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Is a New 24-Inch iMac Coming in 2023? What We Know So Far
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Yeah, but I’m pretty sure it’s relatively easy for Apple to just swap out an M1 with an M2. They don’t have to change much else. If they can do it with a Mac mini…
The greatest potential is in the naming scheme. They can easily add an Ultra screensize, let's say at 36"
I’m running a 27” iMac 🖥️ from 2019. It has 64GB of memory in old money and my preference would be to update it to a reasonably powered desktop when the time comes, but not sure the current 24” iMac specs quite suit.
I believe it will take the latest software update to September 2024 and then can run earlier versions but with up to date security for another year or two after that.
Current options seem to be a downgrade to 24”, a studio with display or maybe a laptop (up to 96GB memory in new money) used with display.
It’s running fine and I like to get my money’s worth so I’ll keep it going!
A move from M1 to M3 is minor in the scheme of things. Will anyone really notice? What's needed is a 32-in version. Coupling a Mac Mini with Studio Display is silly money and still only 27-in.
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I don't understand that either. One of benefits Apple presented was that they will not be reliable on Intel for their CPUs and therefore they can release the products on their own pace. And now they do exactly the same thing as they did before. Why on hell did they release Macbook Pros, Macbook Air, Mac Minis with M2 but no iMacs?
The 24" M1 iMac is flawless as it is and could be sold like that for two more years if need be. So the answer to the question: Is a new iMac coming? is equal to the question: Is the M3 ready for shipment?
I agree with this. I bought 24-inch M1 iMac for my photo studio use as my primary iMac is at home and at the beginning I was really stunned as the M1 is very capable chip, almost on par with my i9-9900K. But then the RAM limitations came into work. I don't care how fast the SSD is, 16 GB RAM is not enough for work.
Yeah, it tells me that nobody learned a lesson from our recent past experience. With the exact same argument people claimed, that the missing M1 Pro chip on the first Apple Silicon Mac mini surely meant that Apple would never put an M2 Pro chip in the next Mac mini. 😙 Fool me twice!
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The M1 24” iMac represents the best M1 Mac implementation I have ever used. The speed that it can playing a rosetta2 game for Intel mac still amazes me, along with thermal design that cools the 24” iMac fairly fast back to room temp. Even running the latest MacOS 13.4 beta 1, you see the M1 starting up quickly and shutting down in barely a few seconds. So I completely agree of your acessment.
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I think a lot of us immediately missed how the larger 27” iMac was a very budget friendly model, heavily symbolized as an exec Mac in many Asian dramas I saw. The thought that Apple gave no replacement at the time of it being yanked still is disappointing. I still feel there was some confidense issues by not providing some updates each year. Yeah a M1 Pro model would have provided enough of an upgrade to make it a real workhorse for even more years. Now we are hopeful that we see it possibly get the same update as Mac mini soon, but then we had that rumor about it being updated when the M3 is available which seems like forever to wait for instead of just getting something better into iMac fans hands.
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I still think the old iMac looks better, honestly. Two points:
When I’m sitting behind an iMac, I’m not bothered by the bezels not blending in with the environment. However, I would be bothered be the unsightly white frame when the display is off. And in those moments, I’m not working and actually noticing the iMac as an object.
If the white bezels are so advantageous, why doesn’t Apple ship their external displays with white bezels? Surely, the best, most expensive displays deserve white bezels if they’re better?
I equate the old versus new bezel implementation as similar to earlier 4K tvs. i liked more display for a given size all-in-one than the much more pronounced black bezels. But one seemed to tolerate both equally as well.
People: All I need is a 32 inch iMac ☝️🤓
Apple: *proceeds to sell a 6k 32 inch iMac starting at £3000
People: wait a second this is outrageous.
Releasing a 27/32 inch iMac at a "reasonable" price would kill the Studio Display. Why would Apple do this?
Apple: *proceeds to sell a 6k 32 inch iMac starting at £3000
People: wait a second this is outrageous.
Releasing a 27/32 inch iMac at a "reasonable" price would kill the Studio Display. Why would Apple do this?
I just don’t like it’s got to be iMac versus Studio, both could do well if Apple wanted to grow this Marketplace.
I wish they'd release the color accessories for individual purchase instead of bundled with the iMac.
Only Apple have the actual sales figures & proper market research. You can't tell much from people posting here that they'd like a 27"/32" iMac.
The 24" iMac seems like the sweet spot for an unobtrusive, mostly wire-free setup for jack-of-all-trades use. The problems with higher-end all-in-ones have been pretty well rehearsed in other threads, and a Mac Studio or M2 Pro Mac Mini plus a Studio display doesn't cost significantly more than a comparable iMac used to - even before you look at third party display options or longer-term savings from being able to upgrade displays and computers separately. Yes, the $1800 5k iMac was a bargain by Apple standards - and I suspect that it was as close as Apple gets to a "loss leader" and probably not sustainable.
I only had a 5k iMac because, at the time, it was the only viable desktop Mac and - sure enough - I've now got a 5k display and a half-decent i7 computer that would both be useful if they could be separated, but are gathering dust because they can only be used together. So, certainly from my POV, I suspect that the 5k iMacs and iMac Pros only sold in the quantities they did because of the lack of an alternative desktop Mac (the 2018 Mini being knobbled by lousy integrated graphics and the 2014 Mini being just plain knobbled).
The other thing about the Studio system is that Apple can potentially sell the Studio Display to any Mac user - including the MacBook Pro users who probably significantly outnumber desktop Mac users. You can tell that it was designed with this in mind - desktop users don't need the 90W charging capability.
Meanwhile, the overall desktop market is shrinking anyway - eaten by increasingly powerful laptops/mobile devices on one end and on-demand cloud computing at the other - and particularly with Apple Silicon Macs where MacBook Pros now offer the exact same Mx Pro/Max power as desktops (c.f. Intel Macs where there was a clear distinction between laptop-class and desktop-class processors and GPUs).
If you're talking about bezel size alone, sure, smaller is better. Of course, they could have done the exact same thing if they revised the old design. Same for the overall thinness.
Yeah, I fear the writing is on the wall for all-in-ones. But, although you'll never quite get the level of minimalism with a separate display, you can get pretty close. And it offers other advantages too, like using one system (a laptop) for home and work. And being able to connect a gaming PC to the same display as well. (Which hasn't been possible with the iMacs for a long time.) I suspect the iMac I bought in 2015 will be my first and last all-in-one. But I enjoyed the ride!
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