Stop stop Vadim!
What?
They released the new iMac!
Are you serious? Dude, what'd I get right?
Everything!!
Hey guys, this is Vadim with Max Tech.. And Today, I am a happy guy
because Apple has finally redesigned their iMac,
and I actually got quite a few of the predictions from yesterday’s video correct.. And I’m pretty
sure I was the only one in the tech space who thought that the chin might actually stick around.
But anyway.. in this video, I’m gonna go through everything new with the Apple Silicon iMac,
I’m gonna talk about what I got wrong and what I got right, and then I’m gonna talk
about when we should expect the larger iMac with the M1X chip, so let’s get right into it!
Starting from the top, the iMac looks great in 7 different colors,
which Jon Prosser totally nailed!
It’s also incredibly thin! Precisely just 11.5mm thick, which is surprisingly
even thinner than the bottom half of the macbook pro, which is mind-blowing!
And if you’re wondering how Apple achieved that, I explained it in yesterday’s prediction video,
where I mentioned that basically everything would be soldered onto the main Logic board,
drastically reducing the size since there won’t be discrete graphics and
all of the other components needed for the power-hungry Intel chips.
And the crazy part was that they were able to fit it all
behind the chin, which I’m glad I was right about!
The only detail I got wrong was that I thought it would be drastically thinner,
and I wasn’t expecting them to remove the Apple logo,
or cover the entire front with a single sheet of glass, which honestly looks so amazing.
And another thing I didn’t expect at all was that Apple would take the power supply out of the body
and connect it to the all-new color-matched and braided power cable, and wow, that magnetic
connection feature is definitely hinting at MagSafe coming to the redesigned MacBooks.
And it’s awesome that they were able to pack a gigabit ethernet port into the brick
as an upgrade option from the base model.
I’m also glad that my prediction that the M1X chip wasn’t ready was correct,
even though I said there was a small chance we could see it happen,
so it looks like we’re still sticking with just the same M1 chip on this iMac.
Another prediction I made was that the iMac would pack a fan,
but Apple actually stuck in two of them, which is a bit surprising,
but I’m glad to hear that it’ll be a whisper quiet 10 decibels under typical use.
This means that both of the fans will always be running,
just like the current M1 Mac Mini does right now, the only difference is that Apple probably
redesigned the fans to make them run super quiet at idle speed.
Another shocker was when Apple claimed that the new 6-speaker system on this iMac
has better speakers than any Mac ever,
which is surprising because the speakers on my current iMac Pro are incredible.
But with two subwoofers that cancel each other's vibrations, along with a dedicated tweeter,
I totally believe that the sound quality is gonna be incredible,
so if you want to see a comparison to the current iMac Pro, which currently has
the best speakers in any mac, click that subscribe button below so you don’t miss it!
As far as the stand, it’s now squared off, which basically everyone was expecting, and of course,
it’s permanently attached to the iMac just like we thought it would be,
and it’s nice to hear that you can still order an iMac with a vesa mount adapter instead.
As far as the ports, I got those completely wrong! I thought that we’d basically have the
same ports as the 21.5” iMac, with the SD card slot and USB-A ports,
but Apple chose to go with up to 4 USB-C ports, with just two of them supporting Thunderbolt,
as well as a headphone jack on the side, which is very convenient!
It’s also very interesting that the base model only gets two Thunderbolt ports, which requires
a totally different motherboard compared to the more expensive models, so it looks like my theory
on why there were two leaked iMac identifiers within beta code turned out to be right!
As far as the display, the 24” size leaks were correct, and I’m extremely happy that my 4.5K
display resolution prediction was correct, since 5K is definitely overkill for a 24” display,
so I based my prediction on Apple hitting a target of 218ppi, which they did with 4.5K resolution.
Except for some reason, I totally messed up and thought it would have a 16:10 aspect
ratio for some reason, but at least I got the 4480 horizontal pixel count spot on!
