hemmingway

anome said:

opinion said:

Wishlist:
-No chin
-No external power brick
-Height adjustable stand

I don't get, and have never got, this obsession with "no chin", "no bezels", and all that nonsense. As for the external power brick, I think that ship has sailed. I'm guessing hey want to use the new MagSafe adapter for it, and that isn't just a dumb power plug. Plus, if they moved the power supply back to being internal, then they'd probably have to give it a bigger chin, so there goes your first wish.

Height adjustable stand they might do, or they might just sell a plate so you can install it on a monitor arm.

Exactly this, and the chin provides benefits in that it allows space for the electronics, much better speakers than would be possible otherwise, etc.  I also like it as a user -- it's a place for sticky notes and a place to grab the iMac to tilt the screen without touching the screen.

I'm agnostic on the external power brick except that I think that putting the Ethernet port there is a great idea.  For many people, the power cord and the Ethernet cable are the only things plugged into iMacs.  Those use-cases benefit from reducing that to one cable coming out of the back, especially since that one cable is itself a design element.