M1 Macs appeared in the 29th October beta of Big Sur. They were announced 10th November.
I suspect second week of April for the new iMac.
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macOS Big Sur 11.3 Beta 5 Includes References to Two Unreleased iMacs
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I suspect second week of April for the new iMac.
Nope! As cool as that would be, event invites are traditionally sent 7-9 days in advance. All rumors are pointing to an April event, though.
Come on. My original 5K Retina iMac is feeling tired, and wants to sleep. 
Although I gotta say, it's still pretty capable. Best computer I have ever owned.
Although I gotta say, it's still pretty capable. Best computer I have ever owned.
But it is weird that there are no rumors from supply chain that usually confirm new product on the way. It could show that production has not been far away or that they may stick with original design. As it was with Mac mini that nobody announced. Just my speculations.
It'll keep runningBut do you wait til the 2nd gen if no face recognition with the 1st gen .... I’ve got a 27” iMac first gen and it is still going strong! Now I’ve gone and said that ....
My 2013 MP is still going. I bought it originally for my video transfer business which I've since stopped because I now work for my wife. It's paid for. Still opens huge raw files for my photography so I'm going to keep going with it. But by the time it starts to falter, I'm hoping Apple is well into the M series of MP and iMacs. From all accounts, that speed could be something to behold!As for the iMacs, I love 'em. If I didn't need the power I did back then, I would have an iMac for sure. Still tempted for a refurb'd iMac Pro, but I think the M series will blow past those speeds so I'll just wait it out.
Nope, they won't. The reason why the laptops etc. look the same is because the design team was busy designing the iMacs. You have to spread the work and not have nothing and then overload them.
So, this is exactly what Apple has done. Redesign iMac so the Mac Mini and MBP are still in the same factors and when the iMac is out the team is ready to tackle those.
So, this is exactly what Apple has done. Redesign iMac so the Mac Mini and MBP are still in the same factors and when the iMac is out the team is ready to tackle those.
Yes. Good call. My iMac 2010:suddenly crawled along to unusability levels about three months ago. No idea why. Almost frozen. iMovie is my main usage and it just gave up almost overnight. Tried updating to High Sierra. Nope that is the limit.Apple helpline tried their best and I even tried disabling iCloud which did seem to help but Imreigned myself to getting a discounted iMac Pro. And that wouldn’t have been cheap for what I need. Then i kept using time machine backups reinstallijg and eventually it actually sprang back to life again. It must’ve been a corrupt confirmation software wise. Anyway so far so good and it’s flying along again. I could spent a lot of cash on a. Older model and lost because I couldn’t wait for then M1 iMacs. I’ll await the arrival,and reviews at leisure rather than ge a Mac Mini M1and monitor. Buy in haste and repent at leisure was the option I thankfully never had to take.
I have good faith the new iMac is gonna rock in performance much more than expected by most.
Ok Apple let's go. Enough is enough. We need more Apple Silicon options yesterday, and we need a redesigned iMac the day before yesterday.
2 iMac models, eh? Does this usually represent two distinctly different products or can it be 2 versions of the same product?
We've only heard about the alleged 24" iMac in the redesign rumors, so that leaves kind of lost in terms of what to expect. 24" 4K is worse than 21" 4K. And 24" 5K would be very, very small assets. So what kind of display would 24" even be?
I'm holding out hope that Apple keeps the same 21.5" and 27" 4k/5k panels for the new design. They would be physically smaller and look beautiful with the same great displays. I really don't think the displays need to change much at all.
2 iMac models, eh? Does this usually represent two distinctly different products or can it be 2 versions of the same product?
We've only heard about the alleged 24" iMac in the redesign rumors, so that leaves kind of lost in terms of what to expect. 24" 4K is worse than 21" 4K. And 24" 5K would be very, very small assets. So what kind of display would 24" even be?
I'm holding out hope that Apple keeps the same 21.5" and 27" 4k/5k panels for the new design. They would be physically smaller and look beautiful with the same great displays. I really don't think the displays need to change much at all.
MBP 16" was found in Catalina Beta Oct 18 2019 and was introduced Nov 13.
Don’t count out a final iMac CPU-only update for the current model to Rocket Lake. Seems unlikely, but the PCH is already RL-compatible and it would a relatively minor swap out. Perhaps making the 5500XT the default GPU as well. Seems far fetched, but never say never.
Did you go from a 4k 24” to a 5k 27”. No, because there wasn’t a 4k.
A 4k 24” will seem “brilliant” when compared to a much more expensive 5k 27” for most AIO buyers. And that’s what Apple has to market to.
Granted it was 15 years ago, but:
Intel core chips went into existing iMac, PowerBook and mini designs during the first 18 months of transition. There were some slight modifications, and the iMac gained a new size with the core2, but the worked out the internals on platforms they knew before they changed the external design. And there were STILL issues.
I still could see a rocket lake 27” iMac and M1X 24” model this year, with a new iMac design language for the M2 next year.
A 24" 4k display is a downgrade from both the 21.5" 4k display and 27" 5k display.
I don't see how that's going to work.
I haven’t had an iMac for years but I do buy them for others. If the new model looks like an iPad Pro form on top of a beautiful stand with movable arm like the iMac G4 lampshade arm that would be sweeeet.
Right on! What do you think the price will be for the entry level? $3k?
I want a blinged out one but its scary to think what a 32" m1x with a 1t drive and 32 gigs of ram will be!
Hmmm $4500?
A sensible Mac user. Upgrading the boot drive to SSD...although some do not seem to think that makes much of a difference! Did you have an external HD with it?
True, a 23.5” 4k monitor is not quite 200 dpi, so is it “retina” anymore? The 21.5” is a non-standard 4k panel (higher rez) to reach 220dpi, but would Apple want the cost of a custom panel to reach 220dpi? 4450x2500 4.5k? It would allow full 4k editing with pallets and controls open, though they would be smaller pallets than a 5k display.