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Imagine thinking your role in life is to battle in some synthetic war over brands...
Key take homes:
None.
Thanks for watching.
Actually, the take homes are:
* Faster processor - the cynic in me almost believing the chip line-up was already set in stone the moment the first was released back in 2020. (iow, the m4 was already designed when the m1 was)
* Different colours that are almost the same as the current colours but somehow different - shades
* AI at apple changes the first word to be Apple, but it's exactly the same - and also, Apple is Waaaaaaay behind the curve when it comes to the latest marketing to try and shift computers because nobody wants to upgrade anymore.
There is NO reason for anyone who already has an iMac with Apple silicon to upgrade.
The real world speed boost will only be noticed by more professional users - and this iMac is really not for them anyway. The 24" monitor would've been a "no thanks" right from the first release.
None.
Thanks for watching.
Actually, the take homes are:
* Faster processor - the cynic in me almost believing the chip line-up was already set in stone the moment the first was released back in 2020. (iow, the m4 was already designed when the m1 was)
* Different colours that are almost the same as the current colours but somehow different - shades
* AI at apple changes the first word to be Apple, but it's exactly the same - and also, Apple is Waaaaaaay behind the curve when it comes to the latest marketing to try and shift computers because nobody wants to upgrade anymore.
There is NO reason for anyone who already has an iMac with Apple silicon to upgrade.
The real world speed boost will only be noticed by more professional users - and this iMac is really not for them anyway. The 24" monitor would've been a "no thanks" right from the first release.
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Could not even bother the CEO with this one.. lame update. But seems to be the usual from Apple for the last few years. How many employees does Apple have? No creativity...
I don’t get the appeal of using type to Siri. It takes just as much effort and keystrokes (if not more) to ask Siri to message someone instead of just Alt-Tabbing over to Messages and typing out the message directly.
This is a running theme for me and Apple Intelligence in general. Best case it feels like a “six one way/half a dozen the other” gesture than any sort of improvement.
This is a running theme for me and Apple Intelligence in general. Best case it feels like a “six one way/half a dozen the other” gesture than any sort of improvement.
I thought Apple was a soulless company motivated only by profit maximization.....but, yeah, sure they tested it on Kindergartens rather than actual consumers. I love how critics of Apple want to have it both ways.
You're probably too young to know the history of apple and their use of color in their consumer-level (not pro-level) products
Also their entire MO has been "six colors" since the 70s.
You could argue that, with the keyboard and mouse being separate, it was never an all in one
That would require personalities and interesting frontmen not just dry monologues where every listener falls asleep.
Since the M chip series iMac facelift, it's always been positioned as casual, entry level Mac. Just a basic Mac Mini with built in display and camera.
I miss the old days when iMac was always the next best thing beside the Mac Pro with all the discreet GPU options.
Was hoping for a 27" 120Hz display. 
Also, a pro/max w/o throttling. meh. Dang late 2012 iMac still in use.
Also, a pro/max w/o throttling. meh. Dang late 2012 iMac still in use.Right?
And of course, those demanding Apple make a bigger one, despite the fact that they have already said they won’t.
And of course, this bigger one that people are imagining is a massive 32 inch M4Maxer with a 120Hz Mini LED panel.
Oh, and for under $2000, of course. The most realistic Apple computer ever.
/S
Just the same MaxTech YouTube clickbait trash
I’m confident in my manhood to own a Mac that’s a fruity color 😂
So don’t use it for messages?
Type to Siri used to be an accessibility feature, and it was one of the first things I turned on.
It does duplicate a lot of the functionality of Spotlight, but it allows you to take a lot more actions.
It’s a specially useful when paired with a keyboard shortcut.
Being able to double click the command key, type “play this album” and go right back to my work without any interruptions is fantastic.
Regularly you’d have to interrupt what you’re doing, go down to the Music app, click it to open, either search for the album or find it in your library, click on that, then click on “play”, then minimize that window, then move back to what you were doing before.
Now it’s doubleclick command, “play album”, click enter and done.
Same goes with other tiny tasks, skipping forward in a podcast, opening a specific Settings panel, pinging a device, running a shortcut, setting a timer…
Also, I think the biggest reason for type to Siri being much easier to find now… Is that Apple will eventually combine typed Siri and Spotlight into one interface.
Really begs for 24 inch companion, external display. A 4.5K 24” external display in a similar enclosure as the 24” iMac could lead to attractive 2 or 3 display setups.