iMac M3 (2023) - Review after 2 WEEKS of use, is it worth it?

Very good, friends. Welcome to La Manzana Mordida and a video which we promised you two weeks ago, because We actually had the iMac M3. David took it for a few days to try it out. and here it is again, what was promised is a debt, to tell us his conclusions with him. Yes, let's also drink, well, let's play different aspects of the iMac. We believe that we have structured the opinions and the review that I have been taking, especially thinking of someone who, like you, he is watching this video,

because he has a compact computer, because he has an old iMac, one of the old ones from 15 years ago, because he has an iMac M1... So, Let's play and see if they all seem to you the aspects and all the points that I have turned out better, They have been worse for me or they have simply left cold, like you. For example, if you think, I want to ask you, As we usually do in the reviews here, in order, by certain parts of the system, like in this case the screen. What did you think of the screen of

this iMac? Especially you, who came from a fairly old, as people could see in the unboxing. Yes, it seemed to me... Let's see, the aesthetics of the screen, that is, the which is the compact structure, I thought it was beautiful. Well, there is no news regarding the M1. Yes, there is something new regarding the computer What did you see when we did my unboxing, what I had the iMac... Naranjito, because the screen was practically orange. What caught my attention the most is the resolution. The L

ED backlighting that this iMac seems brutal to me. It has a quality, but that is nothing new. I already had it on the previous iMac. There has been something, Fer, that has called me a lot of attention. I, as you know, I normally work with the iMac in the room by Sergio. And there are enormous light changes there, because we have the button... Oops, the button. We have the window completely in front of us. Then, there is a lot of light, suddenly It is cloudy and there is little light. So, it see

ms very strange to me how well is able to capture the screen, the changes of light and how well it adapts. By the way, if you hear any noise, anything, It's just that we have a friend there who calls Golfo, who is messing up. A dog friend who is running there. A dog friend, and the same at best hit the focus, boom, and it falls. Well, The light management has caught my attention a lot. Screen theme, we can say that it approves with outstanding. He has an outstanding. You have missed a little mor

e size, You see the 24 inches well. It's a good size. What I would have done is... But of course, this is not even the previous iMac nor the one I had. I would have tried to take advantage of the screen more. The whole band below still seems borderline to me. And then, At a design level, what do you think of this new design with the back part a little more contrasted? With these very finite frames that in the end They make it so you can place it anywhere. Well, not anywhere. There has been one t

hing that I realized the other day when we were recording the VIP podcast. By the way, we have a VIP community that Below we are going to leave the link. There was one thing that caught my attention. The size is perfect. Maybe if it was a little bigger... Man, as long as you have a bigger screen It can always catch your attention. And it can be better. But there is one thing that you all have to have you in mind. the jack, with which you will play the headphones, you have it on the left side. Co

mpletely on the left side. And what happens? What if you put that iMac very tightly in a space? very closed, the part here on the left, like the jack It has a little spout that comes out, After all, this side penalizes a little. You have to leave it about four fingers to that you have freedom of movement. USB-C Topics. Which I guess is where you want too Let's go a little. Connections theme. We have two connections. You already know that this is the most basic model. Then there is a model... The

re are two models above, right? Yes, this is the... Let's say that the one that can be worth it if What you are looking for are many connections is the model intermediate. Which at the end of the day has the same capacity storage, 256, but it has two cores Unlocked more GPU. That is. In this case it would also have two ports USB-C plus. Necessary. From my point of view, I think with two ports... There will be people who tell me, damn, but I want to have four. Well, yes or yes you are going to ha

ve to use an adapter, OK? Of these... So that they give you more port extension. A hub. With two I have had more than enough. I have been able to connect microphones, I have been able to connect USB... That is, realize that every USB-C we have behind it is going to become a hub no matter what, right? There are few things that you connect directly because we still have a tendency to have devices which do not yet have USB-C. So, In the end you always end up with the old USB, right? I have not noti

ced a lack. What I have noticed is lacking, Fernando, and it is something that I have also done a lot mention and I hope I don't skip because I have many points to discuss, is the fact that this new iMac does not have the cable connectivity, the RJ45, okay? The basic model does not have it. You simply have to trust the Wi-Fi. There is no way to connect it except let it be through the hub, okay? The hub, Yes, normally almost all the hubs that They go for new USB-C, they take your network connecto

