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mattinoz said:

MplsP said:

sflocal said:

AppleInsider said:

"A lot of impressive engineering went into making this thing as thin as possible, but did anyone really need a thinner all-in-one desktop? Apple's priorities continue to baffle," the site wrote.

Screw what these people say.  Most people will never open an iMac.  Fact.  Apple knows this and designs their products accordingly.  I love it, and from what the reviews coming in seem to imply, many others love it.  This iMac is a hit.  Just goes to show how little the opinions of these tech people are valued at.

That being said, I'm just blown away at how minimal the internals of the new iMac are.  I've cracked open quite a few iMacs in my life and while I was always amazed at their engineering, it was still a beast to disassemble.  These new iMacs are just impressive in terms of engineering.  Removing the power supply has certainly simplified the interior immensely. 

I'm looking forward to what the 27"+ version will be like.

How much is consumer driven vs supply driven?  Is the fact that 'nobody opens up an iMac' because nobody wants to or because there's no point in doing so? Many people I talk to bemoan the fact that consumer goods can't be repaired and need to be discarded and replaced. I suspect there is a bit of consumer hypocrisy at play, too. People want devices that are repairable but then turn around and buy sleek, thin devices that can't be repaired. With the iMac, even the ability to swap out the logic board with relative ease would be nice.

Seems like they could with this machine. Only impediment seems to be foam double sided tape and a screwdriver set. 
Certainly looks like Apple could remanufacture the machine in a couple of years with instore techs to update them either as service to customer or as a refurb sale. 

twokidsmanybruises said:

No problem at all with the MacMini being smaller, but there's two things that have me screaming"Nooooo!":

1. A power supply brick?  Why?  One of the best things Apple did was moving the power supply inside when switching to the unibody form factor for the Mac Mini. (As was moving the power supply inside for the Airport Extreme and Time Capsule.)  As said above, a standard power cable is easy to replace, we've probably all got more than few lying around at home. But, more importantly, it made the Mac mini far more portable. It's a desktop machine, but it's also handy as a server, and being portable it's an excellent machine for cooling up to a projector at events, on-site etc. Putting a brick back on it is a huge step backwards.

Agreed—absolutely the wrong way to go on so many levels.  Unless someone decides to make a big, actively cooled power supply to stack of 5 or something.  That would be cool.

2. Plexiglas top?  Why? I can't see any reason or purpose to this, other than to make it look "different". Again, it's a step backwards. The Aluminium unibody was as minimalist as it got, but it's a very pretty design, and functionally, it's neat, very easy to store, even the ports around the back makes tidy cabling easy.  I can only imagine the plexiglass allows for colours, but it's purely decorative on something that doesn't need to be any more pretty than it already is.  

Just off the top of my head:
* better wireless signal 
* easier to manufacture/assemble 
* is this one user upgradable?  Might be easier than trying to work around the “porthole” in the bottom.
* cost
* will the logo light up?  Moders rejoice!

9secondkox2 said:

The new Mac mini can literally be as small and thin as a coaster. 

Take out the screen and cut a square chunk out of the new iMac and boom. Mac mini. 

Crazy. 

If Apple releases a new monitor, they can build in a magnetic area on the back to integrate the Mac mini and other devices do that it all blends. 

Although, with the recent addition of an exterior power brick to the new iMac that just plops on the floor, Apple seems to be getting away from that...

oh no. That just gave me a night mare. 

If Apple forces the power brick idea on the Mac mini... that’s just awful. 

Note to the Apple leadership team and cool industrial design peeps: we love your designs. But as Steve once said: design is not just the way something looks. It is about the way it works. 

The entirety of the setup looks and works better when you have one streamlined cable going from the computer to the outlet. not when you have another clunky thing to manage, nowhere to put it, so it just litters the floor, and so many prices to the thing that you feel like you’re putting together a lego set just to power your device. PUT THE POWER SUPPLY INSIDE. Please. 

its a desktop. It’s okay. Actually better than okay. It’s preferable to anything else. 

entropys said:

Features required for a perfect Apple soundbar

Sound quality of a Sonos Arc
Audio pass through
Dolby atmos
spacial audio
bluetooth 5.2
wifi
airplay 2
detachable power cord
more than one hdmi 2.1 port.
homekit hub
built in ATV
ATV remote
usb-c port for memory stick or external drive connection (yeah, dream on)
Optional extras: Wireless rear speakers and subwoofer

Possibly add a FaceTime camera for a gimmick. Need some software trickery to make the picture not look like it is looking up peoples’ noses.

this would of course, cost more than $1000.

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

"Broderick responded simply that each platform is unique and distinct and will remain so." Or, to paraphrase "Because we said so."
This point has to be hammered home: Steve Jobs would have immediately released MacOS on the iPad and on a Mac Nano (that looks exactly like an Apple TV with an M1 processor) not because it would maximize short term profit but because it would maximize industry disruption and bring Apple a much larger share of the overall computer market over the coming decades. The PC industry has NOTHING to compete with the M series CPUs in low end small form factor PCs and tablets. They won't have anything to compete with it for YEARS. That's how you dominate. You apply your technological advantage in one market to disrupt another market. Cook is a fantastic CEO and has kept the product line full but he can't disrupt like Steve Jobs could.