Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “The WORST Apple Product I’ve Ever Bought 😅”.
Inside this box is the dumbest Apple product, I’ve ever purchased and that’s saying something. I would explain, but it’s better ( table thumping ) to just show you. Behold, my friends, my new computer ( foam, squeaking, ), (, rhythmic, music, halting ) an iMac. Yeah, I’m not Kidding. This is my new computer.. I custom ordered a very expensive, yellow iMac.. The way this one’s set up might be the only one in existence, because I don’t think anyone is dumb enough to order an iMac. The way that I ordered it and by I I mean I asked Ken to help me order it, and then he ordered it wrong. So it’s even weirder.
( chuckles ) ( Ken laughing ). Now you might look at this and think that it is an incredibly questionable purchase. But when you see my existing office you’ll see that I have a lot of room to make some improvements.. So before we get started.
Let me give you a tour of my actual office.. I’Ve shown this in videos in the past, but I’ve always cleaned it up. We’Ve tried to decorate it..
This is what it actually looks. Like., I actually need to kinda like design this sort of setup a little bit more.. It’S still a little bit basic, but there’s that. The couch. I can’t show you.
We’re gon na have to censor all of this. ,’Cause ( clears throat ). This is where I leave embargo products that have not been dealt with so we’re just gon na move on from that.. Then you’ll see this.
My Samsung Frame TV. Now there’s a little bit of a theme in my office, where I have a lot of items that don’t really make a lot of sense from a value perspective. But I irrationally want it and I wanted one of these Frame TVs for a while., So my existing setup is basically unchanged since something like 2016..
So a lot of it is built around my LG UltraFine, 5K monitor.. Now I’ll be honest. I love this display..
This is the original launch model and I’ve used it for many years.. The problem is that it is starting to go out on me.. Not only have I, ever since day, one had Bluetooth and 2.4 gigahertz interference, which means that things like Bluetooth, mice, tend to be a little bit flaky with me, but on top of that, especially the last year or so I’ve been getting this purple fringing around the Edges of the display., It’s fine, but it’s getting worse and worse and honestly, I know that I’m gon na have to give up eventually..
Look, I’m stubborn! It’S a really good display. I like it, but it is definitely time for a replacement.. The problem is: is that with my office, what I tend to do, because I have a lot of products come in and out a lot of stuff, it all just kind of lives.
On the desk. I got ta stop doing that.. I know I got ta stop doing that, but for now that’s where things live..
I am going to fix this desk.. That is my goal for this video.. So I’m going to upgrade and completely redo my setup.. Now this setup is really designed to be used with a laptop and that’s been my primary system. So it’s been a number of laptops over the years, but I’ve pretty much always taken my laptops and plugged them in via a Thunderbolt dock, which then goes to the 5K display 10 gig ethernet, all that kind of stuff.. It’S really quite a good setup for me, because I can take the laptop with me when I go home when I travel when I come to the office one system everywhere..
Now there are other like 4K monitors and stuff out there.. There are even some OLEDs that are tempting, but to me it feels like this is a good opportunity to try to go back to a device that I have wanted to use since day, one which is the iMac.. The issue, though, is that using a base, iMac becomes a little bit of a challenge when it comes to doing a little bit more of creative tasks.
You are running lots of apps and stuff, because all those base iMacs only have eight gigabytes of RAM.. Now we’ve talked about this in the past. We made an entire video using the MacBook M3, the MacBook Pro with eight gigs of RAM.. It is a usable setup, but for me it’s not ….
I’M not gon na look it’s 2024! I am not gon na daily drive a system., I don’t care Apple Silicon or not with eight gigs of RAM. That’S just not an option.. This is a good opportunity for me to actually tidy clean and redesign this setup with at least a little bit of thought in mind. ( screen, whooshing ) Big.
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( upbeat, music, ) Wow, that is a white-ass bezel.. I’M gon na put this back on now. We’re just gon na cover this up. ( crew. Laughing ).
I’M gon na show make sure that I keep my screen nice and protected until I get it on the actual VESA arm.. The way I’m going to configure this in my office is this is going to be on a VESA arm, so I actually have some sort of flexibility, because the base stand that it comes with is a very short squat. Little thing that just adjusts a little bit of tilt., So that was one of the main things that I wasn’t sure I wanted and then Ken ordered it with a VESA arm. And then I was like “ Okay.
