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nubus said:

The desktop line could be mini and Studio. And perhaps just Studio unless the price and size of mini goes down.

• Pro isn't really Pro these days with everything glued. Drop it and go Studio.
• iMac 23.5" is an expensive mini with a small display, bad ergonomics, a terrible mouse, and only the base processor. Do we need it?
• The old iMac Pro was a bad fix for not upgrading Mac Pro for 5 years and for making it far too expensive. Studio or mini + display is the fix for those big iMacs.

There are currently too many product lines with not enough upgrades.

charlesn said:

Just a reminder that the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners "data" that Apple Insider is so fond of reposting as if it were fact has, in fact, no factually-supported, direct correlation to whatever the real numbers might be. I'm not saying the numbers they report couldn't be valid, only that there is no way to verify that they are, while CIRP cloaks its methodology in exclusive sourcing and algorithms that it doesn't reveal. Also a reminder that getting their name into articles like this is how they market themselves for their actual business, which is convincing clients that that they're experts with "secret" information worth paying for. The more times your name gets quoted in the press, the greater the illusion of expertise and the more expert you become. 

headfull0wine said:

I’m waiting for the new Mini to come out to replace my 27” intel iMac. I don’t want to drop $3k+ on a Mini and Studio Display, but I want retina scaling and I REALLY don’t want a 24” screen. So what’s a guy to do?

The absence of the 27” iMac is likely driving more Mac Mini sales. I also suspect most will go outside the Apple ecosystem for a monitor rather than shell out for the Studio Display. Lost opportunity for Apple. 

DAalseth said:

Mac Mini appeals predominantly to two distinct age groups -- the young and the elderly

Elderly, why you whippersnapper, I ain’t elderly. Seasoned maybe, I’d give you well worn, but I ‘taint elderly dadgummit.

The Mac mini has found a market among developers, media producers, and small business owners needing a reliable, customizable, compact desktop solution

OK that’s more like it. All kidding aside I got an M2Pro MM last year to replace my very aged iMac. It was cost effective and drives my dual 4K monitors very comfortably. I use it mostly for work to remote into our office systems. On the side I’ve been doing art and making audio recordings. It was less expensive than a similarly equipped iMac, and I don’t have the annoyance of mismatched monitors. It’s a damn powerful system that will serve me for a long time.