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New iMacs

Ian Osborne

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Ian Osborne
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Is anyone else planning to get one of the new iMacs unveiled last Tuesday? My very first Mac was a purple iMac, a G3 model I bought in the Year 2000. I'm planning to get a purple M1 iMac for the end of next month. The new Apple Silicon chips are meant to be marvellous, and having a purple iMac again will be a real blast from the past.

Is anyone else thinking of getting an M1 iMac? What do those with M1 notebooks and Mac minis think of their performance?
 
I have the next most recent model and I love it to death. I can’t wait for an excuse to update.
 
I had to look it up, saw what I expected.
High on the list of stuff I've never understood is all-in-one computers that aren't portables. And it isn't even all-in-one, there's a separate mouse and keyboard.
 
I'm still using a 21" iMac from around 2010 and I love it to bits. It can't run the last two versions of MacOS but with 16 gigs and a 1TB disk it's doing great.

I'd love one of the new ones but until the current one finally dies I really can't justify it.
 
I am using a mid 2011 21 inch Imac.

I was working for an Apple Service Provider in London when the first iMacs came out.
We couldn't stock them fast enough, demand was massive.

Although the best Mac ever was the Quadra 700.
 
Mine was a corporate issue one that mysteriously dropped out of the inventory system when I left that job ;)
 
I never did like the idea of All-In-One (AIO) computers. I personally prefer systems with discrete components, so that if one item (like a HDD / SSD or Graphics Card) breaks, it can be quickly replaced by a spare instead of having to take it out to be repaired.

I am more interested in M1 iPad Pros, and if their full potential (after all, these contain Apple's current desktop / laptop CPUs) will be unleased at the company's developers' conference in June
 
I'm recalling when the "hair dryer" iMac was featured -- man, was it featured, greatest thing since sliced bread -- in TIME magazine. Must have been a dozen pictures of it. Only one of which included the mouse and keyboard. At least it had a removable drive.
 
The last Mac I ever owned was a Mac 512K correction, Mac SE, which I got after I moved on from my Apple ][+.

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Went on to Windows after that and never looked back. 3.1 then 95, 98, XP, 7 and now 10.

The only remnant of my Mac beginnings is that I prefer my taskbar at the top of the screen. Its the first change I make when using a new computer because having it at the bottom makes no sense to me.
 
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My first 'real' computer was a Mac Plus with an external SCSI hard drive in a 'zero footprint' case that it sat on top of.
I had it for years after I got better models, It went right up to System 7.
My favourite Mac is the Quadra 700.
It used the same case style as the Mac IIcx.
That was by far the best case design they produced.
You could completely srtrip it without needing any tools.
 
The new, 24-inch, M1 chip iMacs are powerful and come in playful colors.

But I'll wait for the larger iMacs and compare their performance to the 24-inch iMacs. I want to see which is best for video editing, and affordable.
 
I got a discounted Mac mini, last model before the m1 chip. I love love love this machine. I bought it with 8G and upgraded to 64G of RAM. Using it with multiple monitors, wired mechanical keyboard and a Magic Trackpad.

I had the early 2000s iMac, and I did like it, but I'd prefer a modular setup these days.
 
Back in the late 1970's, my company got an early Mac and allowed employees to take it home to play with learn about. The main thing I learned is that sometimes a word is worth a thousand pictures.
 
Trebuchet said:
Back in the late 1970's, my company got an early Mac and allowed employees to take it home to play with learn about. The main thing I learned is that sometimes a word is worth a thousand pictures.
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That was, of course, the mid 1980's rather than the late 1970's. My excuse is that I'm in my early 70's now!
 
They look quite nice.

My kid has an older one of the larger size and likes it OK, but mainly uses their laptop which is a bit newer. Other kid barely tolerates a laptop and much prefers the desktop built from carefully selected parts.

We have really moved to mobile screens and I don't really see a need for an all-in-one. Even my bulky work laptop is usable without an external screen on the couch. I just have the external screen to make multi-document comparisons easier.

I'd be interested in a monitor that looked like the new iMac and acted as usb-C hub. One cable hook up to a laptop for a clean desk would be nice. Maybe Dell will make one and I can convince our IT that I need it at home.
 
Dr. Keith said:
They look quite nice.

My kid has an older one of the larger size and likes it OK, but mainly uses their laptop which is a bit newer. Other kid barely tolerates a laptop and much prefers the desktop built from carefully selected parts.

We have really moved to mobile screens and I don't really see a need for an all-in-one. Even my bulky work laptop is usable without an external screen on the couch. I just have the external screen to make multi-document comparisons easier.

I'd be interested in a monitor that looked like the new iMac and acted as usb-C hub. One cable hook up to a laptop for a clean desk would be nice. Maybe Dell will make one and I can convince our IT that I need it at home.
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I got a bunch of 24" and 32" monitors last year with Thunderbolt and HDMI connections. Very light, the 24" (2560 x 1600) model is under two kilos and easily mounted on an artic for moving around. Thunderbolt handles video, audio, data (USB hub) and power in one neat connection from the various laptops.
 
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