iMac Announcement - October 28

@Jin
I never asked for this. I want my iMac 5K 27" back, with new processors of course.

Haru said:
@Jin
I never asked for this. I want my iMac 5K 27" back, with new processors of course.

And? They can’t do everything.

Jin said:

Haru said:
@Jin
I never asked for this. I want my iMac 5K 27" back, with new processors of course.

And? They can’t do everything.

And too bad I don’t want this ugly 24" iMac. I’ll wait for a better-looking AIO.

@Haru
LMFAO. Stay salty. No other computer company gives a F about making a good all-in-one PC.

Jin said:
@Haru
LMFAO. Stay salty. No other computer company gives a F about making a good all-in-one PC.

Yeah, I hope that Apple will make a good AIO again. I still feel salty about iMac 5K; it’s such a beautiful machine.

@Jin
That’s great; you can choose to not buy it. For many of us, 24 inches is just too small for desktop usage.

Tan said:
@Jin
That’s great; you can choose to not buy it. For many of us, 24 inches is just too small for desktop usage.

That’s great; you can choose not to buy it. You can instead buy a Mac mini with a 27” display which Apple sells.

@Lin
After having two 27 inch iMacs, I changed to the Mac mini M2 Pro + Studio Display.

I was always bummed that I had to upgrade the entire iMac when the screen was still solid. Now I can switch out the Mac mini only while the experience stays the same.

@Jesse
There are no doubt benefits to going that route; he just likes the all-in-one experience the iMac brings to the table.

Lin said:
@Jesse
There are no doubt benefits to going that route; he just likes the all-in-one experience the iMac brings to the table.

Well and the price. The display is just $200 less than the iMac was. So it was a way better deal before.

@EmilyTheTechWhiz
My father is fairly confident if he goes the Mac Mini route he won’t be getting the Cinema Display but rather a third-party option that is cheaper while offering the same resolution. We both do massive amounts of research before we buy anything, so whatever monitor is paired with it will work well with macOS scaling and all those other fun little details one discovers when wanting to make a purchase for a very specific purpose.

@Lin
Yea absolutely. I’m rocking a 42” C2 OLED, which should be the right PPI for normal scaling. I’m looking to get an M4 Mac Mini; I was just waiting for the higher RAM, new chip, and redesign. Beautiful monitor, 120Hz, OLED; it’s everything you could want (except 8k would be nice to be retina).

@Jesse
I took a similar strategy but went balls to the wall and got a Pro Display XDR. That monitor will always be majestic and will see me through many computers.

The last monitor I bought was a 30" Apple Cinema Display in 2006, and I still use it at my parents’ house to this day.

Accordingly, there’s nearly no amount of money that’s too much for a glorious monitor.

@Jesse

I was always bummed that I had to upgrade the entire iMac when the screen was still solid. Now I can switch out the Mac mini only while the experience stays the same.

Many of us keep our iMacs for ~1 decade and not upgrade that often.

After 120 months of use, the display is worth replacing.

Since 2012, I’ve been using a 27" 2.5K non-retina display. I’d love to be using a 32" 6K retina display as soon as the 2025 iMac 24" 4.5K M1 5nm hits!

This typically occurs when the user doesn’t change their workflow or peripherals.

I use my 2012 iMac 27" 2.5K Core i7 22nm mostly for photography and the last body upgrade was a 2015 Canon EOS 5Ds R that records 51MP RAW images.

If Apple came out with a 2025 iMac 32" 6K M5 2nm, it would be just too fast for its own good!

I’d only replace it by 2035 when 0.3nm die shrinks are introduced.

@Lin
Yup. My 9-year-old iMac is doing fine, but I can’t upgrade the OS anymore, and I’m beginning to run into problems. However, there’s no way I’m downgrading my screen size.

@Lin
I’m still using a 2012 iMac 27" 2.5K Core i7 22nm for the reason that I want a 27" or larger display.

My guess is Apple has yet to find 32" 6K display parts that are <$1k even 5 years after the Pro Display XDR release.

It is likely that the M5 chip will use the 2nm die process, so there’s looking forward to that.

My iMac would be 13 years old by then and jump from 22nm to 2nm!

@Lin
This, and also enabling target display mode on both of them, would be killer.

@Lin
No 27 and max RAM is 32GB. Complete non-starter for me as well, and my main desktop is a 27 i9 that I’d really love to replace. Now I’m stuck waiting until 2025 apparently for an M4 Studio.

@Lin
Same here. Mine is a 2017 and in its last legs. I am dreading the day it just craps out. I’ve been looking into external monitors around 27-30” to pair with a Mac Pro; anybody have any suggestions? I don’t want to drop $1500 on a monitor but want good quality.

@Lin
I do too, but the sad fact is the sales numbers just weren’t there. They sold a fraction of the 27.”