Apple Announces iMac With M4 Chip, Center Stage Camera, Nano-Texture Display Option, and More

[bradman83]

I hate to be that guy but 256GB of storage? Really?

Plenty of casual users get by with that much. Fewer people hold onto massive MP3 or video libraries in the current streaming era, and a lot of users keep their photos in the cloud to use across devices, so local storage becomes less important. My mother in law and spouse both have 256 GB laptops and neither of them even scratch the 50% mark.

 

[HowardEv]

That photo is false advertising! It shows the iMacs all powered up, with their screens on, but without power cords in the back! Implying that they have a battery like an iPad, when they do not have a battery, and need to be plugged in to line level power (preferably plugged into a UPS).

Apple obviously thinks that the power cord is ugly and unwieldy, or they would include it in the picture. So it’s false advertising and they should be called out.

 

[trip1ex]

I'm so sorry are these not the exact same colors the old one came in?

not seeing the difference so far.

I hate to be that guy but 256GB of storage? Really?

I love to be this guy: You can get up to 2tb of storage.

 

[trip1ex]

That photo is false advertising! It shows the iMacs all powered up, with their screens on, but without power cords in the back! Implying that they have a battery like an iPad, when they do not have a battery, and need to be plugged in to line level power (preferably plugged into a UPS).

Apple obviously thinks that the power cord is ugly and unwieldy, or they would include it in the picture. So it’s false advertising and they should be called out.

you should have developed an al-loo-minium color matching external battery that magnetically attaches to the back of the iMac by now.

 

[Pahn]

Ugh, was ethernet not included on the base M3 model?

EDIT: It's a $30 upgrade, so I'll stop complaining.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Ugh, was ethernet not included on the base M3 model?

Absolutely ridiculous nickel and diming -- on a desktop computer -- to not include ethernet on all models

 

[EugW]

Has no one else noticed this?

iMac with 8‑core CPU supports one external display. iMac with 10‑core CPU supports up to two external displays.

If this comes to MacBooks, that is huge. Typical Apple, still requiring an upgrade to the chip, but no longer needing a “pro” chip…unless they’ve decided to scrap the Pro chip name since an “m4 pro MacBook Pro” sounded super lame.

We already know from the Russian leak video that the M4 MacBook Pro supports two external displays simultaneously with the internal display.

 

[dz5b609]

I hate to be that guy but 256GB of storage? Really?

256GB is more than enough for the vast majority of business laptops, which is why it's the minimum.

 

[turbineseaplane]

256GB is more than enough for the vast majority of business laptops, which is why it's the minimum.

Why does the business laptop standard apply to the iMac desktop computer?

 

[hans1972]

16GB RAM!

There's still a lot of things the usual suspects will complain about:

• Too small screen
• No USB port on the front
• No USB-A port
• Doesn't support Wifi 7 or Bluetooth 6 (don'r even know if it exist)
• No easy way to replace or add RAM
• Too expensive upgrade price for SSD
• Doesn't have the Apple logo in front
• The colours are all wrong
• It1s too thin

Did I miss something?

Edited:

Yes, I did:

• Only 256Gb SSD storage on base model
• Gigabit Ethernet not available as default on the base model
  
  

 

[hans1972]

Oh come on man, some people don't want to have to buy an external 4TB SSD for their computer. For monetary reasons, or aesthetic.

Regardless it's not about whether the problem is "easily solved" It's why is apple overcharging so much.

Apple wants to make money. It's that simple.
I don't know why anyone has a problem with that, it's the opposite of people wanting to save money.

 

[synp]

There's still a lot of things the usual suspects will complain about:

• Too small screen
• No USB port on the front
• No USB-A port
• Doesn't support Wifi 7 or Bluetooth 6 (don'r even know if it exist)
• No easy way to replace or add RAM
• Too expensive upgrade price for SSD
• Doesn't have the Apple logo in front
• The colours are all wrong
• It1s too thin

Did I miss something?

Yes. You missed the fact that you can't use it as a monitor for another computer.

 

[EugW]

Why does the business laptop standard apply to the iMac desktop computer?

