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iMac 24" with Retina 4.5K display All-In-One Apple M1 8GB Memory 512GB SSD w/Touch ID Silver MGPD3LL/A - $1050

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24-inch 4.5K Retina display with P3 wide color gamut and 500 nits of brightness¹

Apple M1 chip delivers powerful performance with 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU

Strikingly thin 11.5 mm design in vibrant colors

1080p FaceTime HD camera with M1 ISP for amazing video quality

Studio-quality three-mic array for crystal clear calls and voice recordings

Six-speaker sound system for a remarkably robust and high-quality audio experience

Up to 512GB of ultrafast SSD storage

Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports and two USB 3 ports

Ultrafast Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 wireless

Color-matched Magic Mouse with Magic Keyboard or Magic Keyboard with Touch ID²

macOS has a bold, easy-to-use design and works seamlessly with iPhone

Available in silver

Configurable options are available. iMac color availability may vary.

¹Actual diagonal screen measure is 23.5 inches.

²Magic Keyboard with Touch ID is available as a configurable option.
What's Included

Apple 24 Inch iMac with Retina 4.5K display - Apple M1 - 8GB Memory - 512GB SSD

Magic Keyboard with Touch ID

Magic Mouse

143W power adapter

Power cord (2 m)

USB-C to Lightning Cable

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/imac...lsrc=aw.ds
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zeamp
04-01-2024 at 06:39 AM.
04-01-2024 at 06:39 AM.
8 jiggabites?

It's a "no" for me.
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CouponFinder99
04-01-2024 at 12:23 PM.
04-01-2024 at 12:23 PM.
Apple can take that 8GB and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.
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pechango
04-01-2024 at 06:31 PM.
04-01-2024 at 06:31 PM.
Quote from CouponFinder99 :
Apple can take that 8GB and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.
Or, and this may be pushing it...

You could just not buy it and move on. Bye
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04-01-2024 at 06:32 PM.
04-01-2024 at 06:32 PM.
Quote from pechango :
Or, and this may be pushing it...

You could just not buy it and move on. Bye

Of course I'm not buying it.
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04-02-2024 at 04:41 PM.
04-02-2024 at 04:41 PM.
Quote from BrainDoc :
Apple supports with new OS upgrades for 5-7+ years (average is close to 7; it was a little lower recently with the shift to Apple Silicon). So there are easily 3-4 more years of updates plus a couple more for security updates. That takes you to about 2030 with this machine. It should easily last that long. I have 12+ year old Macs that still work well. One has 8 GB of RAM and still works well. It's slow compared to what's out now, but it does everything it needs to do.
"I have 12+ year old Macs that still work well. One has 8 GB of RAM and still works well. It's slow compared to what's out now, but it does everything it needs to do."

I found the thesis for this thread
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04-03-2024 at 10:43 AM.
04-03-2024 at 10:43 AM.
Quote from HilariousFuel2927 :
8gb is plenty on a Mac. For a PC you need at least 32gb these days.

Not plenty, but works well for heavy tasks too. But no reason for Apple to cheap out.

But regardless a comparable 16GB windows PC would get smoked by an 8gb Mac. The chip is so good it doesn't really matter.
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04-03-2024 at 12:47 PM.
04-03-2024 at 12:47 PM.
8GB. Oh the technology.
How did apple manage to install this massive 8GB inside that tiny computer?
Lucky for the environment, it is soldered real well so that this gigantic 8GB of RAM won't fall off inside the landfill.
Simply amazing.
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AmusedStove7007
04-04-2024 at 11:07 AM.
04-04-2024 at 11:07 AM.
Quote from PurpleFlower612 :
How does someone misunderstand 'they could put 16Gb in these as a base' (which is all anyone ever says) with hating Mac? I've seen people try to argue that the base 256Gb of space is more than enough for most people too. Those are chromebook level specs duct taped onto chips with the best power/efficiency ratios in the world. Why surround the utterly amazing M1-3 chips with "good enough" levels of ram and storage? Even if you can get away with 8Gb, not starting with 16Gb of memory and at least half a Tb seems beyond a normal corporate greed sort of choice. Moving to 16Gb at purchase is exponentially more expensive than Apple pays to source the parts and no one is buying those upgraded machines off the shelf. At $1700, trust me, there's room in the accounting to throw 16Gb chips in these which is all anyone ever says.

It's weird to defend Apple over this and even weirder to feel attacked by 'haters' when it's called out.
People act like windows pcs and laptops dont have 8gb. Look at the Dell XPS. plus 16GB variants are available to those who need it. Plus, including 8gb and 200$ upgrades is apple strategy to keep the base model cheap, and available to more people. for example, base Mac mini is only 500-600$
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04-04-2024 at 11:42 AM.
04-04-2024 at 11:42 AM.
Quote from AmusedStove7007 :
People act like windows pcs and laptops dont have 8gb. Look at the Dell XPS. plus 16GB variants are available to those who need it. Plus, including 8gb and 200$ upgrades is apple strategy to keep the base model cheap, and available to more people. for example, base Mac mini is only 500-600$
Are you trying to say that tacking a mid-range display on is where the extra $1200 is going? And it's impossible to compare a Mac Mini with any PC because you cannot upgrade the memory or storage... which is the entire point of the 'argument!' The lack of expandability is not a feature.

