Congratulations on your new Mac! I ordered the same silver colour, first time to own iMac 😊. I can’t wait to unbox mine. It’s was supposed to deliver on Nov 8 but I missed it. just received it yesterday 😊
I have been on the fence about getting a iMac, what do you all think... are they worth changing over from my HP? I had a Macbook back in 2013, before it got water damage and ruined it.. however I loved having it before the incident occurred (still none of my friends admitted to the water damage)... but yah, what do you all think should I snag one or just build my own computer.
Does this iMac support adding additional displays? I need to have 3 monitors in order to be efficient with my work requirements and I need to know if that is a possibility. Thanks!
Congrats!!! , how are you finding the screen? A big reason I want one of these is because of the high PPI, glossy, and bright screen with great colors.
I thought the white bezels were weird at first but now I understand why they did it as it's definitely a less distracting colour. I went to an Apple Store to see the iMac compared to the studio display and the black bezels on the studio looked off-putting and stood out way more than the white of the iMac
Thanks for this video! I didn't realize the mid model comes with the 512 SSD, Ethernet, and Touch ID keyboard. We cancelled our order of the 8/8 and ordered the 10/10.
Decision on iMac Model I think I will go with the second level iMac because I need at least one terabyte of storage and want to ensure that I have more than enough memory. Eight gigabytes is good, but sixteen is of course even better, particularly if it's going to be running Apple Intelligence and other AI applications. It really sucks that the screen size is not 27", but I think I will have to sacrifice that. It seems Apple is not going to develop a 27" iMac anytime soon.
One of the deal breakers for me with these Apple iMac models is the monitor quality. It doesn’t seem to match the high standards of previous iMacs, especially those before the M-series architecture. The viewing angles on the 24-inch M1 iMac are noticeably poor-it’s a strange panel choice. My 2013 27-inch iMac has far superior display quality compared to the M1 iMac I’ve seen and used in person. Does anyone know if the new iMacs use a different panel, or is it the same? Can someone confirm?
Warns us about opening the box the wrong way: proceeds to extricate the Mac the wrong way (clearly shown arrows on the box sides indicating to push them outward which releases the Mac.) Good overview nonetheless, silver shall always remain a true classic. Not sure why the e-net port on the power brick bothers me.
Love iMac always have. I have the M1 version and theres nothing really for me to upgrade for yet unless Apple Intelligence becomes a must have in the future but im in the UK and we dont have it yet so wait and see on that one. Silver IS the best - the colours are cute but I dont really like the front pastel version of the rear colour - silver is the least offensive there. I disagree on the base model though - I think the mid-tier is better value for money given the additional ports, the wired ethernet, and the touchID keyboard which makes life a lot easier - a decent $200 upgrade there for all those things.
This is only worth an upgrade if ur on an intel based iMac or on an M1 iMac. I’m hoping they should make the bezels thinner for the next generation. Nice video Brandon!
@@BrandonButch The only way to simulate that would be to buy a Mac mini, 35" display, keyboard, trackpad, speakers, camera, and microphone. A lot of gear! And pricey.
I’m kinda stuck between this or the ultra portable Mac mini. The Mac mini costs significantly less but it obviously comes without the monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
@@kediloaf Regular iPhones have black bezels too, and so does the MacBook Air. The iMac is currently the only Apple product with white bezels and I really do not like them because of that.
a major negative is omitted in the video. It's quite disappointing that there is no black bezels option. The white bezels are distracting and unpleasant. All other Apple devices have black bezels, from the biggest, most expensive screen to the smallest Apple Watch
@BrandonButch Great video! I currently have a 2020 Mac Book Pro (core i5/16GB RAM). Will I notice a big improvement for raw photo processing and video editing with Adobe Premiere?
HELP. I got one too; but it's not reading SD cards via the USB-C to SD card reader. I've tried literally everything I can find and still nothing. Anyone else having this issue?
@ Interesting, every classroom that I’ve been in that has computers had ethernet running to each computer. It prevents with Wi-Fi network from becoming overloaded. Wired is always better. Seeing that the port is now in the power brick, would it really have cost Apple that much to add it on the base model as well? I wouldn’t think so.
