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New iMac With 'iPad Pro Design Language' and Thin Bezels Reportedly Coming at WWDC

Grohowiak said:
You have several days from the day you requested the return till when you must ship it.
If you change your mind you don't have to ship it and the return will cancel itself once it reaches maturity day.
You're good.
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That’s great advice, didn’t know that. Thanks.
All good then, will wait towards the end of the 15 days return window.
And if nothing is shown no worries... I’m EXTREMELY happy with the machine, the minimalistic design, almost cordless (basically just the power cable is what’s needed plus the odd keyboard/trackpad for charging like once every tons of days), it is lightning fast (more recent machines on windows world feel slower, all editing suites feel also slower)... it’s just sad to miss such an opportunity of something so much better happens.
 
Putzytart said:
Please let this be true!!! I just can’t justify a new iMac purchase with the current design given I already own a 2011 and 2013 and desperately need a new one. No way am I dropping a few grand on something that doesn’t look any different. No chin and small bezels is what I’ve been dreaming of for years
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Have you tried selling them? Or just keeping one? I have a 2013 and it still works as an “utility for home” for anybody to use, even guests and visitors at home.
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thisisarcadia said:
WOW! If this is true I may need to cancel my order! I just ordered an 8 core i9 with the vega 48 card and 3 tb fusion drive. This is tough because my 2013 is dying and I need the new one for video editing.. It's going to take a month to get here though. Should I cancel and wait??
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I was in the exact same situation and couldn’t really wait until beginning of July. Last week on Thursday a bunch of refurbished offers appeared and ordered one, arrived yesterday. With the money saved you can go to 1 or 2 TB ssd. Get 8 GB ram buy crucial ram from Amazon (as much as you need, just in case, it has four slots). BUT if you can wait until at least the products section of WWDC, I would do that, else order, cancel/return if it happens.
Make no mistake though, the 2019 iMacs still look like 2012 but they fly 2019+.
PS: Not super sure about the Fusion drive on your side though to be honest, I would even think about eating pasta for a month to squeeze in an SSD, maybe a big part of the reason of why it flies is due to that (the higher the storage the faster it is too).
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filmbuff said:
My prediction: after it comes out everyone will be complaining how it's too thin and too good looking and that a desktop should be for SERIOUS WORK and it needs to be thicker, have bigger bezels, bigger speakers, more powerful fans, upgradeable RAM, etc etc.

I hope they go ARM instead of another i5 laptop processor to keep the heat manageable.
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Agreed but they are not laptop processors, at all. And the base clocks are around 1GHz over the MacBook ones (3.6GHz vs 2.4 equivalent tiers). Something that laptops can’t hold for more than a few seconds (10 maybe?) at a time.
 
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It certainly looks cool and exciting. I play games, though, and I'll bet the GPU in this is going to be lackluster like most previous iMacs. My 2015 iMac is actually sitting in its box as of last year; I ended up caving in and building a Ryzen 3600 + 5700 XT SFF workstation with a 144Hz monitor for cheaper than my 2015 iMac cost.
 
Guaranteed to be atleast $300 more than its predecessors with non upgradeable RAM so they can bend us over even more :(
 
Those thinking that this will be an Intel machine/iPad Pro thinness: have you not seen the size of the heat sink in the 27” iMac? It’s literally the size of a fist, if not larger.

iPad Pro“design language” likely refers to the bezels and flat edges, rather than the overall thinness.
 
zorinlynx said:
Ugh, the T2 chip has caused nothing but trouble in the machines its been in. Keep this scourge out of the iMacs. :(
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Really, just buy a current model. You don't need a T2 chip. They're nothing but trouble.
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How so? I haven't really heard much about T2 issues. I have a 2015 mbp and don't have any experience with it.
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Brian Y said:
Thing is, unlike MacBooks these days, iMacs still age well.

My 2017 with the i7, upgraded RAM and an external GPU should see me nicely for a few more years!
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What makes iMacs age better than MacBooks? Better thermals?
 
mindquest said:
What brand and model of the 32" are you using?
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Does the refresh rate drop the closer you use it to full resolution? Just got a 27" 4K display for my 2015 15" mbp. Works fine with display port connection (60hz) but as I try to get more screen real estate, it begins to lag pretty bad.
 
DQ11 said:
* I'm wanting to get back into making music and was saving up for a 27" + 1TB SSD + 16gb RAM( or 32 if I do it myself) + Logic Pro X + i9...........It's like $3,900 after tax.

* I would love newer look with smaller bezels, but I'm worried about the ARM chips and how they will work with Logic Pro X.
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ARM? Danger is closer - Catalina could be disaster for audio production. If You use Logic only, it's OK. But if You have third party plugins, check compatibility.
 
Hopefully we’re getting 32 inch iMacs as well.

Starting point of 8 core CPU’s, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM at the current price points would be welcome.

However everyone knows prices will probably go to £3000 starting price here in the UK.
 
Tofupunch said:
How so? I haven't really heard much about T2 issues. I have a 2015 mbp and don't have any experience with it.
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What makes iMacs age better than MacBooks? Better thermals?
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Better thermals and upgradability I suppose.

