The 27-inch iMac is dead

[KenkoPa]

It couldn't be more clear now. In the event John Termus said the 4.5k 24-inch iMac is a perfect upgrade from 4k or 5k iMacs.

Perhaps, some day, a 30 or 32-inch iMac would come. But personally, I think that's a dream. All-in-ones are a mostly dead category. They don't sell enough to even bother with new colours, switching to USB-C, or upgrading the base ram or memory.

Here's a market study on the desktop PC market for 2021-2028

Look at how AIO vs minis vs towers fare.

 

[theluggage]

Here's a market study on the desktop PC market for 2021-2028

Look at how AIO vs minis vs towers fare.

NB. You don’t say what you thought the data meant so I may or may not be disagreeing with you here, but the first thing to do with any data off t’internet is to see how many holes you can pick in it…

I’d concede that it does give some weight to “all in ones aren’t dead” but then the iMac isn’t dead, either - just the high end, large screen version.

So, I looked at the article text, and I must say that its good to know what ChatGPT thinks about the future. (I could be wrong but the “expand at -0.2%” bit as well as the general fact-salad nature of the article that has me suspicious - plus you’re not going to get useful economic forecasting for free).

Otherwise, the idea that the $ value of the desktop PC market will only vary by 0.2% over a decade which included COVID and a massive chip shortage seems dubious.

…but, anyway, if you believe the data (and read the text to maker sure you are interpreting the graph correctly) it’s still saying that tower PCs are the biggest revenue earner, followed by minis, with all-in-ones in third place (it doesn’t say whether the tower or Mini PC revenue included displays, though - if not, the data will be skewed towards all in ones). It explicitly says that the Mini sector is where the growth should be expected …but, without any confidence intervals on the figures, nothing in that chart predicts significant growth or decline and the whole report gets an ‘F’ grade, so I wouldn’t build any argument on it, one way or another.

 

[Phil77354]

I see from your signature you also have a m1 air like me and the 2014 iMac.. I can’t really tell a difference performance wise on basic task… can you?

I don't use the Air, it's my wife's laptop and I'm not really a laptop user although I do things with it from time to time. It works great and for most things so does my 2014 iMac ....

The issue that is finally leading me to buy a replacement for the iMac is that I want to be running the latest macOS to be able to get the full benefits with my other devices plus I just ran into one software product that won't run on my iMac with Big Sur (TurboTax 2023, download version).

 

[Phil77354]

And I've finally decided that it's been long enough for me, no more waiting for the elusive 27" iMac replacement, or 32" if that is what finally materializes.

Ordered Studio Mac (base processor, 64GB, 2TB) plus Studio Display (w/tilt & height adjustment). Sadly, no more all-in-one Mac, but I am expecting that this will meet my needs for the next decade or so.

Couldn't go with the smaller 24" iMac, considered the mac mini but when spec'd out the way I'd want it was not that much cheaper than Studio, and don't want a laptop plus monitor - so that settled it!

Not cheap, but my 27" iMac was a $3000 purchase almost exactly 9 years ago, and I am expecting this to be just as durable and reliable if not more so!

 

[HDFan]

Here's a market study on the desktop PC market for 2021-2028

"The PC towers type segment accounted for the largest revenue share of more than 75.0% in 2020."

Although different metrics (revenue vs shipments) Computerworld says just the opposite is true:

PC sales fell hard in 2022

Fears of a recession, global inflation, and higher interest rates all contributed to a precipitous drop in desktop and laptop sales in 2022, with the largest decline coming in the last quarter of the year.

www.computerworld.com