The Fusion Drive and the Future of Apple's Imac

The fusion drive is set to make its debut on the upcoming 2021 imac, replacing the current intel-based models. This move is expected to bring significant improvements in performance, power efficiency, and overall user experience. The m1x max will be a key component of this new design, offering better CPU and GPU performance than its predecessor. With the fusion drive, users can expect faster boot times, reduced latency, and improved overall responsiveness.

This upgrade is set to make the imac an absolute beast of a device, surpassing even the most powerful intel-based models. The 24-inch model will be the first to receive this new technology, followed by the larger 30 or 32-inch models. The fusion drive will provide a significant boost in performance, making it ideal for demanding tasks such as video editing, 3D modeling, and software development.

The design of the new imac is also expected to undergo significant changes. One notable feature that has been missing from previous models is the big metal chin at the bottom of the display. This will finally be addressed with the release of the 2021 imac, providing a more streamlined and modern look. The overall design will likely be more minimalistic, with a focus on clean lines and a matte finish.

The Release Date and Price of the 2021 Imac

Unfortunately, the exact release date for the 2021 imac is still unknown. Rumors have pointed to a march release, but this has yet to materialize. More recent rumors suggest that an apple event in april may be the likely launch window, although nothing has been officially confirmed.

In terms of pricing, there are currently no leaks or rumors surrounding the price of the 2021 imac. However, based on the competitive pricing of the m1 max models, it is likely that the new imac will follow a similar pattern. The smaller 24-inch model may start at around $1300-$1500, while the larger 30 or 32-inch models could start at $2000-$2500. These estimates are based on the assumption that the fusion drive will be priced similarly to the m1 max.

The Discontinuation of Previous Imac Models

Apple has recently discontinued several imac models, including the imac pro, the 512 gigabyte base model, and the one terabyte versions. This suggests that a new imac is indeed in development and is set to replace these older models. The discontinuation of previous models will likely be a precursor to the release of the 2021 imac, providing a clear indication that Apple is shifting its focus towards more modern and powerful hardware.

