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I definitely agree with the general consensus here that this is a solid spec bump, and most welcome at that! And like others, it made me think of their transit
by jasoneckert 6y ago
I definitely agree with the general consensus here that this is a solid spec bump, and most welcome at that!
And like others, it made me think of their transition to ARM. I know the first ARM Macs this fall will be their lowend MacBook and 13" MBP line, but at WWDC they said the Intel to ARM transition would be complete in under 2 years (like they said with the PPC to Intel transition). And since the PPC to Intel transition only took a little over a year, it could mean that ARM-based iMacs may be here next year to replace the current iMac lineup, and I'm dreadfully curious as to whether they'll be lower performing than this iMac update (which is quite impressive, performance-wise). Or perhaps they'll use multiple ARM CPUs to boost performance. Regardless, every time I see a spec bump now from Apple, I can't help but think of these things.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoJust my speculation, but rather than “lowering the specs“, I think they’re positioning themselves to release a “budget” option in the $800 range with a 4k screen, which will probably match performance with the low end intel iMac. Matching encoding speeds with Apple Silicon is probably an easier task, since they can create on-chip, hardware accelerated encoders, which exist on iPhones already.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoThe current bottom end is $1099 and that's the last model with a low-dpi screen. I'd be surprised to see the price drop much below that when it gets renewed.