Another prediction I got right was the 1080P FaceTime camera, and because of the M1 chip,
it should look incredible with new software features added thanks to the Neural engine,
and something that surprised me was that they said this iMac will have the best
microphone system in any mac, using a 3-microphone array with beamforming.
In yesterday’s video, I also claimed that Apple would color-match the keyboard and the mouse
to the iMac body color that you choose, so I’m glad that was right,
but man.. There are gonna be a lot of different SKUs!
However, one thing I got totally wrong was that I didn't believe that Apple would be
able to put Touch ID in the Magic Keyboard, since it would require your sensitive data
to travel to the iMac wirelessly, but I guess they were able to pull it off!
I personally thought that they would put Face ID instead of doing that since
we had some leaks within macOS beta code, but I guess we’ll have to wait
for maybe the larger iMac or the redesigned MacBooks to get that feature.
Now one prediction from yesterday’s video that I got totally spot on
was the starting price of $1299, and the reason I thought that was because that was
the price of the Retina 4K 21.5” model, which this new one directly replaces.
And yes, people are gonna gladly cough up $1300 for an M1 chip-powered iMac,
because of the amazing new redesign, just like I said in yesterday’s video.
And if you think about it, the M1 chip is already amazing,
with an 85% faster CPU than the 21.5” models and a GPU that’s 50% faster
than the best Vega 20 discrete graphics option in some real-world workflows.
And because it’s got the same M1 chip, we have the exact same 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage
at the base price, and up to 16GB of RAM and 2TB of storage,
which perfectly matches the options on the M1 Mac Mini, just as we expected.
However, there are a couple of disappointments, so let’s get into those.
First off, we can’t order it until the last day of the month, and it won’t even
ship until the second half of May, which is a bummer because we want them now!
And the second disappointment is the fact that the base model only gets a 7-core GPU,
but it’s not that big of a deal because in our testing with a thermal-pad
modded base MacBook Air, the 7-core GPU wasn’t that much slower than the MacBook Pro’s 8-core.
But i’d say the bigger disappointment is not getting the extra two USB-C ports,
as well as not getting the ethernet port on the power supply included.
And we also shouldn’t be surprised that it only
officially supports one external display since that’s a limitation within the m1 chip.
But on the plus side, you do get a USB-C to lightning cable in the box for charging the mouse,
compared to the old USB-A version.
Now here’s a really interesting detail I noticed, the 24” iMac comes with an 143 watt power adapter,
which is absolutely overkill for this M1 iMac, even with the 4.5K display.
So because of that, I believe that Apple created that power adapter with the larger
future iMac in mind, so they only have one power adapter for all redesigned iMac models.
So with that, let’s finish off this video with my predictions for the larger iMac
that we’re expecting later this year.
I have a pretty good feeling that it’s actually gonna be called the iMac Pro, so the 24” iMac will
be the only regular iMac model, and we’ll have a 30-32” iMac Pro as a replacement for the 27” iMac.
Because of that, I believe that the iMac Pro will be coming this December,
since that’s when the previous iMac Pro and the Mac Pros were always released.
On top of that, it’ll most likely come with a chin, since Apple kept it for the 24” model,
but the overall body itself will definitely will not be as thin since they’ve gotta pack
a more powerful cooling system, but I have a good feeling that Apple is gonna reuse
the same exact 1080P webcam, the same exact speaker system and microphone system, as well.
But as far as the colors, I don’t think the iMac Pro is getting all of those color options,
they’re gonna keep it very subtle and neutral like they always do for their Pro
products, so probably just Space Gray or Black and maybe a silver color option.
It’s almost certainly gonna come with a 6K display, and it’ll come with the M1X chip
at the base price, the same one that’s gonna come in the MacBook Pros, but it’s also gonna
have an option for an even better chip, as well as one or two dedicated GPU options.
And in terms of the pricing, I think Apple could get away with a $3,000 starting price for the base
model, which is a good middle-ground between the 27” iMac and the iMac Pro retail prices.
But I do want to let you know that it’s definitely a bit early to know any of this stuff for sure,
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