Because often business users for office type applications and regular consumers at home have roughly similar needs in terms of specs. My wife, daughter, and son are all fine with 256 GB with their 2017 13" MacBook Air, 2015 13" MacBook Pro, and 2017 27" iMac respectively (although my son has 1 TB - mostly empty space). Also, when I took apart my 2010 27" iMac to replace the hard drive, I just stuck a 250 GB SSD in it, since it only sees light usage, and I just happened to have an unused 250 GB SSD lying around. It still has over 200 GB free.

OTOH, I have an M1 Mac mini with 1 TB internal storage, plus a 2 TB external SSD for Photos and an external 1 TB SSD for other stuff, as well as a 4 TB Time Machine hard drive.

 

[picpicmac]

No easy way to replace or add RAM

Get over it.

Standard practice now is to put lpDDR right next to the processor on a single SiP.

And this might be difficult for you to appreciate, but around this globe there are many buyers for these computers with different needs than yours.

 

[MacRazySwe]

Great upgrade!

Fingers crossed for 16GB being the standard in the new M4 MBA. If so, that's in instant upgrade from me. In the meantime my M1 MBA remains amazing.

 

[QCassidy352]

It should, because I bet at least 8GB RAM of those 16 are dedicated and allocated for Apple Intelligence.

Apple intelligence runs on iPhones, iPads, and Macs with only 8GB total, so clearly it doesn’t need 8GB to run.

 

[Saturn007]

There's still a lot of things the usual suspects will complain about:

• Too small screen
• No USB port on the front
• No USB-A port
• Doesn't support Wifi 7 or Bluetooth 6 (don'r even know if it exist)
• No easy way to replace or add RAM
• Too expensive upgrade price for SSD
• Doesn't have the Apple logo in front
• The colours are all wrong
• It1s too thin

Did I miss something?

Edited:

Yes, I did:

• Only 256Gb SSD storage on base model
• Gigabit Ethernet not available as default on the base model
  

😁

Yet, several of those are justified criticisms!

 

[JPack]

Absolutely ridiculous nickel and diming -- on a desktop computer -- to not include ethernet on all models

Biggest issue is base model iMac only has two USB ports. For a $1,299 desktop, that's ridiculous. You buy a USB Ethernet adapter, then you're down to one port.

Apple makes you choose the mid-range iMac to get more USB ports.

Somehow, the $599 Mac mini offers four USB ports.

 

[GeneticBloom]

I ordered the upgraded model in orange. I really couldn't decide on the color. The previous ones I loved the purple, but I think the green looks really good on this version. The orange is more muted and it didn't look that much different than the last ones, so I went with that. It's like a copper orange this year and I can't wait to see it in person next week.

 

[EugW]

Biggest issue is base model iMac only has two USB ports. For a $1,299 desktop, that's ridiculous. You buy a USB Ethernet adapter, then you're down to one port.

Apple makes you choose the mid-range iMac to get more USB ports.

Somehow, the $599 Mac mini offers four USB ports.

You can upgrade for $30 to get the Ethernet port. It doesn't use up a USB port because the port is located on the AC adapter.

BTW, rumour has it the new M4 Mac mini only has 3 USB ports.

 

[asdfjkl;]

256GB is more than enough for the vast majority of business laptops, which is why it's the minimum.

I retired recently but at the Fortune 500 company I worked for they did not buy any laptops with less than 1TB storage. Mac or PC.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Somehow, the $599 Mac mini offers four USB ports.

Well, today on Monday it does anyhow...

We'll see how many it has by the end of this week 😬

 

[EugW]

I retired recently but at the Fortune 500 company I worked for they did not buy any laptops with less than 1TB storage. Mac or PC.

If you look at the resellers of used off-lease business desktops, 1 TB is very common configuration for hard drive based machines, but 256 GB is a very common configuration for SSD based machines.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I retired recently but at the Fortune 500 company I worked for they did not buy any laptops with less than 1TB storage. Mac or PC.

Given how incredibly cheap super fast storage is now, it's just silly to even be worrying about it

Apple should spec these things higher across the board, if they were worried about the "best customer experience"

The problem is that they've turned component upgrade pricing into a primary source of profit taking

 

[Pahn]

If you need the keyboard with the number pad, it's $50 cheaper if you go up above the base model. Base is an $80 upcharge, whereas it's only $30 on the higher models.