Why I picked the M4 iMac over the Mac mini — Transcript

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1. 0:00if there's any computer that Embraces
2. 0:01the spirit of the Apple silicon era it's
3. 0:04the computer that Apple staked its
4. 0:05entire reputation on back in the Steve
5. 0:07Jobs era and led to the revitalization
6. 0:10of apple as a Titan in the computer
7. 0:12industry the iMac but in a world where
8. 0:15you can pick up an equally excellent Mac
9. 0:17mini portable options like the MacBook
10. 0:19Air and more powerful desktop options
11. 0:22the iMac doesn't make as much sense as
12. 0:24it used to so why do I still own one and
13. 0:28why do I still use one that's a question
14. 0:30I've been asking myself why do I
15. 0:31continue to use an all-in-one computer
16. 0:34when there's no technical advantages to
17. 0:36it and no logical ones either what is it
18. 0:39about the iMac that makes me want to use
19. 0:41it over my other Macs and why does the
20. 0:44experience feel different and why is it
21. 0:46on my desk well I think a lot of that
22. 0:49does have to do with the design it is
23. 0:51impossibly thin comes in a bunch of
24. 0:53great colors and this year the colors
25. 0:55are slightly refreshed for brand new
26. 0:57color tones that I think look great this
27. 0:59green iMac in particular spoke out to me
28. 1:02the moment I saw it and it's one of my
29. 1:04favorite colors ever on a Mac and every
30. 1:07detail looks meticulously designed down
31. 1:10to the color match braided cable the
32. 1:13color matching keyboard the color
33. 1:15matching mouse or if you're like me a
34. 1:17trackpad oh and these are USBC this year
35. 1:20too it's such a well-built and
36. 1:23well-design product as an Apple fan you
37. 1:25clearly appreciate wellb built products
38. 1:27and you probably wish all of your
39. 1:28products paid that much attention to
40. 1:30detail even let's say uh your toothbrush
41. 1:33well this is what many consider to be
42. 1:35the apple of toothbrushes and let me
43. 1:37tell you the life and wave toothbrush is
44. 1:39the first time I have ever been excited
45. 1:41to unbox a toothbrush I mean look at the
46. 1:43packaging and the unboxing experience
47. 1:45it's like opening a new iPhone even the
48. 1:48toothbrush itself is made from premium
49. 1:49metals like aluminum or stainless steel
50. 1:52I mean just look at that this is the
51. 1:53most premium feeling toothbrush I have
52. 1:55ever held and for how good it looks it
53. 1:57brushes your teeth even better with the
54. 1:59world's first electric toothbrush that
55. 2:01can simultaneously vibrate and oscillate
56. 2:03at the same time this movement closely
57. 2:06mimics the dentist recommended bass
58. 2:08brushing technique providing a Superior
59. 2:10Cleaning experience it even has an app
60. 2:12so I can customize the intensity of my
61. 2:14brush adjust the exact brushing time
62. 2:16apply a 30-second Zone reminder to make
63. 2:18sure I brush every section of my teeth
64. 2:20and I can long press the power button to
65. 2:22put it into travel mode so it doesn't
66. 2:24accidentally turn on it also has the
67. 2:26longest battery life I have ever used in
68. 2:28an electric toothbrush I was able to use
69. 2:30this for a whole month without having to
70. 2:31charge it and when you do have to charge
71. 2:33it charges super easily with a magnetic
72. 2:35connection and yes don't worry it's ipx7
73. 2:38waterproof so it's safe for a rinse the
74. 2:40life and wave has solved so many
75. 2:41problems that I had with my other
76. 2:43electric toothbrush that I literally
77. 2:44threw it out after using it and best of
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84. 2:59want want to stay on the design of the
85. 3:01iMac for just a second longer because
86. 3:03this is a huge reason why I pick this
87. 3:06over something like a Mac Mini I
88. 3:08strongly believe the design of a product
89. 3:10is important it's the difference between
90. 3:12just using a product because that's what
91. 3:14you have lying around and the difference
92. 3:16between actually enjoying using it or
93. 3:18being inspired by using that same
94. 3:21product one of the main reasons why I
95. 3:23still use an iMac even though I could
96. 3:25literally use any other Mac as my home
97. 3:27computer is because I enjoy walking into
98. 3:30my room and seeing this thing placed
99. 3:32prominently on my desk because above all
100. 3:35it is Sleek and because I pick the color
101. 3:37more personal when I see it I want to
102. 3:40touch it I want to grab the display
103. 3:42adjust it I want to grab the keyboard
104. 3:44start writing on it I want to scroll on
105. 3:46the trackpad I just want to start
106. 3:48writing or creating or just do something
107. 3:50with this beautiful piece of Hardware I
108. 3:52don't think I'm weird for saying that
109. 3:54I'm sure you have had similar
110. 3:55experiences to this exact feeling that
111. 3:58I'm having maybe with a different though
112. 4:00some of you might have an attachment to
113. 4:02a computer or a game console or a car an
114. 4:05oven maybe even a well-built coffee
115. 4:07maker I mean I get jazzed about that too
116. 4:09and while I could technically get the
