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iMac: Just Updated With M4 Chip! Features, Price, and Buying Advice
Apple's iMac is an ultra-thin all-in-one desktop computer that was refreshed with the new M4 chip, a minimum of 16GB of memory, a nano-texture...
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We are getting closer to seeing the end of 8GB Macs due to AI, and the multiple caches of OS, CPU/GPU, browser tabs, and now AI. Yes you can still work with 8GB, but it's not desirable for the next few years. Even when the 24" iMac first came out people working with video editing quickly found that 16 GB even was not the best. 24 GB was a bandaid, iMac really needs to offer 16 GB DRAM min and 32 GB DRAM for video/audio editing that some like to use it for.
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No, in my feeble mind at least, the simplest explanation is that, for whatever reason, InFO-LSI advanced packaging was not an option for the singular N3 (N3B) node in the first place. So M3 was designed around that contingency: no Ultra.
I’ll leave it to others to critique your understanding of the symmetry of the Ultra. All I can say is it was and is an engineering feat, years ahead of everyone else. Look at Nvidia’s adjustments and delays implementing the Local Silicon Interconnect (LSI) within CoWoS-L advanced packaging. It’s not easy, but Apple and Nvidia both seem to think the payoff is worth it. Once Apple has it established on N3E for M4, it will transfer to N3P for M5, just like M1 on N5 moved to M2 on N5P.
Advanced packaging is the future. Apple isn’t going to walk away from it.
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The A18 would be the minimum SoC to expect. Likely the iPad mini 7 aims at entertainment aka video playback/games usages that the update to A18 would add AV1 decoding, GPU ray tracing/mesh shading, and Dynamic caching. I don't want to see a M1 or M2 as those SoC lack all those hardware capabilities, which is why the 2024 M2 Air was a strange choice by Apple?
Doesn’t mean what was spotted will be production and it doesn’t say which M4 Macs. Why give an iMac 16gb when it probably doesn’t even sell enough to warrant it? You all are expecting too much as always.reference
iMac: Just Updated With M4 Chip! Features, Price, and Buying Advice
Apple's iMac is an ultra-thin all-in-one desktop computer that was refreshed with the new M4 chip, a minimum of 16GB of memory, a nano-texture...
We are getting closer to seeing the end of 8GB Macs due to AI, and the multiple caches of OS, CPU/GPU, browser tabs, and now AI. Yes you can still work with 8GB, but it's not desirable for the next few years. Even when the 24" iMac first came out people working with video editing quickly found that 16 GB even was not the best. 24 GB was a bandaid, iMac really needs to offer 16 GB DRAM min and 32 GB DRAM for video/audio editing that some like to use it for.
Hmm new imac and ipad mini for me. Holding onto my M3 MBP until there is a redesign in a few years
mac mini can't come soon enough, my mini 2012 i7 setup needs desperately an upgrade
Is it just me, or does it say for anyone else “service unavailable” when they try to go to the Buy page for the Mac Mini on the Apple website? Just trying to play around with specs to get an idea what the next one could cost.
Looking forward to seeing what the new Mac mini has to offer.
I am growing tired of the non 4K Apple TV I have with regards to not being able to permanently pair with HomePods like my 4K can (WHY!!!!?????), and it having a recent issue with remotes, loading content, and overall speed.
I don't suspect forced obsolescence, but I do suspect that Apple isn't giving that model full attention. I would prefer to have a Mac-Mini in my main living room, and turn it into a local server as well as being a media consumption device. Move the old 4K to my kitchen where my non 4K is driving me nuts!
I am growing tired of the non 4K Apple TV I have with regards to not being able to permanently pair with HomePods like my 4K can (WHY!!!!?????), and it having a recent issue with remotes, loading content, and overall speed.
I don't suspect forced obsolescence, but I do suspect that Apple isn't giving that model full attention. I would prefer to have a Mac-Mini in my main living room, and turn it into a local server as well as being a media consumption device. Move the old 4K to my kitchen where my non 4K is driving me nuts!
Most people bought the iMac with 16GB over the 8GB. It was like just $200 more, but another $200 for 8GB more for 24GB?
Reminds me of lesson 5 of this Sam Tucker poke at Apple at the 4:02 time point - just change $200 more on a lot of things.
Link me to this fantasy please?
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older Bluetooth standard on the non4K one?
Older version Bluetooth on the older non4K one?
Older version Bluetooth on the older non4K one?
Apple Watch has been gradually becoming my primary always on me Personal Device for communication, music/podcast and daily organizing to the detriment of the iPhone which I've carried with me less and less — only picking it up on my way out when I know I'll need a full screen.
An iPad mini could fill that space if it's thin and lightweight enough to fit in a coat pocket. I think of it as a Moleskin notebook for sketching, taking notes and reading Apple News on the go.
