Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “These were unexpected! – Apple’s “Spring Loaded” Event”.
[ Man On Device ], We look forward to seeing you again. Sir. Have a great day.. I wasn’t expecting all that. Apple announced so many exciting things at their Spring Loaded event that I don’t even know what to talk about first. (, scoffs ). Actually, of course, I do. ( soft upbeat, music ), The all new, completely redesigned iMac., (, upbeat, music ). We haven’t really seen a substantial redesign of the iMac since the aluminum unibody was released in 2009.. That’S over a decade ago., But here we are now with something that is colorfully refreshing., Seven colors that is. They really do.
Harken back to the fruity colors available on the old iMac, G3 of oh so long ago. Allowing users to really personalize their office. Space.. No fruity names though. The press release lists the available colors as blue, green, pink, yellow orange purple and silver..
I’M really digging this design. The white frame around the display’s, a refreshing contrast to the black and aluminum we’ve been placing on our desks for years now., And the hinge is very reminiscent of the old Apple cinema design from way back when.. It really takes me back to when I was a kid wowed by all the bright colors of the original iMac and just how outside of the beige box, they were.
( loud sigh ). Just look at that orange one.. I really want that on my desk.. Clearly, this is a replacement for the old 21.5 inch iMac, the desktop for normal people. Supporting a brand new 24 inch 4.5K retina display the new design is very thin at 11.5 millimeters, which Apple says, is possible thanks to the efficiency of the M1 chip, which, yes, It gets in here That thinness has dictated quite a few of the design choices on the iMac.. Interestingly, the chin remains. Though now it’s behind the front, glass and no longer sports. The Apple logo. Within the chin is where Apple has placed the new much smaller board. Speakers and cooling.
And Apple claims. The whole thing will run at under 10 decibels during normal use.. That small footprint also means that the power supply is external now, which I’m pretty sure, is a first for the iMac.. This power, brick, which has meant to sit under your desk, has an optional gigabit, ethernet port keeping those infrastructural connections down below..
This will leave only a woven, color, matched cable, visible up on the surface of your otherwise clean desktop.. It connects magnetically. Too. Apple also took quite a bit of time to note the updated speakers, camera and microphone.
Because of the thin enclosure. There are now six speakers to drive all the frequencies with support for Dolby Atmos.. This smaller iMac also gets the 1080p FaceTime HD camera.
We saw in last year’s Intel 27 inch. Imac update. Connectivity has slimmed down quite a bit with the new iMac..
The headphone jack remains, but there are only up to four USB type C ports, two of which are Thunderbolt, and they can support a 6K Pro Display. Xdr. No word on multiple lower res screens. Though. On the peripheral front, keyboards mice and track pads are also color. Matched and better still is the addition of optional touch ID.. It communicates wirelessly through what the company says is an encrypted channel that links with the secure enclave in the M1.. It’S about time, fingerprint readers made it to the desk. Starting at 1299. The basic iMac has a 7-core GPU M1, eight gigs of RAM 256 gigabyte SSD only two Thunderbolt ports, no ethernet and four of the seven available colors.. Personally, I’m disappointed to see the limited connectivity on this cube, which will make it harder to recommend.. So perhaps the grandma model or the I love dongles model., The upgraded 1499 iMac – is where you’ll get the full 8-core GPU M1, an extra two USB type C: three ports, ethernet the magic keyboard with touch ID.
And you can choose from all the available colors. After This event, it’s clear that the M1 chip is becoming a centerpiece of Apple’s, hardware. Unifying quite a line of devices which now includes the iPad Pro.. In a funny action, packed interlude, featuring Tim Cook disguised as a MI Apple, showed, the M1 gets stolen from a Mac and inserted in an iPad.. It shows just how efficient and powerful the M1 is., But I think it’s also good for Apple, because during the great Silicon shortage of 2021, they can rely on fewer chip varieties for their products.. It’S also a substantial spec bump for the iPad Pro enabling a Thunderbolt port and 5G connectivity, but blah blah.
