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M3 iMac will look about the same as it does now, says leaker
Meh.
An iMac with a tiny screen, little base RAM, and tiny base storage with no way to expand either... It doesn't seem that the style or processor speed would make any difference - it'll still be a sub-standard choice for the sort of things you'd use a Mac desktop for, particularly creative work like photography, video, music. It'll still be a sad afterthought of a computer.
If they released a Mac mini with a high memory configuration, and a couple of M.2 slots, the iMac would die off in an instant. -
iMac 24-inch M3 review: A clear sign that Intel Mac support is ending soon
Low RAM and low storage with terrible cost to upgrade, and very low caps on both undermine the value of it. I think this is probably intended as the swan song of the iMac line. Obsolete by design.
I think that they are moving to a model where you use a Mac Mini or Mac Studio plus a separate monitor at a substantially higher cost than the computer-monitor combo. I'ts unfortunate that the desktop Mac platforms have become so expensive and so much less competitive on memory and storage (doubly so for creators). I guess the question is whether or not Apple is JUST killing off the iMac line, or desktop Macs entirely.
The low memory low storage configurations are becoming a competitive liability for their laptops too. Apple really needs to work on curbing costs and keeping the specs up. The CPU is fast, but the rest is sort of decade-old specs.