so launching into 2021 we are super excited for the new imac m1x incoming at some point this year
we have also done the maths in answering on how fast will m1x be so here are all the details
about the design and specs and of course the apple m1x imac release date and price
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button followed by the bell so back in november 2020 we saw the release of the new apple silicon
chip the m1 what is now inside the new macbook air mac mini and of course a macbook pro 13 inch model
apple said in the summer that there would be a two-year transition of moving all of its macs
over to its own chipset and this includes all the macbooks the mac pro mac mini and of course the
imac today i want to focus more on that new m1x imax coming from apple
so straight onto the design before we talk about the tech specs of the m1x the release date and the
price now there's something i need to be clear about with the actual design it is most likely
apple will keep the same design for the first generation m1 imac now the reason behind this is
apple love to upgrade the specs in the old design first before updating to a new design history has
shown us over the last 15 years or so apple always do this first before moving on to a new design
however along with that new design it retains the same specs as the last generation now i know
i'm probably confusing you here so let's try to make this symbol to understand what i mean
let's look at the latest apple event we got the new m1 chipset and technology under the hood in
the macbook pro the air and the mac mini but the actual designs of these models stayed the same
as the previous intel versions and specs that were inside them but then the next generation
of macbooks for example will get a whole new design but the same m1 specs are in the current
new macbooks now will be in that new design apple have done this many times before for example if we
take a look at the last design macbook pro 13-inch model that came out in 2015 this was the last of
the retina macbook pro that still had all the usual usb ports and everything but it was super
thin those exact specs so i'm talking about the processor the ram the storage options they were
all put in the brand new touch bar 13-inch macbook pro there was no bump up in specs of a new intel
chipset ram or storage upgrades just a new design the actual bump up in specs for the new design
happened the year after again apple have done this in 2012 for example when they transitioned
from the unibody macbook pro so this was the last macbook pro to not have a retina display
to the new retina display model but again kept all the same chipset ram amounts and storage options
in that new design as they were in the last of the end of the last design
so i think you're getting the picture here it is very likely the new imac will have the new apple
silicon m chipset technology but the design will stay the same for now until the generation after
where we get a new design but retaining the last apple silicon m chipset so a little more about
imax if you know about imacs you'll know there are two different size models there is the 21.5
inch model and there is also the 27 inch model now it is most likely the 27 inch model will not
see the new apple silicon m1 chipset in 2021 the reason behind this is just back in
august 2020 apple updated the 27 inch model with brand new 10th generation intel processors inside
these imacs tim cook even said that they would be continuing to put intel chipsets at a few of their
mac models over the next year or so and it looks like they have done this with the imax right now
and then they'll be transitioning them over to apple silicon at a later date now with the 21.5
inch model this is split into two categories and you have the standard hd imac and you also have
the imac with a retina display or the 4k imac the standard hd imac specs last got updated in 2017
with a 7th generation intel processor and this is aging quite a bit then the 21.5 inch 4k imac
last got updated in early 2019 with an 8th generation intel processor these two 21.5
inch models are most likely going to get the new m1x apple silicon chipset inside them in 2021.
now a lot of you are wondering well how powerful is the m1x going to be as the m1 chipset is
very powerful we're expecting gains of around about 40 percent more speed over the normal m1
let me give you an example why this is most likely the case and why 40 if we look at the a12x in the
2018 ipad pro versus an iphone xs that had the normal a12 inside it you can see that the a12x
is about 40 faster than the normal a12 so really what i'm trying to say here is if we get an m1x
inside the new imax it expects it to be around about 40 more faster just like on the a12 to the
a12x as a benchmark so like i say again m1x expect it to be 40 faster than the current
m1 chipset for the 27 inch model i believe we won't see a change or upgrade to this design
or to the chipset until the earliest the end of 2021 or most likely the beginning half of 2022
as the imac line and the mac pro line are the most powerful macs out there and apples need to
work on their chipset design to make them super powerful for these devices so far we know that
the 21.5 inch imac will get the new apple silicon m1x chipset inside it but will retain the current
design but just like the current macbook air the 21.5 inch imac may also become the first fanless
imac as well however what about that new design imac in the future and what are we most likely
going to see well it's most likely that apple will altogether drop their standard hd imac and keep
the 4k screen model instead we have heard that the screen will also change in size in the future to a
24 inch display as the standard smallest display imac in a new design it's also being said the
bezels or the border on this new design around the screen will be much thinner just like the 16 inch
macbook pro on these new imacs at the moment there isn't much being said for face id being added to
the camera setup at the top of the imac however it is possible they may add this as the touch id
would have been put on an external keyboard instead for an imac and i cannot really see apple
wanting to do this so it'll be interesting to see in the future how apple will handle the security
to unlock your imac and also make purchases other features that may potentially be added to the imac
is the possibility of a wireless magsafe charger on the base to charge your iphone or airpods but
i believe these are just rumors at the moment for a feature like this so take a big hand of
salt in your hand from that big salt bag for price wise though of the 21.5 inch model we expect an
actual price decrease on the 21.5 inch 4k devices as 4k panels are now cheaper to buy and having
a fan as imac and less parts inside would mean the imac could drop down by a fair bit in price
we predict there will be a 100 price decrease just like the macbook air m1 had so the new starting
price for the 4k imac 21.5 model would start at 1399 usd just a quick recap of when to expect
new macs over the next year or so so following the mac mini macbook air and the 13-inch macbook pro
lika minshiku believes the next match again apple silicon processor will be the macbook pro 16-inch
and with that the long rumoured 14 inch macbook pro those macs are unlikely though to be updated
until mid 2021 though coup also suggests that these new macbook pro models won't ship
until the late second quarter 2021 or even the third quarter of 2021.
if you're wondering where the mac desktops figure in this lineup what we've been talking about today
coo has made no announcements and relating to apple's man to transition desktop macs such as
the imac just yet with the imac just updated with intel processors in august it does not seem likely
we'll get an update on these macs for a bit of a while yet so as mentioned it seems likely the 21.5
inch imac won't see apple silicon processors until mid 2021 and then the 27 inch model probably in
early 2022 the earliest coup is usually accurate he said back in march 2020 before apple announced
a transition from intel that the new armbase mac could arrive before the end of 2020 and he was
right on the money so are you excited about the new silicon imac line and will you be getting one
soon after launch or will you get something else let me know what model you plan to buy
well guys that is the latest and greatest info we have on the imac apple silicon line at this stage
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