I guess I’m gon na commit to the VESA life ?”, Oh good lord.. I mean I have the Slack message. ( chuckles ). I basically sent you. The invoice did not realize it was VESA and you were just like “, Ah the one with the VESA.. Ah, actually, ( duck quacking ) it I’ll just order it.”, That is an exact quote: ( Ken laughing ).
That’S literally what you said.. I didn’t even have time to respond to you.. You made your decision up on your own. [ Austin ]. That is exactly what I said: yes. [ Ken ].
You could have turned back. ( screen whooshing ), So it is time to start cleaning up this desk.. I need to order a bunch of accessories, a bunch of peripherals.. I have some ideas right now, but this is the starting point and hopefully, by the end of this video, this whole setup will be much tidier and much much cooler. ( Austin muttering, indistinctly ) Yeah yeah. There you go.
( arm thumping ). I did it. ( bright music ), So with my VESA arm built, it is time to layer our iMac into place.
Goodbye to this beautiful gold, exterior that I’m never gon na see ,’cause, I’m looking at it from the other side. All right. I’M gon na adjust this very slightly, tighten everything down and we’re gon na get this iMac up and running.
My questionable decisions, continue. Ready and … ( computer chiming, ) Whoo.
Those speakers are actually not bad.. I have a little bit of second thoughts right now. I’M not gon na lie.
Screen’s a little small, a little small, but something that’s small, never hurt anybody. ( bwow intensifies ). I’M gon na see how well I like this iMac and I’m gon na start thinking about the rest of the desk, but I feel good. Asterisk a little nervous. ( screen whooshing, ) And now the peripherals are in. It is time to look at my new desk setup., So in addition to my yellow iMac, I also have this keyboard, which was built for me by Betty from Switch and Click..
I have swapped out the key caps to make them a little bit more Mac friendly, but on top of that I am using the Magic Trackpad that came with the iMac plus my Logitech MX Master 3S.. All of this is on a yellow desk pad.. As you can see, I’ve tried not super successfully, but I’ve tried to get a little bit of color coordination with this setup.. I also now have some basic things like a headphone holder and an Anker USB-C charger on my desk, where I can charge laptops and phones and you name it but I’ll tell you what I’ve been using this iMac setup for a few weeks and I’m actually kind Of happy with it., So let’s discuss the iMac M3: It’s not terrible.! You know you’ve got the Apple M3 processor, which is very powerful, even today., So you’ve got very good single thread performance, enough sort of graphics and sort of general horsepower to do things like editing, which I’ve had zero problem with and you’ve also got a very nice 24-Inch 4.5K display..
What I’ve been using this iMac for is a mixture of basic tasks like you know, web browsing and writing and researching everything. But I also do a lot of video editing on this. Now, primarily the things that I edit these days are Shorts. So certainly a little bit ( graphic whooshing ) easier to handle, but I will tell you this: the M3 has had absolutely no problem chewing through it.. It shouldn’t be a surprise. I used to edit our main videos on my M1 MacBook Pro all the time back. In 2020, so the fact that this has significantly more performance than that easily makes it powerful enough for anything. I want to throw at it, but I will say: it’d be really nice if at least I could have outfitted this with the M3 Pro.. That is still a significant step up in performance and because they’ve got the pro-level chips in something like the Mac Mini. I don’t understand why they couldn’t put it in the iMac..
It does feel like they’re sort of artificially trying to separate out their product line and, let’s be real, they probably don’t sell that many of these iMacs.. It is a very niche product that is much more so for consumers than for actual professional use, but it just looks so cool right. It’S one thing for me to tell you all about my new setup.. I need to actually bring in an expert.
Luke. Miani has made many many many wonderful videos on the Apple products of yesteryear and tomorrow, but does he approve of my setup ( screen whooshing ) Behold, my friends. This is very secretive my office setup.. Can I direct your attention to my setup over here And can I get your honest opinion unbiased as much as possible? Don’T tell me what I wan na hear. Okay, first off, I love this keyboard., The keyboard 10 outta 10.. Now the yellow iMac …
Uh-huh. I’M not sold on it., Oh really, I’m not sold on it., It’s …, (, Austin and Luke laughing ) See the thing is they need a bigger iMac., What I miss the 27-inch iMac. [ Austin ], It’s a little small., It’s a little small, but I like The idea that you’ve done here., I like the coordinated, yellow, that’s a good touch., So I’ve had this setup now for about three weeks now, so I’ve been spending some time on it.. My thoughts are: I’m gon na replace this VESA arm. With a yellow one.? Well, I need something: that’s less ugly. I actually wan na put like a small display..