Suggestion for your "Subscribes" and "Likes" to increase: You should mention your "Please go ahead and subscribe and hit the like button" a litte earlier towards the end. I watched this video in full and at the end, when you mentioned "subcribe" and "like", I wanted to give it a "like", but the video ended just seconds later. Basically, your mention to do that is "great" as a reminder....but it's too close to the end. My You Tube then looped to another video when yours ended, so to give you a "like", I had to go back to your video in order to do that. I think you would get a lot more "subscribtions" and "likes" if you mention it at lease 30 seconds before the end of your video so that your viewers have "time" to do that. Another suggestion: Now that Macs are capable to pair with higher refresh rate monitors, which 27 inch 4K high refresh rate monitor works well with the Mac Mine, if we want to pass on the Apple Studio? (mainly due to the Apple Studion 60hz)
good point, thanks for the insight! I'll adjust when I say that. And honestly, I've tried a few of the higher refresh rate monitors (LG, BenQ, and Gigabyte) and they've all been disappointing compared to the Studio Display. So I can't give any recommendations there. 60hz is perfectly fine when the quality of the display is as good as it is on the Studio Display imo
@@BrandonButch Same! My room and desk has a monochrome aesthetic and I also got the M4 iMac in silver because it’s the only one that would match my aesthetic.
Those are real slow ssd speeds. Once again Apple cutting corners and charging a lot of money. That base model is no good for serious work. 16 gig of ram was ok a few years ago, the new minimum is 32 gigs of ram and 1 TB for ssd. Apple just loves to screw over its users. Make no mistake I'm one of those users. I'm just tired of being ripped off by Apple. Fire Tim Cook Now!!!!! As always good job Brandon.
@ no I’m not a hater . I own several Apple products. I Have over 45 years of IT experience. Just look at what you can get in a Windows laptop for much less money. That’s why Apple will always be a niche market.
@@tvandever2010 I know , I have both systems. In 2024 Apple isn't a niche market , its worldwide and "in every US home " device company . 98% of Windows laptops are crap, unfortunately
What do you think of the new M4 iMac?
I love it
I think it’s absolutely fabulous! I definitely need one of these. ✨✨🖥️
Ordering one today.
Love it,but I have the M3 in Yellow so no need to upgrade.
Very nice - I have the M1 but have low storage of 256 GB so I want to upgrade to an M4
This is what i want, finally a video that iMac is silver color with 8 cores and show test score, thanks!
thanks Brandon, everyone was unboxing but they didn't go thru the setup part, this was very helpful!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Congratulations on your new Mac! I ordered the same silver colour, first time to own iMac 😊. I can’t wait to unbox mine. It’s was supposed to deliver on Nov 8 but I missed it. just received it yesterday 😊
Love the iMac M4 model!
I like how when apple shipped stickers no one cared. Now that they took them away it’s a situation for everyone. This is why I hoard my stuff
You always come in clutch fam I appreciate all you do your vids show me everything Apple.
CONGRATS BRO I JUST LOVE MACS BUT I CAN'T AFFORD IT NOW
I have been on the fence about getting a iMac, what do you all think... are they worth changing over from my HP? I had a Macbook back in 2013, before it got water damage and ruined it.. however I loved having it before the incident occurred (still none of my friends admitted to the water damage)... but yah, what do you all think should I snag one or just build my own computer.
Thanks for all you do!!
Thanks Steve, much appreciated!
Does this iMac support adding additional displays? I need to have 3 monitors in order to be efficient with my work requirements and I need to know if that is a possibility. Thanks!
I swear that UA-camrs will unbox iMacs in every possible way except the correct one.
I wish this came in Space Black too ! 😮💨
Mine just came today. My first ever imac 😊🎉
awesome! What color?
Hope you enjoy using it, i’m an Apple fan too
@@BrandonButch silver, 24gb ram and 512gb storage
@@youtubesurfer1533 thank you its lovely and my desk looks nicer now
Congrats!!! , how are you finding the screen? A big reason I want one of these is because of the high PPI, glossy, and bright screen with great colors.
very helpful and educational video! i always go to you for the details! and you never let me down!
I thought the white bezels were weird at first but now I understand why they did it as it's definitely a less distracting colour. I went to an Apple Store to see the iMac compared to the studio display and the black bezels on the studio looked off-putting and stood out way more than the white of the iMac
Thanks for this video! I didn't realize the mid model comes with the 512 SSD, Ethernet, and Touch ID keyboard. We cancelled our order of the 8/8 and ordered the 10/10.
Wish they would make a Matt black iMac
good luck with your new iMac:)
Decision on iMac Model
I think I will go with the second level iMac because I need at least one terabyte of storage and want to ensure that I have more than enough memory. Eight gigabytes is good, but sixteen is of course even better, particularly if it's going to be running Apple Intelligence and other AI applications.
It really sucks that the screen size is not 27", but I think I will have to sacrifice that. It seems Apple is not going to develop a 27" iMac anytime soon.
