StationGrey

Madbum said:

The EU is a Un -elected group of bureaucrats

but they act like communists  

Neither is true, but thanks for your contribution.

danox said:

StationGrey said:

Like many others, I suspect, I'd like a Studio Display but haven't bought one because it's overpriced and not technically up-to-date enough (resolution aside).

I'd very much like a higher-spec version, but making it even more expensive just won't work. Replacing the current one at the same price would be tempting, but it's hard enough to justify spending 3x the amount of a 4k display on a 5k one. There's no way I'd contemplate spending even more than that. £/$1500 is already beyond the upper limit for a 27" 5k monitor, I'm afraid.

Then you are doomed to a low end 4k monitor which is an even older tech monitor, the price won’t be dropping not in this inflationary times. 

Well, not really... I currently have a 5k iMac. I just begrudge paying 2 or 3 times what it's worth just to have virtually the same monitor component on its own.

And you mean 'high-end 4k monitor'. 

Like many others, I suspect, I'd like a Studio Display but haven't bought one because it's overpriced and not technically up-to-date enough (resolution aside).

I'd very much like a higher-spec version, but making it even more expensive just won't work. Replacing the current one at the same price would be tempting, but it's hard enough to justify spending 3x the amount of a 4k display on a 5k one. There's no way I'd contemplate spending even more than that. £/$1500 is already beyond the upper limit for a 27" 5k monitor, I'm afraid.

I've had two different 27" iMacs for the past many years, as well as a 13" MBP for taking into the office (back when offices existed). I was planning on buying the 27" replacement or, at a pinch, looking at a new MBP to replace both existing units.

For me, the benefits of the different form factors are:

iMac - neat, good value, fewer cables
Desktop - expandability, potentially good value
Laptop - can move around

So a desktop with no expandability and a high cost appears to offer the worst of everything, for me. It would be equivalent to an iMac with exposed wires or a laptop that can't be moved.

There are a million people with a million use cases, and I hope the new Mini does indeed fill a hole in the range, but selling it at the expense of a good iMac seems a huge shame for me.

fastasleep said:

StationGrey said:

So... there won't be a 27" iMac at all?? 

I was wondering about that — I think they killed it in favor of the Studio.

I'm not 100% sure what I feel about that. I've had 27" iMacs for the last, er, *counts fingers*, 10 or so years and was waiting for the new one.