Right after the June 22 event it was predicted for end of 2020. In more recent news it isn't mentioned. My late 2012 iMac is showing its age, although it is working. But I am concerned how long it will last. I do not want a 27 inch machine. If I need an interim device it would be an airlock, because they are not as expensive, and then sell or trade it probably, when the new iMac comes out.
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Are there any guesstimates of when the 24 inch silicon iMac will be available?
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I don't think we know more than the rumors about late 2020. I'm not sure what you mean about an "airlock", but a 21.5" iMac with an SSD sounds like it might be a good interim option for you. If you don't mind a fusion drive, there are sometimes like-new 21.5" iMacs available on the Apple Refurb Store (https://www.apple.com/shop/product/...611c7012ee601b6d8922137488d76d51b8b426fac7e14), which is a good way to save.
Oh, MacBook Air, great. The refurb store usually has a good assortment of the 2020s in stock, so it's a good way to save a bit on them. You probably know this, but the refurbs also come with the Apple one-year warranty and option to buy Applecare+. Fast shipping too and the return policy is the same.
There is a slight possibility at an October Mac event when macOS Big Sur is released, or perhaps next up would be March 2021.
The world is a strange, unpredictable place now supply wise. If COVID flares up again this cold season it could have an effect on that. I think the 24" will be March-June 2021 WWDC with the 27"-30" available end of 2021 at the earliest. AS iMac Pro & AS Mac Pro will be 2022 middle or end.
Nobody knows. For me, the fact that the 27" got a decent update, but the 21" was unchanged (except for ditching the HDD) is an indication that we will probably first see a 24" AS iMac, and it probably will be one of the first AS Macs to be launched.
However, these kinds of indications are sometimes completely inaccurate. It reminds me of the 2015 MacBook Air. Everyone expected a big update in 2016, but the only thing they did was to move from 4GB to 8GB RAM. In 2017 yet again a big update was expected, but we only got a tiny processor bump, and it wasn't even a new generation (still Broadwell). The actual new MacBook Air came in 2018, but at a much higher price point, and they kept selling the old Air. The old Air was discontinued in 2019, but only in 2020 the new Air would have the same price point as the old one used to have…
Since then, I hesitate to give predictions without solid rumours.
However, these kinds of indications are sometimes completely inaccurate. It reminds me of the 2015 MacBook Air. Everyone expected a big update in 2016, but the only thing they did was to move from 4GB to 8GB RAM. In 2017 yet again a big update was expected, but we only got a tiny processor bump, and it wasn't even a new generation (still Broadwell). The actual new MacBook Air came in 2018, but at a much higher price point, and they kept selling the old Air. The old Air was discontinued in 2019, but only in 2020 the new Air would have the same price point as the old one used to have…
Since then, I hesitate to give predictions without solid rumours.