There’S a new screen. MiniLED is a thing now.. With the larger 12.9 inch iPad. Pro Apple has added what they call the Liquid Retina XDR screen.
They’re, claiming it matches the performance of the Pro Display XDR.. What they’ve done is use 10,000 miniLEDs, which they grouped into 2,500 local dimming zones.. The claims are 1,000,000:1 contrast, ratio and 1000 nits full-screen brightness. I’ll have to see it to believe it. For that screen, you’re looking at paying a minimum of 1099 while the entry price for the basic small iPad Pro remains at 799.. The iPad Pro has always been an expensive technical showcase for what Apple has to offer in it’s mobile devices., Like the new ultra wide movement tracking front camera for web calls., But iPad OS is still iPad OS., And I worry that, while it’s being provided real truth Desktop class hardware, the mobile class software still can’t fully let you take advantage of it. All. I’ll, explore this a little more in another video get subscribed for that., But how about an entirely new product? I have to confess that I never thought AirTags were going to happen. Rumors of their impending release have persisted for years now, but here they are. At $ 29 for one and 100 for four.
They provide an interesting solution for the forgetful among us.. If your iPhone has a U1 chip, you can be led with an arrow to your lost AirTag with Precision Finding. And if it’s really lost it integrates with Apple’s recently announced Find My network., So it will connect to any nearby iPhone and ping its most up-to-date location.. If you put it in lost mode, a helpful stranger can NFC connect to the AirTag and be taken to a website that will display the owner’s contact info if provided. It’s powered by one of those small replaceable, but not rechargeable cell batteries, though, which Apple claims should Last for over a year., Pretty neat., But the only thing I seem to misplace are my AirPods, which, by the way. In the world of the Apple TV, there were two things that many of us wanted.
One, a redesign of the Siri remote God that touch pad Was finicky. Two lower prices., The streaming box market is flooded with simple to use low cost devices that get viewers connected.. Well, we got one of those things.. The new Siri remote is very exciting.. There’S a five-way D-Pad like we got years ago, but it’s touch enabled.. So you can use a circular gesture to jog through your content, as well as still use directional swipes, though, if that works like the outgoing remote, I hope that can be turned off.. There’S a power button now too. And the Siri button has moved to the side. Next to the D-Pad., It does look like it might be easy to mistakenly press it, but I’ll have to hold it to find out.. The prices, however, are the same.
149 for the Apple TV, HD and 179 for the Apple TV 4K.. For that price, you get an updated A12 chip which supports higher frame rates at 4K, HDR and Dolby vision.. Cleverly, you can calibrate the new iPad TV screen by using your iPhone simply by holding it up to the display.. How well it compares to a proper calibration tool is something I’m very curious to try., But regardless that sounds a lot easier than faffing with the TV settings.. Grandma will love it.
When you do it for her., There were a couple of service announcements. Too. Apple Podcasts gets an updated app that I hope, is much improved from the old one., But more interestingly, is Apple podcasts subscriptions.. They didn’t provide too many details on this, but creators can register with the Apple Podcasters Program for $ 20 per year and then set their own pricing for their subscriptions.. I’M curious how much of a cut Apple will be taking from that.
There’s also Apple Card Family, which sounds like a way to share your credit card and score with your partner and provide allowance to your children. Digitally., Oh yeah., And the iPhone is available in purple. If that’s your favorite color and you haven’t, got one already. ( scoffs ).
I hope this and the new iMac shows a playful new direction. The company is looking to take with their consumer designs.. Perhaps a MacBook Air ally, clamshell iBook. That’d be cool..
There’S still a lot to parse through as we get our hands on the products to really try them out., So keep your eyes peeled on the channel for more coverage in the coming weeks., Thanks for watching this Mac address. Thanks for popping by.. If this is your first time here, you can watch my first video and the end screen cards will now be working which is great., See you (, indistinct, ), .