Apple is reportedly planning to finally redesign the iMac

Apple’s rumor mill certainly is churning quickly and furious today.

As expected, it resembles the 27-inch iMac Apple released last summer will be the last of the Intel iMacs. It will also be the latter with the signature iMac design, with thick black bezels around the screen and the giant aluminum chin with the Apple logo, and the latter with a curved back. The iMac is finally rebooting, baby.

According to Bloomberg, Apple will replace its Intel iMac series later this year with redesigned 21.5 and 27-inch versions with Apple Silicon. This is the first overhaul the iMac has undergone in nine years, and it’s frankly wild. Last year’s iMac was very good, especially if you chose it the nanotextured glass screen, but it looks absolutely dated, and the processing power we’ve seen from Apple’s ARM-based M1 chip in the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air is probably just a taste of what’s to come in the new iMac . Bloomberg says the new iMacs will be more like Apple’s Pro Display XDR monitor (which is very nice but also $ 5,000).

Those of you hoping for a complete overhaul iPhones or MacBooks will be disappointed, however. According to Bloomberg’s sources, the iMac is the only product to get a major redesign.

For professionals who need even more from their machines than an iMac can, Apple is also reportedly developing two new Mac Pros. (The Pro is Apple’s most expensive desktop.) The version that’s likely to stand out is a redesigned Pro that, according to Bloomberg, resembles the Power Mac G4 Cube and is powered by Apple Silicon. The second looks similar to the Mac Pro released in 2019 and sports Intel processors. In all fairness, a G4 Cube look would be greatly appreciated after two very strange looking Mac Pros: the 2019 Cheese Grater aesthetic, which followed the 2013 Trash Can Pro.

If you don’t want to pay $ 5,000 for the Pro Display XDR that goes with your Mac Pro (or Mac Mini), but also want an Apple-designed monitor, the company is reportedly working on a cheaper version as well. Obviously, it won’t have the professional look of the Pro Display, but most people don’t need something quite as high-end in everyday use. We’d be welcoming an Apple display to everyday people after the $ 1,000 Thunderbolt display was phased out five years ago.

Now it remains to be seen whether these developments will materialize, but the chances are reasonable.