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I would like to see a 27 inch iMac.

Record low price for the 25th time.

M3 Apple Silicon iMacs incoming? Clearing out old M1 iMac inventory possibly?

all speculation points to fall at the soonest. I couldn’t wait anymore and bought one of these

M3 Apple Silicon iMacs incoming? Clearing out old M1 iMac inventory possibly?

But would you want to pay for one? Seeing that the excellent, but eye-wateringly expensive, 27" 5K Studio display costs $1,599 alone, an M1 iMac would be $2,000 or more.



My guess is that if they did, then these forums would be filled with complaining about how overpriced a $2,000+ 27" M1 iMac is!

There isn't any reason why the Studio display is $1600. The last intel 27" iMac with the same panel is the same price with a full 10th gen intel computer inside.

LG and Apple are only getting away with the pricing on these monitors because until now there hasn't been competition in the 5k 27" space. Once Samsung, Dell and others start delivering prices are going to drop

I keep seeing people make that argument and yet we have the Mac Studio/Apple Studio Display combo, that costs a whole lot more and provides nothing additional over an iMac, being touted as a substitute.

Actually, it does. As a long-term iMac owner, I finally learned the lesson: iMac was high value at purchase time but a terrible waste at the end... when tech guts fail (or being made obsolete) means the best screen gets tossed too.

Separates change that. When my Mac Studio conks or is made obsolete, the monitor will move on to the replacement. A good monitor can easily be just as good for 10+ years. No new Mac is likely to be in up-to-date use in 10 years. Separating the two offers less value up front but more at the end (of the Macs life).

And for what it's worth: I did not go Apple Studio. Instead, I went 5K ultra-wide for about the same money. So now I have much more screen RE than AS, additional video inputs (for old fashioned bootcamp too... with an actual PC) and a pretty useful hub not limited to only a few thunderbolt ports. When one part conks, that one part can be replaced. When my last iMac conked, it took my best Mac, my best PC and my best screen with it.

Unlike when I purchased Mac Studio, value options have expanded. Now one could pair Mac Mini or Mini Pro as stand-in for iMac tech guts and then perhaps the impending Samsung Viewfinity S9 ('https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/2/23531390/samsung-viewfinity-s9-5k-monitor-announced-features') for a 27" 5K screen likely much less expensive than Apple Studio ("plastic" and "wobbly" complaints addressed, 5K (not 4K) addressed, VESA mount flexibility INCLUDED, etc). Again, separates deliver such options as viable choices for us Mac people vs. Apple deciding everything for all of us with an all-in-one.