Apple Reportedly Set to Release iMac With M3 Chip This Year

Apple is set to release a new iMac featuring an M3 chip, likely in the second half of 2023, Bloomberg reports(Opens in a new window). 

The latest iMac will stay with the 24-inch screen size as the current model, and is expected to be one of the company’s first machines with an M3 chip, says Bloomberg’s in-house Apple tracker Mark Gurman. Though development is running at an advanced stage, it’s not likely that the computer will enter mass production for at least another three months, he adds.

In his assessment of the likelihood of the M3 chip being incorporated into the iMac, Gurman points out that Apple revealed the M2 chip at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June 2022. This, he says, means it makes sense for an M3 chip to be released “alongside the new MacBook Air” at this year’s WWDC before eventually appearing in the upcoming iMac later this year and M3 Pro and M3 Max-based MacBook Pros “in 2024.”

The new iMac is believed to come in the same colors as its 2021 predecessor, including blue, silver, pink, and orange. 

Gurman adds that aside from the iMac, Apple is set to launch three new Macs “between late spring and summer” this year. The models are expected to be “the first 15-inch MacBook Air, the first Mac Pro with homegrown Apple chips, and an update to the 13-inch MacBook Air.”

Meanwhile, due to issues with the availability of software development tools, Apple’s long-promised VR headset will likely launch around the same time as the iPhone 15 in September and not spring as rumored previously.

In a Twitter post(Opens in a new window) last week, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the likelihood of Apple’s 1st-gen AR/MR headset release in spring was “decreasing” while the “probability of the headset launch alongside iPhone 15 in 3Q23 was rising.” The mixed-reality headset is reportedly(Opens in a new window) set to include the highest-resolution displays ever featured in a mass-market headset.