Apple discontinues 27-inch iMac

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It's been around for over 12 years, but now the 27-inch iMac is no more. Apple has removed the listing from its Mac category, leaving the 24-inch Apple Silicon-based iMac on sale. The company launched its new Mac Studio and Studio Display the other day, which it is positioning to replace that iMac instead of a rumoured new large-sized iMac. This just-discontinued model running on Intel's processor first debuted in August 2020, and it had the nano-texture anti-glare display option that the new Studio Display gets.

The iMac was first introduced in 1998, and the 27-inch model first came out in 2009. And as Apple Insider pointed out, it was the first post-Steve Jobs return product. It transitioned to the Intel processor in 2006 until it moved to the ARM-based Apple Silicon architecture in 2021. 

Apple's 21.5-inch iMac is discontinued

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Apple has quietly gotten rid of its Intel-powered 21.5-inch iMac. This move comes around half a year after it introduced the M1 model. Apple has been selling a single dual-core option through a hard-to-find page, but it's nowhere to be found now.

Engadget noted that Apple has a history of keeping its legacy Macs around before silently discontinuing them. But this new move shows the company has confidence in its processors, and it looks like they want the market only to get that option for this size. You can still get a 27-inch iMac or a legacy Mac mini if you still aren't ready to use an Apple Silicon-powered computer.

Report: Redesigned iPad mini is coming in the fall

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We're on track to see a new iPad mini this fall, at least according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In his latest Power On newsletter, he said that the new iPad mini "should be a go" for release this fall. Gurman said the design would be similar to the latest iPad Air along with the newest processor. It will be "the biggest redesign in the nine-year history" of the tablet.

According to Gurman, Apple is also working on a larger-screened iMac that's running on Apple Silicon. The "larger, redesigned iMac to replace the Intel 27-inch models is en route," according to Gurman, and it might come with a bigger display. It might run on an M1X or M2X processor. 

Via: 9to5Mac

Jony Ive was involved in with the M1 iMac's design, but we don't know how much

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It takes years to redesign a product, so it's not surprising that the revamped M1 iMac's design was crafted with the help of former design executive Jony Ive. According to Wired, he was involved in this first new iMac redesign in a decade, but the company won't reveal when and how Ive was involved. Apple just said, "he had worked on it."

He left the company back in 2019 and then went off to put up an independent design firm called LoveForm. Apple was said to be a client of the company, but we don't know what that relationship is like.

Via: 9to5Mac