Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model

Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model by iSnow on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:47AM (#26913286)

I know, but AFAIK those new iMacs ALL feature just 8GB of RAM? There isn't really a middle-tier, that what makes it so weird. you'd expect one machine with top SSD and 16 GB (and space grey, lol).

Probably going to be the next iteration of the 27" iMac, spanning from 8GB/256GB (LOL) to 16 GB/1TB or something.

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Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model by tempay on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:02AM (#26913396)

You can upgrade them to 16GB. Having been developing heavy applications in a M1 Mac mini for since they were released they’re definitely adequate for most users. Obviously some people need ~100 cores and ~1TB of ram (myself included for other parts of my job) but that segment is always going to be better served by companies other than Apple.

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Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model by masklinn on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:21AM (#26913516)

> AFAIK those new iMacs ALL feature just 8GB of RAM?

No. But people are confused because the RAM is (annoyingly though not entirely nonsensically) tied to the SSD.

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Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model by Toutouxc on Friday April 23, 2021 @08:54AM (#26914240)

I don't think it is. They usually offer a couple of configurations at different prices, but you can get a BTO machine with just the upgrades you want. The SSD+RAM are tied together in the new M1 iPad.

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Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model by masklinn on Friday April 23, 2021 @10:47AM (#26915268)

Ah you're right, i'm the one who confused the two and remembered the weird setup of the iPad, the iMac's Tech Specs page does just state "8GB (configurable to 16GB)" for the entire range (whereas it's quite clear that the "low end" iMac with only 7 GPU cores can only be BTO'd to 1TB SSD, versus 2 for the 8-cores).

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