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The MacRumors Show: Apple's Two New Rumored iMac Models
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If the 32" comes true with an M3 Max/Ultra and 6K resolution, I might just have to own it...
Didn't like this Apple Silicon iMac design either. I didn't mind the colors, but I also didn't see the purpose of the "chin" and preserving that aesthetic in the name of making it super thin. The white bezels are distracting. If they're not going to be black, might I suggest 18% gray? or Space Gray like my MacBook Pro? And Apple's approach to stands and mounts and whatnot over the past few years has been stupid. I had to buy a $75 VESA mount for my iMac Pro that was comically over-engineered. The Pro Display XDR mount options are over-engineered with prices to match. And the Studio Display I put on my home office desk last year had to be ordered specifically as a VESA mount version.
I worked in an office like that with an open layout, workstations out in the open... This was back in '99, it was pretty "forward thinking" for the time. I think most everyone hated it, but I didn't mind so much because I had a nice corner section for most of my stuff. The owner/ boss mostly just walked around and small-talked people in a passive aggressive manner. It's because of working here that Office Space is one of my all time favorite movies. Lumberg in the movie was an exact replica of my boss when I worked at this place. "...What's happening."
Didn't like this Apple Silicon iMac design either. I didn't mind the colors, but I also didn't see the purpose of the "chin" and preserving that aesthetic in the name of making it super thin. The white bezels are distracting. If they're not going to be black, might I suggest 18% gray? or Space Gray like my MacBook Pro? And Apple's approach to stands and mounts and whatnot over the past few years has been stupid. I had to buy a $75 VESA mount for my iMac Pro that was comically over-engineered. The Pro Display XDR mount options are over-engineered with prices to match. And the Studio Display I put on my home office desk last year had to be ordered specifically as a VESA mount version.
Whatever do you mean? We have great sizing on MBPs at 13"-14"-16". My 16" M2 MBP is physically almost the exact same size as my 15" 2016 MBP. My only issue is that I want an even larger MBP than 16", but that is because I like lots of display real estate.
32" is a good modern display size IMO. My desk has two 32" and one 24" Viewsonic display. The 32" is a great size that feels right but I agree the 24" is inappropriately small. Personally the way displays have evolved I see no need for 27" but my preferences obviously run to larger screen real estate.
Would like to see bright colours for the larger iMac. But most probably it will be a 'Pro' iMac and chances of this happening are very low.
Will be nice if Apple offers a non Pro larger iMac
Will be nice if Apple offers a non Pro larger iMac
Blasphemy! 3 27" -- Dell S 4Ks and 2020 27" iMac. Technically 5760 pixels wide =) No hurry to replace the iMac (alhough I do have a TON of FOMO) cause I hate any Fisher pRice looking OS after Catalina. But 32" Dell 6K is calling me.... + Studio Max.
I disagree, I'm using a 42" monitor right now.
I wouldn't say hate, but yea, I'm glad I didn't get stuck with it. It looks like a design for rich girls who don't really do anything. I suppose that is a perfectly valid market for Apple to aim for, but it isn't for me.
I used to use two screens like this. It was helpful for some things, but I found that I tended to ignore one most of the time, and the screen real estate tended to be too far away. It inspired my current setup though.
$7000+ of it?
Would love a 32" iMac as well, but it's going to have an eye-watering price tag.
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I definitely need a new iMac. My current one works but it's stranded on Catalina, and has other problems.
I love the current iMac design and hope they keep it. I am pretty sure I'll get a 24" blue one. I've just been waiting for a chip refresh. My first thought on a potential 32" model is: "I don't need an even bigger upright rectangle on my desk" but then again, I though the idea of a 15" MBA was crazy and then I bought one.
I love the current iMac design and hope they keep it. I am pretty sure I'll get a 24" blue one. I've just been waiting for a chip refresh. My first thought on a potential 32" model is: "I don't need an even bigger upright rectangle on my desk" but then again, I though the idea of a 15" MBA was crazy and then I bought one.
The 2-port 24" iMac for example comes in only four colors instead of seven. Not because yellow, orange and purple are more expensive to make or because people would pay more for these specific colors, but because the more variety the more logistics costs. That's why you want either a lot of colors times a few configurations or a few colors times a lot of configurations. But a lot of colors times a lot of configurations creates a huge logistical burden. So the Pro devices with a lot of configurations will always come in a limited number of tame business-like colors.
Your logic is sound but another very important reason that the Pro devices with a lot of configurations will always come in a limited number of tame business-like colors (gray-black-silver) is because hardware colors near a display distort one's color perception. OK for the spreadsheet and kindergarden crowds but unacceptable for pros dealing with color imagery.
