Most PC All-in-Ones run from budget 1,920x1,080 FHD panels, which can be decent, to 4K panels. The Surface Studio 2 also features pen and touch support, which Apple refuses to add to its Mac line for unknown reasons. The ringer is once again Microsoft’s exorbitantly priced Surface Studio 2 and its 28-inch “PixelSense” screen with a resolution of 4,500x3,000. One area Apple rarely skimps on is screen, so you can bet only the very best Windows All-in-Ones will come close here. The new 24-inch iMac features a 4.5K “Retina” (4,480x2,520) resolution screen that’s a very bright 500 nits. We’ll have to wait for Apple to show the cards on how many upgrades it offers on its new iMac, but don’t expect much value. Microsoft’s top-tier (but long in the tooth) Surface Studio 2 Remove non-product link starts at $3,500 with a 1TB SSD, 16GB of RAM, and 7th-gen (yes, 7th-gen) Core i7-7820HQ and GeForce GTX 1060 graphics. Not that the world of PC All-in-Ones is all bargains. Still, one look at Dell’s InspiRemove non-product link with 27-inch screen, 11th-gen Core i7 1165G7, 32GB of RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, and 1TB HDD for $1,440 tells you there is no value in anything with an Apple logo on it. Our advice to you is not to buy a PC with only a hard drive. Hold out for the SSD. Many $500 All-in-One PCs still come with poky hard drives in them. That’s a cold move, because USB-A ports and ethernet are pretty much a standard feature on every single desktop made.įor $1,700, you get a slightly faster M1, but the same paltry 8GB of RAM, and a barely adequate 512GB SSD.Ĭomparable Windows-based All-in-One computers offer far more value, but we have to admit that the lower end of the Windows world can get pretty ugly. Perhaps in a move only Apple can pull, the base iMac doesn’t even appear to come with Gigabit ethernet or USB-A ports. The base iMac nets you a slightly slower M1 chip, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD for $1,300.
As expected, however, it’s premium Apple pricing. It’s a little hard to get a bead on just how much the new iMac 24-inch costs, as it won’t be available to order for a few more days and won’t ship until May.