24 iMac M1 display vs UltraFine 24 4k

[LiE_]

What happened to your plant?

Plant heaven.

 

[johnscully]

What would you have to say about the comparison between machines in general? I think the 21.5 is much prettier than the 24.
Is the screen of the previous one really better? Could you take a picture of them (since you have side by side)?
I think I'll end up going to the previous one, as it costs half the price in Brazil.

Don't know about "pretty" – the 21.5 inch just looks and feels much more premium than new 24 inch (at least in my opinion). The 24 inch has more of a "lifestyle"-ish feel to it – if I'd exaggerate I would say it appears like a very big iPad, whereas the 21.5 looks more like a classic robust Mac for getting the job done. And I don't like the white bezel around the display of the 24 inch. Plus the display of the 21.5 inch has way better viewing angle stability with colors.

 

[djrobsd]

The screen on the new iMac is better.

24" M1 iMac
Native: 4480 x 2520
Retina: 2,240 x 1,260
PPI: 218.73 pixels per inch

24" LG UltraFine
Native: 3840 x 2160
Retina: 1920 x 1,080
PPI: 185.9 pixels per inch

To me 1920 x 1080 on 24" is OK, but it's not much space to get things done. The 2240 x 1260 is a really nice bump in usable space on the same 24" size.

Here is my 24" UltraFine setup:

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and my updated iMac setup:

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I bet the Sonos sounds so much better with the iMac. All kidding aside, the corner of the room is definitely the best placement of a Sonos to get the most bass response.

On the other hand, I like the other setup better, much sexier in my opinion with the darker colors. I do NOT like any of the colors on the new iMacs IMHO.

 

[tornado99]

@LiE_ , just as point of reference I use an LG Ultrafine equivalent (24 inch, 4K) at 150% scaling in Linux giving a comfortable workspace of 2560x1440.

The Elephant in the room is that OS-X is not very flexible when it comes to fractional scaling, by design. The entire screen contents is treated as a single image ('buffer') which is then upscaled&downscaled to your monitor. Whereas Linux treats every element (text,icons,window controls, etc.) separately. This means text doesn't need to be fractionally scaled at all, so is razor sharp at 150% as at 200%.

TL-DR if you try and do anything other than 200% scaling on a 218 ppi monitor OS X will give a poorer result than Linux.