The only other system I can think of with soldered RAM that low is a Rapsberry Pi 5. And that retails for under $80. And Apple is spending way less than a tenth of that $200 to upgrade from 8Gb to 16Gb chips which, again is what the 'other side' sees as a peculiar that you're okay with. And to describe that as a "strategy to keep the base model cheap" do you mean the heavy price just to bump it to a marginally better 16Gb is somehow being subsidized away? Are people who upgrade paying the exorbitant amounts of money just so the starter systems can be unnaturally cheaper?

Why does being cornered into a position to be gouged just to have a system you're comfortable with fill you with so much pride?
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pechango
04-04-2024 at 12:32 PM.
04-04-2024 at 12:32 PM.
Quote from PurpleFlower612 :
Are you trying to say that tacking a mid-range display on is where the extra $1200 is going? And it's impossible to compare a Mac Mini with any PC because you cannot upgrade the memory or storage... which is the entire point of the 'argument!' The lack of expandability is not a feature.

The only other system I can think of with soldered RAM that low is a Rapsberry Pi 5. And that retails for under $80. And Apple is spending way less than a tenth of that $200 to upgrade from 8Gb to 16Gb chips which, again is what the 'other side' sees as a peculiar that you're okay with. And to describe that as a "strategy to keep the base model cheap" do you mean the heavy price just to bump it to a marginally better 16Gb is somehow being subsidized away? Are people who upgrade paying the exorbitant amounts of money just so the starter systems can be unnaturally cheaper?

Why does being cornered into a position to be gouged just to have a system you're comfortable with fill you with so much pride?
You seem highly concerned with how other people spend their money and view value.
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PriapisX
04-04-2024 at 12:34 PM.
04-04-2024 at 12:34 PM.
I've been fine with 8…. That said, why doesn't Apple just throw in 16 as a base at this point? It probably costs them a total of $2 and will end this debate once and for all
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04-04-2024 at 01:02 PM.
04-04-2024 at 01:02 PM.
Quote from PriapisX :
I've been fine with 8…. That said, why doesn't Apple just throw in 16 as a base at this point? It probably costs them a total of $2 and will end this debate once and for all
that's just their pricing strategy. Thats how the 700$ m1 MacBook Air and 500$ Mac mini exist
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04-04-2024 at 01:03 PM.
04-04-2024 at 01:03 PM.
Quote from PurpleFlower612 :
Are you trying to say that tacking a mid-range display on is where the extra $1200 is going? And it's impossible to compare a Mac Mini with any PC because you cannot upgrade the memory or storage... which is the entire point of the 'argument!' The lack of expandability is not a feature.

The only other system I can think of with soldered RAM that low is a Rapsberry Pi 5. And that retails for under $80. And Apple is spending way less than a tenth of that $200 to upgrade from 8Gb to 16Gb chips which, again is what the 'other side' sees as a peculiar that you're okay with. And to describe that as a "strategy to keep the base model cheap" do you mean the heavy price just to bump it to a marginally better 16Gb is somehow being subsidized away? Are people who upgrade paying the exorbitant amounts of money just so the starter systems can be unnaturally cheaper?

Why does being cornered into a position to be gouged just to have a system you're comfortable with fill you with so much pride?
then go buy a PC if thats what makes you happy. Apples not stopping you. bye bye
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gogosharks
04-04-2024 at 09:58 PM.
04-04-2024 at 09:58 PM.
Quote from AmusedStove7007 :
that's just their pricing strategy. Thats how the 700$ m1 MacBook Air and 500$ Mac mini exist

It's interesting that the non-upgradability of these systems has actually resulted in lower and lower entry real prices. $500 desktop and $700 laptops in 2024 dollars. Macs are dirt cheap now, at the base.

Without fear of cannibalization they offer basic models so cheap, way cheaper than they used to, but charge a billion for some ram and storage since their pro pricing is way higher.
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pechango
04-05-2024 at 05:54 AM.
04-05-2024 at 05:54 AM.
Quote from gogosharks :
It's interesting that the non-upgradability of these systems has actually resulted in lower and lower entry real prices. $500 desktop and $700 laptops in 2024 dollars. Macs are dirt cheap now, at the base.

Without fear of cannibalization they offer basic models so cheap, way cheaper than they used to, but charge a billion for some ram and storage since their pro pricing is way higher.
Their prices have remained about the same, actually. I almost always get a machine just a bit higher than base model. Back in 2006 I got a 15" macbook pro for about $2k. In 2012 I got a refurb 15" macbook pro for $1800 ($2k new) and in 2021 I got a 14" m1 pro for $2k.

I bought a mac mini in 2012 for $499 and my wife's 2020 m1 air was $1199. Her previous 13" 2012 macbook pro was $1199 as well.

The value of being able to pull the HDD and replace it with an SSD like I did in my 2012 MBP and mini are long gone, and yes it's a bummer, even i'd admit that. But the new chips + architecture are stupid good and responsive, better than anything they had with Intel.
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