Apple plans to M-power the iMac Pro, leak claims

Imagine this with a better display, a faster chip and more I/O…

Apple may plan to replace its iMac Pro with a device packed with the same M1 Pro and M1 Max chips you find inside the latest (and greatest) MacBook Pro range, someone on the internet has claimed.

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The source, who is one of those prolific leakers Apple might hate, claims that the new edition iMac Pro will use the same chips as those inside the company’s pro portables, though these may well benefit from even vaster heat sinks.

We’re talking performance here.

But it’s not just performance.

These iMac Pro models promise to hit the sweet spot Apple reached just a couple of years ago with the Mac Pro.

That means fantastic reference quality displays, super-speedy Apple chips, ProMotion, and mini LED and a nice range of interconnects, think HDMI, SD card and USB C. It will look pro, with a dark bezel around the display.

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This person’s predictions were accurate concerning the MacBook Pro, iPhone 13 and 24-inch iMac. Apple discontinued the iMac Pro earlier this year as the M-series chips exceed it in performance. Indeed, even the new M-powered iMac competes.

It all sounds good to me, particularly as the desktop form factor may give the company an opportunity to ramp up processor performance.

Apple is empowering the entire Mac range

Now, there’s no saying this claim is at genuine. I really don’t know, but it sort of fits into the bigger picture in which Apple is working to transition every one of its Macs across to its own M-series architecture. Mac Pro and iMac Pro are arguably the only systems that haven’t received these new processors yet.

And while we anticipate the Mac Pro will deliver quite astonishing enhancements, the iMac Pro will quite clearly be no sloth. Even if you consider those MacBook Pro data points that have slipped out so far (and rest assured, more are coming in the next few days) you’ll be looking at impressive performance boosts for the kind of things you use iMac Pro for. Video editing, imaging, composition, or just getting stuff done, all these tasks are already benefiting from the new chip in the MBP.

And waiting in the wings we have whatever it might be Apple is planning for the piece de la resistance it’s putting together in the form of the Mac Pro – and the next generation of its M-series chips.

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