Apple discontinues Intel 21” iMac, prepares for Pro/Max variant in 2022

01 November 2021
The $1,099 desktop was silently taken down from the web stores over the weekend.

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Android.Authority, 03 Nov 2021The software companies don't care about Mac as most pe... moreLol... that is absolutely incorrect. Software developers and software companies rely heavily on Macs specially for mobile development as it supports both iOS and Android build systems. Infact Android's gradle builds are much faster on Macs than an equivalent Windows PC.

Plus MacOS is a Unix based system so it is also preferred for almost all open source development frameworks and platforms.

    Anonymous, 02 Nov 2021I'm with Nicolas here, while yes they have different a... moreThank you; I couldn't have said it any better :)

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      • 03 Nov 2021

      A god, 01 Nov 2021Its clearly you dont know whats happening In just 1 year, ... moreWhat are you even talking about, dude?

        Anonymous, 03 Nov 2021Blame the software developer / company for not making their... moreThe software companies don't care about Mac as most people want nothing to do with Mac OS. They trust Windows and have no plans of switching to Mac OS.. Why should developers focus on rotten ecosystem of Mac OS?

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          Anonymous, 02 Nov 2021I love Apple Products but has Apple dumped recently introdu... moreBlame the software developer / company for not making their apps up to date first.

          When it comes to MacOS, it's not a technical limitation, the software developer / company is just lazy.

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            • 02 Nov 2021

            I love Apple Products but has Apple dumped recently introduced hardware .. expensive hardware, What could be a case for a class action suit Apple dropped OS support for key media production software.. Image if Adobe took that approach, what would happen to future Adobe produce loyalty. FCPX, Logic are dropped from older Apple hardware.. technically the older hardware could continue to run these apps but Apple chose to cripple their loyal pro clients again. Apple there will come a day when enough of us Apple customers will pursue a class action suite. Perhaps its time for a rising entrepreneur to provide advanced support for the older Apple hardware that is basically runs Unix at its core. A Professional Media based OS running in Unix.. How about an Apple hardware Linux that will run the current versions of Logic, FCPX

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              • 02 Nov 2021

              Shame on Apple for leaving iMac users high and dry like that.

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                • 02 Nov 2021

                Anonymous, 01 Nov 2021Do you even understand?? Comparing architecture is differen... moreI'm with Nicolas here, while yes they have different architectures what matters is how efficient and effective it is at doing work. The only differentiating factors between different architectures is how optimized a program is.

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                  A god, 01 Nov 2021Its clearly you dont know whats happening In just 1 year, ... moreYou get reall dude. Apple doesn't have node factory.they using tsmc....and intel have it.so dont compare

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                    • 01 Nov 2021

                    Nicolas F, 01 Nov 2021People don't compare architectures. People compare wor... moreDo you even understand?? Comparing architecture is different thing. Its like comparing a Bugatti Chiron to Electric Supersport car. Get it? 🤦🏻‍♂️ Both work the same way. Carried people from point A to B. But one is using Organic fuel and one is using electric. Take factor for both. Which one is most efficient?? If you say, electric car. You should compared it to another electric cars. Not the one that using organic fuel 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

                      Anonymous, 01 Nov 2021Comparing X86 architecture to RISC - V (ARM) architecture i... morePeople don't compare architectures. People compare work results, amounts of time and energy that were consumed by different types of computers (Intel-based Macs and AS-based Macs) while doing the same work.

                        Anonymous, 01 Nov 2021Intel is the new Nokia. Think they are boss, stagnant.. ... moreYup. Like IBM as well. And even Research In Motion/BlackBerry.

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                          kek, 01 Nov 2021Except that its not that way. Intel issues were on produ... moreIts clearly you dont know whats happening
                          In just 1 year, Apple surpass on power/efficiency over 80% of Intel and Amd SoC ...again in just 1 year...(of course Apple was on this SoC for a decade for iphones and ipads)
                          So scaling...Apple can scale these till 200W...so they easy double the bandwidth and performance by twice the M1 max while intel and amd cannot do that without going 400W or above which is almost impossible even in desktop place, nobody wants that
                          Is like having an AC that draws power in 2021 like an old AC from 30 years ago

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                            • 01 Nov 2021

                            Comparing X86 architecture to RISC - V (ARM) architecture is mostly I read here. Just wait until Intel produce it own RISC - V (ARM) architecture processor then you people can compared it to APPLE SoC 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

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                              -Trix-, 01 Nov 2021Quite crazy How Apple can be so much ahead of Intel who hav... moreIntel Will Comeback With A Product That Can Kill The M Series In Performance And Efficieny And I Am Announcing The Name of The Product Here Its Named As The Arrow Lake

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                                • 01 Nov 2021

                                Intel is the new Nokia.

                                Think they are boss, stagnant.. now a relic.

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                                  • 01 Nov 2021

                                  Intel were so lazy that they thought they could build chips that where 3-5% faster YoY and get away with it.

                                  A huge threat if RISC-V is awaiting to take over their Server domination.

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                                    -Trix-, 01 Nov 2021Quite crazy How Apple can be so much ahead of Intel who hav... moreExcept that its not that way.

                                    Intel issues were on production, not designing.
                                    People here seem to forget that until know, AMD/Apple are competing and winning against the Skylake architecture, which has been refreshed since 2016 and it was being made on an old 14nm process.

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                                      -Trix-, 01 Nov 2021Quite crazy How Apple can be so much ahead of Intel who hav... moreI would not say it short period of time. R&D should have probably started way earlier to have these kind performance. To add in the Mac CPU is different layout to intel CPU which would mean it was designed to Apple ecosystem.

                                        Quite crazy How Apple can be so much ahead of Intel who have been building chips for ages already.