Will there ever be a new large iMac (Pro)?

[pldelisle]

Did Nvidia gpus just over heat and come off the motherboard?

Is that why Apple fell out with them?

In my case it was the VRAM. Not the GPU itself.

But what I did isn’t pretty at all.... Computing a model for 72 straight hours on a laptop wasn’t a good idea. I was a bit squeezed in time, couldn’t use university’s desktop... a matter of circumstances. So it ended by computing the model over a weekend long, and every time after when the dGPU kicked in there was artefacts on the screen, especially in transparency. Typical of a VRAM failure. No one should ever do this on any laptop, being a mac or not.

Thanks Apple care for avoiding me to pay 1100$ CAD for the whole maxed-out motherboard 2 months before the end of warranty

 

[DrRadon]

So i stalked that leaker, Komiya, a bit and it's a bit odd because he is correcting people on the iPhone event date in September (19th instead of 8th according to him) but he is not correcting them on iMac at the end of October event while saying iMac and homePod are dropping next week as far as he knows. Very specific while being unspecific. Hm.

Would make a ton of sense to just get rid of iMac by dropping it now with now three leakers suggesting "products"/iMac ready to ship instead of entangling it in a ARM MacEvent were it either will look more powerful or look somewhat laughable compared to Arm MacBooks because they pop sparkling ice cream like unicorns.

I don't know. Like i said. I would gladly take it. But i am feeling "two weeks from now" a bit more than next week.

Tons of refurbished iMac dropped earlier today in the german store, was not even tempted, the refurbished 2tb SSD vega i9 was more expensive than my vendor was offering me (custom building the 2tb SSD and 40 instead of 32gb ram). Seems like the US is getting better deals over these.

 

[fokmik]

Seems they will deliver faceid to arm macs from the start

 

[Azrael9]

Seems they will deliver faceid to arm macs from the start

It's going to be fringe pull time.

Azrael.

 

[pldelisle]

Seems they will deliver faceid to arm macs from the start

Yep. Only in Big Sur, so likely only with ARM macs. Suggesting no redesign for a new Intel imac that would be released prior Big Sur release. Clear evidence now. They cannot release an imac with FaceID under Catalina saying ’’Oh sorry, this feature will only be available in a couple of months’’.

 

[jetjaguar]

Yep. Only in Big Sur, so likely only with ARM macs. Suggesting no redesign for a new Intel imac that would be released prior Big Sur release. Clear evidence now. They cannot release an imac with FaceID under Catalina saying ’’Oh sorry, this feature will only be available in a couple of months’’.

Yup no redesign for intel

 

[anthony13]

Yep. Only in Big Sur, so likely only with ARM macs. Suggesting no redesign for a new Intel imac that would be released prior Big Sur release. Clear evidence now. They cannot release an imac with FaceID under Catalina saying ’’Oh sorry, this feature will only be available in a couple of months’’.

My thoughts too, and I've been a proponent of the intel redesign crowd. Although I suppose it's possible it just isn't available on an intel redesigned unit, and is only available on the 24" silicon iMac.

On another note, I know the original leakers suggested a 24" AS iMac in the Fall; is that no longer the consensus? It seems more and more like leakers are only suggesting AS laptops in the Fall?

 

[pldelisle]

On another note, I know the original leakers suggested a 24" AS iMac in the Fall; is that no longer the consensus? It seems more and more like leakers are only suggesting AS laptops in the Fall?

Yep the last predictions are the updated MacBook Air and a 13 inch MacBook Pro without MiniLED, both under Apple Silicon. I think this is the last guess from Kuo.

Kuo: Apple Silicon Macs to Include 13-inch MacBook Pro and MacBook Air This Year, 14.1-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro Models Next Year

At last month's WWDC, Apple officially announced that its Mac computers will be transitioned from Intel x86 to homegrown Apple Silicon chips....

www.macrumors.com

July 10.

 

[Freida]

After weeks of these duckers I became immune so next week is going to be again nothing
Hahahhaha. In fact, I want Sep/Oct. Better chances for better tech.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1286656382192648198

 

[pldelisle]

After weeks of these duckers I became immune so next week is going to be again nothing
Hahahhaha. In fact, I want Sep/Oct. Better chances for better tech.

These guys don’t know anything for sure.

 

[FrankySavvy]

I am still in the Intel redesign camp. Based on that leak by Sonny Dickson, the leaked Benchmark confirming those internals and the lovetodream leak of products shipping soon. I’m still thinking we see a redesigned Intel iMac between now and September.

In Late October, we see redesigned Apple Silicon MacBooks. The AS MacBooks will be the first Macs with Face ID. The 24” Apple Silicon iMac will follow next year, as well as the 16” MacBook Pro. The high end 27” iMac and Mac Pro will wait until late 2021 and 2022.