r. So, this does allow you greater versatility. But it seems to me a mistake that Apple only to the two top models, the medium and to the upper one, he put it in the connector of the base, which you will later be seeing in some resource where it is usually placed, That cable is not there, right? Now, I think that here what leads me to to think is that, As I told you, this basic model Apple has released a little really to have a price starting to who is really interested low in this, but it reall

y pushes people to buy the intermediate to have a price output that maybe is the one that really he was interested. But this is like when you negotiate with a company, That always, if you know that he is going to haggle you, you tell him a price that is more expensive than what he really You are interested in hiring that service. What's the point, right? Well, I think that Apple has done this a little here. It has limited him from things that for many people, even though maybe you don't want it

very professional uses, etc., They are essential. Connectivity issue, okay, I can buy from you that maybe you will also need a hub because if you want to put, for example, a card reader. It is not essential. But the issue of Ethernet, in certain rooms that you are far from the router, oysters, yes may be a problem. For me it is vital. In fact, I have also seen myself very reflected. I have a cable in Sergio's room, but on Wi-Fi, although I have repeaters, They don't arrive there with quality. So

, I have to be inserting the cable, inserting the hub, I can no longer have that clean design What does this Mac have, right? In the end, they are hanging things behind there. Okay, another use that you've been doing for these days, webcam and microphone issue. Because, for example, one of the things that most you also use with us is the topic of video calls to record podcasts. Yeah. How are you? Well, we did a test. Well, let's start with the webcam because aside to record the VIPs podcasts, we

've done, I do a lot of FaceTime, about everything with my mother, with Mónica, with Sergio and others. And I've noticed the webcam to be a camera normal and ordinary, 1080, in addition, Apple goes to glory saying it is the best camera that we have never put on an iMac. He screwed us. Well, You've never had good cameras, right? Which is the same as the previous one, the same as the M1, right? But it is true that the sharpness is very good, it looks very, very good. It could perfectly pass for a

4K camera because it looks very good. In fact, you said it the other day on the podcast. Yes, yes, you looked pretty clear. Note that I always record with a camera 4K that you left me. Yeah. And you never told me that, Wow, you look good, don't you? So, well, the camera looks very good for the basics is according? Then, the microphone thing. Well, the microphone thing, When I say bullshit, I mean opinion. over the microphone. It doesn't sound as good as it should. That is, the people who, or the

audio recordings, or the people who are interacting with you, The feeling I have is that they don't have one very good quality. I mean, the microphone is not really good. Do you want us to do a test? Look, open QuickTime. Come on, let's go there. I record this part with the iPhone, don't worry. Okay, I'm going to open up here where QuickTime is, I haven't brought my glasses, as I say, it's here. OK. Or voice recording directly. Let's go faster. No, look, hit QuickTime, file. Archive. Video reco

rding. Come on. OK. And here, go next to the... Right there, OK? Choose FaceTime camera, perfect. And iMac microphone. Okay, hit record. Come on. Let's make a... Well, from here, right? Archive... No, no, no, there you go, put the mouse over... Here, okay. In fact, is already recording. Okay, it's already recording, okay. Well, We automatically go to the iMac recording. Okay, David, start talking. Well, nothing, I'm talking, because this is a test so you can see that the quality really of the mi

crophone is not good. The same now takes and records that you move, but I already told you that my feeling with people What I have been talking about most is that the quality The audio is not very good. Well, here people can compare how listen to us now with the iMac recording regarding our microphone, which is a microphone connected to a professional recorder. So, let people compare... I think that, let's see, for video calls... Enough. More than good, right? But you don't have it for something

professional that you can record in an audition, to put it in in a video or something else, right? You also have to be honest and it may be that also the fact that the connection, when I am using it via Wi-Fi, It may be that at a given moment, hey, there is had some kind of impact, that the connection It was very good, right? We can stop there. Come on, let's stop it. We stop this. That's it. And we leave it here. Gonzalo, say hello. Hello, Gonzalo. We are seeing that the poor guy is fighting w

ith the dog. Hello, golfers. There we are, there we are. Come on, let's continue then. Let's see, David, more things. One of the things you told me before start recording is that you have missed on the keyboard, for example, the fingerprint reader, That is in the version, let's say, iMac intermediate, and a trackpad. Well, I've missed three things. Let's see. In number, the fingerprint reader, For me it is essential in an iMac already this quality and this price, above all, I should take it, oka