I've been waiting for an update because the current no Face ID is a hard "no" for me. I've become too accustomed to my devices simply recognizing me with passive security rather than having to touch my finger to authenticate deliberately each time. Rumours suggest this won't change but iPad mini isn't an entry level iPad nor is its price, — all other iPads and iPhones have Face ID. So here's hoping.
An iPad mini could fill that space if it's thin and lightweight enough to fit in a coat pocket. I think of it as a Moleskin notebook for sketching, taking notes and reading Apple News on the go.
I've been waiting for an update because the current no Face ID is a hard "no" for me. I've become too accustomed to my devices simply recognizing me with passive security rather than having to touch my finger to authenticate deliberately each time. Rumours suggest this won't change but iPad mini isn't an entry level iPad nor is its price, — all other iPads and iPhones have Face ID. So here's hoping.
They are both 5.0.
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The issue is nonsensical to me, has been a HUGE complaint since I got it after having the 4K prior. I wish I returned it after 14 days, but didn't know at the time as I replaced my kitchen audio with HomePod Minis about 6 months later.
Unlikely to ever happen but would love a keyboard with usb C that allows pairing to more than one device! Same with New UsB C mouse
Also would upgrade my studio display if a model was released with input switching
And would upgrade my Apple TV but only if Ethernet was kept
Also would upgrade my studio display if a model was released with input switching
And would upgrade my Apple TV but only if Ethernet was kept
I really wish they'd grow their line of displays beyond the two they offer. (One, really, if you factor out the nosebleed-priced Pro Display XDR.)
It’s time for a complete redesign. From a design perspective they’re sleek and beautiful but functionally they’re lacking. A trillion dollar company should do better …
Nobody outside Apple can answer that question. The mockups are just guesses. We don't even actually know if this product is real.
Apple would probably give you less than $200.00 unless it’s really speced out. Keep it and just buy the M4. I just bought base m2 and it’s only worth $220.00 as trade in. Not wanting to sell just came up as a trade in option while upgrading another product.
Looking at the USB hub currently connected to my MacBook Pro I've got two USB-A hard drives and a USB-C SSD with a display that's connected to the MacBook Pro's second USB-C port directly.
I'm also considering picking up a UPS for the Mac mini when I get it, so that would be another USB-A connection.
Now I'm willing to replace cables as necessary, but that's still five USB ports I'd need, which hopefully I can connect to the back of the computer. The current Mac mini would be perfect in this scenario, but if they cut the rear ports to three that means I'd have to connect at least two devices to the front, which would be a bit ugly.
Of course I could just retain the hub, but the whole point of getting off of this "two thunderbolt ports" MacBook Pro would be to get rid of that hub in the first place.
I'm also considering picking up a UPS for the Mac mini when I get it, so that would be another USB-A connection.
Now I'm willing to replace cables as necessary, but that's still five USB ports I'd need, which hopefully I can connect to the back of the computer. The current Mac mini would be perfect in this scenario, but if they cut the rear ports to three that means I'd have to connect at least two devices to the front, which would be a bit ugly.
Of course I could just retain the hub, but the whole point of getting off of this "two thunderbolt ports" MacBook Pro would be to get rid of that hub in the first place.
Yep. As someone with 4 Mac Studio Ultras it is essentially two glued mobile chips. But honestly, Apple keeps frustrating the pro market. I moved away after the 2013 trash can Mac Pro fiasco. I used an i9 iMac but I only had one mac at the time. I came back with the M1 Ultra Mac Studio and now I have 4 Studio Ultras. But now Apple will have M4 laptops and M2 desktops. They keep frustrating the desktop market. If it keeps up I will be moving back to Windows and I HATE HATE HATE HATE Windows.
Apple needs to do something. Having the BEST of the BEST being out performed by a laptop is not good. They need to reverse their product launches to keep the desktop market happy.
They did they Mac Studio dirty with the M3 release. I regularly use my M3 Max Macbook Pro for GPU intensive tasks and especially ray-tracing. It is MUCH BETTER than my M2 Ultra maxed system and I am MASSIVELY PISSED I maxed that system out. I like to keep my system for many years, but I also need more performance. I would expect the top of the line desktop to NOT be outperformed in several tasks by a system half its price in one generation.
You are on to something. You mean i can get the bare bones new small mac mini and tuck it in under my tv?
Does it need anything else or could i just hook it up with tv in the living room with bt keyboard and mouse and that is it? Is it better than apple tv in that regard?
I'm looking forward to the potential Mini updates (Mac Mini and iPad Mini 7.)
I really want an orange iMac, but I can't justify the need. It's not even the cost, it's the need. My M3 Max MBP is a beast of a system.