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Kuo: New 24-Inch iMac Coming in 2024
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I believe they are slightly redesigning the pedestal hinge. They probably will add a few things along with the M3.
They could explore some alternate colour options. And they really should put the Apple logo back on the chin.
Indeed.
I have never been an iMac guy myself, but the form-factor is very popular and I'd love seeing people getting what they wish for.
All the bleating for 27s and derision for 24s. If Apple releases a 27 or bigger you’re going to pay through the nose for it. And lots of people are fine with 24in. display.
There is nothing keeping Apple from manufacturing a 27 or 30 inch iMac, but their greed and stubbornness, trying to peddle candy colored inferior machines, at a smaller size, but at the same or higher price, as if consumers were stupid. Until they go back to making machines that people want to buy, I will continue to hold on to my 2017 model, and abstain from purchasing any future iMacs. Maybe Windows will come up with something better someday.... No. Not really.
That's really any business in a nutshell. You don't run a successful business by giving customers everything they want. Just because I can in theory do something doesn't necessarily mean that I should, and it can be due to a myriad of reasons that make sense to the business (even if they seem irrelevant or idiosyncratic to the individual consumer).
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Sorry, the 24" is an inferior product in every way but the processor to the 27."
On silly generalizations, you don't run a successful business by degrading products over time and ignoring priority customer needs. And let's face it, the studio display is a gimped 27" iMac.
I think Manney is entirely right. Apple is optimizing its product lines based on margins and ignoring important product areas for short-run gains. They seem to have a myopia around screens because it would cause some small amount of margin erosion, and so the most common desktop screen configurations (two screens or a larger screen) are just not offered by apple except for very specialized, high-end use cases.
I still think Apple is deliberately trying to nudge existing iMac users towards the Mac mini / studio paired with a studio display. This is based on previous feedback from users here who indicated they would prefer a headless Mac as this gave them the flexibility of using their own monitor.
And now with the M1 chip, apple is in a position to offer precisely that, while still keeping their margins because users can’t upgrade the ram or storage on their own. Maybe Apple is waiting to see if there is still enough of a 27“ iMac user base left to serve.
So yeah, I can see the logic behind allowing a product to degrade over time if the purpose is to get users to migrate to more expensive offerings.
Maybe for some 27” iMac users. But I was under the impression (despite appearances from this site) that most Intel iMac users had a 21.5” iMac. The the current 24” M1 iMac was a great follow-on to 21.5” Intel iMacs.
Flexibility is an interesting way to describe the lack of any Apple monitors below 5x of a median monitor price.
Do you think this is happening? I don't - I've seen very few studio displays in the wild and a general migration in computing to the lower end of the apple line. I think they're missing a huge revenue (and branding) opportunity.
The iMac went from king, to niche. They're still the only AIO computer worth using, but that fact carries less weight than it used to. Even the laptop is an aging form factor, but at least it's portable and can integrate well into a desktop setup when that's needed. Apple would probably rather sell more monitors. If they do make a 32" iMac, that would be cool. But if they don't I won't be surprised.