[HN Gopher] The Case For - and Against - Apple Shipping a Larger...
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The Case For - and Against - Apple Shipping a Larger iMac
Author : ingve
Score : 13 points
Date : 2023-08-25 11:16 UTC (11 hours ago)
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| jwells89 wrote:
| I would love for the 27" iMac to make a comeback or for it to
| replaced with a 6k 32" bigger brother, with one big caveat: it
| absolutely _needs_ to be usable as a dumb monitor.
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| The reduced cable mess that comes with iMacs is amazing and over
| the years some of my favorite machines have been iMacs, but with
| how much screen panel quality has improved, it's non-optional for
| the display to be usable independent of the computer.
| Unfortunately this hasn't been possible ever since iMacs were
| upgraded from 2560x1440 panels to 5120x2880 panels, originally
| due to cable bandwidth limitations but that's no longer an issue.
|
| The Studio Display is already very close to being an iMac
| already, complete with super overengineered flat PSU and cooling
| system... just swap out its A13 SoC with an M2 Pro and add a few
| ports and you've got a very nice VESA mountable desktop computer.
| pram wrote:
| I personally think the existence of the Mac Studio and Studio
| Display precludes a big iMac. Especially if it's just the same
| specs as the Mac Mini.
|
| Although a big iMac that could be specced from Mx Pro to Mx Ultra
| might be compelling.
| Arcuru wrote:
| I think Apple's current strategy makes perfect sense, bundling
| the (mostly non-upgradeable) computer and the display is
| perfectly reasonable for most consumers but breaks down for
| professional use cases.
|
| Consumers will likely keep these devices for many years and want
| to just upgrade the whole thing at once, and the fact that both
| the display and computer are on the cheaper side makes this
| feasible to make the usability tradeoff worth it. A pro use case
| would want to be able to upgrade the very expensive display and
| the very expensive computer at different rates. The upgrade
| cycles don't really line up.
| arprocter wrote:
| Target display mode was probably killed off because they'd rather
| sell you another iMac than a Mini
| tedyoung wrote:
| I dread upgrading my 2020 iMac, because the screen is still
| gorgeous, but there's no way to use the screen as a secondary
| monitor (or is there?).
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| I find the Studio Display to be 2X what I'd be willing to pay for
| a monitor--for me the Thunderbolt Display was the best:
| reasonable price and great quality.
| nickthegreek wrote:
| You should be able to use it as an external monitor by enabling
| Target Display Mode. https://support.apple.com/en-
| us/HT204592#:~:text=You%20can%2....
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| Edit: looks like this is no longer a thing.
| KeplerBoy wrote:
| yeah, that hasn't been a thing for 10 years now,
| unfortunately.
| Arcuru wrote:
| TFA talks about how that doesn't exist anymore.
| davewongillies wrote:
| From TFA
|
| > Target display mode is a feature available with certain
| older Mac models.
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