M2 or M3 iMac any time soon?

[icemantx]

I am still chugging along on my late 2014 27" iMac (upgraded to 2TD SSD from Fusion) and have been holding off on upgrading until now. I am feeling the pain of 4k editing on my machine and at some point in the near future, I am going to want an upgrade to a new Mac (not a MacBook). Being that there is no 27" iMac direct replacement currently offered (unless you consider the mac mini/mac studio + Apple display), the 24" iMac is the only option that is available.

That being said, how long do you all believe it will be before the iMac gets an update? I have heard rumors of the 14/16" MacBook Pro line and possibly the Mac Mini getting M2 based chips in November, but I have not heard anything about the iMac getting an update which initially released with the M1 in April 2021.

Maybe the iMac will skip over the M2 altogether and jump to the M3 in the spring of 2023 (assuming the M3 chip gets released then)?

Thoughts?

 

[EugW]

IMO, and from what I've gathered from the rumour mill, there will a new iMac coming, but it will be M2, it will be 24", and it won't be until 2023. No rumblings of a 27" iMac. FWIW, one display leaker believes there may be a new 27" Apple display coming (even though we already have a 27" Apple Studio Display), but I'm not completely sold on that idea.

For a desktop update, the closest thing will be a new M2 Mac mini. That one is rumoured to come sooner, but I don't know if that means the end of 2022 or if it means early 2023. Either way though, it's supposed to be before the new 24" iMac.

But remember, these are all rumours.

 

[Fishrrman]

M2? Early/mid 2023.

M3? 2024.

 

[pshufd]

I do 4k editing on an M1 mini 16/512 with Dell 4k monitors next to a 2014 iMac 27 with i7. I can do HD editing on the iMac but almost all of my stuff is 4k now. So my solution to the problem of no iMac is to use an iMac with something else. I bought a Studio yesterday and it may replace the mini and the iMac with Dell 4k monitors.

 

[satchmo]

I am still chugging along on my late 2014 27" iMac (upgraded to 2TD SSD from Fusion) and have been holding off on upgrading until now. I am feeling the pain of 4k editing on my machine and at some point in the near future, I am going to want an upgrade to a new Mac (not a MacBook). Being that there is no 27" iMac direct replacement currently offered (unless you consider the mac mini/mac studio + Apple display), the 24" iMac is the only option that is available.

That being said, how long do you all believe it will be before the iMac gets an update? I have heard rumors of the 14/16" MacBook Pro line and possibly the Mac Mini getting M2 based chips in November, but I have not heard anything about the iMac getting an update which initially released with the M1 in April 2021.

Maybe the iMac will skip over the M2 altogether and jump to the M3 in the spring of 2023 (assuming the M3 chip gets released then)?

Thoughts?

I was just at an Apple store looking at one today. And while a 27” model would be my preference, I’m thinking the 24” iMac would suffice for my needs. But since I‘m currently running a M1 Mac mini, I’d want to upgrade to something faster.

I’d love to be surprised with a M2 iMac in November. But I’m thinking April 2023 would fit a tidy 2 year cycle. If you could, I would hold out at least to spring. It’s just seems like the iMac is a low priority product for Apple.

 

[EugW]

I’d love to be surprised with a M2 iMac in November. But I’m thinking April 2023 would fit a tidy 2 year cycle. If you could, I would hold out at least to spring. It’s just seems like the iMac is a low priority product for Apple.

The product that launched the second coming of Apple is now relegated to just an afterthought. 😢

 

[MayaUser]

Sooner than spring i dont see any iMac coming.
But it could be intresting, i could see that the cooling system with the 2 fans configuration of the 24" imac to keep both 5nm M2 but also 3nm M2 pro if its indeed coming in the spring 2023

 

[hoo-man-b-ing]

All signs (including their recent shareholder guidance) point toward Apple delaying new chips until early 2023 or later, which makes sense given the worldwide economy.

You might see an M2 Mac mini early next year, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the 24” iMac update gets pushed until fall to space out demand/consumer interest.

 

[EugW]

All signs (including their recent shareholder guidance) point toward Apple delaying new chips until early 2023 or later, which makes sense given the worldwide economy.

You might see an M2 Mac mini early next year, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the 24” iMac update gets pushed until fall to space out demand/consumer interest.

It's not Apple delaying new chips. It's TSMC saying finished N3 chips won't be out in volume until early calendar Q1 2023, meaning that Apple can't produce products in volume from those chips until late Q1/early Q2.

 

[E-MO-TION]

M2 iMac coming March 2023.

 

[pshufd]

M2 iMac coming March 2023.

Maybe.

I already bought a Studio.

I would look at an iMac but I don't like to flip hardware frequently. I just went from a mini to a Studio and I prefer to keep hardware running for 10 years.

 

[Gairman]

M2 iMac coming March 2023.

It's March 18th, 2023 and this does not look likely. Rumors are M3 iMac 2nd half 2023 from what I've seen in the past month.

 

[Jay Tee]

I waited six months after M1 iMac launched to buy it. I needed a machine ASAP and could not hold out any longer. Absolutely superb machine.

If you buy a machine before you have to, you'll regret it. With tech, you never pull the trigger unless you have to.

I am still chugging along on my late 2014 27" iMac (upgraded to 2TD SSD from Fusion) and have been holding off on upgrading until now. I am feeling the pain of 4k editing on my machine and at some point in the near future, I am going to want an upgrade to a new Mac (not a MacBook). Being that there is no 27" iMac direct replacement currently offered (unless you consider the mac mini/mac studio + Apple display), the 24" iMac is the only option that is available.

That being said, how long do you all believe it will be before the iMac gets an update? I have heard rumors of the 14/16" MacBook Pro line and possibly the Mac Mini getting M2 based chips in November, but I have not heard anything about the iMac getting an update which initially released with the M1 in April 2021.

Maybe the iMac will skip over the M2 altogether and jump to the M3 in the spring of 2023 (assuming the M3 chip gets released then)?

Thoughts?

 

[pshufd]

I waited six months after M1 iMac launched to buy it. I needed a machine ASAP and could not hold out any longer. Absolutely superb machine.

If you buy a machine before you have to, you'll regret it. With tech, you never pull the trigger unless you have to.

It depends on your perspective.

I bought a mini to play around with Apple Silicon. It's the future so I wanted to see if I could run all of my programs on it, and, if I couldn't, what my alternatives were. If you plan your ecosystem, then you have to experiment to get to where you can run your production down the road. This is the standard enterprise approach.