117. 4:10same experience out of a Mac Mini
118. 4:12connected to any monitor for some reason
119. 4:14seeing that setup doesn't spark the same
120. 4:17amount of joy that I have seeing an iMac
121. 4:20now before this setup I did use just my
122. 4:23MacBook Pro as my only computer and I
123. 4:25kept an external display at home because
124. 4:27I have a separate Studio that and every
125. 4:30day I would also unplug the MacBook Pro
126. 4:32from my home display put it in my book
127. 4:35bag drive over to my studio and then
128. 4:37plug it into my studio display there and
129. 4:39at the end of the day I would unplug it
130. 4:41from that studio display put it in my
131. 4:43book bag come back home and then if I
132. 4:46want to go do something at my desk at
133. 4:48home sometimes there would just be this
134. 4:50slight Interruption of oh well I guess I
135. 4:52go got to grab my MacBook Pro from my
136. 4:54book bag and plug it in I know first
137. 4:56world problems right but sometimes I
138. 4:59just wouldn't do that I would be lazy I
139. 5:01would go you know what I can respond to
140. 5:03that email later I can write that script
141. 5:05another time or I'll remember to do that
142. 5:07tomorrow there was just this slight
143. 5:10barrier of not having a computer
144. 5:12constantly set up and constantly
145. 5:14connected the iMac doesn't have that
146. 5:16sort of mental barrier it's plugged in
147. 5:18it's always on the screen ready to light
148. 5:20up at the instant tap of the trackpad or
149. 5:23the keyboard and that immediacy and that
150. 5:25presence is something that I appreciate
151. 5:28and for the way my brain works I don't
152. 5:30know what it is sometimes I just need
153. 5:32that low barrier to entry the setup also
154. 5:35always looks clean even for someone has
155. 5:37cluttered and messy as I am I struggle
156. 5:40so hard to make a desk setup that looks
157. 5:42nice and organized and while I'm not
158. 5:44saying that this setup is organizer
159. 5:46clean in any way I also think it's kind
160. 5:48of hard to make a setup for the iMac
161. 5:50that looks bad because you only need a
162. 5:53single cable to connect the computer and
163. 5:56the display and the speakers and the
164. 5:58camera that is the the benefit of an
165. 6:00all-in-one design that even though yes
166. 6:02there are accessories that you could
167. 6:04connect to this it doesn't really
168. 6:06require them and that's kind of funny
169. 6:07cuz Apple added even more Thunderbolt
170. 6:09ports on this Mac there's now four in
171. 6:11total Thunderbolt ports they're all very
172. 6:13fast on this new model but at the end of
173. 6:15the day I'll sometimes just connect the
174. 6:17charging cable to it and that's probably
175. 6:19about it and then other parts about this
176. 6:20computer are just so kind of complete
177. 6:23the speakers sound really good even
178. 6:25though they are coming out of a really
179. 6:26thin body the webcam this year got a
180. 6:28nice upgrade with the addition of the
181. 6:30center stage webcam which can now track
182. 6:33your movements just like they can on the
183. 6:34uh expensive Studio display however the
184. 6:37IMAX version has a more detailed picture
185. 6:39with less noise and it's a good enough
186. 6:41webcam for me to use over just a
187. 6:43dedicated webcam and I wouldn't want to
188. 6:45connect a dedicated webcam to this nice
189. 6:47all-in-one design and I'm even more
190. 6:49impressed by the display this year and
191. 6:51yes for the most part it's the same 4.5k
192. 6:54super Sharp LCD Retina Display as the
193. 6:56previous years but this time I went for
194. 6:58the new option nanotexture coating that
195. 7:01gives the screen a more matte-like
196. 7:02appearance and you kind of see the
197. 7:04slight texture and Grain on the display
198. 7:06but what that cating does is basically
199. 7:09eliminate almost all forms of glare on
200. 7:13the display itself so if you use it
201. 7:15right near a window like I do you can
202. 7:18still see the screen with complete
203. 7:19visibility even when the sun is shining
204. 7:22brightly through the window and to me it
205. 7:24almost has this secondary effect that
206. 7:25makes black levels appear deeper even
207. 7:28though technically that's not true at
208. 7:29all in fact the colors and black levels
209. 7:32should pop a bit more on the regular
210. 7:33glossy display option but I am so used
211. 7:36to seeing a slight reflection of myself
212. 7:38in the screen whenever I'm viewing a
213. 7:40dark background or watching a video
214. 7:42because the way that the Sun hits the uh
215. 7:44room or maybe even at night when I have
216. 7:46my lamps on but now with this iMac I can
217. 7:49no longer see those distracting
218. 7:50Reflections it just makes the screen
219. 7:52appear more Vivid and clear even though
220. 7:55it technically isn't and yes it's still
221. 7:57a 24in display and while I do wish we
222. 8:00had the option for a 27in iMac I also
223. 8:03never feel at loss for space on this
224. 8:06display I can fit enough windows for my
225. 8:09own home use and for my creative
226. 8:11workflows as well then there's one thing
227. 8:13that specifically made me go out and
228. 8:15upgrade to this iMac this year and use
