1 00:00:01,609 --> 00:00:04,192 (upbeat music) 2 00:00:07,230 --> 00:00:10,760 - New design matters, new design inspires, 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:15,850 new design drives purchases. And now there's finally a new design 4 00:00:15,850 --> 00:00:21,090 in the flesh for the iMac. It's been a long time since we've seen something this new, 5 00:00:21,090 --> 00:00:25,610 fresh and exciting for the desk. Apple, a company famed for its industrial design, 6 00:00:25,610 --> 00:00:29,610 really did let its iMac languish. The very computer that blaze the trail 7 00:00:29,610 --> 00:00:34,140 from the company's brush with death. So let's really take a look at this new one 8 00:00:34,140 --> 00:00:38,833 and find out if it's been worth the wait and if it's worth the $1,500. 9 00:00:40,092 --> 00:00:42,675 (upbeat music) 10 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:50,083 I didn't think this is would happen. I didn't want it to happen, but I'm smitten. 11 00:00:51,070 --> 00:00:54,720 I've fallen in love with a computer. And what we have here is a personal computer 12 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,030 that you can truly make personal right when you order it. 13 00:00:58,030 --> 00:01:04,020 Channeling the original colored iMac G3, it's available in a whole seven colors. 14 00:01:04,020 --> 00:01:08,350 And I think for the average person, it's the most interesting question worth asking. 15 00:01:08,350 --> 00:01:11,470 What color would you take? - Probably the purple. 16 00:01:11,470 --> 00:01:16,120 - Yellow. - Probably silver. - Purple or blue. - This is a big commitment. 17 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:20,150 Purple. - The green. - You know what? I'm loving this green. 18 00:01:20,150 --> 00:01:24,040 - Blue. - It's amazing how you give people an option to express their personalities 19 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:30,300 and they'll show you just how vibrant they are. Me, it was between the warm tones, orange and yellow. 20 00:01:30,300 --> 00:01:36,050 They really jumped out at me quite simply because they're not what you'd find on any PC these days. 21 00:01:36,050 --> 00:01:39,470 And after going with the yellow, I don't regret it at all, 22 00:01:39,470 --> 00:01:44,350 but I'm sure I'd feel the same way with orange too. The pictures online and perhaps even this video 23 00:01:44,350 --> 00:01:48,100 don't quite capture how the iMac reflects the lighting conditions. 24 00:01:48,100 --> 00:01:52,180 This yellow one is just so cheerful yet golden. 25 00:01:52,180 --> 00:01:56,470 It literally and figuratively brightens my mood when I look at it. 26 00:01:56,470 --> 00:02:01,530 It's like the warm, rising sun. A lot of people have been also harping on 27 00:02:01,530 --> 00:02:05,090 about these white bezels and I don't get it. 28 00:02:05,090 --> 00:02:09,780 This is supposed to be a bright, friendly computer. The screen is supposed to be obvious. 29 00:02:09,780 --> 00:02:15,070 And if you think about how white the interfaces of big Sur are, it doesn't really strike me as odd 30 00:02:15,070 --> 00:02:19,140 that the bezels are white too. Other computers look like black mirrors, 31 00:02:19,140 --> 00:02:22,680 but this actually looks like a computer that's being designed. 32 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,400 (soft music) (upbeat music) 33 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:31,410 As this is Apple's first ARM-based all-in-one, I think it's important to analyze just how much 34 00:02:31,410 --> 00:02:37,220 that dictated the design of this computer. It's impossibly thin, too thin 35 00:02:37,220 --> 00:02:42,500 for a headphone Jack to go through. Too thin even for an old USB A port. 36 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:46,450 It's so thin that it doesn't really have a side profile. 37 00:02:46,450 --> 00:02:50,320 It's a case of now you see it, now you don't. 38 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:54,080 And that thinness is really the story of the computer. 39 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,850 It's why this chin remains for one. 40 00:02:57,850 --> 00:03:03,950 The logic board and most the things we think of as a computer are contained in this controversial section. 41 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:07,460 I support the move as it maintains the look of previous iMacs 42 00:03:07,460 --> 00:03:11,530 while avoiding making the whole computer thicker, wasting space. 43 00:03:11,530 --> 00:03:18,070 And they clearly wanted to depart from the curved back of the outgoing iMac in favor of a symmetrical flat design. 44 00:03:18,070 --> 00:03:21,090 It also means that the power supply is external 45 00:03:21,090 --> 00:03:26,530 and under the desk, along with the Ethernet port. And since that means there's only one color match cable 46 00:03:26,530 --> 00:03:30,920 visible at the top of the desk, I don't mind that as much as I thought I would. 47 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:36,380 The performance of the M1 chip contained in this iMac has been talked about for months 48 00:03:36,380 --> 00:03:40,820 since their debut in the fall. Benchmark wise, this mid-range model performs 49 00:03:40,820 --> 00:03:46,400 about the same as other fan cooled M1 models. Though, recent reports show that the best here 50 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,340 is slightly less performance due to there being only one fan for cooling compared 51 00:03:50,340 --> 00:03:55,060 to the two in this model. That with the pricing leads to a strange choice. 52 00:03:55,060 --> 00:04:00,290 The mid range iMac is the one that gets you all the latest iMac innovations, 53 00:04:00,290 --> 00:04:03,530 touch ID on the keyboard, which is wonderful. 54 00:04:03,530 --> 00:04:08,530 All the color options and all four USB-C ports at $1,500. 