A couple of new rumors this weekend claim to offer additional details on Apple’s plans to launch a new iMac this summer. According to rumors, Apple could announce the new iMac as early as this week, but without a redesigned chassis.
The first rumor suggests that Apple may announce its new iMac powered by Intel as soon as this week. Rumors earlier this summer suggested we might see a new iMac at WWDC 2020, but that didn’t go through, and in fact, Apple didn’t announce any new hardware at WWDC this year.
Availability of the current generation iMac remains limited across the board, as we first detailed last month. Additionally, an unannounced iMac with a 10-core Intel i9 CPU and a Radeon Pro 5300 GPU appeared in Geekbench test results earlier this month, suggesting that a launch may be imminent.
In particular, the rumors this weekend come after the Twitter account @ L0vetodream tweeted last week that Apple’s new products were “ready to ship.” In the past, this Twitter account accurately reported details about macOS Big Sur, the new iPhone SE, the new iPad Pros, and more.
There are also plenty of precedents for Apple to announce new Macs through a press release in July. For example, Apple released two new MacBook models in July 2019. First it was a new MacBook Air with a True Tone display, which also came alongside a $ 100 price cut. Apple also introduced a new entry-level MacBook Pro. , with 8th generation Intel processors, Touch ID and Touch Bar.
The second new rumor this weekend suggests that the new iMac with Intel processors will not feature a completely new design. Instead, Apple appears to be saving its redesign for iMacs that feature Apple Silicon processors. This makes sense since the redesign would be a way for Apple to entice users to upgrade to an Apple Silicon Mac, even if the average user doesn’t necessarily care about the processor change.
The other rumored changes for this year’s iMac are still possible, regardless of whether the redesign occurs or not. This includes discontinuing the Fusion Drive in favor of an iMac lineup that includes SSD storage across the board, as well as Apple’s T2 security chip.
The iMac is long overdue for an industrial redesign. The external chassis was last overhauled in 2012, when Apple introduced a new iMac case that tapers to 5mm thick on the sides. But this design feature can only be seen from the side, and looking straight ahead, the iMac has remained unchanged for a decade.
Apple has said that it still has new Intel Macs in the pipeline, but that we will also get the first Apple Silicon Mac before the end of this year. The full transition to Apple Silicon will take around two years, according to Apple.
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