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- It's been a couple of years
since Apple's colorful all in

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one desktops have graced our
living rooms and workspaces.

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Now, why? I love that there
are new miax out in the world.

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After spending some time

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with the new M three powered
refresh, I can't help

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but feel little bit of deja vu.

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Oh, deja vu.

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We did get our first look
at the M three powered iMac

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during apple's scary
fast event in October.

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At the time, it was kind of strange

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that Apple only spent a couple
of minutes towards the end

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of the presentation to talk
about its new all in ones.

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However, after spending
some time with the new iMac,

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I can sort of see why if you're
upgrading from the previous

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generation iMac that was on an M one chip,

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you'll notice about a
50% performance gain.

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However, you should remember

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that Apple skipped the entire
M two generation for the iMac,

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so it being a lot more
powerful than it was two years

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ago isn't really a big deal.

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It's also let down that there
are no models of the iMac

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that feature an M three PRO

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or M three max chip,
like Omni MacBook Pro.

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If you're hoping for something

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to handle some heavy workloads

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or serious gaming, this isn't it.

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That said, I actually
really enjoyed using the

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iMac as my work computer.

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The 4.5 retina display
is absolutely lovely,

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and I generally like the way the purple

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all in one looks on my desk.

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I can easily see someone
using this for school work

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or the family computer that's,

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you know, stashed away in the den.

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Apple has made a pretty big
deal about gaming on the M three

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chip, and while you can play
games on an iMac, which is kind

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of cool, it's not the
graphical powerhouse.

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You're being led to believe
games like Boulder's Gate Three

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and Lies of P Run decent enough
on roughly medium settings.

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With no issues though, you'll
have to tool around with some

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of the more advanced graphical settings

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to really maximize your performance.

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If you're looking to play more
graphically intensive games

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on higher ultra settings,

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you'll notice some pretty
significant frame rate

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dips at the end of the day.

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As good as the M three chip is,

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you won't be hitting the same
frame rate numbers you would

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using a PC that's on AMD
or NVIDIA's latest GPU.

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Again, it's cool that
you can game on an iMac.

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You just have to temper your expectations.

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Now, if you do plan on
using this for gaming,

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consider getting the iMac
with the higher memory

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and storage options.

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Since the one I've been
using is the 1699 model

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with eight gigabytes of memory

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and five 12 gigabytes of storage.

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Gaming on Mac has never
really been a thing,

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but I love that Apple's trying
for the M three generation.

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The new M three iMac feels
like a half step update.

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Then it does a full on refresh.

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But if you're looking
for a gorgeous all-in-one

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for day-to-Day work or some light gaming,

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the new iMac isn't bad.

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However, if you need something
that's a little bit more

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of a workhorse for editing
or creative work, I'd wait

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and keep my fingers crossed
that Apple releases an iMac

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with an N three Pro or Max Chip.

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Hopefully we don't have
to wait two years for one.