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They also seem to have upgraded the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID. I wonder how this new model works on PCs. The previous one was flawless. And whether keyswitches have been modified.
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Does this mean the power supply is external now, and sits on the floor or in the outlet? Because that case is awfully thin.
Yes. This is the case. And the versions that come with Ethernet have the Ethernet port on that brick.
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I mean it does help with heat and electrical noise isolation, plus if a manufacturer cared to they could probably add more heat fins on an external brick not constrained by the case.
Funny the current iMac has none of those problems. And wasn’t the M1 supposed to be so efficient minimal cooling and power were required?
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Does this mean the power supply is external now, and sits on the floor or in the outlet? Because that case is awfully thin.
Yes. This is the case. And the versions that come with Ethernet have the Ethernet port on that brick.
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I'm almost certain there are products that look nearly identical to this in Black Mirror. If not, it looks like it belongs in an episode.
That's the danger of late-stage minimalism. All the designs converge on featureless rectangles.
If they had the tech, they would have done this a long time ago.
Why 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.
Plenty of devices don't benefit from an "improved version with USB C" and in a computer this size it shouldn't be a problem to include at least one
Mac 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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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.
They're not "legacy peripherals". Mice and keyboards are far from "legacy", and almost all of them come with USB A cables still. Having to add a flaky USB hub to your desktop just to plug in your keyboard is actually ridiculous. It makes sense on a laptop, but these desktops have _a lot_ of surface area on which they could put a few USB-A ports. EDIT: Though, Apple removing the USB-A ports from everything might be wh…
> "iMac comes with a new power connector that attaches magnetically and a beautifully woven 2-meter-long color-matched cable." Magsafe for a stationary computer...
Also, putting the power brick on the floor and extending it so you can route ethernet up to the desk via a single cable is a nice idea. I hope that is a hit with customers and they expand it to other systems (namely MBP) in the future, I wouldn't mind having a couple USB-C ports down there too.
Beautiful, looks like the days of Apple and macOS overtaking Microsoft and Windows will happen very soon It's the complete opposite of the bloat culture from Microsoft and slowness of Windows 10 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide...
In 12 years, 3 months, Windows lost 20% to 75% (1.63% per year), and OS X gained 12% to 16% (1.02% per year). At the current rate, they'll converge in just 22 years 3 months, with Windows and OSX having 39% each.