Retired leaker claims iMac with bigger screen is on the way
A refresh of the iMac line to include Apple Silicon could also bring with it a new display size, a prominent leaker predicts, with at least one model potentially having a larger screen than the existing 27-inch model.
Apple currently offers consumers the choice of two iMac sizes, with a smaller 21.5-inch model alongside a 27-inch version. If a tweet by serial leaker "Lovetodream" is true, the range could include a model with an even larger display.
Tweeted on Saturday, the leaker mused on the iMac screen in Chinese, stating the display "is really big and bigger than the biggest," as spotted by 9to5Mac and translated by Google. The tweet seems to suggest the new models will include at least one that will have a larger viewable area than the existing 27-inch model.
However, the leaker followed up with a tweet that put the claim into question, observing "I don't know why you guys like to over-interpret my words." The account also previously tweeted that they had retired from leaking.
Apple is thought to be working on a pair of redesigned iMac models sporting Apple Silicon chips. In January, a report claimed the models were codenamed J456 and J457, and borrowed design ideas from the Pro Display XDR by having slimmer bezels and no metal chin.
Earlier rumors have also put forward the idea of a 24-inch iMac model.
Some signs of hardware change have occurred, including the end of production for some 21.5-inch iMac configurations in March, as well as the official discontinuation of the iMac Pro. Hardware identifiers for an "iMac21.1" and "iMac21,2" have also been found in the macOS Big Sur 11.3 beta ahead of an expected spring refresh.
If Apple is to expand the display size, it will have to also increase the resolution so the iMac retains its Retina-level resolution. Since the 27-inch is a 5K panel, a larger screen may end up moving to a 6K resolution, which could end up pushing up the price of the model.
Apple currently offers consumers the choice of two iMac sizes, with a smaller 21.5-inch model alongside a 27-inch version. If a tweet by serial leaker "Lovetodream" is true, the range could include a model with an even larger display.
Tweeted on Saturday, the leaker mused on the iMac screen in Chinese, stating the display "is really big and bigger than the biggest," as spotted by 9to5Mac and translated by Google. The tweet seems to suggest the new models will include at least one that will have a larger viewable area than the existing 27-inch model.
However, the leaker followed up with a tweet that put the claim into question, observing "I don't know why you guys like to over-interpret my words." The account also previously tweeted that they had retired from leaking.
Apple is thought to be working on a pair of redesigned iMac models sporting Apple Silicon chips. In January, a report claimed the models were codenamed J456 and J457, and borrowed design ideas from the Pro Display XDR by having slimmer bezels and no metal chin.
Earlier rumors have also put forward the idea of a 24-inch iMac model.
Some signs of hardware change have occurred, including the end of production for some 21.5-inch iMac configurations in March, as well as the official discontinuation of the iMac Pro. Hardware identifiers for an "iMac21.1" and "iMac21,2" have also been found in the macOS Big Sur 11.3 beta ahead of an expected spring refresh.
If Apple is to expand the display size, it will have to also increase the resolution so the iMac retains its Retina-level resolution. Since the 27-inch is a 5K panel, a larger screen may end up moving to a 6K resolution, which could end up pushing up the price of the model.
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2. The iMac Pro suffered from lack of distinction from the iMac. Yes, it was more powerful, but the iMac was no slouch. An XDR iMac would be fucking pro.
(but probably not this year)
That’s my ‘leak’
Why the surprise?
Let’s move on Apple as soon as possible.
I agree that having a user accessible port for ram and a hard drive would be perfect. Maybe you have the AS unified memory and the user can offload the over burden to the user added ram instead of to the SSD? Then the user added ssd can be a M.2 with a socketed lightning slot, so I could use it for my data files or process files so I don’t have to use up my integrated SSD so fast. Right now I am doing the same with an external lightning 3 drive and while it works, I would love to keep the all in one aspect.
Im seeing Apple platform as one that’s perfect without having to mess with the internals. Even my Linux box is a Dell, albeit with a minor mods but that was because I got the box for $200 and could afford to play 😁
This would be my bet as well. Reducing the bezel sufficiently could take the existing 27-inch and turn it into a 30-inch, likewise the 21.5-inch might be able to get to 23 or 24 inch with reduced bezels. I don't think a major redesign of the iMac (which is pretty perfect, especially with the RAM door in the 27") is on for this year. I think it will take quite some time and the next generation of Mx chips before the design department needs to rethink the Mac line to reflect the changed engineering possibilities.
I think it extremely unlikely that the user-accessible RAM door in the current 27-inch will survive in the next design. You order it with the RAM you're going to need, especially when future gens of the Mx chip offer more than 16GB. Apple has zero reason to offer the option of third-party RAM slots with the Mx design, especially once the M-family line can handle more than 16GB, which I expect will happen late this year or early next.
Other issue from non upgradable devices is that you have to replace everything when something is damage. For example, we had a logic board issue in a mobile workstation, and since the RAM and SSD was replaceable, the user didn't lose any data, neither a restore was needed. That's different from Apple, where you have to replace everything, and there are cases where it result in data loss, like this case I read recently.
https://medium.com/codex/my-macbook-air-m1-is-dead-a394e3581e95