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  • Long custom iMac order times don't mean that a refresh is imminent

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    PauloSeraa said:
    Newsflash: the iMac form factor is not attractive anymore, and that makes perfect sense. The iMac rose to popularity during an era where the alternative for a desktop computer was hideous, and despite the iMac's success, the competition remain hideous for a long, long time. Over 25 years it created some life-long iMac users. But here is the truth about iMac today: it's not portable, it's not upgradable and it's not reusable. The display on the iMac will outlast the PC inside it by several years. Heck, the 2014 5K iMac has a better display on it than most people are using on their desk today, and yet that machine is already obsolete. And because they are impossible to sell or trade in due to bulk and weight, these things become useless paperweights after a relatively short amount of time. Compare this to a Mac Mini or Mac Studio + a Studio display experience. The Studio display creates the same elegant look on the desk, and the small desktops take a up a minimal amount of space and can even be hidden inside/under a desk. The main selling point of the iMac becomes less attractive as a result. And now, you can upgrade the mini/studio several times while keeping the same display, which will surely outlast the computer in terms of usability over time.

    The proof is in the sales. Apple hasn't even seen it worth their time to upgrade it to an M2 to keep it current, with M3 already on the horizon. Undoubtedly Apple is warring with itself right now over discontinuing its once-critical iMac, or spending money to update a Mac that doesn't sell.

    Exactly.

    The iMac concept is obsolete.  It's time for Apple to just drop it, and release a reasonably priced (under $500) 27" display to pair with a mini.
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  • Apple could be out $20 billion a year if Google loses DOJ antitrust case

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Good.

    Paying to be the default search engine should be a crime.
    williamlondonspheric

  • Microsoft hammered with $29 billion back-tax bill

    darkvaderdarkvader
    This is theft. 

    The government wants money. Solution? Just retroactively “adjust” someone’s taxes from years ago! A good solid decade ought to do it. 

    Pure evil. If there was ac actual issue all this years ago, the IRS WOULD HAVE NOTIFIED THEM AND THEY COULD PAY WHAT WAS OWED. this isn’t that. This is an extortionist government. 

    Microsoft didn’t do anything illegal. They took advantage of the way the tax systems were set up, like any smart company would do. 
    The only theft is what Micro$oft did.  And the sad part is that a company with $136 billion in profits in 2022 only has to pay $29 billion in penalties for their decade of theft.
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  • Steve Jobs wanted Macintosh design to be like the early Beatles

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    baconstang said:
    macxpress said:
    Is this like, make the iMac look like a sunflower and we got the iMac G4 which BTW was a very cool and great looking Mac but overall was a poor iMac. The arm mechanism was a failure point on many of those. 
    I had a G4 iMac for years, the arm was never a problem.  I guess YMMV.
    Accessing the inside WAS a problem...
    I still have one.  The arm is fine.  (Doesn't get moved much these days though, it's mostly a static display.)

    Never really had much trouble accessing the inside, having to redo the thermal paste every time I opened one was a bit annoying.

    I only remember ever replacing one arm, they were pretty reliable.
    baconstangjony0

  • Steve Jobs wanted Macintosh design to be like the early Beatles

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Weird.

    That article has words in it, but they make absolutely no sense.
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