You're still only talking about your own experience though, not the entire market. Sure; many people prefer a larger screen, but that doesn't mean they necessarily need one. And many people use much smaller screens to produce professional work, hence my point about the 15" iMac which you clearly misunderstood. I've seen pro graphic designers and video people using 13" laptops. Which is why '24" iMacs are simply too small for video editing and/or graphic design' is such a daft statement.
That is totally fine. It's great there was that option. There's always been such options, so I don't really understand why people get in such a froth about there not (currently) being a 27" iMac.
I agree with you.
Its actually surprised me the amount of vitriol there seems to be from some quarters in here about the lack of a 27.
Personally, and as non controversially as I can put it... I dont think that there will be a "home" focused 27(+) iMac.
Apple have already catered for the market with the studio display and a choice of separates that will suit all requirements.
Should a larger iMac be produced it will certainly be aimed at the 'pro' segment with a price tag to match. Many "home" users simply will be priced out of the larger screen model AND I suspect the processor options will be way in excess of what that "home" user will ever need anyway.
From my perspective, I spent many years 'insisting' on the largest iMac... the 27, and had several of those machines.
I initially rejected the idea of the 'new' 24" iMac as I didnt feel I wanted to go smaller than what I was used to... but eventually when my 27 was showing its age, and about 6 months into the new 24" lifecycle.. I realised that this larger iMac was simply not coming any time soon... so following the glowing reviews of the 24" iMac I went into the apple store and saw one in person and realised that very small loss of screen real estate for me would be inconsequential.
I bought the iMac and havent looked back. Honestly I stopped noticing the smaller screen after about 5 minutes and thats that.
I very much understand that some users with demanding processing requirements i.e. the 'pro' segment might prefer to have an all-in-one and would want a larger display. Im sure that may well come and the old iMac Pro will indeed get an M2 version (if they can get the thermals to work in that thin enclosure without too many performance compromises).
It seems to me that the iMac, for at least the last 2 years nearly, is a 'one size fits all' solution as far as Apple is concerned.. and that 24" display size certainly is a very reasonable compromise to merge both the old 21" customers and the 27" customers into a single display size.
