Apple provide chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo lately shared his predictions for 2 new iMacs that he says we’ll see in 2024 and 2025. Kuo says he expects to see Apple launch a brand new 24-inch iMac in 2024, in addition to a higher-end iMac with a mini-LED 32-inch show for launch in 2025.
Kuo’s predictions jibe with earlier rumors from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has additionally predicted that we’ll see a brand new iMac someday throughout 2024.
Whereas Kuo didn’t point out which chip he believes will energy the brand new iMacs, Gurman had stated that Apple will use the upcoming M3 chip within the iMac. The M3 chip is constructed utilizing TSMC’s 3-nanometer course of and is anticipated to boast an 8-core CPU in addition to a 10-core GPU. The M3’s 3-nanometer (3nm) fabrication course of means the chip ought to present each efficiency and energy effectivity enhancements.
Apple’s present 24-inch iMac debuted in 2021 and is powered by an M1 chip. Because the iMac hasn’t acquired any updates over the past two years it’s positively due for a refresh.
Whereas Apple does have an M2 chip, Gurman has maintained that Apple has no plans for an M2-powered iMac, that means the M3 is probably going the subsequent chip for use within the iMac. Whereas Mac Otakara has revealed rumors that Apple would launch a 24-inch iMac powered by M2 or M2 Professional chips within the close to future, we haven’t seen any indications that such a beast is being labored on.
Kuo additionally says a brand new higher-end iMac boasting a mini-LED 32-inch show will hit cabinets in 2025. The brand new iMac may carry the “iMac Professional” moniker that was used for the 2017 iMac Professional — a mannequin that was discontinued by Apple in 2021.
After the iMac Professional was discontinued, Apple launched the Mac Studio and an identical 27-inch Studio Show. We haven’t heard the rest a couple of bigger iMac since then. Nonetheless, if Kuo is right, that might change with the 2025 launch of the 32-inch iMac. It’s probably that Apple would use the identical mini-LED show expertise that it makes use of within the uber-expensive Professional Show XDR.
A 32-inch iMac would provide the identical display dimensions because the 6K Professional Show XDR, which sells for $5,000. This nearly ensures {that a} new 32-inch iMac could be fairly expensive, that means a “Professional” moniker may assist push gross sales to skilled customers of the Mac.
We’ve seen a number of rumors a couple of bigger iMac throughout the previous few years, however the rumors by no means got here to fruition. In December 2021, DigiTimes claimed Apple had 27-inch iMacs within the works that may be comparable in design to the present 24-inch iMac, aside from black display bezels and a darker coloration theme to higher differentiate it from the 24-inch iMac as a extra skilled iMac choice.
In February 2022, Mark Gurman stated the primary Mac with Face ID would probably be an iMac mannequin, not a MacBook, because of the incapability of the face recognition {hardware} to suit into a skinny pocket book show.
Gurman stated Apple had deliberate to equip the 2021 24-inch iMac with Face ID, however the function was delayed because of the redesign of the all-in-one iMac.
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