iMac 24” M1. Any problems with them? (Poll)

[400]

Can I ask why don’t like M1?

Yeah, think I did earlier but a recap. Not the M1 chip as such, the 24" package it sits in.
The stereo socket (headphones) set me off, sound small potatoes but in making it thin, it is in the side (damage it and you have to winkle the plug out). Then that led me onto the remote rj45 being remote in a power brick with a fancy conmnectoy cos supper thinned screen and lack of SD slot and very limited USB.

I have the top of the shop so 2 USB3 and two TB/USB3 in C form connectors. It seems an exercise in "his thin can we go" but if the hump had the gubbings on the back it could be insanely thin for 3/4 off the screen and have a decent connectivity.

It is too light on its foot, with a scarcity of ports it is inevitable to unplug/plug back up and it spins unless you steady it. Not an insurmountable after purchase problem with some suitable material I think. Overall I think the design is "look what we can do" and not "what we should have done". That is my personal take and won't fit with many I suppose but it is here and I expect it to remain.

Speakers are OK but I usually run through my stereo hence my objection to the socket on the side. For some reason though iTunes with no equaliser, the speakers are tinny but better through the stereo. Play a game or watch some TV and they are a lot better.

So, I am probably more suited to a bigger version when it appears.

With regards my OS issues since Big Sur, many have been resolved by using the Monterey reset option and not using migration assistant. I had done this 4 times or so and resulted is a messy laggy system and it was that bad I hated it. No migration assistant on a new setup and it worked (recent discovery).

APFS is another bugbear but that would apply whatever the iMac I think. Photos library now operating sweet on an external nvme and not encrypted but an extra £220. Encrypt any apfs and it seems a massive speed hit though the OS SSD absolutely flys.

If you like the form factor, go for it. Once I get that "once seen, cannot unseen" it grates on me hence I will probably change if the right one comes out the design shop.

Now if only I could market my idea for a foot stabiliser/charging point.

 

[petvas]

While gaming performance doesn't tell the whole story, it's a hell of a lot better of a measurement of performance than synthetic benchmarks that I believe Apple is gaming.

The M1 Mac performs worse than the i5-8400 at almost everything in the real world, yet benchmarks are saying the opposite. Benchmarks are not everything.

Well, I have been using Apple Silicon computers since last May, and I never ever experienced a lag. With Intel Macs this was something common. Also, I have never ever heard the fans of my Macs go off. With Intel computers this is always the case.
Macs with Apple Silicon processors are extremely responsive and very impressive.

 

[AppleShareholder]

Well, I have been using Apple Silicon computers since last May, and I never ever experienced a lag. With Intel Macs this was something common. Also, I have never ever heard the fans of my Macs go off. With Intel computers this is always the case.
Macs with Apple Silicon processors are extremely responsive and very impressive.

Could it be the way MacOS is utilizing the hardware?

 

[petvas]

Could it be the way MacOS is utilizing the hardware?

It's a combination of many things. The OS plays a role but the most important thing is the unified memory architecture that just blows Intel away. Also the power consumption is miles better when compared to Intel.
I also have a Microsoft Surface Pro and I hate it. I just find Windows and how the OS in general works to be bad. That is of course my opinion only and I am sure that many millions of users have a different opinion and needs. I am sure that if I wanted to play AAA games on my Macs, I would be frustrated and disappointed, but for that I just use a PS5. Games on macOS are mostly bad because Apple never really tried to make the platform attractive to developers. Apple also didn't have the best GPUs in Macs, and that made things even worse. Now, with the M1 Pro and Max chips the GPU is much more capable, but the few games that are available on the platform are not even native to Apple Silicon, so they run under emulation, which of course kills performance.
I wish Apple started to take gaming on the Mac seriously, but things are not going to change easily..
Anyway, I am using my Macs for all my computing needs and after moving to the Apple Silicon platform, I am more than happy.

 

[AppleShareholder]

It's a combination of many things. The OS plays a role but the most important thing is the unified memory architecture that just blows Intel away. Also the power consumption is miles better when compared to Intel.
I also have a Microsoft Surface Pro and I hate it. I just find Windows and how the OS in general works to be bad. That is of course my opinion only and I am sure that many millions of users have a different opinion and needs. I am sure that if I wanted to play AAA games on my Macs, I would be frustrated and disappointed, but for that I just use a PS5. Games on macOS are mostly bad because Apple never really tried to make the platform attractive to developers. Apple also didn't have the best GPUs in Macs, and that made things even worse. Now, with the M1 Pro and Max chips the GPU is much more capable, but the few games that are available on the platform are not even native to Apple Silicon, so they run under emulation, which of course kills performance.
I wish Apple started to take gaming on the Mac seriously, but things are not going to change easily..
Anyway, I am using my Macs for all my computing needs and after moving to the Apple Silicon platform, I am more than happy.

The surface laptops are pretty overpriced compared to other PC options. They still use the integrated GPUs from intel.

Try a Razer laptop. You'll get an RTX 30-series. No way an M1 is even comparable to that level of performance.
Windows is intelligently designed. MacOS feels like it was made by a team of monkeys. Non-sensical file management.

 

[400]

Windows is intelligently designed.

I wonder what intelligence cos at times it aint one from Earth.

This is really a personal choice and one I have come after years of using both OS.

Caveat. Not tried 11 yet though. 10, well, spent some time in the options trying to figure out what to disable before you even start and really it does not feel user friendly for me. 9, ah, no 9. 7+8 were sort of OK (well, 8.1). Vista was fun (not). XP was where our work stuff probably started to become more sensible and useful and 93/95 were more toys to mess with and no security and used mostly to print stuff. I was a user of the tools work gave me, not a programmer or anything.

Always felt like a cobbled together OS that was done on the fly, I think 7 came close for me as a usable thing. Though I did enjoy some of the early DOS games (IT forgot to delete them) and we did build up a few data bases using dbase etc. Often in MacOS I have been pulling what little hair I have left out trying to do something easy, have a quick look on the web for the answer and the option is so simple, I was over thinking it whilst still in Windows mode after work.

People will use what they prefer. I don't like Windows, you do.