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Mini-LED iMac Pro to Launch in Mid-2022, Not Expected at Spring Event

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Apple's rumored iMac Pro will launch in the summer rather than in the early months of the year, according to display analyst Ross Young.

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Young, who often provides accurate insight into Apple's display plans, said that he no longer expects the iMac Pro to launch in the spring, and that a "summer" launch seems more likely at this point. Panel shipments are expected to begin in June, and a release could follow in August or September.


Back in December, Young said that the iMac Pro with mini-LED display was going to launch in the spring, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman had also floated the machine as a possibility for a spring debut at an event that's expected to take place in March or April.

According to Gurman, Apple's spring event will focus on the iPhone SE with 5G connectivity, a refreshed version of the iPad Air with an updated A-series chip, and at least one new Mac powered by Apple silicon chips. Gurman suggested that this Mac might be either the new mini-LED iMac or the Mac mini, and with Young's new data, it's looking like we might see the new Mac mini ahead of the refreshed iMac if Gurman's information pans out.

Rumors suggest that Apple is working on a 27-inch iMac that will be sold alongside the smaller 24-inch iMac. The new iMac will feature a mini-LED backlight, but Young said today that he believes it will have fewer mini-LED zones than are available in the mini-LED iPad Pro and MacBook Pro models.

The 27-inch iMac is expected to see Apple revive the "iMac Pro" name to distinguish the device from the 24-inch iMac and to bring it in line with the naming of the MacBook Pro models. The iMac Pro will include the same M1 Pro and M1 Max chips that are in the MacBook Pro models, along with a refreshed design that features slimmer black bezels and perhaps new color options.

We have a full rundown on what to expect from the 27-inch iMac Pro coming in 2022 in our iMac Pro guide.

Article Link: Mini-LED iMac Pro to Launch in Mid-2022, Not Expected at Spring Event
 
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Given that ALL Macs need to be on Apple silicon by the end of this year (according to Apple's original timeline of two years), this leaves a very busy second half to 2022 for Mac. Mac Pro, iMac 27, and high end Mac Mini are all still on Intel chips, so we will see at least 3 new Macs in 6 months, but also sounds like a new MacBook Air as well. An exciting end to 2022.

I know it is rare - but I'm expecting WWDC to see in some of this hardware. Otherwise Q3 and Q4 of 2022 will be a ridiculous amount of keynotes.
 
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I'm not really concerned/worried by this report. The Spring event is 1-2 months off of the "Mid '22" mark. They COULD announce the iMac at the Spring Event and then release it a few weeks later or at WWDC.

The only concerning issue that arises, and is completely my own speculation, is that if Apple doesn't announce it at an event, and then just does a press release a few weeks later... is that this iMac could just be a larger size and not anything special. I don't really believe this, BUT... that is only worst case scenario for those of us that want/need a truly special iMac!
 
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Fewer Mini-LEDs/zones than the iPads/MacBook Pros? Sounds scandalous. He's got a pretty decent record thus far so the fact that Apple's going with less in a pro product sounds disappointing.
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Apple's $4,999 Pro Display XDR has 576 local dimming zones, whereas 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros have 2,010 and 2,554 local dimming zones, respectively. I am guessing 27-inch iMac Pro will have more than 576 zones, but it is frankly unrealistic to expect 27-inch iMac to have as many local dimming zones while still hitting $4,999-5,999 price point.
 
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Hmm. My big question, as a student, is will the iMac Pro make it in time for this Summer’s education sale/AirPods promotion.
 
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Rumors suggest that Apple is working on a 27-inch iMac that will be sold alongside the smaller 24-inch iMac. The new iMac will feature a mini-LED backlight, but Young said today that he believes it will have fewer mini-LED zones than are available in the mini-LED iPad Pro and MacBook Pro models.
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Some Folks were trying to pitch this miniLED 27" as the arrival of a XDR replacement monitor... fewer zones spread out over a substantively larger screen than the 16" ... Probably not an XDR replacement.

Losing zones in part to control costs (probably helps availability and volume production also ) so probably not going to be a bleeding edge , "almost OLED" like display. Better than the current one , but not a huge quantum leap either.

I suspect the XDR isn't going anywhere any time in the next year or more.
 
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