I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the possibility that Apple is already done with putting Intel CPUs into the iMac. Apple might decide to switch the iMac over to an A-series ARM instead.
I don’t see the scenario where Apple starts with the iMac. The 2019 iMac was fine. It’s on the low-power side where Apple’s CPUs would be particularly interesting alternatives for a start.
So suppose we see ARM Macs in 2021; it’ll probably come to the iMac in 2022. That would mean three years of no upgrades. Nah. Instead, Comet Lake now, Rocket/Alder/Tiger Lake next, maybe then ARM.
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I don't understand why their high-end chips always drop after the cheap junk. That seems backwards.
Because almost all computers sold today are either laptops or servers, those are the ones Intel focuses on. And servers don’t need frequent updates. So, laptops.
Which aren’t “cheap junk” anyway.