kiltedgreen

It looks consistently stunning so I’m amazed it didn’t make it.

Rogue01 said:

StrangeDays said:

Apple: here’s a two-year-young new form factor, now with the latest, fastest chipset. Enjoy!

Fans: Nooo! Why have you neglected this 40-year-old product line! Gaaahhhh!

It doesn't have the latest, fastest chipset.  It has a base model chip with a lousy GPU, limited RAM, limited storage, and limited ports.  It even has a lame audio out on the side so your powered speakers plug into the side with a cable sticking out.  Thanks Jony Ive for your lousy design.  Yes, this was his last artistic mess before he left.  If he had his way, it would have a butterfly keyboard too.

How about an iMac 27" with an M3 Pro or M3 Max?  If the thin MacBooks can handle the CPU, then the iMac can also handle it quite well, even better with the larger interior for even better cooling.  Then you would have an iMac with the fastest chipset.  The colors and white bezel are ghastly to look at, and 24" is too small when most people bought the 27" iMac.

“Lousy GPU, limited RAM, limited storage and limited ports”. Lousy GPU compared to what, considering the product’s intended audience?

RAM, storage and ports are always limited. Of course you can add external storage if you want “unlimited” but there’s only so much you can fit in the enclosure (or as much as people will pay for). If you need more RAM then the iMac is probably not for you. (Why doesn’t my Audi A1 have their V6 engine as an option? I’m sure they could make it fit.)  How many ports do you need? 4, 8, 12? There’s 4 on mine and that’s enough for me and if I want more, I can get a USB-C adaptor.

 “Lame audio out on the side” - the iMac is too shallow for it to be on the rear. Apple’s design team clearly decided that an elegant, slim design wasn’t worth making deeper (more metal, more cost) for everyone for the sake of a few users occasionally being able to stick an audio jack on the back for those who want wired speakers or headphones. I use my AirPods most of the time and when I plug my wired headphones in I hardly notice as it’s for gaming or a film and I’m looking at the screen, not the edge of the iMac.

I love the appearance from every angle so your personal aesthetic dislikes are not fact, they are your opinion and Apple and I disagree with you, as I’m sure existing purchasers. Apple know, exactly, how many people bought which sizes of iMac so if more people bought 27” models  then why didn’t they make that (first?)? Apple have their reasoning and decision making process which differs from yours. C’est la vie.

You want a bigger and more powerful iMac that Apple doesn’t make. It may do, or it may never but you have other options from Apple’s or another manufacturer’s range. You pays your money.

StrangeDays said:

What’s there to not be breathless about? It’s desk Mac. It’s fast. It’s very thin. What more did you want it to do? De-cork wine bottles? I mean c’mon this a pretty mature product category — 40 years of desktop Macs!

Exactly. It’s the tech press (even AppleInsider, DED might note) just wanting more and different stuff every time. A new look, different colours, a different stand, a larger screen. I’m not saying the iMac is perfect, but I have one and it’s great as is the design to my eyes. If I wanted an update what I personally would want is the same only faster.

I’m right in line with the previous poster - tech pundits are the jobs we’d all like to have where you can fail, and fail, and fail and still get paid to fail again. Their obsession with shiny new things, lusting after the next pointless gimmick (the one that will break Apple if they don’t incorporate it), tech for the sake of tech is so tedious and has been for years.

Sadly, I expect Daniel’s words will fall on deaf ears and we will continue to see more of the same, after all, it pays the bills.

I think I read somewhere that it would air in 2025. Good things come to those who wait, they say.