Conclusion

The future of apple's imac looks bright, with the fusion drive set to provide significant improvements in performance and power efficiency. The design of the new imac will also undergo significant changes, addressing long-standing issues such as the big metal chin at the bottom of the display. While the release date and price are still unknown, estimates suggest that the smaller 24-inch model may start at around $1300-$1500, while the larger models could start at $2000-$2500. As more information becomes available, we can expect to see a clear picture emerge of what to expect from this new generation of imac.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys my name is brandon and the 2021 imac is going to be insane this thing is going to be an absolute beast and something that i and many others have been waiting on for over a decade now so in this video we're going to be talking about the latest leaks and rumors surrounding this upcoming imac including the new features we're expecting and a potential release date alright so let's start off with what might be the most radical change to the imac ever and that is the design now the imac usually comes in two different sizes and most recently it was 21.5 inches and 27 inches i had the 27 inch 5k imac myself but those screen sizes could be getting bigger and while we've heard several rumors about this over the past month or so credible leaker love the dream just recently put his two cents in by tweeting out this which translates to the imac screen is really big bigger than the biggest one with of course the biggest one being the 27 inch model that is currently being sold right now and this lines up with previous rumors that we heard about a bigger screen coming to the imac this year as part of the redesign and mark german over at bloomberg reported back in january that the new imac models will quote slim down the thick black borders around the screen and do away with the sizeable metal chin area in favor of a design similar to apple's pro display xdr monitor and this is what the pro display xdr looks like in case you forgot or haven't seen it so yeah i mean if an imac came out and it looks like this i am instantly buying one no questions asked this is the imac of my dreams that i've been wanting for years now and it could actually be coming to fruition and be a reality here in 2021 now of course the removal of that big metal chin and the bezels around the screen is going to be how apple is going to be able to get a bigger screen size and pretty much the same physical size imac so we're expecting these new imacs both sizes which we'll talk about the smaller version here in a moment but the big one could be up to 30 to 32 inches so either 30 or 32 inches is a possibility so of course the pro display xdr is 32 inches so if apple's going to kind of recycle that design they could do that with the new imac and it could end up being 32 inches although we've seen several reports and several leaks and rumors about a 30 inch imac as well so we're expecting probably a little bit bigger but mostly the same physical size as the current 27 inch imac of course just with slim down bezels and the removal of that chin so of course the big imac is going to be the one i'm most looking forward to and probably a lot of other people as well however we might not be getting that one until later in 2021 so the one that we're expecting beforehand and pretty soon i mean even early as this month is a lower end you know a smaller imac that could be 24 inches so there have been several rumors that point towards a 24 inch display being on the next imac and that will likely be achieved again by apple simply removing the chin and some of the bezel around the screen making it nearly identical or probably the exact physical size of the current 21 and a half inch imac that's currently being sold by apple right now and we're also expecting the back of the imac to be flat now instead of kind of rounded and curved so it's going to be much more similar to like a pro display xdr or the ipad pro now not only will the new display on this imac look incredible but we could also be seeing color options come to the body itself so yeah you heard that right the 2021 imac might actually come in multiple colors so this rumor comes from john prosser who says that this new imac could come in five different colors as you see here silver space gray green sky blue and rose gold so those are the same colors that we saw on the most recent ipad air another feature that we thought might be coming to the 2021 imac is face id now we thought this was coming for a while now we even thought this would be on macbooks the m1 macbooks but that got delayed and now it looks like it might not even be coming on the new imacs either at least not the first iteration of imax so mark german reported that it won't be coming until a later iteration of the imac so whether that means it'll come on the larger 30 or 32 inch model or just a future imac that's yet to be seen but we cannot expect to see face id unfortunately on the next imac that gets released and then as for the ports on the back of the imac we haven't really seen any reports or any leaks about the back like the ports that are going to be in there so i wouldn't really expect anything too special it's probably going to be very similar to what we have on the mac mini and the previous imac so we're probably going to see like multiple thunderbolt 4 ports and usb 4.0 ports so we'll probably also get a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack for those who still want to use wired headphones since of course we did get that on the new mac mini so i would expect nothing really too drastically different on the ports on the back of this imac alright so i've kept you guys waiting long enough we can't go any further without talking about the performance that's going to be in this imac because if the design if you thought the design was a big change the performance is pretty much right there with it i mean these two are going to make this new imac incredible it's just going to take it to another level and of course we're talking about performance because we can't expect to see a new next generation m-series chip on this imac most likely going to be called the m1x chip so apple is aiming to outperform the highest end pcs on the market right now with this next generation chip again likely called the m1x so the current m1 chip has four high performance processing cores while the next generation chip inside of the imac could have up to 16 power cores and four efficiency cores although garmin reports that apple could choose the first release variations with only eight or 12 of the high performance cores enabled depending on production german also reports that quote apple engineers are also developing more ambitious graphics processors today's m1 processors are offered with a custom apple graphics engine that comes in either seven or eight core variations for its feature high-end laptops and mid-range desktops apple is testing 16 core and 32 core graphics parts so yeah we can expect significantly faster performance and significantly better gpu performance on this 2021 imac and of course we can also expect apple to completely ditch the fusion drive in favor of full ssd drives like we had on the m1 mac mini and m1 macbooks as well so full ssd plus better cpu and gpu performance it's going to make for an absolute beast of a