CRAZY iMac Concepts Apple would NEVER MAKE (But Should!)

Fantasian Arrives
This Final Fantasy style turn based RPG has come to Apple Arcade today and I’ve dipped my toes in the water already - it looks amazing and has real feels of Final Fantasy VII right rom the start, looks pretty amazing and I’m definitely going to be diving in more over the weekend. Now while it plays absolutely fine on M1, I think it’s, as most Apple Arcade games are, better suited for touch, so I’ll probably jump in on the iPad. If any of you are giving it a try too I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Crazy iMac Redesigns that Apple probably won’t do.

UltraWide iMac
I’ve become spoiled as you can see from the about of screen behind me, and I have no doubt that Apple won’t got to a 40” display like I did for my Mac mini, but that being said every single rumour and leak imagines the new iMac being a 16:6 or 16:10 display, somewhere between 27” as we have now and 32”, with a number of sources suggesting 30” too. Of course there’s also the smaller version which we’re hearing will be around 24” and pack at least a 4K display too. I’m personally swaying towards the 32” option as that matches with the 6k Pro Display XDR. 5k is cool and all, but its so 2014. Never mind that no-one else caught up yet.

Apple Pencil Easel.
Okay so this was one of my predictions early on, and I’d love Apple to do this still but I’ve not heard anyone else talking about it so I’m not convinced it will be coming, but something akin to Microsoft’s Surface Studio that folds down to around 20-30 degrees from the desktop would be an ideal drawing surface to use with Apple Pencil making the iMac an even more powerful tool for creatives everywhere.

iMac G3 Inspired iMac by Antonio DeRosa
I absolutely love this concept that takes the energy of the original iMac G3 and brings it into… well 2018 actually which is when the concept was created. It also has a pencil but here the keyboard is convertible to a drawing tablet in a more traditional style, meaning a solid state keyboard that only shows keys when you need them, presumably with Haptics.

One major advantage here, the front facing SDcard reader - something Apple should pay attention to… or at least on the side assuming our new iMac has a little more thickness throughout rather than a bulge at the back in the new iteration.
Find the full concept design at Antonio DeRosa’s site, link in the description.

While we’re on a retro binge, here’s a couple more. Xhakomo Doda created this iMac G4 inspired design, which moves the Mac bit into the domed base and then throws a huge thin display onto the iMac G4’s arm. I’m not convinced of the balance of this with the arm off centre here, but the concept is undeniably beautiful.

Curved/Labs has taken the concept even further with a design inspired by the classic Macintosh, which again looks beautifully retro and nostalgic, though the practicality angle takes a hit here as the display, as high resolution as it may be is tiny compared to the body, but of course its to fit the aesthetic. The last thing we need in the new iMacs is more chin.

Of course we’re expecting the real re-design very soon, with those larger displays, which may rotate to portrait orientation like the Pro Display XDR, the powerful M1X system which we’ve predicted the performance of for graphics and compute in the video up here (spoilers, its going to be insane), Possibly new peripherals and new colours that match the iPad Air range and AirPods Max colours right now. So if you want to stay up to date with that and all the rest of the apple news, make sure to hit subscribe and join our notification squad!

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[linda_lawson]

I always love the cameo appearances of the mini Daves.

Also, it’s manual focus only with Panasonic cameras. 😊

[joegarcia]

These classic-inspired iMac designs are amazing. The spirit of the original look that's just a thin computer folded to have the classic style with nothing behind it is inspiring. I really do hope the G3 iMac-like look has its day. The hefty triangle in the back isn't needed with the M1, so I'm thinking effectively merge these two designs. A thin all-in-one that has the friendly screen-to-computer proportions up front, nothing but a few ports in the back, hopefully with easy access so I don't have to turn it around to plug in a usb stick.

[susanpratt]

Some of those designs are a nod to the earlier Macs. Thank you for this VIdeo.

[cujoyyc]

I wouldn't be surprised if Apple has been working with pre-released versions of ARMV9 for a year or more. When I read ARM's description of the areas they're improving, it was as though they were satisfying Apple's specific wish list—security, vector processing and machine learning. Now I know Apple's not alone in desiring these changes but the history of the two companies and Apple's penchant for pushing the limits of technology means Apple is probably a great proving ground for ARM's tech.

Just a thought.

[tetchuma]

Sad part is, Bootcamp isn’t compatible with M1 chips (yet)

[marcinkowalczyk]

@iCave - David Eden-Sangwell #iCaveAnswers do You suspect Apple may reuse cooling / power component solutions from previous platforms in m1x imac like it did with M1 mini?
P.S. Happy Easter Dave!

[Techlifeandmore]

And I’m at design I would like is if you took an iPad Pro 12.9 inch and blew it up and then stuck it on a monitor arm and then attached a stand to it and then put two speaker units on the bottom so that the speakers sound better.

[Fan_of_Ado]

Now that Bootcamp is gone, I really wish Apple can make something similar but with Linux.

[randomdebris]

smaller pixel sensor = more thermal noise

[marcinkowalczyk]

@iCave - David Eden-Sangwell #iCaveAnswers I wonder if apple will ever give developers in the future the option to "pin" specific process/ thread to either a firestorm core or an ice storm core or will they just stick with GCD ?

[WhittyPics]

I don't need a touch screen Mac. My Phone stays smudged up all the time and it would drive me crazy if my Mac was like that.

[the_golden_s]

#iCaveAnswers will apple ever actually give macs the ability to game AAA Titles and other games gaming pcs were able to do

[PortugalCarp]

#iCaveAnswers Why don't Apple use Gorilla Glass?

[the_golden_s]

#iCaveAnswers how can you add that siri voice