Dubious report forecasts 42-inch OLED iMacs by 2027

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• Reply 1 of 10

  bobolicious Posts: 1,146member

  April 23, 2023 12:00AM

  ... the next iMac pro ...?
  Please bring it on...
  I run a (curved) 40" 4K every day @ 110 dpi and love it ...
  Flanked by portrait thunderbolt displays also coincidentally @ 110 dpi...

  edited April 2023
• Reply 2 of 10

  danox Posts: 2,869member

  April 23, 2023 10:06AM

  Having a larger screen iMac 32” and above would eliminate the need for purchasing a large screen TV/monitor for many people, which is what I would like to do, I really don’t have any need for a separate television and have been getting along fine without a separate television, and all that entails and I am sure that there are many other people in recent times that have also eliminated the dedicated TV out of their life? Another possible use alternative in the next generation of 24 inch iMac computers would be making it so that you can have two 24 inch iMac sitting side-by-side with the capability of tying them together and using them as one computer?

  
  

  Note: this is similar to eliminating the separate stereo component system, use for listening for listening to music, once I could use a dedicated audio editing program on a computer, with a good set of speakers, having a dedicated component stereo system became redundant.

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• Reply 3 of 10

  dewme Posts: 5,372member

  April 23, 2023 12:46PM

  I use a 55” 4K TV as my only monitor on one of my Windows machines. It works very well, but I have to be sitting at least 5-6 feet away from the screen to use it for productive work. Otherwise it’s like sitting in the front row of a movie theatre, which is puke inducing for a lot of folks. This definitely places physical limits on the places you can use such a large monitor. I don’t know what the limits are for how large and wide of a screen you can use effectively on a standard 29-30 inch deep desk. 
  
  The biggest advantage that I see with having a very large single screen is the ability to create multiple window panes that are always on top. I suppose there are some apps like video editing, massive spreadsheets, games, and videos that can use the full screen width but those are less common than simply being able to keep a lot more windows on top, and ideally always docked in your preferred location.

  
• Reply 4 of 10

  bewood Posts: 8member

  April 23, 2023 2:11PM

  I just purchased a 43” Samsung 4k display for my new Mac mini Pro this week. Absolutely love my new set up! I thought maybe the pixels would be too big, but not at all. I got the monitor for only $399 on Amazon too!

  
• Reply 5 of 10

  hmurchison Posts: 12,425member

  April 23, 2023 4:25PM

  I don't think it's as dubious as it sounds. 
  
  Frankly I'm amazed that Apple's been able to get people to pay a premium for a 27" displays. 
  There are so many verticals today that require larger displays.   Content Creators,  people that use Conferencing 
  tools daily. 
  
  @Bewood usage case isn't an anomaly. I've seen gamers that want to move to 42" display for more immersive gaming. 
  I've seen video people that want a larger display for seeing more timeline.   Music producers that want to see more tracks 
  busses and the like. 
  
  People typically want as much display as they can comfortably accommodate in space. 
  
  I actually think this could happen sooner rather than waiting another 4 years. 

  
• Reply 6 of 10

  9secondkox2 Posts: 2,727member

  April 23, 2023 10:28PM

  32” iMac would be perfect. 

  
  

  The only way it goes 42” is if it’s ultrawide. And that’s kind of interesting so long as they don’t do resolution trade offs like so many. 

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• Reply 7 of 10

  mattinoz Posts: 2,322member

  April 23, 2023 11:38PM

  9secondkox2 said:

  32” iMac would be perfect. 

  
  

  The only way it goes 42” is if it’s ultrawide. And that’s kind of interesting so long as they don’t do resolution trade offs like so many. 

  2 by the current iMac 24 screen would be 42.7 inch that would be pretty handy screen size (8960x2520 at 218dpi).

  
• Reply 8 of 10

  9secondkox2 Posts: 2,727member

  April 24, 2023 4:47AM

  mattinoz said:

  9secondkox2 said:

  32” iMac would be perfect. 

  
  

  The only way it goes 42” is if it’s ultrawide. And that’s kind of interesting so long as they don’t do resolution trade offs like so many. 

  2 by the current iMac 24 screen would be 42.7 inch that would be pretty handy screen size (8960x2520 at 218dpi).

  I wouldn’t mind that setup. The only issue would be vertical screen size. Width would be nice, but the vertical would be a bit cramped I think.  

  
  

  Even now, with 49” ultrawide like the Samsung g9 odyssey, some feel it’s a bit cramped vertically even though it’s the equivalent of two 27” monitors next to each other. 

  
  

  I’d think Apple would have more vertical real estate than pc monitors due to its use ability standards and OS setup. 

  
  

  42” could work if it wasn’t two 27” monitors, but maybe more like 1.5. 

  
  

  Personally, I’d rather have the 32” though. 

  
  

  But if they took the 32” and expanded the width so that it was 42” diagonal, that would be awesome. 

  
  

  I do expect a 32” iMac. 27” is nothing special at all these days. 

  
  

  But I’m also not-so-secretly hoping for a 42” ultrawide. So long as the resolution was appropriately retina, I’d buy that one. 

  
  

  Nothing beats a desktop iMac form factor. 

  
• Reply 9 of 10

  dewme Posts: 5,372member

  April 25, 2023 12:02PM

  hmurchison said:

  I don't think it's as dubious as it sounds. 
  
  Frankly I'm amazed that Apple's been able to get people to pay a premium for a 27" displays. 
  There are so many verticals today that require larger displays.   Content Creators,  people that use Conferencing 
  tools daily. 
  
  @Bewood usage case isn't an anomaly. I've seen gamers that want to move to 42" display for more immersive gaming. 
  I've seen video people that want a larger display for seeing more timeline.   Music producers that want to see more tracks 
  busses and the like. 
  
  People typically want as much display as they can comfortably accommodate in space. 
  
  I actually think this could happen sooner rather than waiting another 4 years. 

  I would say that most people who want or need very large displays already have many options available to them. Large screens are everywhere, from conference rooms to electronic signage to process monitoring and human machine interfaces (HMIs), and obviously console based gaming. In retail, everything from mom & pop ice cream stores to the huge fast food chains have large screens everywhere, even in drive through lanes.
  
  What I’m getting at is that is the use cases for very large displays tend to align around things that are not single-user, personal computing based, at least for the vast majority of users. Of course there will be some outliers, like the ones you’ve mentioned, but the iMac isn’t a machine looking for niche applications. It’s about as clean, unobtrusive, and non imposing on you and your home space or workplace as a personal computer can be. A single all-in-one unit you can place where you want to use it in your life with as few compromises as possible. Except not in your pocket, which is where the world’s most personal of personal computers already resides, i.e., your iPhone. 
  
  I remember when people had “computer rooms” in their homes to accommodate all the claptrap that early personal computers imposed. I think we’ve moved in the opposite direction, with mainstream personal computers getting smaller rather than larger so they are more present and immediately accessible. The Goldilocks challenge for the iMac is finding the “just right” size, one that’s not “too small” or “too damn big.” Right now Apple seems to think that “just right” is right at the 24” mark. Maybe they’re on to something, especially since they used to make bigger iMacs.
  
  If you’re hankering for a very big screen Mac, you can test your commitment by connecting a Mac mini to a large screen TV and see how it works out. I’m talking buggy screen as your only screen, not a second screen where you’re also using your MacBook Pro with its close-up screen, keyboard, and mouse. You may like it or you may find it too limiting.