The New Apple iMac M4 -- November 24, 2024

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I've been holding out for a big screen but it may never be coming. I may have to settle for the new Apple iMac M4. Link here.

From the linked article, the lede:

The M4 iMac is a beautiful computer that feels more and more like it fell out of a universe where laptops never took off.

You can see it, can’t you? In a world without laptops, the iMac would be the ultimate computer. Instead of a box and a screen with a tangle of wires leading everywhere, everything you need is right there, jammed into an impossibly thin aluminum chassis. Monitor, processor, speakers, webcam, microphones, and all the ports: all built in. It’s elegant. It’s restrained. It’s lovely. It’s plenty fast enough for most people. The iMac would be in every library, in dorm rooms, in cubicles, in computer labs and living rooms. People would haul them to coffee shops.

Now imagine going to that universe and showing them a MacBook Pro. People might go for that instead.

Comparing a 24-inch desktop with a laptop is ridiculous. Tim Cook knows that. 

But why doesn't Tim Cook offer a 27-inch iMac? I think it's due to the cost. Right now, one can find the new iMac M4 for around $1,200.