
New iMac 2016 release date: What does previous launch history tell us?
APPLE NEW IMAC RELEASE DATE 2018 PRO
(You can read about that device here - New MacBook Pro 2016 review - and buy it here: New MacBook Pro on Apple Store.)īut the Best Buy leak discussed in the processor section of this article, which emerged at the start of October 2016, strongly suggests that the retailer has had advance warning of an imminent launch and posted a listing slightly too early by mistake - although it's also possible that this was a speculative listing created on the basis that it would probably be needed at some point.
APPLE NEW IMAC RELEASE DATE 2018 UPDATE
We had entertained hopes that Apple would announce a Mac Pro update at Apple's 27 October press event, but no such luck: in the event Apple unveiled a pretty fab-looking new MacBook Pro instead. A contact has told us, under condition of anonymity, that the Mac Pro will be updated before the end of November, and it would make sense for Apple to announce at least a minor update to the iMac at the same time - but December has come round and there's still no word. When will new iMacs come out? We're still holding out hope for an iMac update before the end of 2016, but there's only a few weeks left. Read next: Where to buy iMacs in the UK | Best Mac buying guide | Best cheap iMac deals UK New iMac 2016 release date, price & specs rumours: Launch date

Updated, 10 November: Intel documents detailing the specs of new (iMac-appropriate) desktop Kaby Lake processors have been spotted online on 6 Oct, with news that Best Buy accidentally listed a Kaby Lake iMac for sale before taking it down again on 23 August 2016, to expand our thoughts on the new iMacs being VR-capable and on 9 August 2016, to consider the possibility that a pumped-up 'iMac Pro' could replace the Mac Pro. In this article we round up all the speculation about Apple's next iMac update: when new iMacs will be released in the UK, new iMac prices, tech specs and new features to expect, any leaked photos and videos that appear online, and all the other new iMac rumours that are fit to print. Right now we're looking ahead to the next iMac launch - the late-2016 iMac update, we hope, although the wait for new iMacs may drag on into 2017. So much for Apple's iMac updates over the past few years.

(For more information on that update, read our review of the 2013 iMacs.) Before that, you had to go back more than two years - if you don't include the cheaper iMac which Apple launched in June 2014 - to the last proper new iMac update, in September 2013, when Apple added Haswell processors, new graphics, next-gen Wi-Fi and faster PCIe flash storage options. When will Apple release new iMacs in the UK? Will Apple update its iMac desktop line to add Intel Kaby Lake processor chips, and what other specs, design changes and new features should we expect in the next generation of iMacs? How much will the new iMacs for 2017 cost?Īpple last updated its iMac line on 13 October 2015, bringing Retina-class screen resolution to the smaller Macs for the first time and equipping the larger models with new Skylake processor chips.
