Gurman: Bigger Apple Silicon iMac “On the Road” May Have a More Powerful “M2X” Chip

A larger, redesigned, silicon-powered Apple iMac to replace the current 27-inch Intel model is still “on the way”, says Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman.

Writing in the latest installment of his Power On newsletter, Gurman says that the fact that Apple recently increased the screen size of the smaller ‌iMac‌ from 21.5 to 24 inches suggests to him that the 27-inch model might see a size equivalent increase.

I still believe that a bigger, redesigned ‌iMac‌ to replace the 27-inch Intel models is on the way. Apple increasing the screen size of the smaller model from 21.5 inches to 24 inches seems to indicate that the 27 inch model may also see its size increase. I don’t think, however, that Apple will launch the larger model with the same M1 chip as the smaller model. It will probably be an M1X, the beefier version of the current currentM1‌, or an M2X.

Apple has been working on a larger ‌iMac‌ with internal processors for some time, but development on that version has reportedly been halted to allow Apple to focus on releasing the redesigned 24-inch model announced in April.

The 27-inch Intel models that remain in the Apple lineup were released in August 2020, suggesting they are reaching the end of their production run.

A new, larger ‌iMac‌ would likely look like several changes that debuted in the latest 24-inch model, such as a thinner overall design, studio-grade microphones, and of course, more powerful Apple silicon processors replacing it. Intel.

In another newsletter, Gurman also downplayed the idea that Apple might one day bring Touch ID to the Apple Watch. Gurman admitted he could see the usefulness of ‌Touch ID‌ in the Apple Watch for approving app and media download payments, but said he hadn’t seen it happen “anytime soon. , if ever “.