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Prosser: 2021 iMac to Come in Five Colors, Apple Silicon Mac Pro to Resemble 'Stacked' Mac Minis
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You forgot the step where you earn 300,000+ subscribers to your YT channel. If you want that, you'll have to have great content over many months. Rene Ritchie has tremendous content, and he's at ~224k subscribers after 10 months.
If you want to "get in on this game", that's how you do it. Get busy!
I could care less about the cuteness factor or colors of these Macs.
I want to buy a computer that is somewhat upgradable and repairable.
If these are NOT. NO DEAL.
As long as I can run the programs I need to run. Even if Intel CPU's a tad slower , I will stick with INTEL MACS.
I want to buy a computer that is somewhat upgradable and repairable.
If these are NOT. NO DEAL.
As long as I can run the programs I need to run. Even if Intel CPU's a tad slower , I will stick with INTEL MACS.
All rumors so far point to the fact that the smaller Mac Pro will live alongside the new cheese grater.
I am convinced the cheese grater will get Apple Silicon in the future, but not the first gen M1. Something more powerful, compatible with a separate GPU and upgradeable RAM.
As for the form factor of the smaller Mac Pro, I'd be disappointed if it doesn't have at least a couple of PCI slots.
As I sit writing on my iMac, I can barely see the color except in the chin. I don't really think Apple will do this, mainly because of the logistics of stocking 5 different iMacs because of color. There are already 3 different processors in 2 different sizes, that 6 is iMacs. Add 5 color options and that makes 30 different iMacs to stock in stores, not reasonable.
Agreed, and I wish Macrumors would just stop using him as a source. Trash mouth at best and an embarrassment
Isn't a Mac Pro of whatever size going to be somewhat of a challenge with Apple silicon?
Part of the expressed advantage of the M1 chip's architecture is that the memory is built into the chip, which gets around various communications busses.
So, if you presume that one of the big reasons for a Pro model to exist is for user expansion options, just how would that work? Maybe they'll set up some RAM that is user expandable and acts like a RAM disk to handle a lot of that virtual memory shuffling that seems to be a current point of interest on the existing M1 based Macs. (Obviously that is just an unsubstantiationable stupid wild guess - I don't have a YouTube channel...)
The other usual expectation for a Pro model is faster operation. External RAM may hinder that. Dunno.
Part of the expressed advantage of the M1 chip's architecture is that the memory is built into the chip, which gets around various communications busses.
So, if you presume that one of the big reasons for a Pro model to exist is for user expansion options, just how would that work? Maybe they'll set up some RAM that is user expandable and acts like a RAM disk to handle a lot of that virtual memory shuffling that seems to be a current point of interest on the existing M1 based Macs. (Obviously that is just an unsubstantiationable stupid wild guess - I don't have a YouTube channel...)
The other usual expectation for a Pro model is faster operation. External RAM may hinder that. Dunno.
Did he see all five colors from the front? Not very likely. He is speculating on colors. I rather take iPhone 12 colors.
Stacking 3-4 Mac mini on top of each other with a large heat sink suggest that there will be no PCI slots. That Mac Pro mini would cater for the iMac Pro crowd having Ethernet connection to servers. I believe that the Mac Pro Max ( cheesegrater) M chip will not be released until next year.
Stacking 3-4 Mac mini on top of each other with a large heat sink suggest that there will be no PCI slots. That Mac Pro mini would cater for the iMac Pro crowd having Ethernet connection to servers. I believe that the Mac Pro Max ( cheesegrater) M chip will not be released until next year.
Wait -- multiple posters here are complaining about these colors -- and Apple's decision to use these colors -- based on a speculative render of what colors might look like?
Now picture all your ports plugged in to the side of the computer hanging out over your desk.
Then ask yourself, will this actually happen.
As a Graphic Designer, I can guarantee these will sell like hotcakes to artists who do the "copied the Ikea desk set up from my favorite YouTuber with the fake succulent plant" gimmick.
You will see 1000's of videos of these things "BEST iMAC EVER?" with little bubbles in the corner of the screen "M1X!"
You will see 1000's of videos of these things "BEST iMAC EVER?" with little bubbles in the corner of the screen "M1X!"
Whether this particular rumor pans out or not, it just seems to make sense we'll see an M1 (or M2??) iMac this year one way or another. I just hope there's a big option on par with the current 27" iMac 5K -- and that my 2014 iMac 5K can be coaxed along until it comes out.
Exciting times for Apple users, whether or not the rumors are true. We are likely getting new M powered Macs, new iPad Pro, new iPad Mini, Apple Watch Series 7 with Blood Glucose monitoring (game changer for diabetics who can afford the watch).
That iMac may be valuable to resell, there's plenty out there who need an Intel based machine, rather than ARM based.