Looks matter but how the back or sides of my monitor look is pretty trivial to me. I admit that I do marvel at how thin my OLED TV is, at least the top half, but it's the amazing picture that really matters. I am glad that LG put the brains behind the screen instead of under it. No chin and it does have "decent" built-in speakers. My TV even has more USB ports than the new base model M1 iMac.
I refer to this, my 2006 core two duo iMac. I would put the computer in the base, remove the chin and have just the screen there.
everyone. "How can you have a computer with no floppy drive?" It was designed to gain attention for Apple, to generate some buzz when everyone in the tech world was counting down the days before they filed for corporate bankruptcy. Tim Cook started at Apple in 1998 when all this was happening. So when they started talking about refreshing the 12 year old iMac design I'm sure Cook signed on right away when someone came up with these "new" ideas. They want to breathe some new life into the old iMac. The only color choice has been silver since about the late 2000s. So I think they've succeeded but we'll see how good they sell. The more desirable $1500 model is still going to be a tough sell when you can keep your old monitor/keyboard/mouse and just buy the Mac mini. Windows PCs are still quite cheap in comparison. So I'll be looking for some hands on reviews in May to see what the YT pundits have to say about it.
I think it's much simpler to manufacture the chassis the way it is now in comparison to that old curved AL design. They do consider the speed at which they can build them at in the Chinese factories. I'd bet that the current design makes it a lot faster to assemble one of these new iMacs with that tiny logic board that sits in the chin. The PSU being external also makes the process a lot easier.
