Apple Scraps Plans for 27-inch iMac

Apple has confirmed it has no plans to release a 27-inch iMac, ending speculation about a larger successor to its flagship desktop computer. The tech giant will instead focus on its 24-inch M3 iMac and Mac Studio offerings.

This is news?

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So we're discussing an article from a year ago... why?

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[russotto]

Welcome to slashdot.

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[saloomy]

Maybe because there are no updates to the plan as the M4 came out? 24" is too small, and quite frankly, I splurged and got a pair of XDRs which I love from 2019. 6K. Still relevant. Probably keeping them another 4 to 5 years. I can change the PC under them without insane costs. iMacs are crap because they are unupgradable. You have to throw away a pretty good display, especially when you make the bone-headed mistake of buying one from the Apple Store where they only carry 8GB ram models.

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[Teun]

Well it is from the end of last year...

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[alvinrod]

Because on /. the editors don't.

Because the "editors" are worse than lazy

[couchslug]

This is normal and obviously approved of by Slashdot's owners.

Well...

[joh]

Buy a Mac mini and attach it to a 27" display? Or a 32" one?

Apple probably knows that whoever wants a big display isn't exactly keen on buying an expensive display with a Mac in it. The 24 inch iMac is nice for simple office things and if you don't want to bother with cables. But as soon as cables aren't your main concern selecting your own display isn't that big of a problem.

Just make a VESA mount for the new Mini.

[dgatwood]

Apple should just built a mounting bracket for the new Mini that attaches with screws into a pair of 75mm or 100mm VESA mount holes and lets the device hang off the back of a monitor. Building the computer into the monitor didn't really make sense when Apple first started doing it in 1984, and it sure as heck never made sense once LCD panels gave you displays that are usable for decades. The only situation where that even remotely makes sense is with laptops/tablets, and only because it's too hard to mak

Mac VESA mounts already abound.

[couchslug]

No one needs an "Apple" mount to hang a Mac off an aftermarket monitor since non-Apple mounts exist in considerable variety.

Apple has downgraded the iMac

[xack]

It is firmly seen as an applliance computer than for any serious use who would be investing in a high end monitor of their own choice.

One of the many reasons not to bundle

[Tony Isaac]

If you want flexibility in things like screen sizes, it's a good idea not to buy an all-in-one system. Separate components let you pick exactly what works for you.