Make it thick enough to have a head phone jack on the back. Mr. Aesthetics Ive really messed that one up.
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Gurman: Larger Apple Silicon iMac 'En Route,' May Feature More Powerful 'M2X' Chip
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My God! I think everybody on this forum can make the same kind of speculations that there will be a larger screen iMac with a processor that's not the M1. What a hack and Bloomberg pay money for this?!!
Leaker said that it “MAY“ have this or that or he says “this suggest to him“ that this will happen does not mean any of this will happen. Tired of leakers using these words. Just plain tired of Leakers and I“lol wait for apple to make the announcement.
Unlikely - even though it will be more power-hungry than the M1, the M1X/M2/M2X/whatever will probably be significantly more efficient than an Intel desktop-class processor, and any new iMac design is likely to take full advantage of that in its cooling design.
Plus, I don't see Apple and Nvidia burying the hatchet any day soon - all the noises from Apple seem to have been that Apple Silicon GPUs are the future and even AMD might be for the chop, so it's hardly the time for them to bring back official Nvidia support. If Nvidia's takeover of ARM goes through then the Apple/Nvidia relationship could get quite fractious.
Apple seem pretty determined to completely switch to Apple Silicon - I think that at most we'll see one or two existing Intel models kept on life support (maybe with minor spec bumps) for any important customers who can't switch to Apple Silicon.
Given what the 24in. iMac turned out to be it’s amusing to see folks still clamouring for things like no chin and black bezels. It’s a 99.9% certainty the larger iMac will have mimic the design language of the 24 and have a chin. Candidly it would be a huge shocker if it doesn’t. Black bezels might be more debatable, but I strongly suspect this will mimic the 24’s light bezels as well. And after the renewed outrage most will forget about it and buy the new iMac anyway and be satisfied.
The mockup shown in the OP is obviously just a reuse of a previous image based on now disproven conjecture and wishful thinking.
I suspect Apple has the M1X or M2 ready to go and thats what will be in the new bigger iMac, and we’ll likely see it before the end of the year. I think we’ll get a slew of new product by the end of this year: iMac, MBA, MBP and iPhones (of course).
The mockup shown in the OP is obviously just a reuse of a previous image based on now disproven conjecture and wishful thinking.
I suspect Apple has the M1X or M2 ready to go and thats what will be in the new bigger iMac, and we’ll likely see it before the end of the year. I think we’ll get a slew of new product by the end of this year: iMac, MBA, MBP and iPhones (of course).
Well they need to hurry up and drop a REAL and affordable desktop... Years of waiting... enough already. Release a desktop that isn't a toy before I jump ship.
A larger redesigned, Apple silicon-powered iMac to replace the current 27-inch Intel model is still "en route," according to Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman.
Writing in the latest instalment of his Power On newsletter, Gurman says the fact that Apple recently increased the screen size for the smaller iMac from 21.5 to 24 inches suggests to him that the 27-inch model could see an equivalent size increase.
Apple has been working on a larger iMac with in-house processors for some time, but development of that version was reportedly paused to let Apple focus on releasing the redesigned 24-inch model, which was announced in April.
The 27-inch Intel models that remain in Apple's lineup launched in August 2020, suggesting they are reaching the end of their production cycle.
A new larger iMac would likely ape several changes that debuted in the latest 24-inch model, such as a thinner overall design, studio-quality microphones, and of course more powerful Apple silicon processors replacing Intel.
In a separate newsletter tidbit, Gurman also played down the idea that Apple could bring Touch ID to the Apple Watch one day. Gurman conceded that he could see the utility of Touch ID in the Apple Watch to approve app and media download payments, but said he didn't see that happening "any time soon, if ever."
Article Link: Gurman: Larger Apple Silicon iMac 'En Route,' May Feature More Powerful 'M2X' Chip
This is what I want! Please say launched in fall, released sometime in October.
I just appreciate that it even got a mention. It's been awful quiet lately on the bigger imac's front.
Yes, this is very obvious.
If Apple releases the larger iMac this year, it will probably come with an M1X processor. If it is released by the end of the year or next year, it may come with an M2X. The M2X will probably be released after the M2 which will probably be released after the A15, so it may not come this year.
