Chris Davies - Apr 5, 2021, 12:15pm CDT
Apple’s upcoming iMac refresh is expected to super-size the display, with more leaks underscoring an increase in panel size is on the cards for the new all-in-one. Believed to be in the pipeline for later in 2021, the new iMac looks set to mark the further expansion of Apple Silicon, the company’s homegrown chips.
It’s certainly been some time since the iMac as we know it today was significantly updated. The last refresh came in mid-2020, though that only affected internal components, with new Intel processors among other changes.
The external design, though, and the two screen sizes – 21.5-inches for the more affordable iMac, and 27-inches for the more powerful version – date back to 2012. Recent leaks have tipped an altogether more noticeable revamp is in the pipeline, however. That would pick up on Pro Display XDR aesthetics, as well as slimming the bezels and cutting away the “chin” of the all-in-one.