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Thanks for the ideas.

My lovely 2014 27"er is still going strong and I pick it up and park it away most days. I couldn't do that as easily if it wasn't an all-in-one. I know the compromises, but it works for me. I don't need much connectivity. I have a ring light suckered to the back (for Zoom etc) and a 3D printed MagSafe holder hooked over the top to use my iPhone as a Continuity Camera. These, the dangly Apple Watch charger, and power lead stay attached all the time even when the iMac is stowed away. The wireless keyboard and mouse work a treat and neatly don't move.

The ViewFinity S9 5K looks great, but still no pricing I found in the UK or US. If Apple did make a newer Big Mac, it could still be luggable and no bigger and heavier with Apple Silicon. No fan and an SSD should make it lighter than its Intel forebearers. So maybe 30" in the same space. Wake up, you're dreaming! 

I reckon I wait for something like the Viewfinity and strap a Mac mini to the back when I finally upgrade. I don't think Apple are going to scratch my itch...

darkvader said:

There's an easy fix right now.

Just get a mini and a non-Apple screen.  I'm telling ALL my clients not to buy iMacs any more.  It's just ridiculous to buy a 24" all in one computer when you can get a computer that's just as powerful and a 30" screen for less money.

Yes. But I do like the all-in-one package as i can easily shift it around, which suits my work setup. At risk of going off topic, do you have a recommended hiDPI monitor that is as good as my 5k iMac?

AniMill said:

I’m still bummed Apple would not come up with a low latency Target Display mode for the old 5K iMacs to use them with any M1/3 device.

Yeah, that would be great, but sadly unlikely. A Mac Mini strapped to the back would be great.

These last two OLED articles seem to define LTPO differently.

use low-temperature multi-crystalline oxide (LTPO) thin film transistor (TFT) technology

LTPO TFT stands for Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Transistor.

It’s OLED a bit of a mystery…

That’s quite a list!