device this thing's just going to be significantly better than the intel model even a max dot model i think maxed out 2017 5k imac with 40 gigs of ram and i'm pretty sure that this thing is going to just walk it in every category so it'll be interesting to see when i get my hands on it so as for a release date this is kind of where we're all stumped right now so rumors did point to a march release for this new imac but of course that never happened and now john prosser specifically is saying that we are going to be seeing an apple event in april although you know nobody really knows if that's going to happen or not so we'll see if invites get sent out or if it just gets released via press release it's hard to say so basically nobody really knows when to expect this new 2021 imac it could be anytime from april this month as early as next week all the way to june at the worldwide developers conference but i don't think we go through the spring without seeing at least one of these new imac models now if we do do a staggered release which has been rumored you know multiple times as well so if we get the 24 inch model in the spring then we could see the 30 or 32 inch the bigger sized imac model potentially in late 2021 or even early into 2022 so hopefully we do see a staggered release just so we can at least get something out with this new imac and it would make sense for apple as well but we'll have to wait and see on that but just know that this new imac is coming very very soon and this is also kind of hinted at by apple themselves because they just recently discontinued multiple imac models so it discontinued the imac pro completely and the 512 gigabyte and the one terabyte versions of the current base model imac so that alone is also kind of hinting at a new imac coming very soon and then finally let's talk about the price for the new 2021 imac so this is something that we have not seen any leaks or rumors on i've not seen one thing about the price for this new imac so what are we going to go off of what are we going to base our predictions off of that's right the current m1 max so the macbook air macbook pro and the mac mini and what was in common with all of those a very competitive price so not much more than the previous intel versions of those products and i would expect the same for this new imac now since we do have a bigger display and we didn't see that with like the imac or like the macbooks i would expect it to be a little bit more expensive than the current imac but i don't think by too much i mean i think that anywhere from the 1300 to 1500 price tag is very realistic for this 24 inch or the smaller end whatever ends up being 24 inch model imac and then for the bigger imac the 30 or 32 inch model we can probably expect that to be you know maybe 500 more than the current 27 inch 5k imac so we'll have to wait and see on that again no leaks rumors surrounding the price itself but given the competitive pricing of the m1 max i would expect it to be the same for the m1x max like the imac so yeah guys there you have it that is the latest on the upcoming 2021 imac let me know what you think about it down in the comments below what are you most excited about me personally i'm probably most excited about of course the m1x the performance is going to be insane but it's gonna have to be the big redesign i mean i've been waiting on an imac without that big chin the big metal chin at the bottom for so long now i mean literally probably five years i've been waiting on that so i cannot wait to see that let me know what you guys think of course in a comment down below and make sure you guys subscribe because i will be getting that new imac here on the channel and going through it all with you guys as well and of course if any other leaks or rumors come out about the imac i will be posting a video on this channel so make sure you hit that subscribe button right down there below and if you guys enjoyed this video of course let me know with a thumbs up but anyways guys thanks again for watching and i'll see you soon youwhat's up guys my name is brandon and the 2021 imac is going to be insane this thing is going to be an absolute beast and something that i and many others have been waiting on for over a decade now so in this video we're going to be talking about the latest leaks and rumors surrounding this upcoming imac including the new features we're expecting and a potential release date alright so let's start off with what might be the most radical change to the imac ever and that is the design now the imac usually comes in two different sizes and most recently it was 21.5 inches and 27 inches i had the 27 inch 5k imac myself but those screen sizes could be getting bigger and while we've heard several rumors about this over the past month or so credible leaker love the dream just recently put his two cents in by tweeting out this which translates to the imac screen is really big bigger than the biggest one with of course the biggest one being the 27 inch model that is currently being sold right now and this lines up with previous rumors that we heard about a bigger screen coming to the imac this year as part of the redesign and mark german over at bloomberg reported back in january that the new imac models will quote slim down the thick black borders around the screen and do away with the sizeable metal chin area in favor of a design similar to apple's pro display xdr monitor and this is what the pro display xdr looks like in case you forgot or haven't seen it so yeah i mean if an imac came out and it looks like this i am instantly buying one no questions asked this is the imac of my dreams that i've been wanting for years now and it could actually be coming to fruition and be a reality here in 2021 now of course the removal of that big metal chin and the bezels around the screen is going to be how apple is going to be able to get a bigger screen size and pretty much the same physical size imac so we're expecting these new imacs both sizes which we'll talk about the smaller version here in a moment but the big one could be up to 30 to 32 inches so either 30 or 32 inches is a possibility so of course the pro display xdr is 32 inches so if apple's going to kind of recycle that design they could do that with the new imac and it could end up being 32 inches although we've seen several reports and several leaks and rumors about a 30 inch imac as well so we're expecting probably a little bit bigger but mostly the same physical size as the current 27 inch imac of course just with slim down bezels and the removal of that chin so of course the big imac is going to be the one i'm most looking forward to and probably a lot of other people as well however we might not be getting that one until later in 2021 so the one that we're expecting beforehand and pretty soon i mean even early as this month is a lower end you know a smaller imac that could be 24 inches so there have been several rumors that point towards a 24 inch display being on the next imac and that will likely be achieved again by apple simply removing the chin and some of the bezel around the screen making it nearly identical or probably the exact physical size of the current 21 and a half inch imac that's currently being sold by apple right now and we're also expecting the back of the imac to be flat now instead of kind of rounded and curved so it's going to be much more similar to like a pro display xdr or the ipad pro