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9secondkox2 said:

As I said. 

Much to the chagrin of some a month ago who were riding “the iMac is discontinued” line hard. A hiatus is not discontinued. 

The m1 series just wasn’t ready for a true modern iMac Pro. The Studio is a nice stopgap like the old iMac Pro was. The ultra chip has been revealed to need some design review in order to unleash its full potential. More forgivable in something like the Studio vs a Mac Pro or iMac Pro. 

It’s an amazing machine that fills in the gap while we wait for the high end iMac. The coming Mac Pro makes the Studio somewhat redundant, though on a lower tier. It could stick around between the Mac mini and Mac Pro, but it would make iMac pricing strategies a bit problematic. 

While the m3 is “in the works,” it doesn’t equate to availability. With m2 launching in the fall this year, we could see m3 one year later. So this timeline sounds right. M1 went on a bit long, but that’s due to apple expanding the lineup and getting processes right. They have a path to follow now so things will speed up. 

Apple confirmed to Ars that the 27-inch iMac has reached end of life.

Kuyangkoh said:

My son’s pixel has a thumb sensor underneath the screen, why Apple cannot do that is beyond me

Japhey said:

9secondkox2 said:

Just another reason the metaverse is a failure in concept. 

The metaverse concept is a failure just because one company is hypocritically charging creators too much? I’m not following the logic here. The metaverse, or whatever it ends up being called, is the future and it is inevitable. That’s why literally every single tech company on the planet is working on a version of it. 

TheObannonFile said:

I think this will solve it for 80%+ of people:

1. If you need portability, ever, the you must go with a MacBook Pro. And the M1 Max is the best you can do.

2. If you need the M1 Ultra (and you’ll know it if you do), you must go with the Studio. Desktop is your only option.

3. I think only a small portion of people will actually have the option between desktop or laptop. And if that’s the case, get the Studio. A lot more bang for the $1999.

This covers it for most anyone.

beowulfschmidt said:

We can be critical of Apple's possible, though somewhat far-fetched IMO (but that's for a court to decide), failure to comply with the law, and also ridicule a person who spent 8 years without complaining about that failure, both at the same time.