I agree. I still think my late 2012 27 iMac screen/monitor looks awesome. If I had a Studio Display would keep it a long time too. At least for my purposes.
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Who else is holding out for a new 27 inch iMac?
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Exactly my situation!
I suppose everything can be sold for a price, but for me it is just not worth the hassle of selling something for like $40. There are other things I want to do, and I can spend my time more effectively in other ways.
Even donating it is a hassle, and I am reluctant to just dump it, so there it sits in my garage getting dusty.
Shortly after the transition to Apple Silicon was announced (June 2020), I replaced my 2014 27" Intel iMac with a 2020 27" Intel iMac (August 2020).
To many people this seemed totally illogical, but I remember thinking to myself that I really liked the 27" iMac package, and was not convinced that its Apple Silicon replacement would necessarily be something that I would like, and the pricing on the 2020 Intel iMacs was very attractive.
As it turns out, there is (so far) no direct replacement using Apple Silicon, so I feel like I did the right thing: I am now in a situation where I can be in a holding pattern for at least another 3 years, and wait and see what develops.
I would feel in a real quandary if I had kept my 2014 iMac, with the only current choices being downsizing (24" iMac), less powerful (Mac Mini), more expensive (Studio), or worse monitor (third party 4K).
To many people this seemed totally illogical, but I remember thinking to myself that I really liked the 27" iMac package, and was not convinced that its Apple Silicon replacement would necessarily be something that I would like, and the pricing on the 2020 Intel iMacs was very attractive.
As it turns out, there is (so far) no direct replacement using Apple Silicon, so I feel like I did the right thing: I am now in a situation where I can be in a holding pattern for at least another 3 years, and wait and see what develops.
I would feel in a real quandary if I had kept my 2014 iMac, with the only current choices being downsizing (24" iMac), less powerful (Mac Mini), more expensive (Studio), or worse monitor (third party 4K).
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Great that you like it, but the reality is that you are at least a full generation of monitors behind.
The retina 27" displays that came out in 2014 were a revelation - I remember comparing them in the Apple Store and being wowed - hence I immediately bought a 2014 27" iMac.
Now the Studio display, which is essentially the same retina panel by LG, is now outdated monitor tech, and will soon be supplemented, if not replaced, by a better monitor.
Eventually the most sensible thing to do will be to take it to the apple store so it can be recycled. I've been there, done that.
That's also too much hassle. Stored in the garage it at least serves a purpose as a backup, in case some time you need a working monitor. All the things too good to throw away end up in storage. Recycling is just an eco-friendly way to throw something useless into the trash.
You must have more storage space than me, lol. Also I think your time horizon is shorter than mine. Sooner or later there will be a different connector that will make your display totally unusable and obsolete, even if it still works. I did say "eventually." Cheers...
I have a 2015 27” iMac that I recently had to replace the spinning hard drive. It’s running well now, but when I do pull the trigger on a new machine, I want another large screen all in one. My new machine will need 4TB of storage, which automatically limits my choices. Not satisfied with the Mac Studio solution.
Not at all. I totally get that many people on here want a new larger iMac. The point is, that if one doesn't materialise, then there is actually a workable alternative if they want a decent spec machine with a 27" screen. People have to understand you can't always get what you want. That's just life. I'd love it if my iMac was £500 rather than close to £1800. I'd love it if a new iPhone was £200 and not £800+. Etc. Life's not fair. Deal with it.
People said the same about the Samsung SmartMonitor M8 and it was a poor plastic experience.
Not sure where I'll go next. At the moment a 2019 27" iMac does all the work (fully specced). Next to it another nice monitor exclusively for photography (that' s what I use computer/monitor most for). At first I thought of selling my 2019 iMac (and getting a Mac Studio or a Mac mini). But now, I really like the dual monitor setup. I could go for a new(er) 27" iMac if it ever shows), but a successor of the 24" could also do it (depending on specs). I guess I' ll just have to wait. And I can, because everything works fine at the moment.
Interesting article on 9-5mac.com today: https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/09/apples-most-popular-mac/
Turns out the Studio and Mac Mini are niche products compared to the iMac which outsold them by an order of magnitude in the September quarter. Another big surprise, for me, is how well the Mac Pro did. Is Apple leaving a ton of money on the table by not having a larger iMac available for sale? (Rhetorical question).
