Next-Generation iMac Chip, Stand, and Color Details Rumored Ahead of Apple Event

Apple's upcoming iMac refresh will feature a new chip, an internally redesigned stand, and a similar array of color options to the current model, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

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Following Apple's announcement of its "Scary Fast" event scheduled for Monday, October 30, Gurman reposted a Power On newsletter published in March on X (formerly Twitter) and reiterated several key details:

The main change to the ‌iMac‌ will apparently be its processor, with the new machine featuring Apple's M3 chip. The current model has the M1 chip and Gurman has repeatedly said that the ‌iMac‌ will skip the M2 chip entirely. He previously remarked that he expects it to be "one of the company's first M3-based machines."

Gurman mentioned the new ‌iMac‌'s internally redesigned stand back in March, explaining that "the computer will see some of its internal components relocated and redesigned, and the manufacturing process for attaching the ‌iMac‌'s stand is different." According to his latest comments, the internally redesigned stand remains on the new machine.

The current, M1-based ‌iMac‌ is available in green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, and silver. In March, Gurman said that the new ‌iMac‌ was being tested in orange, pink, blue, and silver finishes. Gurman has now reiterated his claim that the color options of the new machine will remain "similar," which suggests that there may still be some changes.

The next-generation ‌iMac‌ is otherwise expected to be the same as the current 24-inch model. Gurman's information indicates that the new ‌iMac‌ entered mass production sometime between June and August, suggesting that it is now ready to launch.

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Top Rated Comments

CarAnalogy Avatar
25 months ago
The processor is still not the problem. Base 256GB storage / 8 GB RAM is the problem. They could ship it with the same M1 and bump it up to 512/16 and it would actually be a better upgrade for a computer like this. People aren’t using this to make movies. They’re using it to watch movies and keep a thousand Chrome tabs open and store their pictures. None of that needs a faster processor. All of it can use more storage and RAM.

My guess is they won’t start shipping 512/16 standard until about 2030.
Score: 55 Votes (Like | Disagree)
gatorvet96 Avatar
25 months ago

Lazy-ass company distracted making TV shows. With every other streaming app on Apple's platforms they should have stayed out of TV Show and movie business and focused on hardware products and cloud services. iMac is being left languished. iMac Pro should have been out a couple of years ago and iMac should have some ports, ffs.
Yes because all of the engineers and computer scientists are being pulled from their projects to work on television series production /s
Score: 28 Votes (Like | Disagree)
azentropy Avatar
25 months ago
I really hope they offer at least one color option with black bezels.
Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)
goonie4life9 Avatar
25 months ago
So it’s safe to say this will be a more evolutionary than revolutionary upgrade, in which the Apple releases the “fastest, most powerful M-series iMac chip ever released in an iMac. This all new iMac is the best, most efficient iMac Apple has ever released. The M3 chip takes processing and graphics to a whole new level. Apple thinks you’re going love it and can’t wait to see the incredible things customers do with the all new iMac with M3 processor!”
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MayaUser Avatar
25 months ago

Lazy-ass company distracted making TV shows. With every other streaming app on Apple's platforms they should have stayed out of TV Show and movie business and focused on hardware products and cloud services. iMac is being left languished. iMac Pro should have been out a couple of years ago and iMac should have some ports, ffs.
That makes no sense...since Apple is so big...they can afford to build a new team just for the tv shows.....yea Martin Scorsese was pulled from the iMac project
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Ishan Agarwal Avatar
25 months ago

Lazy-ass company distracted making TV shows. With every other streaming app on Apple's platforms they should have stayed out of TV Show and movie business and focused on hardware products and cloud services. iMac is being left languished. iMac Pro should have been out a couple of years ago and iMac should have some ports, ffs.
Yes, of course. After all, the same teams are making the TV shows and designing the new iMac.
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)