Hit-and-miss leaker Jon Prosser today claimed that the upcoming 2021 iMac models will offer five color options that mirror the colors of the fourth-generation iPad Air, and has revealed some additional details about the Mac Pro with Apple Silicon.
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In a new video on YouTube channel FrontPageTech, Prosser explained that the redesigned iMacs will come with options for Silver, Space Gray, Green, Sky Blue and Rose Gold.
He shared renderings of what these new color options might look like on a redesigned iMac, but noted that he hasn’t seen the back of the new design yet, so his renderings are purely speculative and go beyond color.
Prosser explained that the range of color options is meant to take advantage of nostalgia for the original iMac, which came in a selection of iconic colors such as lime, strawberry, blueberry, grape and tangerine.
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Redesigned iMacs with thinner bezels and “Apple Silicon” chips have been expected for some time, but it’s unclear exactly when they will be released this year or if both model sizes will appear at the same time.
Prosser also outlined some additional details about the upcoming Mac Pro with Apple Silicon, in support of previous rumors of Bloombergis Mark Gurman. Gurman has said that the new Mac Pro will be less than half the size of the current Mac Pro, placing it somewhere between the existing Mac Pro and the Mac mini. It has been speculated that the machine has a largely aluminum exterior and “evokes nostalgia” for the Power Mac G4 Cube.
Prosser has now said that the new Mac Pro will have a design that looks like “three to four Mac minis stacked on top of each other,” reflecting the supposed new look.
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Internally, Prosser says the Mac Pro will be designed with the “computing unit on the bottom” and a “large heat sink on the top”.
Late last year, Bloomberg reported that Apple plans to launch the new smaller Mac Pro with endApple Silicon by the end of 2022, but it could be released as early as this year.