For example, you could quite easily upgrade the RAM (as I have done). And since it's on a desk, adding external storage or external GPUs isn't as much of a pain as it is on a laptop.
 
Not that I am against it but I think people have moved away from the static desktop computer at home, its very akin of the 90s. People now are laptop owners taking them everywhere, or some are satisfied with just an iPad or large iPhone screen(whats a computer?)

The other thing is that the iMacs were supposed to be an average consumer level and school computers, at the current specs and options they seem more like a luxury pro-computers.
 
brendu said:
I have been waiting years for this. Still using a 2007 iMac that I upgraded with a SSD. Can’t wait to get my hands on one. Was waiting for the base model (all I need) to drop the slowww hard drives.
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2007!! Man, that’s ancient. My late-2008 iMac bit the dust 3-4 years ago.
 
Please let it come with a new set of wireless keyboard (backlit), more ergonomic magic mouse, and magic trackpad that you can write on with the Apple Pencil.
 
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brian017 said:
As someone who used to opt for Fusion Drives for capacity, how do people with experiences of SSDs find the 128gb in this regard?
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think this, RAM 8 GB means you need 8GB free for sleep image on disk, plus around 12GB plain MacOS, plus 1,5GB each app you install, plus cache files for Chorme, Safari, Spotify, Photoshop or whatever you install etc… I think your system t can be at 60% full he 3rd day just without any of your files inside. Now try to put some photos, iOS backup or Music Library, 128GB was something 10 years ago, now is a shame
 
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itsmilo said:
i must be going blind cuz I see no difference haha but I also can’t even tell 1080p and 4k material apart on my tv.
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Eye sight is a personal thing. But when you've had 'short sighted' vision and had it laser correct to 20/20...you sure can tell the difference!

And for me. I remember being impressed with 1080 vs 720. I could tell the difference.

1080p seemed great until 4k turned up. 4k. Wow. I could really tell the difference.

Until 8k tvs turned up at my local PC World. Then?

Krikey! 8k is a wonder. Such finesses. Amazing detail and subtlety.

And Promotion?

Like a brand new motorway compared to a bumpy 'b' road.

Promotion is smooth as butter. It's a wonder to behold.

Promotion. The A12x. The Apple Pencil. The iPad (star trek technology...)

They're all things the venerable Mac hasn't got.

Azrael.
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UK-MacAddict said:
Hopefully we’re getting 32 inch iMacs as well.

Starting point of 8 core CPU’s, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM at the current price points would be welcome.

However everyone knows prices will probably go to £3000 starting price here in the UK.
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This is the chance to maximise footprint efficiency to squeeze out bigger screens.

24 and 30/32 inches. The latter for me. The killer feature of iMac is...the screen. Now is the time to make it even bigger.

Doesn't make much sense growing the entry level and not the other 27 incher. The bezels give that latitude for another 3-4 inches...and still keep the same desktop footprint. We've had the 21 inch (should have been 24 inches) for a long time now. So the 24 incher makes a welcome return for me. (I had the 24 inch model iMac...) And even my 27 inch iMac feels 'cramped' at times. So a 32 incher for creative work to see more of the artwork (and with 5-6k) even more(!) of the detail of the artwork on screen without having to zoom as much will be a boon to me.

I'm down with the specs you mention. It's a buy for me.

£3k starting price up from £1750?

Hope not. But Apple have been known to bump prices on new designs...perhaps(?) instead of eating the amortisation over the life time of the design these days.

But there was that eGamer Mac rumour with prices up to £5k... :eek:

I could cope with a price rise to £2k if the iMac included 16 gigs of ram and a 512 gig SSD and a 5700 pro gpu.

The Mac Mini got a price rise. And you can't buy a Macbook Pro 16 inch under £2k?

We'll see on the cost thing. I have one theory that the 24 incher might be cheaper. £999 inc VAT to about £1500. Maybe even go up to £1750 (the 27 incher starting price...) and we'll see the new 32 inch iMac around £1950 to £2.5k.

I'd rather they kept prices as they are or lower across the board.

Azrael.
 
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Morgenland said:
How can you draw on a vertically positioned display? We still use a tablet in addition, of course...
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Well, drawing on it vertically wouldn't be a very enjoyable experience. (Painting however... easel-style, with a paintbrush-like stylus would be very, very intriguing, albeit as niche as it gets and very much a pipe dream of mine). But if there was an accompanying VESA mount/stand that could swivel it into a flat or angled position....... yes please!
 
ke-iron said:
Not true.
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iPad with Retina display -> New version released later that year because original chip couldn't handle the pixels
iPhone -> You're holding it wrong antennas
Original AW -> Battery issues with recall
iPod nano ->First gen overheating recall
MBP Retina -> First and second gen iGPU couldn't push the pixels
G4 Cube -> Only gen made, overheated and could handle G5

This is just off the top of my head. Hey I love Apple, but their track record hasn't been that great on new or newly designed products.
 
So no more Fusion drives in new iMac.

OK...so my iMac has about 3TB of data on it. I doubt a 4-5 TB SSD will be affordable so what would be the process to migrate my current machine to the new one using a much larger external drive for most everything except applications and that sort of important stuff which would still reside on the boot drive? A link might be helpful if somebody has one that outlines the procedure!

:confused:
 
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