One of the deal breakers for me with these Apple iMac models is the monitor quality. It doesn’t seem to match the high standards of previous iMacs, especially those before the M-series architecture. The viewing angles on the 24-inch M1 iMac are noticeably poor-it’s a strange panel choice. My 2013 27-inch iMac has far superior display quality compared to the M1 iMac I’ve seen and used in person. Does anyone know if the new iMacs use a different panel, or is it the same? Can someone confirm?
Warns us about opening the box the wrong way: proceeds to extricate the Mac the wrong way (clearly shown arrows on the box sides indicating to push them outward which releases the Mac.)
Good overview nonetheless, silver shall always remain a true classic. Not sure why the e-net port on the power brick bothers me.
My iMac M3 8-Core Chip, 10-Core GPU, 8GB Ram, 512GB SSD reach on the Blackmagic Speed Test: Write speed 3394 MB/s and read speed 2996 MB/s. The Geekbench 6 OpenCL Score is: 31700
I don ´t care about speed tests. The M4 with 32 GB Ram should do it…
i love this color silver very iconic and less distractons...
Used to have the M1 blue iMac but only need a laptop so got a used studio display for it. Love my setup but the iMac is a great all-in-one item.
Compare it with the base model of mac mini
Love iMac always have. I have the M1 version and theres nothing really for me to upgrade for yet unless Apple Intelligence becomes a must have in the future but im in the UK and we dont have it yet so wait and see on that one.
Silver IS the best - the colours are cute but I dont really like the front pastel version of the rear colour - silver is the least offensive there.
I disagree on the base model though - I think the mid-tier is better value for money given the additional ports, the wired ethernet, and the touchID keyboard which makes life a lot easier - a decent $200 upgrade there for all those things.
This is only worth an upgrade if ur on an intel based iMac or on an M1 iMac. I’m hoping they should make the bezels thinner for the next generation. Nice video Brandon!
Great video. Wish Apple had a 32" or 35" model.
Imagine a 35" model.. that would be insane! Maybe one day 😅
@@BrandonButch The only way to simulate that would be to buy a Mac mini, 35" display, keyboard, trackpad, speakers, camera, and microphone. A lot of gear! And pricey.
I’m kinda stuck between this or the ultra portable Mac mini.
The Mac mini costs significantly less but it obviously comes without the monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
It looks nice, except I don’t have the space for it.
Can you use regular usb c cables on thunderbolt ports?
Yes
Yes. Thunderbolt is faster for devices that use that spec, std usb devices won’t go any faster.
@@oo0Spyder0oo this!
The silver color is really nice and shiny
So fun🙂 i want my own IMac one day too since it’s one of two Apple devices I haven’t gotten😄
The silver is really nice. 👏👏
Hi Brandon thanks for the video. Is the base model still has one fan compared to other higher tiers which have two fans?
Thanks for sharing. I like the iMac. Blessings on your day.
Nice!
That looks so awesome 👏 😊😁
I’m avoiding the nano glass as it softens text and image quality.
Anyone know why Apple doesn’t offer the iMac in Space Gray or Black? Seems like a no brainer.
Too bad Apple doesn't have an M4 Pro upgrade option for the iMac. Especially since there is no longer an iMac Pro or 27" iMac.
I hate the white bezel on the Apple silicon iMacs. I wish they would bring the black from the Intel iMacs back.
This! My only gripe with nowadays iMacs.
It wouldn’t match with the colours.
Apple uses black as a “Pro” classification differentiator. iMacs serve broad consumer uses cases.
@@kediloaf Regular iPhones have black bezels too, and so does the MacBook Air. The iMac is currently the only Apple product with white bezels and I really do not like them because of that.
@@davidjacobs6244 A silver iMac has been shipped with black bezels before, so at least make it available for that color option.
a major negative is omitted in the video. It's quite disappointing that there is no black bezels option. The white bezels are distracting and unpleasant. All other Apple devices have black bezels, from the biggest, most expensive screen to the smallest Apple Watch
@BrandonButch Great video! I currently have a 2020 Mac Book Pro (core i5/16GB RAM). Will I notice a big improvement for raw photo processing and video editing with Adobe Premiere?
its still 2 usb-c port on Base M4 IMac
HELP. I got one too; but it's not reading SD cards via the USB-C to SD card reader. I've tried literally everything I can find and still nothing. Anyone else having this issue?
They really need to put the Apple stickers in the box, a lot of Apple fans like getting them
it just doesn't feel right without them lol
Wait, there’s no ethernet port on the base model, WiFi only? Hopefully it’s WiFi 7.
