The answer you're looking for is yes. Will it price many of us out of the iMac market? Probably.
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Will There Really Be Another iMac Pro?
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Mac Studio is much better. You can choose your own display and it has good cooling.
All-In-One is even more inflexible. You have to replace everything when something breaks. Doesn't fit with the alleged efforts to protect the environment.
It's fine the way it is.
With AppleSilicon, we no longer have ECC-Ram.
There is logically room for a ~27" iMac in the lineup using the Mx Pro chip, if the 24" is analogous to a MacBook Air/ 13" Pro, it could be the desktop counterpart to the 14/16" MacBook Pro. The Max/Ultra Mac Studio + Display then slot in above. Whether demand will support 3 separate models for the tiny desktop share of the mac market is the question. It would probably need to start at $1,799 or so like the outgoing 27" iMac though, so it doesn't clip into the Mac Studio space too much.
2023 looks to be a big year:
Reality (or whatever it is called)
Mac Pro
MacBook Air 15”
MacBook Pro/Studio updates
iMac update
iPhone 15
I don’t know if they will update the existing 24” iMac in 2023, but I don’t see an iMac Pro being a focus for them with everything else they’ve got in the pipeline.
Reality (or whatever it is called)
Mac Pro
MacBook Air 15”
MacBook Pro/Studio updates
iMac update
iPhone 15
I don’t know if they will update the existing 24” iMac in 2023, but I don’t see an iMac Pro being a focus for them with everything else they’ve got in the pipeline.
If you're a "Pro" you want the latest processor etc. Displays tend to update less often. It seems better to be able to update your machine and keep the same display.
The problem is, Apple doesn't have mind control. Not everyone wants to fork out $3,600 for the Studio combo.
Right now, there is a huge gap in the product stack for a $2,000 - $3,000 iMac.
Apple is on record admitting that the name was an embarrassing mistake, and that the name is “retired”.
The replacement WILL be iMac Studio.
Agreed. For me, yourself and many other users a large screen iMac with decent compliment of ports is the best desktop machine. I MUCH prefer an AIO system over a faux "modular" system. Which basically translates to the user trying to find a reliable display themselves and needing support from two different companies were something to go wrong. My only concern is Apple will likely price many of us out of the large iMac with ports market. Chances they price me out of this market are 99/100.
Doesn't sound like something the egos at Apple would say. Where are they on record saying this? I'd bet it will be called iMac Pro
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Apple doesn't have mind control, that's why they won't do an iMac Pro.
People cannot buy something that doesn't exist.
The 27-inch iMac Pro is discontinued, but Apple would never "retire" a name. That would be retiring MagSafe in 2016. You never know when it's needed again.
Apple doesn't have mind control, that's why they won't do an iMac Pro.
It's like 15-inch MacBook Air. Early adopters are forced get the 16-inch MBP. Once that high margin revenue dries up, Apple will expand into markets where they feel money can be made.
I don't think they will make another one. I loved my iMac Pro when it was out, but I wouldn't buy another one now that I've had the XDR Display and Mac Studio. It just isn't a product that's needed anymore.
I think that is much more a possibility than an iMac Pro.
I can't see it. An iMac with a larger display probably. But for PRO users it will be Studio-type devices and bring everything else yourself.
I’ll say there won’t be, because the Studio and Display offer features that most professionals wanted (namely, a more flexible upgrade path)
However I do believe Apple will introduce a larger iMac, just not with a ‘pro’ spec. This is because a large audience of the 27” iMac just wanted a large all-in-one computer rather than performance.
However I do believe Apple will introduce a larger iMac, just not with a ‘pro’ spec. This is because a large audience of the 27” iMac just wanted a large all-in-one computer rather than performance.
i don't get why one would go for an imac pro when you'd rather have the ability to upgrade the display(s) separately from the compute platform.
If you're a power user (i hesitate to use the word professional because you can be a professional who does nothing to do with computers) then you probably want more monitors and more monitor choice than are built into any sort of imac as well.
If you're a power user (i hesitate to use the word professional because you can be a professional who does nothing to do with computers) then you probably want more monitors and more monitor choice than are built into any sort of imac as well.
That's the very reason I have gone the studio and studio display route now I only have to UG one part not the whole shebang
There won’t be a bigger iMac or an iMac Pro.
I think people need to accept that the 27” iMac is dead and won’t be coming back. Apple want you to buy the Studio and Studio Display instead.
Those iMac displays are really good and desirable. But they won't warrant the same upgrade cycle as the computer inside. It doesn't make sense for the customers to have spent so much on such an iMac, and wanted to upgrade the Mac part but not the display. Unless Apple would do some sort of trade in programme. But still, the economics don't make much sense. I would opt for a Mac Mini + a separate display. But just can't find any displays that match the iMac, even the old ones, there's something different and nicer about iMac displays.
The iMac went from 21.5” to 24”.
27” is too close. I think the Mac Studio / Studio Display is more practical.
27” is too close. I think the Mac Studio / Studio Display is more practical.
The 27” iMac used to be fantastic value. Similar 5K display and a full mac included for under $3000 AUD. Now just a 5K display costs almost that much ($2500 AUD).