55 00:04:09,270 --> 00:04:13,260 That doesn't sound so bad. Right. 56 00:04:13,260 --> 00:04:17,930 But a Mac book pro with the same M1 performance, 57 00:04:17,930 --> 00:04:22,560 a touch ID sensor, eight gigabytes of RAM, 256 gigabytes of SSD storage 58 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:27,560 and 20 hours of battery life costs $1,300, $200 less. 59 00:04:28,740 --> 00:04:33,200 Now, I don't know about you, but I know a lot of people like laptops. 60 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,850 So why would they buy that? If you're a laptop person, 61 00:04:37,850 --> 00:04:45,060 I'm gonna have difficulty explaining why, but there are a few things this IMAX still does better. 62 00:04:45,190 --> 00:04:48,480 One, the screen is just bigger and nicer. 63 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:53,320 It's a 23.5 inch retina, sporting 4.5 K pixels 64 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:59,830 across a 16 by 9 aspect ratio. At default scaling, your going to just fit so much more 65 00:04:59,830 --> 00:05:04,330 on the screen while maintaining big, easy to read interface elements. 66 00:05:04,330 --> 00:05:10,190 And that also means making things bigger for aging eyes is less of a compromise. 67 00:05:10,190 --> 00:05:13,370 Two, while the speakers on the MacBook Pro are good, 68 00:05:13,370 --> 00:05:16,590 these are better. They're downward firing and support spatial audio, 69 00:05:16,590 --> 00:05:19,940 but that's not what's impressive about them. Good speakers need air to move about 70 00:05:19,940 --> 00:05:24,630 and Apple has created these incredibly thin chambers, but then made them take up most 71 00:05:24,630 --> 00:05:28,820 of the area behind the screen. So it really punches above its weight. 72 00:05:28,820 --> 00:05:34,280 Three, this webcam is 1080P with some image signal processing added to the mix. 73 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:37,620 It's much, much better than any Mac book webcam 74 00:05:37,620 --> 00:05:43,313 which is about as potatoes Apple dare let them get. It's perfect for what's left of this pandemic. 75 00:05:44,220 --> 00:05:48,453 And four, well, just look at it. 76 00:05:51,164 --> 00:05:53,747 (upbeat music) 77 00:05:55,350 --> 00:06:01,060 So if you're planning to put this on desk or the desk of a family member, which one should you get? 78 00:06:01,060 --> 00:06:05,260 The base, $1,300 model will probably find itself in schools and with seniors, 79 00:06:05,260 --> 00:06:08,280 though, I mean, if you're like user and a lot of people are, 80 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:13,350 you're probably not gonna notice the performance differences between it and this double fanned model. 81 00:06:13,350 --> 00:06:18,300 So you can safely go for that. Just remember, it doesn't have touch ID, that's $50, 82 00:06:18,300 --> 00:06:23,400 Ethernet or all the colors available. Plus there's only two Thunderbolt ports. 83 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:29,490 So if you wanna save money and get that, I recommend at least paying $30 for the Ethernet option. 84 00:06:29,490 --> 00:06:34,190 The next big upgrade worth considering is 16 gigabytes of RAM for $200, 85 00:06:34,190 --> 00:06:38,760 especially since you can upgrade memory later. This'll probably help your computer feel fast 86 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:44,330 for a few extra years. And RAM is certainly more worthwhile than upgrading storage 87 00:06:44,330 --> 00:06:49,330 because it's $800 to have two terabytes inside the iMac. 88 00:06:49,630 --> 00:06:52,950 It's less than $100 for two terabytes 89 00:06:52,950 --> 00:06:56,710 in this yellow enclosure. Yes, a spinning drive is slower, 90 00:06:56,710 --> 00:07:02,060 but most people are storing documents, photos, videos and music for playback 91 00:07:02,060 --> 00:07:06,860 and a drive like this is fast enough. And since this computer isn't going anywhere, 92 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:11,600 it's easy to just leave it plugged in so you have access to that data whenever you need it. 93 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,730 Knowing how I use my desktop computer these days, 94 00:07:14,730 --> 00:07:18,850 I think I'd be fine just getting a $1,500 mid tier model 95 00:07:18,850 --> 00:07:23,854 in orange and then calling it a decade. (upbeat music) 96 00:07:24,910 --> 00:07:28,470 I really like this computer. It hearkens back to a very brief time 97 00:07:28,470 --> 00:07:31,730 when computers were fun and flavorful pieces of design. 98 00:07:31,730 --> 00:07:37,080 I really hope inspires colorful peripheral designs that will match the iMac you've put on your desk. 99 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:42,530 Remember the impact the original one had? This new iMac really does make a case for itself 100 00:07:42,530 --> 00:07:46,040 as a computer made for families and individuals in the home. 101 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,940 If it were to be placed on that four quadrant model lineup of 1998, 102 00:07:49,940 --> 00:07:53,580 it would sit firmly in the consumer desktop space, 103 00:07:53,580 --> 00:07:56,703 a space I'm happy to see clearly defined again. 104 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,780 Thanks for checking in on this Mac Address. If you thought this was a good video, give it a like 105 00:08:01,780 --> 00:08:04,890 and if you wanna see more when they come out, feel free to subscribe. 106 00:08:04,890 --> 00:08:09,590 Now that we're done with this video, I am so excited to put this on my desk 107 00:08:09,590 --> 00:08:14,590 and replace that awful monitor that Riley ruined last week. 108 00:08:15,110 --> 00:08:17,663 It's gonna be good to have a splash of color up there.