Bit that's the whole point. Such a machine wouldn't be for demanding, in-the-know users (they could still have the current lineup to choose from).
Not sure if it will happen (a new, third model/display size), but if that's what it takes for them to get their iconic AIO down to the reach of more newcomers or switchers, that's great.
Chances are, those people aren't "pushing around data" on external drives or all being all that discriminating on display panel specs.
I mentioned upthread that stuff like this can't always be viewed through the "savvy longtime user/spec-obsessed geek" prism. Fact is, most people simply don't know, or care, about such things.
If the choice is between a) Apple offering a more affordable version of their flagship desktop (even if it means still-respectable "yesterday's specs" or the exclusion of features those users will never miss), or b) iMacs always costing $1,200 or more and the Mac mini being the sole sub-$1,000 desktop option...I much prefer the former.
And so should Apple, consumers, stockholders and tech/Mac pundits.
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