y? I have missed the side numeric keypad. There will be people who will say, damn, what nonsense, It just makes your keyboard bigger. Well, the fact of having a keyboard little larger is much more ergonomic and much more comfortable. And the fact of writing the numbers Above, it particularly annoys me. And then, another point that I have also missed that then in the conclusions We will see why I say some things and say others, It's the trackpad. For me it is vital. OK. I mean, the Magic Mouse, o

r the Magic Mouse, the Magic Keyboard, sorry, on the iPad It is the summary of the keyboard that I want. OK. I don't have it here. Already. OK? That's a pretty important point. Well, if I'm not mistaken, I think that when buying the iMac you can Choose whether they include Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad. You, in this case, would have chosen the trackpad. Yeah. Definitely. Also, without any doubt. The fact of the footprint is very comfortable. I'm starting to unlock it. Greetings, Fabi, because I

know that you are too a flawed unlocking with the watch, although the few times he has tested us It has never worked for him. No no no. But it works really, really well for me. OK. And I want to ask you, well, one of the questions to which many people, after all, well right now he will come and say, I would like to do it to David. How about this new M3 chip? First, warm-up topic. Have you noticed that this iMac starts to turn on the fans when you start to suck it a little? It is a wonder. I mean

, there will be many people who will say, yes, but This one you have is 8 gigabytes. Yes, it is the most basic, too. The management that the chip does. And with the more capable GPU, let's say. It is the most basic. I've rendered videos, I've been messing around, because I've been messing around with the iPad and so on. Zero noise. I haven't heard the fans yet. In other words, the day we did that test that We started to open everything at once, but in the day by day nothing is noticed, RAM is ma

naged very well. It is never at 8, it is always 6, 7. Yes, on average it is high, but not It's nothing that can't... And the Free... Well, this doesn't get hot at all. In fact, Where I have it placed is next to the Play 5 by Sergio, That really is an oven, because it gives off tremendous heat. And yet, you can be touching the iMac, are you working and absolutely nothing is noticeable. Okay, you haven't used it to play, you said. I mean, we could come to the conclusion that After all, this iMac c

ould be a computer perfect for people... Well, a family computer, so that kids, do your homework, study, For example, you can reply to email, check networks, surfing the Internet. No, and you can make your videos perfectly do with Final Cut work. Because you said, in fact, Now that you mention Final Cut, that you've tried it, but you are more accustomed to the flow of editing on the iPad and you haven't gotten used to it in Final Cut for Mac. Let's see, so that people have clear the context, oka

y? So that not... I am not a heavy Final Cut user, that is, I make videos every week, I create videos for a channel, for a web page, but the videos are not more than two minutes, two and a half. OK. It is not intensive use, it is not a video like This one you may be seeing, right? It has to be laid out as God commands, with its lots of layers, a lot. So the workflow I get With the iPad, I am able to sit on it sofa calmly with my iPad, my trackpad, which is vital, that is, For me it is vital. Fin

al Cut and trackpad It is vital. So right now, well I tried it the first day, in fact, like you may be seeing the resources, I had a open project and so on, I've tried to mess around with it, But not me... No. But you haven't done it. No no no. Okay, then, to conclude. Come on. Let's see, tell us, who would you recommend? this iMac under your experience? Well. And of the three models, after you have tried the most basic, Which one would you recommend? It depends a lot on where you come from. I'm

going to make three distinctions, okay? If you are coming from an iMac with an M1, my personal recommendation is that it does not make you change is missing. I agree. If you have exactly the same, I don't even think you'll notice an improvement, Maybe you can notice some improvement, It is better to render a video, as it will take a few seconds less, okay? If you come from an M1, don't consider changing. OK. OK? Spot. That's my decision on this device. We agree. iMac from 10-15 years ago, you b

ought it, You have it from 10-15 years ago, okay? And you want to renew it, why? Because it's thicker, it weighs a lot, That's another one of the... It takes up more of your ass, nothing. Well, not only because of the design, but because the change in your workflow that you are going to experience it is brutal. OK. And I say brutal because it is much faster, It is much more efficient, consumes much less screen pure magic. So if you're coming from an older iMac, yes, The change is more than recom

