Apple supercharges 24‑inch iMac with new M3 chip

Re:Apple supercharges 24‑inch iMac with new M3 chip by mcny on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:45PM (#38079580)

> Who's the target market, other than sleek reception desks?

The "business center" at my apartment complex has a 2015(?) iMac. It is connected to a small printer/copier/scanner. You can log in as guest, open your email or whatever you need to do, and log out from the guest account and the iMac will dutifully forget about you and be ready for the next person.

I know practically everyone has an app phone these days but it is useful if you need something quick.

I bet a new iMac today will similarly last the next ten years for basic kiosk tasks.

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Re:Apple supercharges 24‑inch iMac with new M3 chip by brundolf on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:52PM (#38079645)

Sure, I guess I lumped this sort of kiosk under "reception desk". But there's no way that market is big enough on its own to justify the product

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Re:Apple supercharges 24‑inch iMac with new M3 chip by SllX on Monday October 30, 2023 @11:09PM (#38079782)

There’s a lot of reception desks in the world. I mean that’s not the only market for iMacs but Apple could probably build a pretty good multi-billion dollar business going after just the reception desk market if they were dedicated to the cause.

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