While it may be French in origin, I've seen this term used widely as "normal" and not "exotic" in American English. English, as a language, is highly adaptable.
yeah, but everyone made this same argument when the iPad was released—"feature X will never happen, would never usurp their Laptop feature" Or "iPhone feature Y will never happen cause of the iPad". And most argued, OS unification will never happen and here we are on the cusp with iOS app running on MacOS.
Its certainly not improbable to get pencil availability on desktop/laptop but I'd bet they'll offer it to a MBP (mobility/notetaking) before bringing it to iMac (impractical ergonomics on a desktop). Back in the day, objected to the idea of touch for laptops and desktops due to unsightly fingerprints and smudges/glares—An Pencil would eliminate that and add more Accessories sales, but it won't be profitable enough to convince them to do it.
Hope Im wrong. Love to see a new design iMac with pencil support—or even better new M1 Magic Trackpad with pencil support!
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30" or 32" display (it won't be 27") and 10Gbe please. Adjustable height would be nice, but they'll never do that.
Why do French people say "week-end" all the time whereas they can say "Fin de semaine"?
The term has been adopted for daily use in most English speaking countries for at least the last 30 years that I remember
Pretty sure that spellcheck even auto corrects to it by default.
As a British dude, I have to concur with my American cousins and say en route is not just some journalistic flight of fancy but a fairly common expression in everyday speech and has been for a long time in English.
You should be happy your language has that iconic status that makes Americans throw in a French words into everyday situations to sound sophisticated
Like when they put a frozen tv dinner in a paper plate and post a photo to fb with the captions “Wallah” and “Bone apple tea!”
They can't.
The enclosure is limited to so it would be crippled system from the start.
Also, those who used M chip will say that they are never going back to Intel. So, talking about Intel at this point is like talking about Floppy Disks.
Hahahahhahaha
The enclosure is limited to so it would be crippled system from the start.
Also, those who used M chip will say that they are never going back to Intel. So, talking about Intel at this point is like talking about Floppy Disks.
Hahahahhahaha
Put the headphone jack on the side, not the back. I mean bluetooth is the future, but if you're going to put in a jack put it someplace that's easy to plug/unplug...just like the SD card reader.
A lot of us use external speakers or audio systems with our iMacs, so we would have a plug sticking out of the side full time with the new models.
The side plug is great if you want to use headphones, but not for pretty much any other use of the audio jack. In my case with a new iMac I'd have a toslink to mini toslink adapter and then the big plug from the optical cable that goes to by stereo system. That's like three inches of crap sticking out the side!
If you're going to have a multiple-screen setup, connectors on the side are a problem. You can please some of the people some of the time...
As far as I'm concerned - put the headphone and SD on the front - along with a USB port or six. (OK, it can be USB-C if you really insist) it's a flipping computer, to be used for doing stuff, not a piece of sculpture. Looking good is a bonus right up to the point where it starts interfering with function. Include some colour-matched stickers to protect people who are triggered by seeing a port that they don't personally use.
OTOH, while not having a 3.5mm jack anywhere is pointless penny-pinching, I think for anybody doing music or audio production - the sort of people for whom bluetooth lag and quality loss is a problem - the first thing they buy is going to be an external audio interface which will usually have a headphone jack on the front, probably with a proper volume control, probably with an option to directly monitor the audio inputs rather than the computer output. Especially if we're talking about a desktop system, not a laptop.
That’s not what Mark said at all. I mean the actual text is even in the article. Your headline is completely wrong.
He says that they’ve started working on it again after having stopped. Which means who the hell knows when it’s actually coming.
He also says it will most likely ship with an M1X and then mentions M2X as an afterthought. And the only reason he mentions the M2X because of the possibility that this thing will take another year to ship.
He says that they’ve started working on it again after having stopped. Which means who the hell knows when it’s actually coming.
He also says it will most likely ship with an M1X and then mentions M2X as an afterthought. And the only reason he mentions the M2X because of the possibility that this thing will take another year to ship.