mended. I add one more situation. And if it's an iMac, maybe it's not so old, but it is one of these that I still had chip with Intel, like for example the one I had. Well, it depends on how the state is. I'm going to say my advice as if it were doing to me brother, well, to my brother Fer, It depends on how you have the screen. Clear. The thing is that in my case, for example, I was already burned. Do you remember? The screen was very burnt, but no, I mean, I would take the leap to make a chang

e. Wow, what a scare. He hit me hard here. I would make the change if your screen It is already very degraded, it has a yellowish tone Like Fernando's, it is already burned. So yes, but not for performance because the old iMacs from that era that you had They were still powerful. It was still powerful. In my case, for example, I did notice that, for example, when rendering videos, etc., 4K videos, like those on the apple, the fan was already starting to get very hot. In video calls it also start

ed to ring the fan a lot. That is, if you already notice that that iMac is already starting activate the fans very quickly and easily and you start touching it and it gets very hot, I was probably considering this iMac M3. But above all, above all, Fernando changed it for the screen. Yes, he had a burnt screen. And they stayed, you could see the letters, right? Where to use it, where not to use it. When I left the window fixed in one place, Maybe I moved it and the shadow stayed from the screen.

I think that was your biggest push to jump, right? Because the computer was not working well. Yes, and because I bought the MacBook Pro. He gave it to your father, who was delighted. Yes, my father has it. Greetings, Fernando's dad. There it is, greetings. The truth is that what I have now is the MacBook Pro. Well, I didn't renew the iMac for another iMac. I simply, since I bought the MacBook Pro, I connect it to a monitor and that's it. And it's my particle computer. I'm missing one case, I sa

id three. Come on tell me. iMac M1, don't change. old iMacs, It changes if they are from about 15 years ago, between 13 and 15 years old yes. If it is like Fernando's case, only if you have a degraded screen, it's a Mac. Or you notice that it gets very hot. Or that a whim strikes you, but maybe not either. And here comes some advice for you, what do you have? that typical compact PC, and I say PC, I don't say iMac. Typical HP PC, What are those super contacts, eh, contacts, I said, compact. Do n

ot think about it. That is, the change, The change is brutal, okay. At work I have some compact HP for the issue of signature and so on. Hijole. Do not think about it. In other words, it's a good thing to hit Windows now. In other words, if you are on a PC, move to the Mac. If you're on an older iMac, upgrade to the Mac with M3. If you are on an intermediate iMac, old intermediate. No. He tells you no. Oh, sorry, sorry. No, no, I said the M1, not the M1. Ah okay. I say intermediate from old, I w

as referring to Intel, maybe 5 or 6 years. Well, I would continue saying... I would say yes. And I would say think about it. OK. And what do I have left? You have the M1 that we made left. The smoke one is not worth it. That's it. By the way, Sonoma suits you wonderfully. Sonoma, right? Sonoma, You liked it, didn't you? Yes, I have not talked about the widgets because is really a problem, that is, it is not a It improves that the device comes with it, but it does a brutal look in the window mana

gement and everything. Anyway, I think it's wonderful, Fer. Okay, he gave birth to them. I mean, take the whole video, guys, this rascal. Ah, damn, what a scare. This rascal has been running the entire video over there, running over there. He's asleep now, Fabrito. I can not believe it. And now that we are going to finish, there you are seeing how the fucker fell asleep. But it was like they had given him a painkiller. vitaminized. If we were around, he's hitting right now jumping and almost mov

ing the focus. Oh, the mother who kicked him out. Well, he is going to become the next protagonist. Yes, from here to nowhere. No, in fact, I have proposed to Fernando that we put him here in the middle and he was with us. No, notice that it's sad that I make tweets usually on a daily basis and my tweets, Well, they have a range of 9,000 or so, people... It depends on the topic, well, I make a tweet about this 20 something thousand. That is, you will be seeing it. I think people want a gulf revi

ew. Yes, I think this dog is going to retire me. I'm going to leave and we're going to give it to the dog and he's done. If not, I'll keep it. Well, as always, a different review. It is from the opinion, also surely that you are identified with this reviewed because you are in one of the circumstances that we have told, So... Well he's already there. We hope it has been useful to you. Anyway, you can leave us comments. We will try to answer all the questions you have they could have stayed. So n

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