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Will there ever be a new large iMac (Pro)?
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BTO delivery dates have moved out massively from only days ago, as almost pulled the trigger.
I'm certainly not prepared to order a 2019 model that will take weeks to arrive and won't be hear until May.
I'm certainly not prepared to order a 2019 model that will take weeks to arrive and won't be hear until May.
buying 2019 model now is crazy. The iMac will get updated and WWDC is most likely candidate. If not then fall it is. I need one myself but now way I'm paying that much money for such old tech. If Apple knows that they are really far away from update (fall etc.) then they should drop the prices a bit. Seeing that they are not doing it then I guess we will see it in 5 weeks. Leakers mentioned iMacs soon so it all makes sense. 
I think a collapse of the iMac Pro and iMac line happens at WWDC and we finally get a regular iMac that can use the stock stand AND vesa adapter.
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Ugh, the waiting is unbearable...I wouldn't normally care so much but the iMac is long now due to a redesign. I hate being forced to rush and buy another iteration of the same design just with better specs, for the 3rd time in a row only for apple to unveil a new design this June. Or maybe they wont bother once again and we won't see any major redesign. It just sucks...
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My guess is that the new design will be an iMac lPro, while the standard iMac will recieve a space black color option, but the same design.
That sounds weird. Why would they add the colour that was until now the only differentiating option? And why redesign only one machine? It will either be both or none (unless its two extremes)
I don't see Apple spending resources and redesigning something that doesn't sell in huge numbers. If they redesign they will do it for both models. Before there was no Mac Pro but now the situation is different so wasting resources on iMac Pro is silly.
So both or none
Its Tim Cook we talk about here
I don't see Apple spending resources and redesigning something that doesn't sell in huge numbers. If they redesign they will do it for both models. Before there was no Mac Pro but now the situation is different so wasting resources on iMac Pro is silly.
So both or none
Its Tim Cook we talk about here
They've done it before (iPhone X and iPhone 8, iPad Pro and iPad, MacBook Pro retina and MacBook Air)That sounds weird. Why would they add the colour that was until now the only differentiating option? And why redesign only one machine? It will either be both or none (unless its two extremes)
I don't see Apple spending resources and redesigning something that doesn't sell in huge numbers. If they redesign they will do it for both models. Before there was no Mac Pro but now the situation is different so wasting resources on iMac Pro is silly.
So both or none
Its Tim Cook we talk about here
That sounds weird. Why would they add the colour that was until now the only differentiating option? And why redesign only one machine? It will either be both or none (unless its two extremes)
I don't see Apple spending resources and redesigning something that doesn't sell in huge numbers. If they redesign they will do it for both models. Before there was no Mac Pro but now the situation is different so wasting resources on iMac Pro is silly.
So both or none
Its Tim Cook we talk about here
They'll redesign both at the same time. They're essentially the same thing with different motherboards.
The iMac needs a damn good shake by the scruff of it's neck in design and specs. It's out of date. Expensive. And looks it.
Otherwise the iMac is going to look like a prehistoric relic compared to the iMac Pro and Mini. Not to mention archaic, outclassed and embarrassing compared to the M$ Studio 2.
Apple did redesign the Mac Pro after 6 years (shocking) only to give it a gargantuan price tag, a naff entry model and it won't sell in huge numbers (wonder why...) but...it's great design but shows they will re-design for a smaller audience.
iMac Pro. iMac. Consolidated chassis. Only m/b and config' need differ. Xeon vs i9/i10/iWhatever. ECC ram vs mainstream ram. That will be the main difference with a slight bump in specs vs the base configs of both.
I can see the rational for keeping the iMac Pro on as a middle man price option or step towards the insane Mac Pro. But really, the iMac Pro was an obvious stop gap. It could well go the way of the fairies.
What I'd really like to see would be an iMac Pro Threadripper and an iMac Ryzen. Now we're talking. But the 'grey' pro' paint would still be the same.
Tim Cook? Not a product guy. And the 6 years on the Mac Pro proves it if proof wasn't obvious in other areas.
To me, quite easy. Sell the iMac 5k display as a stand alone. Double the size of the Mac Mini. Make it a mid-tower or a version of the Mac Pro with a mainstream m/board and you can replace the gpu when it fries... It would give users more options. I won't hold my breath though.
At the least though, the iMac might receive an anemic spec bump like the iPad z and mac 'mini' (and both have been mini updates.)
Azrael.
Yeah, pretty weird that the BTO models now take a month and a half to deliver (in Europe at least).
BTO iMac: 4-6 weeks, iMac Pro: 3-4 weeks. All other BTO Macs are less than week except MPB13 inch which is 1-2 weeks. The latter has been rumoured for a redesign for a long time. Looks like something is up unless iMac/iMP specific assembly plant is unusually hard hit by corona virus lock down.
How the iMac/iMP ideally should be is heavily influenced to the writers own preferences, including my own. I would love to have a silent, thin and white, that is an unobtrusive, iMac for home use. So tired of bare aluminium or the grey version. It is far off from a threadripper iMP that others probably long for which illustrates my point of individual preferences.
Apple probably makes us all disappointed by choosing a boring middle way...
How the iMac/iMP ideally should be is heavily influenced to the writers own preferences, including my own. I would love to have a silent, thin and white, that is an unobtrusive, iMac for home use. So tired of bare aluminium or the grey version. It is far off from a threadripper iMP that others probably long for which illustrates my point of individual preferences.
Apple probably makes us all disappointed by choosing a boring middle way...
After all this time the iMac doesn’t even have a matching keyboard for the current design. Black keys on the keyboard would seem like a major change for the better compared to what the iMac has had for many years, but I’m not even expecting that.
A 32in version with slim bezels, cooling that, uhm... cools would be lovelyyyyy. Dream on, dream on....FTFY
Another tiny iMac rumor:
www.macrumors.com
"In recent weeks, the account has noted that some products and components have been delayed, including the new iMac models and the A14 chip".
So another confirmation that it's coming soon.
Leaker: Apple Planning iPad Air With Under-Screen Touch ID, ARM MacBook, Game Controller, and More
An anonymous Twitter account with a fairly accurate track record has shared details about several Apple products that are supposedly under...
www.macrumors.com
So another confirmation that it's coming soon.
I think "delayed" in this case means they couldn't release it yet because of COVID-19 issues, which would suggest it's more likely a matter of weeks, maybe a month.
The iMac is usually announced/updated at WWDC isn't it? In which case it would make sense to announce it then this year. What is puzzling are the rumours for an updated 13in MBP next month. Why wouldn't they just hold it back until WWDC, and announce several hardware upgrades alongside the software. Unless, there is too much to fit in, e.g. AirTags, new AirPods etc?
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