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I bought an intel iMac several months ago when they suddenly went missing from the Apple Store with no 27” replacement. It has 8GB of RAM, yet is somehow faster

I bought an intel iMac several months ago when they suddenly went missing from the Apple Store with no 27” replacement. It has 8GB of RAM, yet is somehow faster than my M1 Max (16GB) at compiling my current Xcode project (a Unity game). The battery life is good, but if you’re pushing it hard it isn’t that great unfortunately. For web dev, sure it can go most of the day. Also it’s extremely heavy and thick. I wish it was thinner, it doesn’t fit in the bags I have for my older 15” MBPs. It has an HDMI port, which I will never ever use, one less USB C port (which really sucks ass), and with all the dumb thickness they didn’t include the one “retro” port I would actually use daily, USB type A. It doesn’t get very hot at full load (CPU mining for days/weeks) so I’m not sure why it’s so thick. The old Intel versions should have been in the mega-thick chassis, but the M1 doesn’t really benefit. My favorite part of the new 16” MBP is actually the screen. It’s so incredible I struggle to describe it. When moving the mouse it feels more instantaneous, everything is smoother. So don’t FOMO on the CPU, it’s good but not the killer feature.

arthurcolle 4y ago
Yeah the 16" (last gen Intel cpus) is the one I have! That's what I'm saying, it's fine and while the battery life of the M1 seems absolute stellar, I'm def not going to be buying computers for the next 3 or 4 years just because I have like 3 unused MBPs that all are literally in great condition. Too much churn in hardware tech. EDIT: your music link sharing site is neat, be my friend
johnwalkr 4y ago
Yeah the screens and speakers are great; a real step-up from my previous 15”. The HDR actually works unlike most standalone screens that have good specs on paper but actually don’t deliver. The webcam is much nicer (although nothing special, just that the old ones were obsolete). The mic is also good, as it always was.
jen20 4y ago
> It doesn’t get very hot at full load (CPU mining for days/weeks) so I’m not sure why it’s so thick. Perhaps that’s why…?
- floydnoel 4y ago
  No way to prove it without some serious hardware mods! But given how the M1 Air performs without a fan or thick chassis, I have my own guess…

arthurcolle 4y ago

Yeah the 16" (last gen Intel cpus) is the one I have! That's what I'm saying, it's fine and while the battery life of the M1 seems absolute stellar, I'm def not going to be buying computers for the next 3 or 4 years just because I have like 3 unused MBPs that all are literally in great condition. Too much churn in hardware tech. EDIT: your music link sharing site is neat, be my friend

johnwalkr 4y ago

Yeah the screens and speakers are great; a real step-up from my previous 15”. The HDR actually works unlike most standalone screens that have good specs on paper but actually don’t deliver. The webcam is much nicer (although nothing special, just that the old ones were obsolete). The mic is also good, as it always was.

jen20 4y ago

> It doesn’t get very hot at full load (CPU mining for days/weeks) so I’m not sure why it’s so thick. Perhaps that’s why…?

floydnoel 4y ago
No way to prove it without some serious hardware mods! But given how the M1 Air performs without a fan or thick chassis, I have my own guess…