Anyone else think the 8Gb 24” iMac is a slow old dog?

[Dealmans]

Maybe not as slow as a old dog lol.
But v a 14“ Pro 16/1TB that I tried it was.
Am thinking of selling it off and getting a 16” 16/512 MacBook Pro. My iMac is the 8/512gb.
Anyone else done that?

 

[Kdvl7]

Hello,

Well I also have a 24" iMac (8/256) as well as the new MacBook Pro (16/512).
While I would not say that the iMac is "a slow old dog", it is clear that it looks slower once you've tried the new MacBook Pro. So much so that I prefer using the MacBook Pro rather than the iMac!

 

[Dealmans]

Hello,

Well I also have a 24" iMac (8/256) as well as the new MacBook Pro (16/512).
While I would not say that the iMac is "a slow old dog", it is clear that it looks slower once you've tried the new MacBook Pro. So much so that I prefer using the MacBook Pro rather than the iMac!

Do you have the 16”? I only compared the 14” so the 16” would be even faster?

 

[Dealmans]

The pro motion makes a huge difference too imo.

 

[Kdvl7]

Do you have the 16”? I only compared the 14” so the 16” would be even faster?

Honestly, I did not try the 14-inch model so I could not tell you! I can only confirm that the 16-inch model is indeed much faster than the iMac 24".

 

[Dealmans]

Honestly, I did not try the 14-inch model so I could not tell you! I can only confirm that the 16-inch model is indeed much faster than the iMac 24".

Did you keep your iMac too?

 

[Mr.Blacky]

Absolutely not. Of course the 14" or 16" McBook Pro would be faster, but the iMac M1 is in no way "slow".

 

[Kdvl7]

Did you keep your iMac too?

Yes of course! I bought it one year ago. Even though it isn't the most powerful Mac, it remains an excellent machine.

 

[Fishrrman]

I've posted this before and I'll repeat:
16gb of RAM is "the new 8".

Almost anyone who buys an m-series Mac with only 8gb is going to discover this, sooner or later...

 

[Onimusha370]

Maybe not as slow as a old dog lol.
But v a 14“ Pro 16/1TB that I tried it was.
Am thinking of selling it off and getting a 16” 16/512 MacBook Pro. My iMac is the 8/512gb.
Anyone else done that?

im thinking of purchasing an iMac soon with these specs, also have a new MacBook Pro! Would be good to hear what you mean by “slow” so I can make the right purchase. I.e. is it slower opening apps, slower when in apps, if so which apps? Etc etc. Thanks in advance

 

[Kdvl7]

I've posted this before and I'll repeat:
16gb of RAM is "the new 8".

Almost anyone who buys an m-series Mac with only 8gb is going to discover this, sooner or later...

Yes right? That's exactly what I did when I purchased my iMac. The problem is that it was the last one available and I wanted it so badly...

 

[Dealmans]

im thinking of purchasing an iMac soon with these specs, also have a new MacBook Pro! Would be good to hear what you mean by “slow” so I can make the right purchase. I.e. is it slower opening apps, slower when in apps, if so which apps? Etc etc. Thanks in advance

All of that and pro motion makes it jarring going between the 2, I think as you are using a trackpad on the MacBook scrolling is so much better, when I had the M1 12.9 iPad I didn't notice it.