Most people love the force touch trackpad it's been on MacBooks since 2015.
I love my haptic trackpad too.
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I love my haptic trackpad too.
Agreed. I really do like the design of new 24 iMac and was really interested to see a larger and more powerful version. But I think the Studio is the replacement for a 27 iMac. In fairness you can’t spec a current iMac to be as powerful as even an entry level Studio so there is that. I’ve even been pondering a Studio for myself.
But I’m going to wait to see the M3 iMac upgrade. Candidly I really like the form factor and tidiness of an AIO rather than having a separate monitor and cables snaking everywhere. It’s part of what drew me to my first iMac when back when.
A Mac Studio would require me to buy a non Apple display simply because Apple doesn’t offer a reasonably affordable 24-27 in. display. What Apple charges for the Studio and XDR displays is beyond absurd.
And as powerful as it is I find the Mac Studio to be a boring looking little box, rather like a fattened Mac Mini. It’s a very business like, no nonsense device with no joy to its design. I can’t argue its capabilities, but it’s boring to look at. And yet I still enjoy seeing and using my 2011 21.5 iMac.
To each their own, but I’m interested to see whats in store for the iMac next year.
I had no idea my Mac track pad wasn't mechanical till I read this. Amazing.
Nod, most all had 2012-2014 MBPs before purchasing either the last Intel MBPs or new M1s..
I myself went from the late 2012 to the last Intel version. As I said, I don’t hate it, just that it could have more click to it than it does?
Like most things it’s a personal preference?
Cost less to ship. Less footprint. Less weight. Every it counts esp if they’re selling millions.
Nah. It is slimmer and lighter because the internals don't require the same cooling setup. Then Apple saves a little bit on shipping and material costs. The slimmer and lighter aspects won't sell anymore of these as very few will know prior to purchase and even less will care once they install it and put it on a shelf next to their huge TV and all the other stuff on that shelf. Maybe about 1% of folks will install the smaller Apple TV behind their actual TV in a way they couldn't before and that will be nice.
Side note, does anyone make a 1 foot or shooter HDMI cord? There might be a market for something like that.
I did. I have a 27" Dell 4K monitor and a 16-core Linux PC. It is not as compact but is dramatically faster and with a better screen.
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40 is .. old?
Also, why should “old” people pay good money for products that don’t work for them?
Also, when did age discrimination become so casually acceptable?
Also.. Your parents raised an *******.
If this idea of replacing the mechanical buttons by sensor switches with 3 taptic machines – this would be technical awful:
1. Everybody knows how to use sensor switches: Often you need a second or third course to get what you want
and behavior changes always with humidity conditions of finger tips.
2. Battery consumption disease of Apple iPhones will increase.
Technical know how at Apple and analysis capacities seem to decline (remember the amount of wrong decisions in laptops in mechanical topics...).
Please not the same deep sleep over 5 years as it happened then with the laptops. Please awake Mr. COOK !
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1. Everybody knows how to use sensor switches: Often you need a second or third course to get what you want
and behavior changes always with humidity conditions of finger tips.
2. Battery consumption disease of Apple iPhones will increase.
Technical know how at Apple and analysis capacities seem to decline (remember the amount of wrong decisions in laptops in mechanical topics...).
Please not the same deep sleep over 5 years as it happened then with the laptops. Please awake Mr. COOK !
👍Please explain how you think iMacs have less offensive cabling? Anything the user does (charge keyboard, charge trackpad, attach camera card, attach mass storage, power the display, etc.) requires cables to run up in the air to the iMac display. And attaching cabling to an iMac is a PITA on most operational desk setups, so most users just leave cables dangling; ugly. With a Studio, cables can run behind the Studio at desk level then drop off the edge of the desk or into a desk access hole.
Only if one does not really use an iMac for real work can it look desktop neat and clean.
False. Apple made a poor keyboard, then replaced it with an excellent keyboard. That is improvement, not decline.
I’m trying to understand whatever I said to compel you to be insulting.
- Wifi connection to router = no cable
- Wifi connection to printer = no cable
- AIO has built-in monitor and no tower under the desk = no cable
- Bluetooth keyboard and mouse = no cables.
- iMac and printer power cables run behind the desk = no visible cables.
Neat and tidy.
This is your dream list maybe in 10 years with faster transmission standards senseful for professional usage with bis data volumes to handle without extra time – forget it 😉
This is what my setup is like currently. No, it’s not a “professional” setup, but then nowhere was that eastablished to be a criteria.