Would make sense if:

June 22nd - WWDC 2020 Software/Apple Silicon Announcement
July 28/29th - Intel iMac Redesign Launch/Video
July 30th - Investors Call - Discussing 3Q new iMac sales etc
Sept 8th - Special Event - iPhone 12, Apple Watch Series 6, Apple TV, New iPad, HomePod, iOS 14
October 27th - Special Event - Apple Silicon Redesigned MacBooks, Big Sur Launch

Each about a month apart. Gives the announcements time to breathe from a marketing prospective.

The big question though, will they update the new design of both the 21.5 and 27 inch Intel iMacs? Then just swap out the Apple Silicon as it comes out and is ready.

 

[gusping]

Backupping and reinstalling an OS is a matter of an hour.

I should do that.... I only found out a few months ago you can redownload and install the same OS, without restoring from a backup. Pretty neat.

 

[pldelisle]

In Late October, we see redesigned Apple Silicon MacBooks. The AS MacBooks will be the first Macs with Face ID

They wouldn’t do a redesign now to include a new, physical feature *in the structure* of the iMac when AS is launched.

I might be wrong, but this is unlikely.
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I should do that.... I only found out a few months ago you can redownload and install the same OS, without restoring from a backup. Pretty neat.

Always best to install from a USB device. Download Catalina installer and boot from USB. It always served me better than any other method. Completely erase the internal SSD prior installation. Format the drive in APFS.

 

[gusping]

Did Nvidia gpus just over heat and come off the motherboard?

Is that why Apple fell out with them?

Azrael.

I only found out the other day (9to5Mac HH podcast), that the reason Apple gave up with Nvidia (or one of the reasons), was that Apple wanted final sign-off of the GPU drivers, but Nvidia wanted full control.

Perhaps very common knowledge, but I hadn't heard of it before!
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Always best to install from a USB device. Download Catalina installer and boot from USB. It always served me better than any other method. Completely erase the internal SSD prior installation. Format the drive in APFS.

So it is a clean install? ****. I cba with that, even though I have a perfect time machine back up. Too much hassle. I will plough on with my struggles until Big Sur.

 

[FrankySavvy]

They wouldn’t do a redesign now to include a new, physical feature *in the structure* of the iMac when AS is launched.

I might be wrong, but this is unlikely.
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Always best to install from a USB device. Download Catalina installer and boot from USB. It always served me better than any other method. Completely erase the internal SSD prior installation. Format the drive in APFS.

Face ID might not be coming to Desktop Macs for awhile. Only MacBooks since they are more portable and succetible to more security issues.

 

[xgman]

How many of us would buy a slight spec bump. ehh.. I'd probably wait for the AS 27. I'm not convinced we have any idea what's up here. Speaking of AS, Gizmodo had a different take on these new benchmarks ,

These New Apple ARM Benchmarks Might Not Be What People Think They Are

New leaked benchmarks that supposedly show Apple’s developer transition kit running Geekbench 5 Pro natively on the Mac mini are starting to make the

gizmodo.com

 

[pldelisle]

Face ID might not be coming to Desktop Macs for awhile. Only MacBooks since they are more portable and succetible to more security issues.

Maybe. That’s a point.

 

[DrRadon]

June 22nd - WWDC 2020 Software/Apple Silicon Announcement
July 28/29th - Intel iMac Redesign Launch/Video
July 30th - Investors Call - Discussing 3Q new iMac sales etc
Sept 8th - Special Event - iPhone 12, Apple Watch Series 6, Apple TV, New iPad, HomePod, iOS 14
October 27th - Special Event - Apple Silicon Redesigned MacBooks, Big Sur Launch

The leaker that said "afaik next week" also said the iPhone event would be later in September. 19th (i think).

Would not mind a birthday present on Wednesday but i really don't see it. I guess if your iMac numbers are through the roof due to covid investors will get hard nipples if you release a brand new one a day before the call with at (very) least half a year of the pandemic to go.

 

[anthony13]

The leaker that said "afaik next week" also said the iPhone event would be later in September. 19th (i think).

afaik next week = A Fake Next Week?

 

[DrRadon]

afaik next week = A Fake Next Week?

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[FrankySavvy]

The new iMac launching next week is why Tim Cook had to postpone the Anti-Trust Hearing, LOL

https://twitter.com/x/status/1286585103267684353

 

[anthony13]

Oh it stands for 'as far as i know'... I think in this moment i just became old.

 

[DrRadon]

Oh it stands for 'as far as i know'... I think in this moment i just became old.

If you are to old to know AFAIK you are probably 60+. xD

 

[pldelisle]

afaik next week = A Fake Next Week?

I really liked it

 

[anthony13]

If you are to old to know AFAIK you are probably 60+. xD

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