So basically it's the same thing but with M4 and more RAM at the baseline. I suppose Apple would like us to be gratefull for that.
Yet since it comes with only 256Gb storage standard, the minimum viable model is just under 2k euros with still a paltry 512Gb storage. That just crazy.
Considering there are report of the first generation having problem with the display (most likely because of heat generation) it's even more problematic because you can't expect it to last that long.
And since M4 output a lot more heat, how much this thing is going to throttle and how much faster it's going to create display problem ?
No large iMac of course, that would be too cost effective compared to the eggregeriously priced Studio Display. Not that you would want one with this terrible design.
It is really a testament of modern Apple : form over function, in the name of design.
Yet this design is really not good, dumb white bezel, external PSU, annoyingly placed ports (only USB4 anyway).
Basically you need a USB4 dock and an external drive to make this worthwhile, completly rendering moot the point of an all-in-one. If you are going to having cable galore, why even bother with this form factor.
In the end this thing is mostly a showroom computer or a luxury information appliance.
For someone who just want a simple information appliance the price doesn't make a lot of sense, you can get something that works at half the price, the display won't be as good but it really doesn't matter that much.
The display has this resolution because Apple has chosen the eazy for resolution scaling in order for them to claim to be first and "perfect".
It really is a display of modern Apple: beautiful hardware but extremely impractical and absurd pricing.
I guess they want to push for the Mini/Studio + studio display for workstation use cases but the pricing is just nuts.
I’m on a 2017 iMac 27” and the hardware issues aside, I’m also not upgrading yet because they got rid of decent screen sizes. Other than money/profit - why don’t they make a 27” anymore? Frustrating.
Yeah I'm pretty sure it's all solely profit motivated.
Under Tim Cook, Apple followed the religion of the minimum profit margin very carefully. They just don't sell stuff that they can't extract 50% margin of.
With that in mind it's clear that a hypothetical big iMac would be priced at around 2.2K at least for the very entry level at that would be a ridiculously weak computer for at that price point.
The minimum viable machine would be around the 3K mark and a comfortable setup would be bordering on 4k. Those kinds of price would make it an extremely niche product but would also clearly highlight the major inflation Apple products have suffered under Tim Cook.
The iMac was good because it was reasonably priced, for this reason they sold a lot of them (I know that for a fact, I worked for an Apple Premium Service Provider) but the margin on those was not as good as the rest, in part because of the display but also other factors (transport, servicing).
And thus, their "solution" is to offer a standalone display that costs the same as previously an entry level "big iMac", this way they ensure their profit margin on 2 front and encourage you to renew the mac part more often.
In my opinion that last part is a bit nonsensical, I find that by the time you want to renew the computer (as a private owner, not a business), display tech has evolved enough that you would want to change it anyway. Because the big iMac had a useful supported life of almost 10 years and you can still use them and they still make decent Windows/Linux computers if you don't want to deal with Apple unsupported OS (becomes problematic after 3-4 releases).
Everything Apple does nowadays is about profit first, and almost only profits. I wish they never had been that successful with the iPhone. I bought the first gen (imported from US), as well as first gen iPod and they were really great defining products. I did not expect the whole populace to pick up on it and make it a social status thing.
It has tainted everything and now they make too much money to care about anything really. They still make good products but when you look at pricing/competition it is really not as appealing as it used to.
Considering there are report of the first generation having problem with the display (most likely because of heat generation) it's even more problematic because you can't expect it to last that long. And since M4 output a lot more heat, how much this thing is going to throttle and how much faster it's going to create display problem ?
No large iMac of course, that would be too cost effective compared to the eggregeriously priced Studio Display. Not that you would want one with this terrible design.
It is really a testament of modern Apple : form over function, in the name of design.
Yet this design is really not good, dumb white bezel, external PSU, annoyingly placed ports (only USB4 anyway). Basically you need a USB4 dock and an external drive to make this worthwhile, completly rendering moot the point of an all-in-one. If you are going to having cable galore, why even bother with this form factor.
In the end this thing is mostly a showroom computer or a luxury information appliance. For someone who just want a simple information appliance the price doesn't make a lot of sense, you can get something that works at half the price, the display won't be as good but it really doesn't matter that much. The display has this resolution because Apple has chosen the eazy for resolution scaling in order for them to claim to be first and "perfect".
It really is a display of modern Apple: beautiful hardware but extremely impractical and absurd pricing. I guess they want to push for the Mini/Studio + studio display for workstation use cases but the pricing is just nuts.