Biggest UX advancement is probably putting the headphone jack on the side. Just wish there was an SD card reader there as well.
All-new iMac features the M1 chip
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#172Earlier quoted context omitted.
Having a power brick at all is a huge step backwards. The old iMac has an internal power supply.
I have tons of room behind my desk, I have much less room on my desk. I don't want the power brick anywhere near my computer. As for 8gb, do people not see what Apple is doing here? All of their M1 entries are entry level. The true power user work will come, but this gets a lot of people converted over to M1, testing out the software/hardware, giving time for power software suppliers to focus on M1. The additional ra…
> I have tons of room behind my desk, I have much less room on my desk. I don't want the power brick anywhere near my computer.
There wouldn't really be any increase in desk usage if the power brick was integrated into the display. The stand's size will still be more or less the same even if the display was twice as thick, as it's going to be more about supporting the leverage from the upper part of the display at whatever angles it supports being at rather than a bit of extra thickness & weight in the bottom part of the display.
The problem with the brick is it's something you have to cable manage. You need to mount that brick somewhere or have it sitting visibly ugly on the floor. And since it has a port on it, you need to be able to access it more often than you otherwise would. It's classic form over function here. They wanted it to look like a big ipad, and they made compromises to achieve that. It does look nice, but you are paying for that in more than just the MSRP price.
If you really care about the minimal amount of desk footprint then get the one with a VESA mount instead & put it on a monitor arm.
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#173I'm super excited to see them figure out/be comfortable with a detached Touch ID. I've wanted my watch to be set as a Touch ID, or my wireless keyboard for my mac mini, and historically Apple seemed like they'd only allow physically attached Touch ID. With this product, it looks like they're providing a Touch ID keyboard that's wireless. I'm very curious how that works logistically, and if they'll make the keyboards…
MacOS already supports TouchID -> Watch for Unlock. Also for sudo [1]. So this is a good evolution of that! [1] https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/259093/can-touch-i...
I was super happy to see that option for sudo, and it worked great. Until MacOS reverted it. Not sure if I did an update or what, but the change was undone.
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#174Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's ridiculous that Apple ships 8GB configurations in 2021. My company bought me a MacBook pro M1 with only 8GB of ram by mistake and it's extremely frustrating to have so little ram. I look forward to replace it with a laptop with 32GB of ram. Meanwhile I run devops stuff in the cloud because the laptop has not enough ram for that. Once safari advised me to close the jira tab to save ram. Such a shame.
What kinda software are you running?
Classic devops stuff :
- A web browser with many open tabs. - An audio player - A few code editors / IDE - A chat / video conference software since COVID-19 - An email client once in a while that I tend to leave open - Various development tools - The software stack of my company for development in a Linux VM
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#175Why the chin bar? The could have easily removed it now that there is no logo on it, and the logic board footprint is now next to nothing. Their design decisions are just plain weird. Also, why is there no black version? No network ports? No USB type A ports? Really?
> No USB type A ports? Really? There are lots of legitimate complaints about the iMac, and indeed the entire Apple ecosystem nowadays, but this isn't one of them. https://www.amazon.com/Syntech-Adapter-Thunderbolt-Compatibl...
Not all devices work when adapted like that. I have keyboards that are usb-c (keyboard output) to usb-a that don't work when converted to usb-c.
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#176Did I see it correctly, that the iMac only comes with 8GB Ram configurations? Doesn't the MacBooks come with an 16GB option?
It's ridiculous that Apple ships 8GB configurations in 2021. My company bought me a MacBook pro M1 with only 8GB of ram by mistake and it's extremely frustrating to have so little ram. I look forward to replace it with a laptop with 32GB of ram. Meanwhile I run devops stuff in the cloud because the laptop has not enough ram for that. Once safari advised me to close the jira tab to save ram. Such a shame.
I'm surprised since I heard the difference was small at worst. Could you elaborate on the RAM issues?
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#177Why the chin bar? The could have easily removed it now that there is no logo on it, and the logic board footprint is now next to nothing. Their design decisions are just plain weird. Also, why is there no black version? No network ports? No USB type A ports? Really?
I’m going to go ahead and say if you haven’t gotten onboard with USB C by now you’re behind. It’s been half a decade since the USB A port went away on Mac. I know everyone has their legacy peripherals they love but... it’s time to move on.
Until there are readily available, not too expensive, hubs that (1) hook up to the computer via a USB-C to USB-C cable, and (2) have multiple USB-C ports that you can use to hook up USB-C devices via USB-C to USB-C cables, it is not time to move on.
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#178Mac mini M1 with a good monitor and keyboard is the combo I would go for. Seems bit expensive for the base model.
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#179Is it just me, or should the front facing camera be better then 1080p by now?
I'd just like to have a webcam with a large aperture and nice bokeh, but it seems the only way is a complex setup with a DSLR, capture card, and associated mess of cables and mounting brackets.
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#180I would pay the same price for a monitor in the same case with the M1 replaced for some thunderbolt controller-thing.
Really hope Apple will return the more normal end of display offerings, haven't found any alternatives with ""retina"" DPI from other manufacturers (except the LG Fine models...).