iMac 2016 spec rumors and release date: iMac 2016 to be released at the end of the year?
Rumors about the release of the iMac 2016, the next in the series of Apple's best-regarded desktop computers, have been emerging online. People speculate that the iMac will be released sometime within the last quarter of the year, and there have been numerous guesses on what kind of specs the desktop will have when it's released.
Intel has reportedly been Apple's go-to provider when it comes to CPUs, so a smart guess would be that the iMac 2016 might be released with the latest Intel chipset, Intel Kaby Lake, at its core. However, there are some who guess that Apple will be ditching Intel to make use of AMD's Zen Processor, which will soon make its way to numerous high-end machines. The Zen Processor has 8 cores and 16 threads, but with the price that comes with such power, it could mean that the rumored new iMac will become a pricier compared to its Intel chipset-using predecessors.
Just like the MacBook Pro 2016, the iMac is also set to come with AMD's Polaris Graphics set as its processor. The processor is said to be powerful enough to support VR, and an agreement says that AMD will be providing a supply of Polaris 10 and Polaris 11. Polaris Graphics chips are known to process graphics with great speed and at the same time consume less power. Having the iMac 2016 run on this tech is nothing less of what consumers expect from Apple.
The iMac 2016 will most likely be released this coming September or October, along with the iPhone 7. Numerous devices have also been linked to the release of the new iPhone such as the Apple Watch 2 and the MacBook Air 2016, but the possibility of an iMac 2016 announcement is more likely.
Speculations say that the iMac 2016 will most likely come at the last quarter of the year.
