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Hopefully what’s also left is a 27-inch iMac with M2 or M2 Pro chip inside. The current 24-inch iMac just doesn’t cut it, and the Mac Studio + Apple Display com
by jamujamu 4y ago
Hopefully what’s also left is a 27-inch iMac with M2 or M2 Pro chip inside. The current 24-inch iMac just doesn’t cut it, and the Mac Studio + Apple Display combo is way to expensive compared to the price point of Intel iMacs.
- eastbound 4y agoThe lack of proper 27-inch displays with the quality of Apple (apart the $1800 Apple Display) is the reason I’m not replacing my iMac…
- kergonath 4y agoI had to replace my 27-inch iMac anyway (it just died). But I agree with you, I haven’t found a display as good as the iMac’s that isn’t €1500. I settled with what was supposed to be one of the best Dells for that size (4K, which is itself a compromise); the viewing angles are suboptimal and luminosity is not that great.
- Joyfully8173 4y agoYeah, I was going to mention 27 inch iMac as well. I used to work for a design agency and we used to buy 27 inch iMacs with upgraded CPUs and 16GB of RAM, and then we would install another 32GB of RAM ourselves. The quality of the 5K screen was good enough, savings on the RAM upgrade were significant, they were quite good computers for the price. We used them for all designers that didn't need to attend too many meetings. More senior people got laptops. During COVID we moved everyone to laptops, but I was still curious what Apple will do with the powerful iMac. Let's not forget they also offered iMac Pro, with a Xeon CPU and 128GB of RAM.
- esskay 4y agoI'd imagine most people going for the Mac Studio arent touching the balked Apple Display. It's been riddled with problems and at that price point you can get far better displays now. The panel they're using dates back to 2017 so it's not exactly like you're getting the latest and greatest in screen technology.
- muro 4y agoOther displays have higher refresh rates, but the resolution is still special. Color accuracy is also great. The annoying bug with choppy repeating audio stays unfixed 8 months after introduction and fix with the hassle of disconnecting the monitor from power for an extended time is just ridiculous.
- brailsafe 4y agoWhen you really look into what's available, there's a fair bit of variation in the market for different customers, but there's incredibly few 5k+ displays at 27 or ~30 inches. Like zero if you discount the LG. Everything else is kind of ok, but not always a good replacement.
- xoac 4y agoThis is about to change with higher spec connectors being more widely available.
- jsjohnst 4y ago> This is about to change with higher spec connectors being more widely available. Thunderbolt 3 has been around for over five years on mainstream Mac (and Windows) machines, so what’s the excuse again? I can count the number of monitors in the same resolution space (or higher) on one hand! ;) There’s the insanely priced XDR 6K, there’s the not much better priced Dell 8K, then there’s the LG 5K that’s cheap plastic build quality and hasn’t been refreshed in 5 years. Anyone else? … Bueler?