Turns out the Studio and Mac Mini are niche products compared to the iMac which outsold them by an order of magnitude in the September quarter. Another big surprise, for me, is how well the Mac Pro did. Is Apple leaving a ton of money on the table by not having a larger iMac available for sale? (Rhetorical question).
Yes, they do. But they'll earn an even bigger load of money back when they finally release the large iMac and it is not just bigger than 24-inch but absolutely awesome. For $500 more the difference can't be just 3 inches.
The numbers are almost unbelievable. But it will be the last fast Intel silicon Mac. If you still need such a system for work, you might want to choose it over the only other remaining alternative: the Mac mini i5.
Looks like they flipped the numbers for Mac Pro and Mac mini in that table. One out of every 9 Macs is a Mac pro? No way (?).
Or maybe it’s just a survey or self-selected subjects.
Or maybe it’s just a survey or self-selected subjects.
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I got a bridge to sell people who believe these numbers.
Big surprise for me is how anybody could re-print that table without questioning the validity of any figures including those Mac Pro sales numbers which fly in the face of what even Apple have previously said about Mac Pro sales. As someone has already suggested, it looks more likely that they've got the Mac Pro and Mac Mini figures flipped - or maybe they're just plain wrong (the original source is paywalled so it's hard to do any diligence on those figures such as finding out how they were calculated).
9to5mac fails responsible journalism forever.
Also - those figures (if you believe them at all) say nothing about the demand for a bigger iMac which had been discontinued 5 months before those figures. The main arguments as to why Apple might have dropped the 27" iMac are:
- The 24" iMac is a substantial all-round upgrade from the old 21.5" iMac, both in terms of power and screen area, and will satisfy a lot of the former low-end 5k users
- Apple Silicon removes most of the performance advantage that Intel desktops had over Intel laptops, so many people who previously had a MacBook and an iMac now only need the MacBook (...and maybe an external display with docking facilities which could turn out to be the main market for the Studio Display).
- - a chunk of 5k iMac customers only ever got them because there was no comparable headless Mac
I like these figures because I always thought the iMac was a lower volume product. it's not Macbook level but still pretty decent. I hope it warrant bringing the bigger size to market. I just want a sligthly beefier iMac with a bigger screen. Thinking :
27 Screen
M2 Pro
16 GB of ram
512 GB of Storage
for 2399/2599/2999 euros based on the number of cores, the low-end model being similar to the MBP and the high-end being similar to the base MacStudio
27 Screen
M2 Pro
16 GB of ram
512 GB of Storage
for 2399/2599/2999 euros based on the number of cores, the low-end model being similar to the MBP and the high-end being similar to the base MacStudio
It sure does! Look what those numbers say about the Mac Studio + Studio Display combination as a replacement for the 27" iMac. Apparently nobody is buying that and everybody is holding out for the new iMac.
If you go to Youtube and watch all the unboxing videos, you quickly find normal people putting a purple iMac into their living room. But the Mac Studio is almost exclusively unboxed by tech reviewers reporting about its existence. Nobody bought it for themself.
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I would like a slightly bigger screen say 29-30 inches will smaller bezels (in black!)
I can personally wait, while the 24 iMacs are nice I want a 27+ size. Visiting my parents, their iMac is getting long on the tooth but im also telling them to wait. For them size is the biggest factor since they are older. Having them go from a 27 to 24 inch size is literally a downgrade for them. They dont use even a fraction of the iMac power but screen size to read emails, watch a move etc is what they value the most.
Mine also has 10GB Ethernet. I had to disable it in System Preferences as the best it would do was 100mb, Solution is an external USB-C 10gb adapter ($12). The ethernet on the I9 sucks. Blazing fast. Best $12 I have spent. Time Machine to my Synology DS 220+ is fantastic. 16GB Video would be nice...
I agree.
We are in England and Apple’s pound for dollar policy is a bit rough so add on 30% for us.
While Apple look to AI goggles etc. for the future they seem to forget that most people are over sixteen and use computers for work