TechComputers & PCsA new iMac is about to launch – but it might not have the M3 chipAn M3 iMac is still in development but a new report says the next iMac will have a similar spec to the current Mac miniWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechComputers & PCsA new iMac is about to launch – but it might not have the M3 chipAn M3 iMac is still in development but a new report says the next iMac will have a similar spec to the current Mac miniWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
An M3 iMac is still in development but a new report says the next iMac will have a similar spec to the current Mac mini
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Apple)
(Image credit: Apple)
Apple’s colourful desktop all-in-one, the24-inch iMac, is due an update: the current model shipped in 2021, which is an eternity ago in computing. A new report says that a replacement is imminent – but the report also says that the predicted M3 chip won’t be in it. Instead, it seems that the next iMac will have M2 and M2 Pro options like the current Mac mini.
What do we know about the next iMac?
If you’re thinking that sounds very much like the current Mac mini, you’re right. That also comes with a choice of M2 or M2 Pro, 8GB or 16GB of unified memory, Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3. So the iMac the blog is describing is essentially a Mac mini stuck inside a nice screen.
So far, Mac Otakara is the only source claiming that the iMac will be getting M2/M2 Pro chips rather than the M3 we’ve been hearing about for months, so it’s unclear whether this information is accurate – and if it is, why Apple has changed its plans. The most likely explanation if indeed the leak is true is that the M3 simply won’t be ready in time: Macs go into production some time before their actual launch date, andas we reported back in Augustthe expected launch of M3 Macs, and an M3 iMac in particular, had been revised from late 2023 until late 2024.
If an M2 iMac is coming we don’t yet know when it will be launched, although if it’s coming before the end of 2023 then there’s not going to be a big Apple event to launch it: it’ll be announced in a press release rather than in a big Tim Cook production.
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