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I have a new monitor upgrade plan

Thanks for the comments on the displays. I’m hoping to upgrade to a mini and monitor this year, and I’m really unsure what monitor I’d get. I don’t want to spend Apple money, but I’m so used to the 5K display that I’m not sure I can’t. :)

I have a couple friends that do astro-photography. I haven’t kept up with one friend, but a few years ago he was throwing old GPUs at it running them overnight to process his images.

What does your wife have planned for that M2 Ultra Pro?

I think it's clear in context. The opening and closing comments are explicit that that the reviewer views the new model as indistiguishable in all respects including performance from the prior model in practical terms and the prior model is not actually obsolete. And also I regularly read...

Uhm… https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony :)

It’s faster. (But not so much faster to upgrade from the prior model.) https://www.theverge.com/23762570/apple-mac-studio-m2-ultra-2023-review

Going with a mini, esp a refurb, and a non-Apple non-5K monitor can bring the price down a lot. But this 27" 5K monitor is so nice, I don't like the idea of losing it for a Dell 4K or non-retina UWD. iMac owners are in the situation MacBook Air owners were at prior to this month: you could buy...

Unfortunately, rumors for a 30” iMac have gone dry. From MacRumors, the latest rumors for an iMac are a refreshed 24” iMac with an m3 next year.

It's the value that made the iMac so appealing to me. Its price was well under the cost of buying a mac mini and a separate LG (or now Studio Display). And previously the mac mini's were lesser or even terrible values. Maybe the rumored and hoped for 30" iMac won't be priced for non-pro users...

I thought you were hinting at fresh rumors for a 27"+ iMac refresh coming this year. I don't care about Mac Pro or Intel macs. No more 5K iMac remains a frustration. (And obvi not buying a 2020 Intel iMac in 2024 as a new computer.)

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There is no more iMac 5k. That's my dilemma.

Wanna know your opinion of the Studio Display once you're used to it. I'm looking an a Mac upgrade in the next year. Don't know if I want iMac 24" or mini and Display or mini and third-party monitor.

I reiterate my request for HTF to have a "Wow!" reaction emoji :D

Also, it’s quieter, per the six colors review.

Advice has long been not to upgrade for 15% generational improvements.

TL;DW it’s faster? :D

I can give you a peek into the future reviews of the new Mac Studio: It’s faster. :D

Why are new reviews of last year's display coming out? :confused:

What’s the approximate discount on refurbs?

No Studio update for 2023, seemingly per Gurman.

As Studio is only a year old, Apple has not had the habit of updating high end computers annually, it's low volume, no rumors about it for '23, rumors for Mac Pro (which would consume high end chips), and supply chain clearly hitting Apple chips and hardware late '22: I'd bet my $1 there's not a...

no mention of the Studio in their rumor roundup

I keep hoping for a return of the 27”+ iMac. But if returns as a “Pro” model, I’ll probably be out for good and consider either a 24” iMac or a mini with some non-Apple monitor.

So…why not do that and put the $2500 you’re ready to spend into new software or video hardware or whatever would next benefit your hobby?

“Windoze” You’re triggering PTSD flashbacks to internet flamewars of the late ‘90s and early ‘00s! I just hope no one starts dropping “M$” too! 😆

My wife got the 8GB m1 iMac. Every review said what you note: it’s so efficient it’s like twice the memory. But it was not good. Frequent “out of application memory” errors. Looking back on the reviews, they were all of the form “run a single video edit app and process a very large set of...

Ah, I’m half with it. I misunderstood. Can you buy an external drive enclosure or dock and connect your drives with that?

You’re a prime candidate for a NAS to have a single giant pool of 40+ TB. Can buy Synology or QNAP etc or can DIY high-end NAS with Unraid if you’re so inclined.