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frank777 said:

Agreed on the port situation. Apple should have found the "courage" to go all USB3/Thunderbolt.

If a future rev can go all USB-C, add SSD standard and a T2 chip, it would be pretty much perfection.

Absolutely no. It's a pain on the MacBook Pro, and it would be even more pointless on a desktop where you have plenty of room. If more USB Cs are needed (yes, please) just add extra ports. I'm not looking for pointless pain on premium products.

And while we're at it:

• The iMac misses 802.11ax (WiFi 6)
• Less bezel, more screen please. Massive bezels have gone the way of the dodo, so just replace it with screen - yay, 29 inches in the same space.
  
• Revisit the storage situation. Go SSD only, so T2 can be added. Given the price of SSDs, halving the price of 2 TB would still give more than 100% markup on Intel SSDs... Less complexity, less moving parts, less service - and no people who buy a premium priced product with 5400 RPM HD only which will give a really bad impression.
• I'd pay more for Nvidia graphics... they've beaten AMD handily for many years now. Why can't we get the good stuff?
• And fix touchid/faceid

I've wanted to buy a new maxed iMac to replace my 2013 27" maxed out iMac, but the last releases have disappointed me so I'm still waiting...

gatorguy said:

Well there 'ya go, another set of hardware worries answered. Folks are going to run out of things to complain about. 

Why?

I want to buy a new iMac - my old one is now in its 6th year -  but I'm disappointed with this update, as I've been holding out for a proper update for a long time now. I skipped the last one because it was underwhelming, and this continues.

• No faceid - or even Touch ID on the wireless keyboard.
• No WiFi 6 ( 802.11ax). This isn't in widespread use yet, but it will be soon. On a premium product that will be in use for years? It should be there.
• Storage options and pricing is messed up - 5400 RPM disks? In 2019 on a premium product? Apple needs to revisit this area, and the pricing of the SSD options (the upgrade from the 2 TB  Fusion drive to 2 TB SSD is 12100  NOK (a bit more than 1400 USD), or 4 times the price of a 2 TB SSD disk from Intel
• No HDR on the display

Sure, other improvements could have been made as well - less bezel, more display, and if I'm dreaming Nvidia graphics has been way better than ATI for many years now - but the above should have been addressed.

I guess I'll just have to wait until the next upgrade.

Having lossless audio is great, and something I wish Apple would have. But MQA - how does this make it out of the phone and to the listener?

If the answer is "external DAC attached to your phone", I'm guessing the target market goes from "low" to "very, very low".

jridder said:

Other than speed bumps, what do you expect to change? The design is pretty solid and thin, although they could go thinner I suppose but then that brings challenges with heat. 

Getting the newest CPU and GPUs, of course - it's been a while since the last upgrade. I'd also want 802.1ax wireless network - sure, there are few routers yet that support it but in the lifespan of my next machine I will get it. 

Other than these upgrades - to be on the front line of technology and stay premium, I'm expecting a move to USB 3.1 type C. Hopefully, they will also be able to incorporate FaceID or at least TouchID. Replacing Fusion Drive with an all SSD solution is a possibility.

If I could dream, ATI would be replaced by Nvidia as ATI has fallen far behind - but that seems unlikely.

Design - most of the bezel could go. No real point in making it thinner, but the bezel could die.

Can the video be automatically stored somewhere else? Being able to get rid of evidence by stealing the device as well sounds less than ideal.