2nd generation predictions

[CChevW]

Been drooling over the 5k iMac all year, dreaming of getting one. But the stars should align towards the end of the year and I should be able to get one I imagine gen2 will be released in the fall. What is everyone expecting this iteration to improve upon?

 

[aevan]

Quite happy with my 5K as it is now, but I guess CPU and GPU improvements are no brainers and, perhaps, USB-C port. Target display mode won't be here before new displayport that comes with Skylake, so not this year.

One thing I'd love to see (but don't expect) are new Force Touch trackpads for iMacs!

 

[Sirmausalot]

I think we'll see a Broadwell upgrade sometime in the fall with the faster SSD, force trackpad, and GPU upgrade as well. Skylake will be pushed into 2016. We might see a USB C port as well. Apple tends to do things incrementally and Intel is consistently behind.

 

[jordanz]

I think we'll see a Broadwell upgrade sometime in the fall with the faster SSD

Faster? What's the (pure, not fusion) SSD in there atm?

 

[Georgio]

• Hopefully ditching of AMD Gpu's and adoption of something a bit more suitable for an enclosed all in one like an NVidia 980M...

• Also 1TB Flash memory as standard and for the same cost as current fusion drives plus an option to have an extra 3TB internal configured into a separate fusion drive (for when the flash gives up the ghost and needs replacing)

• 16GB RAM as standard (do a deal with Crucial for Pete's sake)

• and of course 27" 5k retina as standard

• Call it the iMac Pro, make it gun-metal grey and be done with it...

• As a future roadmap having the display a touchscreen with a modified mount so that the screen can be angled at 25º would be the icing on the cake.

one can dream.

 

[OurDarkness]

• Hopefully ditching of AMD Gpu's and adoption of something a bit more suitable for an enclosed all in one like an NVidia 980M...

I'd love to see that, too. I am not sure however if Apple and AMD have agreed on something for only a year. Is this likely?

• Also 1TB Flash memory as standard and for the same cost as current fusion drives plus an option to have an extra 3TB internal configured into a separate fusion drive (for when the flash gives up the ghost and needs replacing)

Agree.

• 16GB RAM as standard (do a deal with Crucial for Pete's sake)

Agree.

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Additionally, I would like to see:

1. The new Intel Processors.
2. The riMac bing a fully optimized computer as regards speed and heat.
3. Not a new OS but a bug-free Yosemite.

Space grey? Hmmm yeah, why not!

 

[driftless]

Yes, to the next OSX being bug free. Other than that I would think that next iteration will be just a CPU/GPU bump up. The next big iMac announcement I think will be the 4/5K 21.5".

 

[andy9l]

I'm expecting a new physical design, with a cooling system sufficient for the components inside...

Fingers crossed.

 

[Serban]

i hope for 6 cores with 16gb ram standard and 512 SSD also standard

 

[desantii]

less heat!