I was actually thinking about maybe running an iPad with Sidecar.. I was thinking about it, Oh. -‘Cause. I want something: that’s kind of small. I like that., More so just like to kind of put like just a little bit of extra information down there. Some of the other things I’ve got here and in fact this is new to you, because I’ve spent the last Couple of weeks tweaking and tuning this setup., I now have the Osmo Pocket, which now functions as a webcam..
So now I have a decent webcam, which you can see will actually follow me.. So, as I move around get close get farther away, it works pretty well.. I also have the Neumann mic, which I can just pull right down here.. So if I need to podcast, I can just be ready to go as quickly as this.
Hit a couple of buttons with the lights ( remote, clattering ). It feels good.. This is the setup now., I’m gon na evolve. It more.
I’ve already established some areas that need improvement Mm-., But does it get the Luke Miani seal of approval? Oh yeah, this is an excellent setup. You have my seal.. Would you like a handshake to confirm it? Thank you appreciate it., So you agree that a $ 2000 iMac is a good idea. Thank you very much..
No, no! No! No no. Wait! A minute! Wait! A minute. ( Luke, chuckling )! So here’s the next part of the video that I’ve been waiting to talk about for a long time.. This iMac ( hands clapping ). Let me actually show you how expensive this was. You look at the iMac. It starts at 1,300 bucks right, But who wants? No USB 3 ports gigabits and then nah, of course, not., And you also have to go up to the higher configs for the colors., The colors. [ Austin ], So we’re starting at 1,700 bucks.
Then we go out to $ 1,900. ( cash register, chiming ) [ Luke, ], God., [, Austin ], And then we had another 50 bucks for the Trackpad ( cash register, chiming ), making this computer ( pen scratching ) $ 1,949 for an M3 iMac. ( exhales ) Is this still Luke Miani approved You don’t even have a terabyte. ( Austin wheezing ) [ Austin ].
No, I could have That would’ve been just another 200 bucks. That would’ve been 2,000. I wanted to keep it under-, That’s insane.! I wanted to keep it reasonable at less than $ 2,000.. Well, you know what Have you ever made an irrational purchase? Have you ever done something dumb, because your heart told you to Yeah.
I bought an M2 Ultra Mac, Pro. ( Austin laughing ). Even I’m not that dumb. Yeah.
Well, you made some videos out of it though. I did. I’m making a video out of this which helps me to justify.. There you go, I mean only YouTubers could justify.
It, then is what we’re basically saying.. That’S true! That’S true.! This is my new system.. I am quite happy with it.. I really like the aesthetic of it.. I like the fact that it is really a super minimal setup.. I don’t have to have the tower. I don’t have to have the laptop.. It is outrageously expensive, but if you can get past that price or just don’t configure it with a VESA arm and everything like I have, it’s really solid.
( screen whooshing ). So is the M3 iMac worth it? No, it is not. It is not.. It is not a hard conversation to have.
Now, if something like the iMac is interesting to you, I would highly recommend to consider a refurb model. When you’re talking about sub- $ 1,000 for a system even with an M1 that has still plenty of performance. You’Ve got years of updates down the line, Apple, Silicon, a beautiful display, it’s not an actually bad system.. It really is pretty solid..
The problem, though, is that, when you get into the value., When you look at the upgrades, when you look at trying to get this thing to like a reasonable sort of spec, it is absurdly expensive. And the fact that the iMac does not have any CPU options. At all is incredibly frustrating because if it had the pro chip as an option, that would make such a big difference to the performance.. Thank you very much for watching..
Don’T do what I do, but what you can do is subscribe to the website on the ringaling that dingaling button.. If you don’t, then a charge for $ 1,949 will be magically debited out of your account and Tim Cook will be hiding in the bushes laughing maniacally. That someone finally bought this iMac, the only one that they’ve ever made like this, because it’s dumb.
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