229. 8:17it again as my home computer when I have
230. 8:20given up on trying this before with my
231. 8:22M1 machine and that's just the
232. 8:24configurations you can get on this
233. 8:25machine the M4 chip alone is a really
234. 8:29nice upgrade and yes while there's more
235. 8:31powerful Maxs out there this is one of
236. 8:33the first years where the Bas level
237. 8:35chips feels like it has enough
238. 8:37performance in all the key areas for me
239. 8:40not to notice or care about it being
240. 8:43weaker for the more intensive tasks that
241. 8:46I would do on my other machines now
242. 8:48being mostly a home computer I'm just
243. 8:50using this for basic tasks like web
244. 8:51browsing watching videos word processing
245. 8:53listening to music but because it does
246. 8:56have enough power there are times where
247. 8:57I will load up my photo editing program
248. 8:59or maybe even edit a video on here and
249. 9:02while I technically have Macs that are
250. 9:03more powerful than this sometimes I just
251. 9:06don't require all that extra horsepower
252. 9:09in the moment and for those times when I
253. 9:12do bring work home and you know even if
254. 9:14I do want a bigger external display well
255. 9:16I can just AirPlay my more powerful
256. 9:18MacBook Pro directly to this iMac
257. 9:21display and Bam just like that I have
258. 9:23all the power I need without sacrificing
259. 9:25things I like about this iMac setup
260. 9:28another reason why I integr the iMac
261. 9:30into my home setup this year compared to
262. 9:32the previous years is because I didn't
263. 9:34have to spend as much money in this
264. 9:36machine as I would have even just a year
265. 9:39ago that's because the 16 GB of Base
266. 9:41memory is perfectly fine for how I use
267. 9:43this computer sure I could have upgraded
268. 9:45this to 32 GB of memory for a more
269. 9:47enhanced workstation feel but honestly I
270. 9:50haven't felt the need to have anywhere
271. 9:52close to that amount of memory for what
272. 9:54I'm using this iMac 4 the one thing I
273. 9:56still springed for was a storage upgrade
274. 9:59but hey you win some you lose some right
275. 10:01overall the price and value proposition
276. 10:05of the base model on this iMac and
277. 10:06frankly all Apple's Macs this year are a
278. 10:09lot better but that does kind of get me
279. 10:10back to my point I mean at $1,300 for
280. 10:13the base model with just two ports only
281. 10:16256 GB of storage even with that 16 GB
282. 10:20of memory upgrade I think anyone
283. 10:22watching this video can realize that the
284. 10:23iMac isn't necessarily the killer value
285. 10:26it used to be during the Intel days in
286. 10:28fact in the pre-app Silicon era there
287. 10:31was a time where the iMac was Apple's
288. 10:34main consumer and prevel desktop
289. 10:37offering now things have clearly changed
290. 10:40the iMac is aimed solely at really just
291. 10:42the consumer level audience for
292. 10:44professionals apple has a much wider
293. 10:46range of dedicated desktop offerings
294. 10:49from the incredibly cheap Mac Mini to
295. 10:51the Mac Studio all the way up to a Big
296. 10:54Mac Pro so why would anyone spend $700
297. 10:58more for an iMac when they can just get
298. 11:00a Mac Mini and hook up whatever display
299. 11:02they want whatever speaker they want
300. 11:04whatever webcam they want and for most
301. 11:06people as home computers have become
302. 11:08less relevant and desktop computers are
303. 11:10mostly marketed at professionals or
304. 11:13Gamers the iMac doesn't seem to make
305. 11:17much sense for those types of users and
306. 11:20maybe most types of users but I still
307. 11:24count myself as one of those users that
308. 11:27do use an iMac and while I can't speak
309. 11:29for everyone all I can say is that the
310. 11:32iMac still represents the best
311. 11:35all-in-one desktop solution with the
312. 11:37simplest setup and ease of mind and yes
313. 11:40most Macs work the same they're all
314. 11:41running the same operating system but
315. 11:44there's just something about waking up
316. 11:46early or sitting here late at night
317. 11:48using this iMac that just gives me a
318. 11:50sense of joy that no other computer can
319. 11:54it also just works and I will always
320. 11:56love it for that reason alone and that
321. 11:58might be a bit of Nostalgia the iMac was
322. 12:00the first Mac that I ever used it was
323. 12:03really the first computer I ever used
324. 12:05and it inspired me all the way back then
325. 12:08even in my childhood and it still
326. 12:10inspires me today and that's really the
327. 12:13main reason I still use an iMac might be
328. 12:15a little personal might not be the best
329. 12:18computer for most people but it's why I
330. 12:20still use one and I still love the M4
331. 12:23iMac now I know this video maybe some of
332. 12:25you liked it but some of you probably
333. 12:26were like hey this video could have also
334. 12:28been called uh Rich YouTuber uh owns
335. 12:31multiple Macs and likes to use them and
336. 12:34you know he has a separate MacBook Pro
337. 12:36and an iMac we hate this guy and I fully
338. 12:39get that so if you hate this guy and
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