New iMac Pro and M3 iMac coming, but not in 2022
While Mac users wait for Apple to launch M2 models in 2022, it seems the company may already be working on the generation after that, with M3 and an iMac Pro possibly arriving in 2023.
Apple is expected to bring out new Macs sporting M2 chips, with a variety of launches anticipated for 2022. However, Apple is apparently already testing out what could be its third generation of Apple Silicon.
According to Mark Gurman in the Bloomberg "Power On" newsletter, an M3 chip is "already in the works" and currently undergoing testing. Though Gurman doesn't offer details of what the chip will offer, he expects it won't launch "until the end of next year at the earliest," referring to late 2023.
Gurman adds that he still thinks "an iMac Pro is coming. It just won't be anytime soon." The iMac Pro offered a high-performance alternative to the iMac, and a revival of the model was rumored to arrive in 2022 complete with a mini LED backlit display.
As for the M2 roadmap, Gurman outlines the plan as an M2 release in a new MacBook Air, entry-level MacBook Pro and Mac mini. M2 Pro and M2 Max chips are expected for updated 14-inch MacBook Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro, and a dual M2 Ultra chip is touted for the Mac Pro.
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Apple is expected to bring out new Macs sporting M2 chips, with a variety of launches anticipated for 2022. However, Apple is apparently already testing out what could be its third generation of Apple Silicon.
According to Mark Gurman in the Bloomberg "Power On" newsletter, an M3 chip is "already in the works" and currently undergoing testing. Though Gurman doesn't offer details of what the chip will offer, he expects it won't launch "until the end of next year at the earliest," referring to late 2023.
Gurman adds that he still thinks "an iMac Pro is coming. It just won't be anytime soon." The iMac Pro offered a high-performance alternative to the iMac, and a revival of the model was rumored to arrive in 2022 complete with a mini LED backlit display.
As for the M2 roadmap, Gurman outlines the plan as an M2 release in a new MacBook Air, entry-level MacBook Pro and Mac mini. M2 Pro and M2 Max chips are expected for updated 14-inch MacBook Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro, and a dual M2 Ultra chip is touted for the Mac Pro.
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He was wrong. Permanent stain on record. Remember it every time he says something and pretends it's inside info.
The 27" Studio display costs $1600, the entry Mac Studio is $2000, that would make the entry non-XDR iMac Pro $3600 unless they had M1 Pro at the entry level. Either way, it would leave a significant gap between it and the M1 iMac and wouldn't offer anything over a Mac Studio + Studio display.
But you should wait until the developers conference (just around the corner) to make a final decision.
Apple marketing/bean counters weren’t ready, inexcusable that a big/little screen iMac were not released at the same time, also a half size and large size Mac Pro tower should also in the cards, but the Gemini company will just continue on with two steps forward one step back…..
I would settle for an Mx Pro Mac mini but it should be a lot less than a 5K iMac.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/apples-27-inch-intel-imac-disappears-from-its-online-store-with-no-replacement/
Unless Apple changes the laws of physics, I cannot conceive of how they will squeeze enough heat sink into an iMac as thin as the 24” for an M1/2/3 Max or Ultra. Maybe some crazy heat spreader? Maybe make the entire back of the iMac a heat sink? No clue.
However, I do see them offering an M1/2/3 Pro processor in an iMac of 27+ inches and calling it Pro. They did it for the laptops. It will likely have a $2500+ price tag.
what’s really unknown is if Apple will ever offer any kinds of “Slots”. Memory will likely never ever be expandable to keep the bandwidth speeds up. SSDs can have slots like the Studio, but no one has cracked how to upgrade a studio AFAIK.
Talk about forecasting the obvious.
it’s also a fact that the previous iMac 5k was a much better deal than the apple studio plus studio display. And it was packing some great Intel performance for it’s day.
With just basic knowledge of how the semiconductor industry work, we know, assuming a given product cycle (let’s say 18 months) that M2 chpisbate finalised, M3 are in testing, M4 are in an advanced design stage, and M5 in conception, and M6 in inception.
Of course Apple is working on later generations of Apple Silicon chips. That’s what product companies that plan on being in business beyond the next quarter do to survive - continuous product improvement. Making up names for chips that aren’t coming from Apple announcements, like M2, M3, … M16, etc., is simply play acting, especially when doing so implies some imaginary fantastical leap in performance simply by virtue of incrementing the numerical suffix. We have no idea what is coming or what it means until Apple tells us directly our some lowlife internal mole leaks it from the inside. Until it’s something you can order and slap down your credit card to bring into your life, it’s all just fantasy.
Analyst? Nah, more like a story teller.