With what?! This makes no sense. Apple has tons of products, can consumers not handle one more product (replacing an existing product)?
So, delays have led to a delayed timetable. um?
And if it uses a new chip, it will be a new chip. Got it.
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Larger Redesigned High-End iMac Rumored to Launch Next Year
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The fact that my mid 2010 27" i7 iMac is still pretty functional (topping out with High Sierra) is no great comfort.
Each passing rumor is like another update from Pozzo and Lucky on the whereabouts of Godot to Vladimir and Estragon.
Each passing rumor is like another update from Pozzo and Lucky on the whereabouts of Godot to Vladimir and Estragon.
In general, you want to get as many panels as you can from the Mother Glass to reduce waste.
LG is already making a 32" 6K panel for the Pro Display XDR so it would be more cost-effective for Apple to keep the "iMac Pro" at the same size and resolution since they can get the same number of panels out of the same Mother Glass.
I would like to replace my late 2015 27" iMac with something of a similar screen size. It's disappointing if true that the new larger iMac will not be launched until next year.
My other concern is what form the new larger iMac will take. I think that if Apple was planning on launching a 27" version of the 24" iMac they would have launched it at the same time as the 24". They didn't so the 'redesign' rumours make sense.
I really hope that the 27" replacement is not a 'pro' machine costing £/$5000. I don't need such a beast and wouldn't pay that amount for one but it seems like the way this may be heading.
My other concern is what form the new larger iMac will take. I think that if Apple was planning on launching a 27" version of the 24" iMac they would have launched it at the same time as the 24". They didn't so the 'redesign' rumours make sense.
I really hope that the 27" replacement is not a 'pro' machine costing £/$5000. I don't need such a beast and wouldn't pay that amount for one but it seems like the way this may be heading.
What if there is no larger iMac?
Just throwing this out here. But maybe that mythical headless Mac becomes a reality in the form of a smaller Mac Pro. We’ve all seen those renderings of a truncated Mac Pro tower. It would provide semi-pros the power and flexibility.
A new lower cost 32” display would be introduced alongside it. A much needed product that MacBook Pro and Mac mini owners would jump at.
I am not overly precious about the iMac form factor. A headless Mac with a lower cost 32" display at a semi-reasonable price would do nicely.
Yeah I can deal with a smaller (and cheaper) Mac tower with Jade2C and Jade4C connected to a 6K 32" Apple Thunderbolt display instead of an AIO iMac Pro.
The time to release an M1X would have been last Easter at the latest. The M-series could follow the 2-year “X” generation cadence so the M2 comes late 2022 but I think Apple has something to prove. We’ll see the consumer products shift to M2 & new enclosures later this year with Pro M2 & M2X (+ M2Z?) models early 2022.
For me, the iMac is the perfect computer. My 201527" is still chugging away, but I need a new computer and these smaller, not serious, made for browsing the web models are of no use to me. Thinking that it'll be about a year before I can upgrade is really disappointing.
Apple's larger redesigned iMac will arrive sometime in 2022 rather than later this year, according to the leaker known as "Dylandkt."
On Twitter, Dylandkt claimed that Apple's "high end iMac" is not expected to release in the fourth quarter of 2021 alongside Apple's "M1X Macs" – a reference to Apple's redesigned MacBook Pro models – because "Apple simply does not want their devices to compete for attention and delays in product releases have led to this timetable."
In previous claims, Dylandkt has remained adamant that an "M1X" Apple silicon processor is destined for high-end "Pro" Macs, which could include the upcoming MacBook Pro models and a larger, more powerful iMac model. Apple is expected to release 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models at some point between September and November. Reputable Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman has said he also expects the larger redesigned iMac to feature an M1X or M2X chip, but Gurman has stopped short of offering launch timing details.
Apple is known to be still developing a larger version of the iMac, but paused work on the larger version to launch the 24-inch iMac model earlier this year. If the larger version of the iMac uses an M1X or M2X chip, it will be a more powerful version of the M1 chip that's in the 24-inch iMac. 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.
Dylandkt has correctly predicted details about a number of Apple's recent product launches. As early as November 2020, the leaker claimed that the next-generation iPad Pro would feature an M1 chip, five months before the device emerged. Prior to the launch of the 24-inch iMac earlier this year, Dylandkt also correctly predicted that the new, redesigned iMac would replace the smaller entry-level iMac only and feature an M1 chip rather than an M1X.
In other recent tweets, Dylandkt has claimed that new MacBook Air models powered by a not-before-seen "M2" chip will launch in the first half of 2022, and that Apple's LiDAR camera feature will only appear in the "Pro" variants of upcoming iPhone 13 models.
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I just bought a refurb 2020 iMac 5K, but it was because I still need Intel.
That being said, no regrets if Apple does somehow get a larger ASi iMac out before 2H 2022.
That being said, no regrets if Apple does somehow get a larger ASi iMac out before 2H 2022.