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Why does this still have the ridiculous iMac chin? Surely they can fit everything behind the screen at this point.
by phs2501 2y ago
Why does this still have the ridiculous iMac chin? Surely they can fit everything behind the screen at this point.
- fckgw 2y agoThey literally can't. They moved the headphone jack from the back to the side because it was too long. Now you could argue if it needs to be that thin but for the current configuration, there's nothing you can cram behind the screen.
- phs2501 2y agoFor something that's literally designed to sit on a desk, yes... it's ridiculous to make it thinner in a dimension you never see vs one that you see all the time.
- aabhay 2y agoAesthetics is also for the environment of the object rather than the primary user. That’s the reason the logo is on the back
- stu2b50 2y agoMany of these are customer service desks which are visible from the side.
- hengheng 2y agoiMac has always been a device to be seen with, if not for the user then for the manufacturer.
- ahmeneeroe-v2 2y agoOne more vote for aesthetics here. I put a lot of effort into making my home beautiful. iMacs respect/complement that effort for me.
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- porphyra 2y agoFrom the ifixit teardown of the previous M1 model [1], it seems that all the compute is going in the chin. They can't put the compute in the back of the display itself, while maintaining the same thickness like an iPad (which has the same CPU), because the room behind the displays is dominated by the speaker system, allowing the iMac to have surprisingly good audio quality despite being so thin. [1] https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac+M1+24-Inch+Teardown/142850 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac+M1+24-Inch+Teardown/142...
- candiddevmike 2y agoThese look hideous tbh. I'm waiting for the iMac to flip vertically and ask me to tip.
- giraffe_lady 2y agowhere do you put ur sticky notes?
- Eric_WVGG 2y agoIt makes a lot more sense if you look at the iFixit teardown. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac+M1+24-Inch+Teardown/142850?srsltid=AfmBOopz2JD1FkjrWa3HxhQIZ4G5vjOm4scq0sl1pab6Ou7K7NYenQcP https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac+M1+24-Inch+Teardown/142...
- alberth 2y agoDoes it though? The iMac is basically the same as the M4 iPad Pro, and the iPad Pro doesn't have a chin.
- wolrah 2y ago> The iMac is basically the same as the M4 iPad Pro, and the iPad Pro doesn't have a chin. Cooling seems like it might be a factor here. The iMac's display is probably going to be run at a brighter (and thus hotter) setting AND it's more likely to be used to do things that require high load for extended periods of time, so putting it in its own space probably helps.
- seec 2y agoYes that's mostly the reason. But considering there are report of display issues like we used to on poorly cooled Intel iMac (those things would get to 90 degree at the PSU, being over 50 degrees on the aluminum case outside) I would say this design is largely a failure. They should just have separated everything in the foot, that would have made sense. Some sort of modern Sunflower iMac if you will. But Apple is more obsessed with thinness than practical design, so we get an impossibly thin iMac will all the flaws that brings...
- dagmx 2y agoiMac has active cooling, more ports and more power available to it to drive those ports (though the PSU is external, it’s still gotta have the internal circuitry to deliver that). Those all do have to go somewhere.
- tomjen3 2y agoSomeone got into their mind that it was important that everything is as thin as possible - hence the chin. I miss the times when they used the form factor to actually make new shapes - both the sunflower and the cube looks more futuristic than the 2024 iMac.
- wpm 2y agoThe chin gives you a good touch-point for adjusting the angle of the display and the rotation angle of the entire base, without having to worry about touching the screen/screen bezel and getting finger prints on it. It's also a great place to tack post-it notes.
- kjkjadksj 2y agoYou can do that with a regular monitor too
- wpm 2y agoOf course you can, but its nicer with a larger surface area to lever on. There's a reason ergotron puts handles on many of its monitor mounts.
- fdvdf 2y agoNo chin can be adjusted fine on basically any other display on the market today.
- space_oddity 2y agoSticking notes...Not everyone understands how necessary this is for some people
- spankalee 2y agoI think they keep the chin because it's the only thing that visually indicates that this is an iMac and not a monitor, and thus worth more than $500.
- vehemenz 2y agoSurely we are beyond concern with bezels, chins, and other frivolous mobile phone aesthetics at this point.