Will Apple Ever Bring Back a Larger iMac? Here's What Rumors Say

It has been more than two and a half years since Apple discontinued the 27-inch iMac, as part of its move away from Intel processors. Since then, the 24-inch iMac has been Apple's only all-in-one desktop computer, with no larger model available.

Will a larger iMac ever make a comeback? We recap the latest rumors below.

In November 2023, Apple announced that it had no plans to release a new version of the 27-inch iMac with an Apple silicon chip. Instead, Apple recommended pairing its Studio Display external monitor with the Mac Studio or Mac mini.

Apple's statement ruled out a new 27-inch iMac, but an even larger model is still possible one day. Around a year ago, both Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said Apple was developing a 32-inch iMac for release in late 2024 or in 2025. Kuo said the larger iMac's screen would feature mini-LED backlighting, which would allow for increased brightness, higher contrast ratio, and other benefits compared to LCD technology.

While there haven't been any rumors lately about this alleged 32-inch iMac, Gurman said Apple was still exploring a larger iMac as recently as August this year.

"A larger iMac remains something Apple is exploring as well, but it's unclear if that will be an M4 product or something that comes the following year or later," he wrote.

That is all that is known about a potential larger iMac at this point.

All in all, it seems that a larger iMac might be on Apple's roadmap, but the wait continues for now. In the meantime, Apple updated the 24-inch iMac with the M4 chip last month. Given that a larger iMac did not launch at the same time as the updated 24-inch iMac, the wait for one will very likely continue into 2025 or later, if it ever happens.