Apple could launch a brand new 24-inch M3 iMac and new MacBook Professionals in October

October beginning to slip away, and thus far, all we’ve gotten was a really complicated Apple Pencil, regardless of rumors of iMacs and iPads. Nicely, it appears like that new 24-inch M3-powered iMac is on its means this month in spite of everything. Mark Gurman thinks so, having written in his Energy On publication for Bloomberg in the present day that it’s coming very quickly — as early as October thirtieth, in reality. That might finish, as Gurman notes, an over 900-day drought for the reason that M1 iMac launched within the first half of 2021.

Gurman writes that he was “informed that Apple is planning a Mac-centered product launch across the finish of this month.” He provides that in case 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 had been refreshed in January, so they could nonetheless be on a 2024 launch timeline, but it surely’s been over a yr for the reason that 13-inch MacBook Professional was up to date, and the iMac, once more, is creeping towards its third yr 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 inner 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 shall be a brand new iMac Professional in 2025, then OLED MacBook Professionals in 2026, most likely with up to date designs and options.