now not only will the new display on this imac look incredible but we could also be seeing color options come to the body itself so yeah you heard that right the 2021 imac might actually come in multiple colors so this rumor comes from john prosser who says that this new imac could come in five different colors as you see here silver space gray green sky blue and rose gold so those are the same colors that we saw on the most recent ipad air another feature that we thought might be coming to the 2021 imac is face id now we thought this was coming for a while now we even thought this would be on macbooks the m1 macbooks but that got delayed and now it looks like it might not even be coming on the new imacs either at least not the first iteration of imax so mark german reported that it won't be coming until a later iteration of the imac so whether that means it'll come on the larger 30 or 32 inch model or just a future imac that's yet to be seen but we cannot expect to see face id unfortunately on the next imac that gets released and then as for the ports on the back of the imac we haven't really seen any reports or any leaks about the back like the ports that are going to be in there so i wouldn't really expect anything too special it's probably going to be very similar to what we have on the mac mini and the previous imac so we're probably going to see like multiple thunderbolt 4 ports and usb 4.0 ports so we'll probably also get a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack for those who still want to use wired headphones since of course we did get that on the new mac mini so i would expect nothing really too drastically different on the ports on the back of this imac alright so i've kept you guys waiting long enough we can't go any further without talking about the performance that's going to be in this imac because if the design if you thought the design was a big change the performance is pretty much right there with it i mean these two are going to make this new imac incredible it's just going to take it to another level and of course we're talking about performance because we can't expect to see a new next generation m-series chip on this imac most likely going to be called the m1x chip so apple is aiming to outperform the highest end pcs on the market right now with this next generation chip again likely called the m1x so the current m1 chip has four high performance processing cores while the next generation chip inside of the imac could have up to 16 power cores and four efficiency cores although garmin reports that apple could choose the first release variations with only eight or 12 of the high performance cores enabled depending on production german also reports that quote apple engineers are also developing more ambitious graphics processors today's m1 processors are offered with a custom apple graphics engine that comes in either seven or eight core variations for its feature high-end laptops and mid-range desktops apple is testing 16 core and 32 core graphics parts so yeah we can expect significantly faster performance and significantly better gpu performance on this 2021 imac and of course we can also expect apple to completely ditch the fusion drive in favor of full ssd drives like we had on the m1 mac mini and m1 macbooks as well so full ssd plus better cpu and gpu performance it's going to make for an absolute beast of a device this thing's just going to be significantly better than the intel model even a max dot model i think maxed out 2017 5k imac with 40 gigs of ram and i'm pretty sure that this thing is going to just walk it in every category so it'll be interesting to see when i get my hands on it so as for a release date this is kind of where we're all stumped right now so rumors did point to a march release for this new imac but of course that never happened and now john prosser specifically is saying that we are going to be seeing an apple event in april although you know nobody really knows if that's going to happen or not so we'll see if invites get sent out or if it just gets released via press release it's hard to say so basically nobody really knows when to expect this new 2021 imac it could be anytime from april this month as early as next week all the way to june at the worldwide developers conference but i don't think we go through the spring without seeing at least one of these new imac models now if we do do a staggered release which has been rumored you know multiple times as well so if we get the 24 inch model in the spring then we could see the 30 or 32 inch the bigger sized imac model potentially in late 2021 or even early into 2022 so hopefully we do see a staggered release just so we can at least get something out with this new imac and it would make sense for apple as well but we'll have to wait and see on that but just know that this new imac is coming very very soon and this is also kind of hinted at by apple themselves because they just recently discontinued multiple imac models so it discontinued the imac pro completely and the 512 gigabyte and the one terabyte versions of the current base model imac so that alone is also kind of hinting at a new imac coming very soon and then finally let's talk about the price for the new 2021 imac so this is something that we have not seen any leaks or rumors on i've not seen one thing about the price for this new imac so what are we going to go off of what are we going to base our predictions off of that's right the current m1 max so the macbook air macbook pro and the mac mini and what was in common with all of those a very competitive price so not much more than the previous intel versions of those products and i would expect the same for this new imac now since we do have a bigger display and we didn't see that with like the imac or like the macbooks i would expect it to be a little bit more expensive than the current imac but i don't think by too much i mean i think that anywhere from the 1300 to 1500 price tag is very realistic for this 24 inch or the smaller end whatever ends up being 24 inch model imac and then for the bigger imac the 30 or 32 inch model we can probably expect that to be you know maybe 500 more than the current 27 inch 5k imac so we'll have to wait and see on that again no leaks rumors surrounding the price itself but given the competitive pricing of the m1 max i would expect it to be the same for the m1x max like the imac so yeah guys there you have it that is the latest on the upcoming 2021 imac let me know what you think about it down in the comments below what are you most excited about me personally i'm probably most excited about of course the m1x the performance is going to be insane but it's gonna have to be the big redesign i mean i've been waiting on an imac without that big chin the big metal chin at the bottom for so long now i mean literally probably five years i've been waiting on that so i cannot wait to see that let me know what you guys think of course in a comment down below and make sure you guys subscribe because i will be getting that new imac here on the channel and going through it all with you guys as well and of course if any other leaks or rumors come out about the imac i will be posting a video on this channel so make sure you hit that subscribe button right down there below and if you guys enjoyed this video of course let me know with a thumbs up but anyways guys thanks again for watching and i'll see you soon you\n"