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When I ordered my iMac, I was a little concerned with the fact that it would come with only 4 ports ( 2- TB4 & 2 -USB4) The power supply has been move to a brick outside the All in one computer unit. I was surprised the I set up the new computer to fine a Gigabit ethernet port on the Power supply brick. That solved one problem. I have 5 EHDs to connect. these daisy chain from one of the TB4 ports to a TB 3 drive then to TB2 drives and finally to USB 3 drives. The newest TB3 drive enclosure come with a Display Port and 2 USB3 ports. I used the DisplayPort to connect my aging second monitor and One of the USB 3 type A ports to a USB3 hub. I have my USB2 printers connected to the USB3 hub. My XQD card reader is connected to one of the USB4 ports. At present, this leaves me with one unused TB4 port and one unused USB4 pot on the back of my new iMac.
Limited to 16GB, I was concerned about Memory pressure. Even with Lightroom Classic running some intensive Spot removal. the memory used is slightly over 14GB with Lightroom consuming about 12 GB.
I only wish I had these same numbers for performance comparison on my old Intel iMac. The only disappointment has been the 24" screen actually measures 23" diagonally. But it is still larger than the old 21" iMac.
Limited to 16GB, I was concerned about Memory pressure. Even with Lightroom Classic running some intensive Spot removal. the memory used is slightly over 14GB with Lightroom consuming about 12 GB.
I only wish I had these same numbers for performance comparison on my old Intel iMac. The only disappointment has been the 24" screen actually measures 23" diagonally. But it is still larger than the old 21" iMac.