Oh I can only imagine a 24" or 27" 20th Anniversary Mac, with the speakers on the side that has force cancelling woofers...so it won't need that BOSE Bass Module, which by the way was incredible. TAM had FM Radio, TV Tuner, CD... but nowadays these are all streamed so the bottom part would be still viable for DVD/BR player. The prototypes Apple created resulted in TAM. I can't find the page anymore for the Pomona Series Prototypes.
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I did have it showing with MenuMeters for awhile. Just idle 86F to 90F. General use sometimes 95F. When I threw some large 5784 x 4088 pixels image at 1200 Resolution and Max up the size on Topaz Gigapixel it reaches 100-102 then drops immediately when it finishes it. Handbrake on 1080p is 122F peak. I don't even hear the fan ramping up with them. I don't have any real workflow anymore to make the iMac work hard anymore. The old iMac Late 2013 the fan ran full speed with Handbrake. This one doesn't. I do use the VideoToolbox Preset since it's using Hardware encoding vs software the temps are low. If you do use Software encoding in HB it will reach 132F. I can then hear the fan, but it's barely audible, not full blast at all. I guess I need to throw something even harder at it. lol
Agreed. The 2009 iMac is my favorite Mac experience. The screen, the DVD player, the SD card slot, and I love the square and flat edges. To add to your list of unique features, let us not forget that it also had Target Display Mode.
I can't wait to try some Video Ai like Topaz on it. I'm waiting for a sale or coupon code. Last year they had Video and Photo Ai bundled in one price. I bet this stuff will push the iMac M3 hard and I'm sure it will handle it well. Anyway like your handle, I remember seeing that video when it first came out and thought to myself that I'll be dead by the time that stuff happens. Yet today, a lot of that stuff is reality. lol
It allows the iMac to be super thin and completely flat at the back. Something I always wanted the iMac to be. In the future, I want it even thiner. LOL. Also the ethernet plug is on the block. So less cable clutter on the back of the iMac. I have ethernet plugged there.
I see there. Actually I not say like this. Just because make it super thin but got " extra " thing on the table or under. I mean I feel the previous mac already look ok quite thin. Of course as technology go by maybe in future is really super thin.
On a positive note, if you intend to keep your iMac for a long time (10+ years), an external power box is probably a good idea. Both my 20” G4 iMac and my 2012 27”Intel iMac eventually gave up the ghost due to PSU failures after 10 years of use.
Yes it's awesome and the RAM at 24 is a good move. Specially if you one day decide to do the things I started to work on. Simply because the M3 is so freaking fast and efficient I started this project. Using Gigapixel to fix images scanned at 2400 resolution that is a group shot of 20 people, the software will ramp up the fan on the M3. Because of the thin exhaust ports at the bottom you will hear the fan and feel that heat! Soon the job is done it quickly ramps back down to silent. Handbrake I didn't hear it at all. Can't wait to throw Video Ai on it to fix some old footage. That will stress the cpu for hours or days doing those videos.
macOS will optimize performance by loading stuff into RAM if possible.
For me yes. The Magic Trackpad 2 has “delay, lag, stutter, sudden jump” right from the very first day of using it. My iMac M3 shipped with Ventura but I was prompt to update to Sonoma during setup. Soon as it was done the issue was very noticeable. When plugged in by cable the issues were gone. I ran safe mode once to clean up cache and it was much better but still happening to often. Now after 2 updates it’s way better. It doesn’t happen often anymore and when it does it’s vert minimal that i never really notice or got used to it and subconsciously adjust my finger movement To compensate. Run safe mode and make sure you updated. It will be better.
