Sure. What I meant by that is professional designers, print shops, and the like. I absolutely spend more than ten hours in front of a screen on a regular basis, but I would not fall into that category, because color perception is not tied to my profession.I stare at a screen for 8-10 hours a day... never thought of myself as *hardcore*
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New iMac Is Beautiful
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Interesting article at Treehugger about the new iMac as an example of “decoupling”—breaking the link between “enviromnemental bads” and “economic goods.”
What I found most striking about the article was the visual (from Apple) of the iMac’s design evolution:
The article acknowledges the critics that point out this decoupling is only relative, the expansion of services requires the extraction of more minerals even as data centers are getting cleaner, and concerns about repairability and planned obsolescence remain.
treehugger.com/new-apple-imac-demonstration-of-decoupling-5179879
What I found most striking about the article was the visual (from Apple) of the iMac’s design evolution:
The article acknowledges the critics that point out this decoupling is only relative, the expansion of services requires the extraction of more minerals even as data centers are getting cleaner, and concerns about repairability and planned obsolescence remain.
treehugger.com/new-apple-imac-demonstration-of-decoupling-5179879
That iMac evolution photo is missing the iMac G4 design.
I love it so much too. It's an exciting design. I think that tech bloggers, YouTubers, and nerd culture generally has a mentality of a design being "correct" or not. That everything must be reduced until there's no design left. Design by programmers. There's no room for artistry or expression, making artistic strokes to your objects, or trying different things. People get internet points and upvotes for appearing discerning. When they have objective rules for what is a good design rather than having the taste for subjectivity. A screen with no bezel, no standout features, no chin, no nothing can never be iconic. It will be a rectangle. The face of the iMac, with its chin is iconic. The pastels and white on the front really do look fresh (and yes... optimistic). The thinness is tech utopian. It feels like it's from the future. I LOVE that the Apple logo is gone from the front. It looks more upscale now. I bought my last iMac in 2009. This one is going in my kid's room. I'm jealous. I need something a bit beefier. I'm both excited for the next iMac Pro for me, and worried they're not going to have as much fun with it. I hope I get the same hype feeling as I do for this iMac. I've gone back and looked at the webpage for it 100 times now. I haven't had this energy around Macs in over a decade.
I think ill get the base silver because I dont care for poppy colors and I almost hate the MBP16 I have. its almost useless on battery, stuttery and I use my screens close to me. I dont even make use of my 27 inch fully since its too wide. The M1 air I tested worked snappy but im not afraid of 8gb. I'll also buy the MB 12 when it comes out. I dont find wide monitors useful unless you have some tools open on the side for quick selection. Its tiring to look at letters and move head around. I dont think the price is bad and for me its mostly about snappiness and screen quality. the 8gb ram wont make a difference unless you are doing 8k work or long projects.
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Well taste is personal, but I couldn’t disagree more. IMO it’s probably the worst design I’ve seen on a Mac since... forever? I hate the colors, but ok, colors are just a matter of taste. But the obsession with thinness and lack of ports on a desktop is inexcusable and inexplicable. the white bezels are awful and distracting. The inability to raise or lower the screen height is a refusal to listen to years of customer feedback. Ethernet in a power brick instead of built in? Just... why?
They so overthought and overdesigned this. All they had to do was put AS in the existing design and expand the screen/shrink the bezels.
They so overthought and overdesigned this. All they had to do was put AS in the existing design and expand the screen/shrink the bezels.
Good points. And the way you describe the color of the body and bezel as “optimistic” is interesting. I think there is reason to believe that color can affect a person’s state, especially in something that a person is in contact with throughout the day.
Maybe we can attribute the abundance of anger we’ve being seeing as a byproduct of the standard dark color and black bezel options we’ve been given lately.
Nice article — thanks for sharing. It makes sense that environmental impact would have a strong consideration in any new engineering decisions at Apple. The new iMac is a perfect example of that.
I am so excited about the New 24" iMac I'm going to order as soon as they open it. Just trying to make my mind up on Blue or Yellow.
Me too. Green here. Looks awesome. For some reason when I first saw it I was reminded of this old commercial for a much clunkier old iMac:
Forever is far too long, perhaps the worst design since they last had white iMacs and displays with IO not dissimilar from the original iMac too (3.5mm headphone/mic, two USB-A, ethernet and modem).
If only they provided a way you could use a standard VESA mount on the device and mount it however you feel. /s
yep, which in my opinion is the most attractive imac design.
It's also missing the first-gen aluminum iMac, with the thicker frame.
Also, not sure where else it would belong, but I feel like the eMac is a close enough brother to the iMac that it deserves a spot in the family portrait.
My favorite, especially for the bezel color!
These are the very best entry level desktop machines on the planet, but they are indeed just entry level.
More models of iMac have had white bezels than black FWIW (as well as every iBook save for the one special edition)
Thank you! I love the new look as well.
Thanks for the Treehugger link, yes Apple seems to be making good strides towards carbon neutrality. I saw that by 2030 they want to be carbon neutral including the cost of usage and recycling of devices. I think that’s really forward looking. It saves us from having to worry about green electricity and so on.
What I really love about these iMacs is how playful they are, and how cheerful. Computing should be fun, and these iMacs remind us of that.
It is not a general purpose desktop computer. It is an all-in-one desktop computer. Connecting lots of other devices to such a computer goes against its raison d'être.
I was somewhat surprised with the new design given the apparent certainty of the speculation leading up to the new iMac’s reveal. I didn’t dislike it, but I was unsure what I thought. Although I could still quibble on some small details the more I look at it the more I like it. I can understand the reasoning behind Apple’s choices in the design.
No SD card slot? Some might not like that, but it doesn’t bother me given photos can be transfered over wirelessly or by USB cable.
Are there only USB-C ports? If so then I think thats ill-advised at this price point and forcing customers to buy extra adaptor dongles for USB drives and other devices they might already own.
I don’t mind the colours although I’m not wowed by them. I do like the green as an option to silver.
It will be interesting to see how different the forthcoming larger iMac will be.
No SD card slot? Some might not like that, but it doesn’t bother me given photos can be transfered over wirelessly or by USB cable.
Are there only USB-C ports? If so then I think thats ill-advised at this price point and forcing customers to buy extra adaptor dongles for USB drives and other devices they might already own.
I don’t mind the colours although I’m not wowed by them. I do like the green as an option to silver.
It will be interesting to see how different the forthcoming larger iMac will be.