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Apple Says New iMacs Geared Towards Pros Coming Later This Year
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Apple's marketing chief Phil Schiller and software engineering
chief Craig Federighi have confirmed that Apple is working on
new iMac models that the company expects to launch later "this
year," as reported by TechCrunch.

Apple did not share specific details about what to expect from
the refresh, but Thunderbolt 3 ports and faster processors are
likely at the very least. At least one model will reportedly
have the option for a new and likely faster AMD graphics chip,
but few other iMac rumors have surfaced to date.

Federighi thinks the new iMac models will address "even more
of the pro market," as noted by Daring Fireball:

"That is a pretty incredible evolution that we've
seen over the last decade. The original iMac, you
never would've thought as remotely touching pro
uses. And now you look at today's 5K iMac, top
configs, it's incredibly powerful, and a huge
fraction of what would've traditionally ‹ whether
it's audio editing, video editing, graphics, arts
and so forth ‹ that would've previously
absolutely required the Mac Pros of old, are
being well-addressed by iMac. But there's still
even further we can take iMac as a high
performance, pro system, and we think that form
factor can address even more of the pro market."

Apple last updated the iMac in October 2015, a span of 539
days, according to the MacRumors Buyer's Guide.

KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously said he expected
new iMac models to launch in the mid first half of this year,
but that timeline appears to be inaccurate as we move further
into April.

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