@Young
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Young said:
Finally 16GB as base but still pathetic 256GB ssd… in 2024 with 1500-1750euro price tag. Insane.
It would cost $2700 USD to get one with 32GB RAM and 2TB SSD. That’s <$250 worth of parts if you’re buying a PC, but you gotta pay $1400 more to get that on an iMac.
@Caden
It’s worse than that.
If the SSD dies, your computer is basically dead. You need another Mac to “resurrect it” even if you have a hot air station and replace the BGA nand chips.
Also… The BIOS is stored on the SSD…
They easily could make these removable, even as nand modules.
But nooooooooooo.
That kind of pure wasteful design should be illegal.
I don’t care about “well just doing buy it then,” when our world is limited on materials and they don’t give a shit.
@Remy
Also, the build quality of the M1 iMacs were poor. There is a growing number of users that are reporting the screen failing at year 2 or 3 due to a cheap cable on the top right or left corner that’s causing hot spots. Apple has not acknowledged the design flaw yet but some individuals have been lucky enough the get free out-of-warranty repairs; others are quoted with a $600 screen replacement.
I have one that’s defected like this and it gets so unbearably hot that I had to stick a heat sink on it. Keeping it around hoping for a repair program some years down the line. First and last iMac I’m ever getting 
@Wylie
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@Caden
No sire that RAM is of a higher caste you see. Otherwise it wouldn’t be on the iMac.
Young said:
Finally 16GB as base but still pathetic 256GB ssd… in 2024 with 1500-1750euro price tag. Insane.
Universities/Labs often don’t want a ton of space on the machines and for people to use network storage (and have the machines wiped nightly or weekly). Sometimes there’s contracts in place that require certain specifications. I doubt any client would complain of extra storage but if there’s enough contracts out there and it saves them $10 a unit or something, maybe they figure they’ll just keep the SKU around.
Young said:
Finally 16GB as base but still pathetic 256GB ssd… in 2024 with 1500-1750euro price tag. Insane.
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I don’t get the “new spectrum of colors” bit, aren’t those the same seven as the previous models?
Tilden said:
I don’t get the “new spectrum of colors” bit, aren’t those the same seven as the previous models?
they look to be slightly different shades
Tilden said:
I don’t get the “new spectrum of colors” bit, aren’t those the same seven as the previous models?
the green is way worse now
Tilden said:
I don’t get the “new spectrum of colors” bit, aren’t those the same seven as the previous models?
The pink is now basically Barbie Pink in front and Raspberry Sorbet in back, vs the old Rose Gold/Pink front and Ferrari Red back of the previous one.
The rest are a bit hard to discern major differences.
Tilden said:
I don’t get the “new spectrum of colors” bit, aren’t those the same seven as the previous models?
The backsides of the machines now match the front. This wasn’t the case for the previous models.
@Jaime
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Makes me sad that the screens on these outlive the usefulness of the computer inside, resulting in getting rid of something perfectly good when the computer stops receiving updates. Bring back target display mode!
Jo said:
24 inch? Nope.
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I want a 45 inch.
Even my wife says I’m not normal.
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Riley said:
Alex said:
Jo said:
24 inch? Nope.
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I want a 45 inch.
Even my wife says I’m not normal.
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45 inch, or u/Suspect4pe not being normal…?
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I want a 45 inch.
Even my wife says I’m not normal.
My 49 in monitor was the best decision I have made for my WFH set up