I have an iPhone and I want an iMac, but I don’t know the difference between an iMac and the Mac minis. Why is it that Apple does not sell larger monitor screens other than 27 inches? I wanna screen larger than 27 and I would like a curve screen, which is the best way for me to go if I still want to stay in the Apple family?
The iMac is an all-in-one with a 24” display.
The Mac mini allows you to use external display(s).
Go with a M4 Mac mini and a large curved external display.
Connect a display to Mac mini - Apple Support
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/computer-monitors/curved-monitors/pcmcat374100050018.c?
The iMac is an all-in-one with a 24” display.
The Mac mini allows you to use external display(s).
Go with a M4 Mac mini and a large curved external display.
Connect a display to Mac mini - Apple Support
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/computer-monitors/curved-monitors/pcmcat374100050018.c?
Apple doesn't offer a 27" iMac any more. Only a 24". You can get their 27" Studio Display for $1600 which is as much as a Mini and 32" monitor.
The difference between a Mac Mini and an iMac is about $500 - the mini being less. For example a 10 Core Mac Mini M4 with 16 GB RAM and 1 TB SSD ($999 + tax) with a 32" LG 4k monitor ($304 + tax from Amazon.com) is $1249 + tax which is $496 less than a similarly configured new 24" iMac ($1799 + tax) re 07/2025. Keep your keyboard and mouse from your current Mac for use with the Mini.
I got the above Mini with a 32" LG 4K monitor w/speakers because I didn't know the Mini had a speaker. I could have gotten a non speaker LG 32" monitor for about $60 less.
There is a plethora of large monitors out there for a variety of prices, from reasonable to expensive. But you have the choice of monitors with a Mini.
It's the best Mac I've owned and I've had them since the Apple][.
Apple sells two standalone monitors. The 27" Apple Studio Display is a 5K monitor that starts at $1599 USD. The 32" Apple Pro Display XDR is a 6K monitor that starts at $4999 USD. (If you have to ask how much a Pro Display XDR costs, you aren't in the target market.). Both of these are Retina displays with a pixel density of 218 pixels per inch, similar to that of the 24" 4.5K M4 iMac.
You can get UHD 4K (3840x2160) pixel monitors and TVs in all sorts of sizes, from 27" to 77" or more. Note that a UHD 4K TV screen has a diagonal of approximately 4405.8 pixels. The bigger the monitor or TV, the lower the PPI will be, and the coarser text and objects on the screen will look if you are close to the set.
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The 24" M4 iMac is an all-in-one computer with a 24" 4.5K Retina screen. It comes with an Apple keyboard and an Apple mouse. Some versions have two USB-C / Thunderbolt expansion ports and can drive one external monitor – while the ones you really. want have four such ports and can drive two external monitors.
The M4 and M4 Pro Mac minis are small desktop computers that don't include a keyboard, mouse, or display. You bring your own. They have a nice selection of ports (three rear panel USB-C / Thunderbolt ports, two front-panel USB-only USB-C ports, HDMI, and Ethernet), and can drive up to three external monitors. The M4 is basically the same chip used in the M4 iMac (there may be variations in number of cores). The M4 Pro is a higher-end chip - it has more cores (especially GPU cores), and you can custom-order M4 Pro minis with more than 32 GB of RAM
Be sure to choose your M4 mini based on the monitor you want. The regular and Pro models have different specs.
The M4 Mac mini supports up to three external displays. A standard M4 model can connect two 6K displays (at 60Hz) over Thunderbolt and one 5K display (at 60Hz) over Thunderbolt, or a combination of two 6K displays (at 60Hz) over Thunderbolt and one 4K display (at 60Hz) over HDMI.
For the M4 Pro, it's possible to connect up to three 6K displays (at 60Hz) over Thunderbolt or HDMI, with higher resolutions (up to 8K at 60Hz or 4K at 240Hz) supported on some configurations.
Really large monitor or screen.
