpha male" colour and why does the colour of a computer have anything to do with your apparent suitability as a man?
Highly unlikely. It was deprecated in 2015, also M1 chip does not support using anything in target display mode.
I think we may see the SD slot on the iMac Pro. Consumers interested in this iMac are not likely to have a camera with an SD card; their phone will be their only camera.
Close. The base should be basically a Mac mini-esque enclosure, with the stand and then display. I don't even care about adjusting the display. Just that it not look so dated.
I'm pretty over the moon about this new design, to be honest. I LOVE that Apple seems to be indicating a return to clearer delineation of their products. They've felt confused to me for a long time. It's been a long time since we've had the elegance of Jobs' famous 2x2 grid of products (consumer & pro, mobile & desktop). The relatively low price and brighter colours seems to be them saying "this iMac is for kids/students, regular consumers, and businesses using it as a POS). iPad Air comes in a bunch of colours already. I imagine the next MacBook Airs will come in a bunch of colours. For the first time in a long time, their consumer products will be bright, colourful, and relatively inexpensive. Easy.
That makes it easier for them to be more purposeful with the Pro products. Look for your higher performance, black bezels and aluminum (or more mature/sophisticated colours) there.
I'll miss having an SD card slot too, but it's long past the time that all digital camera makers put in wireless transfer capability.
That makes it easier for them to be more purposeful with the Pro products. Look for your higher performance, black bezels and aluminum (or more mature/sophisticated colours) there.
I'll miss having an SD card slot too, but it's long past the time that all digital camera makers put in wireless transfer capability.