Apple could also be planning a shock October iMac announcement

October beginning to slip away, and to this point, all we’ve gotten was a really complicated Apple Pencil, regardless of rumors of iMacs and iPads. Well, it seems like that new 24-inch iMac is on its means this month in spite of everything. Mark Gurman thinks so, having written in his Power On newsletter for Bloomberg immediately that it’s coming very quickly — as early as October thirtieth, the truth is. That would finish, as Gurman notes, an over 900-day drought for the reason that M1 iMac launched within the first half of 2021. While he didn’t specify the chip immediately, he has previously predicted this refresh would put an M3 chip within the new iMac.

Gurman writes that he was “told that Apple is planning a Mac-centered product launch around the end of this month.” He provides that should you attempt to order the iMac, 13-inch MacEbook Pro, and both of the opposite higher-end Pro fashions, a number of of their configurations aren’t transport till November. Gurman calls this, and the truth that Apple is posting its earnings in November, a “clear sign” that one thing is afoot in Cupertino. As he says, the final time Apple held off on discussing this quarter’s earnings till after October, it had simply held a Mac and iPad announcement.

As Gurman acknowledged, the 14- and- 16-inch Pro laptops had been refreshed in January, so they might nonetheless be on a 2024 launch timeline, however it’s been over a yr for the reason that 13-inch MacEbook Pro was up to date, and the iMac, once more, is creeping towards its third yr on the identical chip.

At the tip of the subscriber model of Power On, Gurman responded to a reader’s query asking if he thinks the subsequent MacBooks will see modifications past inside upgrades. He says he doesn’t count on important variations aside from processors and maybe “minor improvements to displays,” however predicts the subsequent actual change shall be a brand new iMac Pro in 2025, then OLED MacEbook Pros in 2026, in all probability with up to date designs and options.

Update October twenty second, 2023, 9:55AM ET: Updated to notice that Gurman didn’t specify which chip this rumored iMac could have.

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