The rumor mill is spinning once more; this time, it’s to reviews of a brand new iMac mannequin that could possibly be hitting retailer cabinets as quickly as late 2023.

Based on Mark Gurman at Bloomberg (opens in new tab), the iMac would skip the Apple M2 chip and bounce as much as the Apple M3 chip. In his publication, Gurman states: “I haven’t seen something to point there can be a brand new iMac till the M3 chip era, which gained’t arrive till the tail finish of this yr on the earliest or subsequent yr.”

Apple relaunched the iMac in 2021 with a brand-new design and a stunning 24-inch display screen. It made its debut with Apple’s then-brand-new silicon and acquired excessive marks from us in our iMac overview for its glorious show, nice webcam, and a lot better efficiency than its predecessor, so getting a brand new iMac mannequin is certainly one thing we have been trying ahead too. It is a disgrace if it will be so late to hit the scene, although.

Is an M3 iMac launch actually attainable?

This isn’t the primary time this rumor has come up relating to the M3 iMac, as Gurman’s asserted this identical declare in 2022, all the way down to the yr of launch. And Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has additionally chimed in on the previous and current rumors, stating {that a} Mac Professional and iMac Professional could be launched in 2023. 

He additionally famous that the M3 iMac could have a “comparable type issue design,” which matches what Apple did with the Mac mini and the MacBook Professional by conserving the outside largely the identical whereas altering the interior design.

And although there’s no official affirmation regarding the subsequent iMac having an M3 chip or releasing this yr, Apple hasn’t included the iMac in its suite of M2 merchandise which characteristic the MacBook Air, Mac mini, and MacBook Professional.

Evidently an M3 iMac launch is a minimum of on monitor, with reviews from such dependable sources, although with out official affirmation it’s necessary to take this all with a heavy pinch of salt.