It's meant to be used where people depend upon WiFi. Think of a classroom, where you don't want to have ethernet cables running to every station.
@ Interesting, every classroom that I’ve been in that has computers had ethernet running to each computer. It prevents with Wi-Fi network from becoming overloaded. Wired is always better. Seeing that the port is now in the power brick, would it really have cost Apple that much to add it on the base model as well? I wouldn’t think so.
The 16GB of ram makes me r😂ally want this iMac. I don’t really need one but I want it
Could I make a new iCloud ?
I want one! 😮😮😮❤
these are 3k in australia
Really nice, less than a year later my M3 is "obsolete", Nice, really nice.
Are you acoustic??
Wish apple would sell the iMac just by itself with no keyboard or mouse
They dont have original USB sockets :(
I'm going with orange.
Does anyone know how to connect the iMac to a MacBook??
Duct tape?
@@flexairz Hot glue.
WiFi. You can also connect the thunderbolt ports.
Wish i had that
But the hot pi nk is so much faaaaster.
I'm watching on my iMac 2012
SILVER : only color for me.
I would never buy the base because I would use more than two ports all the time. Also this iMac has the least or lowest amount of processor cores.
I want the computer in black
Never had a Mac tbh
One day for sure though
which one are you thinking about getting?
They’re absolutely remarkable at this point. You could probably get like a used M1 and it will hold you down for me. A decade
Suggestion for your "Subscribes" and "Likes" to increase: You should mention your "Please go ahead and subscribe and hit the like button" a litte earlier towards the end. I watched this video in full and at the end, when you mentioned "subcribe" and "like", I wanted to give it a "like", but the video ended just seconds later. Basically, your mention to do that is "great" as a reminder....but it's too close to the end. My You Tube then looped to another video when yours ended, so to give you a "like", I had to go back to your video in order to do that. I think you would get a lot more "subscribtions" and "likes" if you mention it at lease 30 seconds before the end of your video so that your viewers have "time" to do that. Another suggestion: Now that Macs are capable to pair with higher refresh rate monitors, which 27 inch 4K high refresh rate monitor works well with the Mac Mine, if we want to pass on the Apple Studio? (mainly due to the Apple Studion 60hz)
good point, thanks for the insight! I'll adjust when I say that.
And honestly, I've tried a few of the higher refresh rate monitors (LG, BenQ, and Gigabyte) and they've all been disappointing compared to the Studio Display. So I can't give any recommendations there. 60hz is perfectly fine when the quality of the display is as good as it is on the Studio Display imo
😂Brand is a good Brand😊
I love that this is the standard display I’m not a fan of the nano texture
It’s not a compelling upgrade to me. I still want a studio display iMac Pro
Getting this computer in silver should be a crime
Not making one with a black bezel and accessories option is the real crime.
I choose simple black & white/silver colors for my studio space, so any other color wouldn't match
@@BrandonButch Same! My room and desk has a monochrome aesthetic and I also got the M4 iMac in silver because it’s the only one that would match my aesthetic.
When you do picture editing, you want something with a neutral reflection. Apart from that macs are supposed to be silver…
nobody wants a lbqgt mac , silver ftw
16:39
No stickers no sale.
Those are real slow ssd speeds. Once again Apple cutting corners and charging a lot of money. That base model is no good for serious work. 16 gig of ram was ok a few years ago, the new minimum is 32 gigs of ram and 1 TB for ssd. Apple just loves to screw over its users. Make no mistake I'm one of those users. I'm just tired of being ripped off by Apple. Fire Tim Cook Now!!!!! As always good job Brandon.
u're just a hater, 16 Ram is ok , 512 SSD is more than enough
@ no I’m not a hater . I own several Apple products. I Have over 45 years of IT experience. Just look at what you can get in a Windows laptop for much less money. That’s why Apple will always be a niche market.
@@tvandever2010 I know , I have both systems. In 2024 Apple isn't a niche market , its worldwide and "in every US home " device company . 98% of Windows laptops are crap, unfortunately
bro at that point just get a nice monitor and pc that thing is ugly as hell!😭
nah you're crazy. iMac design >>>
It’s a beautiful design in my opinion.Don’t understand why people hate it.
You couldn’t even do a proper unboxing
what do you mean
only guys??
One day is one day🔥🥲
Could you please check - can we use M4 iMac as external monitor with MacBook (Airdrop)
I called Apple to ask about this today and was told that it is. Just had my iMac delivered and will try it tomorrow.
@@cuzimclever Many thanks. I would appreciate if you could confirm whether the screen can be closed. And do you see any issues? Thanks!