Apple Says New iMacs Geared Towards Pros Coming Later This Year

[Sasparilla]

I literally just sold my entire PC and Monitor system wanting to buy an iMac today, and this is what happens. WOW

The current version has been through a few revs and had the bugs worked out. If the new one is a different design, the likelihood of gen 1 bugs greatly increases - and they happen for Apple products. So go for the existing one and take pleasure knowing they probably have all the bugs worked out of it for you and it'll last a good long time.

Keep in mind, the latest Intel i5 / i7 processors that are out in the PC world don't really increase their processing speed much at all, except for some clock speed increases on the highest end (gaming) chips (doubt we can even get those in an iMac anyways).

Went to the source article - woah - “If we’ve had a pause in upgrades and updates, we’re sorry for that — what happened with the Mac Pro — and we’re going to come out with something great to replace it.” Nothing this year of course, only an updated iMac, but that might be enough. Hope lives on...I don't have to go to flee to Microsoft...

 

[Merode]

I'd bet it's going to get new 4XX gpus and Kaby Lake CPU. The biggest improvement being graphics. DDR4 is also probably coming to the iMac.

Other than that, I wouldn't hope for new physical design. Maybe 2018? But it'll probably be just slimmer bezels. Maybe reintroduction of 24"?

 

[Dave245]

It's unusual for Apple to comment, what's also interesting is the fact that they mention iMac for "pro' customers in this article https://9to5mac.com/2017/04/04/appl...dular-mac-pros-next-year-with-apple-displays/ I wonder if we will see a redesign.

 

[BenTrovato]

It's unusual for Apple to comment, what's also interesting is the fact that they mention iMac for "pro' customers in this article https://9to5mac.com/2017/04/04/appl...dular-mac-pros-next-year-with-apple-displays/ I wonder if we will see a redesign.

Makes me want to guess.. iMac Pro with an 8k display.

 

[StevieD100]

I have no problems with "later this year". Meanwhile, my money sits in the bank and I collect interest.

At what rate? Will there be enough to buy ??? Oh, a mouse mat?

Joking aside, I'm with you here. I have the money ready for a new iMac.

 

[dominiongamma]

It's unusual for Apple to comment, what's also interesting is the fact that they mention iMac for "pro' customers in this article https://9to5mac.com/2017/04/04/appl...dular-mac-pros-next-year-with-apple-displays/ I wonder if we will see a redesign.

Think they needed to assure Apple users they didn't forget them because they knew they might be losing users for waiting so long.

 

[mollyc]

I find it more interesting that that reference a Mac Pro replacement, rather than upgraded iMacs. We already knew the iMacs would be upgraded at some point.

"And then Schiller calmly drops the hammer. “We are in the process of what we call “completely rethinking the Mac Pro”,” he says."

 

[newyorksole]

It's unusual for Apple to comment, what's also interesting is the fact that they mention iMac for "pro' customers in this article https://9to5mac.com/2017/04/04/appl...dular-mac-pros-next-year-with-apple-displays/ I wonder if we will see a redesign.

It is unusual, but it was necessary. Apple has never been in a position like this before. They had to say something.

We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[loekf]

Yes but will they be thinner?

Only if Apple decides to go SSD only for the iMac....

And please use Nvidia GPUs ! They consume (much) less power... ideal for iMacs I would say.

 

[MysteryMii215]

Too expensive, not good for the margins.

*cough* GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti *cough*

 

[ryanwarsaw]

I have no problems with "later this year". Meanwhile, my money sits in the bank and I collect interest.

Hopefully you earn enough interest to pay for the higher prices.

 

[MysteryMii215]

:/ Could later this year mean WWDC?!?

I don't want to wait

It could mean that, or it could mean the fall (which was when the last 2 iMac models were announced).

 

[mr.steevo]

Hope I can keep my 2013 iMac up and running that long, it's on it's last legs.

What's wrong with it? It should still be a great computer at 3.5 years old.

 

[loekf]

I'd bet it's going to get new 4XX gpus and Kaby Lake CPU. The biggest improvement being graphics. DDR4 is also probably coming to the iMac.

Other than that, I wouldn't hope for new physical design. Maybe 2018? But it'll probably be just slimmer bezels. Maybe reintroduction of 24"?

I hope at least we'll get RX 5xx GPUs, AMD is close to rebranding the 4xx ones (5xx = 4xx + few MHz = more $$). If I had to say it, I would pick Nvidia over AMD. In my HTPC I started with a RX460, but swapped that for a GTX1050 TI. Much lower power and specially for video decoding much more powerfull (4K HEVC and VP9).

 

[markcres]

Let me guess....they look exactly like the current ones?

They will make it a millimetre thinner and Jony Ive will pontificate about how that constitutes a paradigm-shift in engineering.

 

[MysteryMii215]

If you Want amazeballs then check out the Microsoft Studio...unfortunately its Windows based. The new iMac will look almost exactly the same with a speed and memory bump and a change in the ports. Nothing amazeballs because they don't sell enough to warrant the R&D

But, the Surface Studio has last gen specs (a dual-core Skylake CPU and a GTX 980m)

 

[nvmls]

Ok Phil but will it handle wolfenstein at 30fps?

 

[zachcsnyder]

*cough* GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti *cough*

1080 Ti or bust

 

[DerrickEver]

I'm still rocking my 2008 20" iMac. This is getting painful! To the point that if they dropped the price of the current (2 year old) iMacs today by $200 or so, I would probably just go with one.

And I'm still (sort of) rocking my 2008 24" iMac but it's really slowing down. I'm trying to hold on and hope the wait won't be too much longer. Looking forward to a brand spanking new speedy 27" iMac!

 

[DaveOP]

If you Want amazeballs then check out the Microsoft Studio...unfortunately its Windows based. The new iMac will look almost exactly the same with a speed and memory bump and a change in the ports. Nothing amazeballs because they don't sell enough to warrant the R&D

Serious question
What is so amazeballs about a Mac Mini strapped to a high res screen that causes the system to chug, along with a stylus that is not as good as the Apple Pencil, and costs $4,000 for a good configuration? We have one here in the office, it seems very half baked.

 

[Lesser Evets]

Coffee Lake Intel 8th Gen chips are arriving in 2H 2017, so I hope they delayed the iMac to have those processors put into the new iMac in October (hoping for October rather than December). The high-end desktops will appear somewhere in July-onward.

Let's hope they don't give us Kaby Lake with DDR4 at that time. I'd buy a couple desktops, if that is the case.

 

[MysteryMii215]

1080 Ti or bust

I was talking about cost.

 

[macpro2000]

Hopefully you earn enough interest to pay for the higher prices.

Stock market man...play with the big boys and make some real money.

 

[cyberlocke]

Hope I can keep my 2013 iMac up and running that long, it's on it's last legs.

Still kickin' with a late 2009, though we're doing less and less "pro" stuff on it.

 

[Dave245]

Think they needed to assure Apple users they didn't forget them because they knew they might be losing users for waiting so long.

Yea i get that, it's the use of the word "pro" for the iMac that has me interested, are we going to see higher configurations or maybe a brand new design. I will say one thing, it seems like they have been listening to what the pro market have been saying over the last few months.