[jcadam]

Yea, you know, if I'm doing work that requires 18+ cores of CPU and gobs of RAM, I'm going to pack that beast into a rack (bet I could build a sweet epyc based system with more capability for less than $10k) and connect to it from a laptop/small desktop.

Besides, that thing is going to get hot, and Apple doesn't exactly have the best track record when it comes to thermal design (see: apple ///)

[scarface74]

Really the Apple /// a computer that came out in 1980? Is that what you are going to base your doubts on the thermal design of the iMac?

[jcadam]

It was the start of Apple's long tradition of form over function.

[scarface74]

How has Apple survived over 40 years if it were just about form over function while most of its contemporaries over the years have disappeared?

[cmrdporcupine]

Arguably it's not the same Apple. I don't see a lot of continuity in approach between the company that brought us the Apple IIe and the company that makes the iPhone.

[scarface74]

Both the company that brought the Apple //e and the company that brought the world the iPhone had Steve Jobs in charge and very much went for vertical integration.

[mgkimsal]

could have looked at the more recent thermal paste gpu issues with mbp 2011 (which i was hit by) or the similar imac problems in 2012(?)