Apple might launch a brand new 24-inch M3 iMac and new MacBook Execs in October

October beginning to slip away, and up to now, all we’ve gotten was a really complicated Apple Pencil, regardless of rumors of iMacs and iPads. Effectively, it seems like that new 24-inch iMac is on its approach this month in spite of everything. Mark Gurman thinks so, having written in his Energy On publication for Bloomberg at the moment that it’s coming very quickly — as early as October thirtieth, in reality. That might finish, as Gurman notes, an over 900-day drought because the M1 iMac launched within the first half of 2021. Whereas he didn’t specify the chip at the moment, he has beforehand predicted this refresh would put an M3 chip within the new iMac.

Gurman writes that he was “advised that Apple is planning a Mac-centered product launch across the finish of this month.” He provides that in the event you attempt to order the iMac, 13-inch MacBook Professional, and both of the opposite higher-end Professional fashions, a number of of their configurations aren’t delivery till November. Gurman calls this, and the truth that Apple is posting its earnings in November, a “clear signal” that one thing is afoot in Cupertino. As he says, the final time Apple held off on discussing this quarter’s earnings till after October, it had simply held a Mac and iPad announcement.

As Gurman acknowledged, the 14- and- 16-inch Professional laptops have been refreshed in January, so they could nonetheless be on a 2024 launch timeline, nevertheless it’s been over a 12 months because the 13-inch MacBook Professional was up to date, and the iMac, once more, is creeping towards its third 12 months on the identical chip.

On the finish of the subscriber model of Energy On, Gurman responded to a reader’s query asking if he thinks the subsequent MacBooks will see adjustments past inside upgrades. He says he doesn’t count on important variations aside from processors and maybe “minor enhancements to shows,” however predicts the subsequent actual change will likely be a brand new iMac Professional in 2025, then OLED MacBook Execs in 2026, in all probability with up to date designs and options.

Replace October twenty second, 2023, 9:55AM ET: Up to date to notice that Gurman didn’t specify which chip this rumored iMac could have.