We heard late on last week that Apple could be plotting the roll out of a refreshed Mac mini
next month to coincide with the launch of OS X 10.10 Yosemite as well
as the iPad mini 3 and iPad Air 2. A new report has added another
release to a growing list of touted products set to arrive over the next
few weeks, noting that Apple is also set to take the wraps off a
27-inch iMac with Retina display. Citing sources familiar with Apple’s
product movements, the report suggests that this as-yet unannounced
keynote may be much larger than first anticipated, but like the
purported Mac mini refresh, the Cupertino company will be forced into
using the ageing Haswell processor from Intel rather than the imminent
Broadwell.
It’s rather uncommon for companies to release major new products when
one of the integral components is nearing the end of its life cycle,
and given how long iMac users have been waiting for the Retina upgrade,
one might have thought that Apple would hold out until the Broadwell
chips were readily available before releasing such a machine.
As per a report by Jack March, the 5K Retina iMac will
include a display boasting a resolution of 5120 x 2880. Apple is said to
be configuring the UI elements of OS X Yosemite in compliance with this
high-res panel, and if there’s any substance to the report, it’s likely
that Apple’s fleet of Thunderbolt Displays will be treated to a similar upgrade in the near future.
So, while nothing is set in stone at the moment, we could be looking
at a new Mac mini featuring 5K support, and a 27-inch iMac with a 5K
display. There have been rumors that an improved Thunderbolt Display
could manifest itself before the end of the year, and given that the new
Mac mini and iMac are being touted for an October release, it’s
reasonable to suggest that the Thunderbolt panel could also be a part of
the deal.
With the enigmatic Retina MacBook Air said to be waiting on
Broadwell, Apple will apparently stick with Haswell for the Retina iMac,
although with the fully kitted-out model pushing a 4.0 GHz Core
i7-4790K processor, it certainly won’t be too shabby in terms of raw
power.
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