Colors? Did MacRumors forget the original iMac with those translucent eye-popping colors?
Nobody cares about the colors on the back of an iMac - you never see them unless you're plugging in or dusting it.
And bring back the Apple logo on the front of the iMac - I see that every time I'm sitting in front of my iMac.
What we want, Apple, is a new 27" iMac with the M3 chip. Apple Card is ready!
Nobody cares about the colors on the back of an iMac - you never see them unless you're plugging in or dusting it.
And bring back the Apple logo on the front of the iMac - I see that every time I'm sitting in front of my iMac.
What we want, Apple, is a new 27" iMac with the M3 chip. Apple Card is ready!
I have a clock radio that has a nice solution to this. It has a transparent plastic case that takes inserts that can be any color or texture you want. It came with three reversible inserts, so six choices out of the box. And you can also print your own custom ones. It looks really nice. And you can change it every few months if you want.
Those were popular, but not among graphic designers until they came out with grey models. You can have colors as long as one of them is neutral.
Good video, just my 2 cents
I think when it comes to the 32 iMac, they will go with a 6k screen BUT it will be a 500 nit IPS just like the current iMacs. The selling point will be the resolution.
This will keep prices down and will differentiate between the current/refresh XDR (and next gen studio display) - which I believe will both be mini led and potentially ProMotion.
I think when it comes to the 32 iMac, they will go with a 6k screen BUT it will be a 500 nit IPS just like the current iMacs. The selling point will be the resolution.
This will keep prices down and will differentiate between the current/refresh XDR (and next gen studio display) - which I believe will both be mini led and potentially ProMotion.
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Yeah, my screens are seperate to keep things sepearte. Tried a widescreen, but was too hard to keep half of the screen for oen task, and the other for another.
I design print magazines, so my working space is often limited to a vertical rectangle, or some times a 2 page spread. No need for widescreen. You can see the indesign file in my center screen... al that gray space is wasted.
IKR! Some programs seem to go out of their way to waste as much screen real estate as possible with gray voids and unmovable tool palettes.
My screen isn't "widescreen" in the normal sense, it is a 16:9 4k, 42" TV. That gives me more vertical real estate for scrolling through web pages. It is also cost quite a bit less the widescreen monitors with fewer total pixels. I don't separate things as much as you do, I rely on mission control from the mouse wheel.
When Apple released their recent monitors, I knew it was going to cause trouble with the iMac line. The 27" monitor costs the same as the previous intel Mac with the same 5k monitor built in. WTF? And once you have a 24" iMac, 27" is too small a difference for the next size up.
I will buy a new iMac when they introduce a 69" version.
32" or 27" I don't really care. But I need at least 5K screen (and would have good use of 6K) in an all in one form factor. 4.5 K would be a bad backward step form present 27". Present situation is specially frustrating, because older iMac 27" (even with 24 GB and 2TB) cannot upgrade to latest OS and cannot upgrade Xcode either as a consequence. When it seems to be still capable in terms of power and storage and when more recent Mac with Intel processor still can. So I'm stuck, either to buy an interim cumbersome solution with external screen, of get a gap filler with a macBook (15" !!!) or wait for 18 months… I never found a rationale reason to this situation. Is there any ?
I'm ready to upgrade my 24" iMac to the M3 - 24GB RAM, 1 TB Storage for future proofing. Will likely go with yellow again, or maybe purple or green. Yellow looks great though. Has been a great machine during my year of ownership. A lot of people seem to not like the machine, but it has done everything I have asked for, has a great screen, comes with matching keyboard/trackpad, etc. The screen is kind of small, but a big step up from laptops. I use it at home when I need to remote login for work, and I often use it side by side with a big iPad. All I really need for my at home setup as I am doing most of my work at the office.
Do you *need* an all in one form factor, or just want one? With an external monitor, you have myriad of computer options, ranging from a MacBook, Mac mini, Mac Studio, etc.
Have your family members tried the 24" iMac? I have been super happy with mine.
I have an iMac 24" AND a MacBook... I did this as the iMac 24" was actually a lower cost solution versus an Apple Studio display. I have been happy with it.
yeah, but prob wont. And the cost... ouch. Ideally an M2 and M2 pro 24" iMac would have been nice. seems easy enough.
Like everyone, really dont understand the lack of, or huge time gaps, on mac upgrades. In the olden days, they did it for bang for buck. keep it on the store forever to sell every last one. nowadays, people just buy new to buy new.
May family has zero *need* for new iPhones. They had XRs, but everyone wanted 12s, and "trade in" made them "free". Now everyone wants 15s -- even to tho there is *nothing* wrong with their 12s. "free" trade in will make it impossible not to upgrade, but its silly IMHO.