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Those new iMacs look really lovely. They should be a perfect desktop for many users. At 24inch, the screen is large enough, the M1 powerful, silent and also doe
by _ph_ 6y ago
Those new iMacs look really lovely. They should be a perfect desktop for many users. At 24inch, the screen is large enough, the M1 powerful, silent and also doesn't use a lot of electricity. With all environment concerns, the electricity usage of computers should not be overlooked.
I am very happy to see the return of colors, love that! But white bezels around the screen? Those are a bit of a no go for me.
And of course: why still no video in, especially with such a great screen. In times of home-office, it would be so great if you could connect your work laptop to your iMac for video output. I might have gotten one just to replace my dell 24" 4k screen (they are getting rare, seems to be basically the only screen with almost 200dpi on the market). (A Vesa-mount option would be great too, especially considering thow small and light the iMac is)
- systemvoltage 6y agoI wish the stand stayed silver and the chassis had different colors. Just painting everything with a single color is rather ugly IMO.
- jibbers 6y agoVESA is still available, thankfully. https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/imac-vesa https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/imac-vesa
- _ph_ 6y agoAh, that is great :)
- Tsiklon 6y agoI agree, I'd love video input on this machine. Incidentally, it's not well publicised, but Apple do offer an iMac on a VESA mount. https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/imac-vesa https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/imac-vesa
- _ph_ 6y agoTo bad it isn't just a conversion kit which would work with the default model - I learned about the VESA mount only after I had buyed my 27" iMac.
- bombcar 6y agohttps://www.humancentric.com/products/vesa-adapter-for-apple-imacs-with-non-removable-stands https://www.humancentric.com/products/vesa-adapter-for-apple...
- m_mueller 6y agoexact same boat here about video input. I’d have gotten one in a heartbeat. My wife who uses macs professionally and I who is bound to a Windows work PC share a home office desk. That would have given exactly the flexibility they touted in the keynote. Especially considering that they don’t have any external display options other than the totally overkill and outpriced XDR. Why not have the option of using an iMac as a second screen to another Mac or PC?
- fomine3 6y agoTraditional opinion is that AIO PC is bad design (except looks) because it merges display and computer. They work for different lifetime (display lasts longer), unable to self repair, need to send whole display and computer to repair station, non-upgradable, unable to use it as a monitor. But now maybe it can be thought that both lifetime is almost same, rarely fail thanks to solid state (except fans). So AIO would be totally fine if they implement HDMI-in if you don't need upgradability.