Followers of Apple’s desktop Macs might have one thing to stay up for this yr, as a brand new report suggests the corporate is making ready a brand new model of the favored 24-inch iMac that can pack within the newest Apple Silicon.
Two years in the past, Apple stunned us with a redesigned 24-inch iMac that featured the M1 chip that had debuted a number of months earlier within the late 2020 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Professional. It additionally sported a ravishing new ultra-slim aesthetic that echoed the iPad, due to Apple’s a lot cooler-running chips that eradicated the necessity to construct in bigger heatsinks and followers.
Whereas many hoped that Apple would launch an upgraded mannequin final yr to observe within the footsteps of the M2 MacBook Air, it turned obvious that Apple deliberate to skip an M2 iMac and transfer straight to the M3 chip as a substitute.
To be truthful, Apple hasn’t sometimes refreshed its iMac desktops yearly; there was each indication the M1 iMac was nonetheless promoting very nicely, so there wasn’t an enormous purpose to interchange it. Nonetheless, Apple had launched an M2 model of its 13-inch MacBook Professional that wasn’t precisely a significant improve to the M1 model that had come earlier than, so a spec-bumped iMac wouldn’t have been out of the query.
The Subsequent iMac
Whereas we haven’t heard a lot about Apple’s iMac plans not too long ago, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman experiences that the following iMac is in an “superior stage of improvement” and could possibly be launched later this yr.
It’s nearly sure that this new iMac will characteristic Apple’s newest M3 chip. There’s nonetheless no phrase on a 27-inch iMac; Gurman’s sources solely seek advice from Apple’s consumer-level 24-inch iMac. So, it’s not prone to get an M2 Professional chip, and the usual M2 is now final yr’s information. In reality, Gurman suggests this could possibly be “one of many firm’s first M3-based machines.”
There’s not a lot phrase on what else to count on from the brand new iMac, and it’s potential the M3 chip could be the greatest change. Gurman notes that the colors are anticipated to stay the identical as the present mannequin, together with blue, silver, pink, and orange, though he didn’t say something about yellow, inexperienced, or purple.
We’re not anticipating a major redesign, as Apple already did that with the M1 iMac. Nonetheless, there could also be some minor inner design adjustments. Gurman notes that some parts may get “relocated and redesigned,” and the mounting level between the stand and show differs from the present mannequin.
It’s unlikely we’ll see this new iMac as quickly as a few of Apple’s different upcoming merchandise; most experiences recommend a brand new 15-inch MacBook Air, an upgraded 13-inch MacBook Air, and even a brand new Mac Professional may all arrive this spring. Then again, Apple’s new 24-inch iMac isn’t anticipated to reach earlier than the second half of 2023. Apple might select to debut it at a fall occasion, however it may additionally simply quietly slip it out by press launch over the summer time. It’s even potential it may announce it on the June Worldwide Builders Convention (WWDC), the place it’s anticipated to unveil the M3 chip.
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