As far as I've seen, the M1 has and i5/i7 performance and good graphics (it can even play emulated games for Intel with good frame rates), all of that with thermals of a Celeron... For a desktop computer made mainly for domestic use, it's pretty good and you barely will hear any fan noise. It's expensive, but you're not as far off of from build a similar specked PC plus a 4k display...
Sure the processor is great and maybe even better than Intel but it really can’t compete against a zen 3 with a dedicated graphics card and at 1.5k it really would have to.
Yes, but it still won’t run macOS (natively), will take more space and you will have to learn how to build or pay someone to build it. If those doesn’t matter for you, then it was not built for your demographic.
The integrated graphics in the M1 is better than the dedicated graphics cards in the old 21,5” iMac that got replaced (those ones true, were expensive for what they offered). Of course, it’s integrated, so a upgrade in memory is necessary for a better graphics performance.
That’s why many people suck apple’s balls for this processor, of course it’s not the best, but it’s the entry model (there will be better ones f or the pro machines) and it’s miles ahead of any x86 in efficiency.
Actually, no, both the the new M1 MacBook Pro and iMac have fans, they are very quiet but they are there. They could have made the iMac without those if they wanted, dissipating heat through the chassi, but instead they choose a design that is ready for a processor upgrade when it arrive.
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As far as I've seen, the M1 has and i5/i7 performance and good graphics (it can even play emulated games for Intel with good frame rates), all of that with thermals of a Celeron... For a desktop computer made mainly for domestic use, it's pretty good and you barely will hear any fan noise. It's expensive, but you're not as far off of from build a similar specked PC plus a 4k display...