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Apple debuts colorful 24-inch iMac with M1, upgraded camera and audio
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Apple debuts colorful 24-inch iMac with M1, upgraded camera and audio
docno42 said:titantiger said:
And I pointed out in the very next post that the M1 Mac Mini with the same exact specs on RAM and SSD storage can be paired with a nice 24" 4k LG monitor, Apple keyboard and mouse and still come out $150 less.
Fine - you don't value it. Apple thinks there are more people that will. And I also think they are probably right. Also you've already demonstrated over and over that even if they fixed your "issues" you wouldn't be buying it for other reasons so have fun being a contrarian for constrains sake. It is one of the bigger Internet pastimes (and heck BBS's before the Internet too). -
Apple debuts colorful 24-inch iMac with M1, upgraded camera and audio
docno42 said:titantiger said:
But I am the customer for it. I've owned three iMacs since 2002.
Until then, your hysteria is overrated. This is *an* iMac. Obviously not the one for you. Or for me either. I was hoping to see at 27" replacement, but this obviously isn't it so we both get to wait some more. How will we ever survive the suspense.
It is a serious upgrade for the former 21" though - and the return of colors is a nice touch I hope they carry over to other new Apple Silicon Macs. Although I agree with others - a black or space gray in there wouldn't kill them.
4.5K resolution hints that the 27" replacement might be 6K. Now that would really be worth waiting fore, especially if they bump the size up by an inch too. My over 40 eyes will always appreciate more physical screen real estate! -
Apple debuts colorful 24-inch iMac with M1, upgraded camera and audio
StrangeDays said:fastasleep said:titantiger said:fastasleep said:titantiger said:mike1 said:titantiger said:Put another way, the base Mac Mini is $699. Pair it with a nice $300 LG 4k display (24") and an Apple keyboard and Mouse and you're only at about $1150. Same M1 chip, same 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD. But more ports, Gigabit Ethernet, and even the ability to swap out the screen as a bonus if you wanted to later. Add a webcam for $100 and you're still $50 under this crippled iMac's price point.
You clearly aren't the customer for this, so please spend your money elsewhere.There's no need to get pissy about valid criticism. These are artificial feature removals that are a step backward from what the entry level, non-education iMac has offered in the past. -
Apple debuts colorful 24-inch iMac with M1, upgraded camera and audio
fastasleep said:titantiger said:fastasleep said:titantiger said:docno42 said:titantiger said:
Far from nonsensical. The issue is, the $1299 price point didn't used to be the crippled K-12 version. A version like that was in the $1000 range. When you got to 1300 bucks it didn't have goofy trade offs like only two USB ports and no ethernet jack. Hell, even the base Mac mini has a damn ethernet jack, 2 USB ports in addition to the 2 Thunderbolt ones, and even an HDMI. So it's perfectly reasonable to question the specs for the price on this new iMac.
Speaking of costs raising over time - I was unwrapping some stuff wrapped in newspapers from the mid 70's and cars costing $30K plus today were around $1500 then. Thank decades of successful central planning for this "feature".
model. The display is 4.5K, not 4K. It’s got a new logic board, cooling system, and audio designs. You can’t pretend like these aren’t factors.
seems unproductive.