Am I reading this right, that these will max out on 8Gb memory, and not even receive the 16Gb of the MBP?
You can configure them to 16gb (as per Apple's website).
All-new iMac features the M1 chip
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I think it's worth it. I'm at the point where I think any non apple laptop is a waste of money. I own a software consultancy and charge about $700 a day for my time. My MacBook regularly has uptimes of over a month. Sometimes I work in an office with people using Windows machines. Sometimes their bluetooth earphones won't connect. The mic doesn't work on Zoom sometimes. Doesn't wake from sleep. Things like that. That…
> Sometimes their bluetooth earphones won't connect. Macbooks are notorious for having BT issues. I've personally owned two MBPs that have had BT issues and know many friends who have also.
I've personally owned 0 Apple devices with no BT issues, I also have zero friends who have had BT issues.
The multiple of anecdote is not data.
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#393Those new iMacs look really lovely. They should be a perfect desktop for many users. At 24inch, the screen is large enough, the M1 powerful, silent and also doesn't use a lot of electricity. With all environment concerns, the electricity usage of computers should not be overlooked. I am very happy to see the return of colors, love that! But white bezels around the screen? Those are a bit of a no go for me. And of cou…
I agree, I'd love video input on this machine.
Incidentally, it's not well publicised, but Apple do offer an iMac on a VESA mount. https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/imac-vesa
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#394I'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...
Now only if I could somehow use the Secure Enclave on my Apple Watch to store webauthn and other u2f authentications, so the device I have on me most of the time could act like yubikey
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#395I am not excited at all for the Ethernet port to be part of the power supply. It just makes my job harder. I will probably be buying external 10Gbe adapters anyway. The memory is also a concern. They didn't show the memory in the summary slide like they did with the MacBooks and Mac mini. This is just disappointing. I hope 16gb an option. I really wish we could get back to 32gb. [edit] 16GB is an option according to…
When Mac Mini M1 was released I ordered the 8GB model. It was always swapping and memory pressure high. After replacing with a 16GB model swapping decreased but 16GB of RAM is still not enough. Hope Apple will release future models with lot more RAM otherwise the M1 based devices are useless.
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Yeah it's really strange, because all their other new keyboards have inverted T…
I think it's because of the more rounded corners - hard to see how they could have a shallow right arrow key with that corner radius. Sigh. Two steps forward, one step back.
Even trimming a little off the top of the side arrows would have been a major improvement.
Probably the designer just didn't want any empty space for aesthetics.
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#397Looks like they have moved the headphone jack from the back to the side. On the one hand, that would be better for me, because the way my desk is laid out to plug in my headphones on my iMac I have to reach under the front and jumble around blindly. Having the headphone jack on the left side would be easier. On the other hand, someone with a second monitor that prefers it on the left might find that it is in the way…
I think you can switch between sound output sources. Just click on the sound button in the menu bar.
You can indeed switch between sound output devices, but on iMac "headphones" and "internal speakers" are the same device, so switching is only available if you have something else, like USB speakers or an AirPlay device.
If you click the sound button on the menu bar to open the menu, it will have a headphones entry if headphones are plugged in, and an internal speakers entry if headphones are not plugged in.
As you plug in and unplug headphones, with the menu showing, that entry dynamically changes. (Same on the Sound panel in System Preferences).
This appears to be entirely a software decision on Apple's part, rather than some sort of electrical/mechanical design that forces the speakers to be disconnected when the headphones are inserted. In this discussion [1] on Ask Different people report that when they run Windows via Bootcamp, they can choose via software between headphones and internal speakers.
BTW, my iMac is a 2017 model. They might have changed this with later models.
[1] https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/6510/use-internal-...
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Planned obsolescence has never really been Apple's style (their devices generally get longer software support and have better resale value than anyone else). It's just about scale for the time being, probably. The M1 chip is now in 5 different devices. That is 100% worth not fulfilling everyone's RAM needs for the fantastic economies of scale and engineering simplicity that brings. They'll come out with an M2 soon en…
> Planned obsolescence has never really been Apple's style (their devices generally get longer software support and have better resale value than anyone else). I think that only applies to their mobile devices. I have had Intel Macs that can't run the latest MacOS but can still Boot Camp into Windows 10. Of course, this is all moot in a post-Intel Apple world.
Most non-technical people don't share the same definition of obsolete. I know a few people who have gone more than 10 years between hardware purchases using Apple computers.
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#400everyone else is building 2+ inch thick crappy monitors & here's apple building a whole computer into a nice slim portable-ish display. sickeningly limited conventional set of offerings from everyone else.