A new filing shows that Apple started working on effective speakers for the small space within the new 24-inch iMac from late 2019.
If you’ve been around Macs long enough, then it’s a given. The Mac mini has terrible speakers and the iMac has excellent ones.
The Mac mini’s aren’t so bad that you can’t use them, mind. And the iMac’s speakers are no match for a HomePod stereo pair.
But generally, this is the consensus of opinion about Mac speakers and the perception hasn’t changed with the design of the new 24-inch iMac. Even though that chassis is now so slim that the headphone jack had to be moved to the side because that’s the only place where there’s room.
You don’t redesign something so much without effort. You definitely don’t get to redesign it and keep good speakers without a lot of people.
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