Good news, the iMac Pro is still in development

Will Apple release an iMac Pro? This is the question that many fans of the Cupertino company are asking themselves. Logic would dictate that the firm would launch a successor for the iMac Pro which it stopped selling in 2021 or for the 27-inch iMac, with an Intel processor which has no longer been sold since March.

However, it is possible that Apple is in no hurry to launch new models, since it already offers the powerful Mac Studio to professionals, as well as the screenStudio Display. Some also think that theMac Studiowill replace some iMacs.

No, Mac Studio will not replace the iMac Pro, says Gurman

But the good news is that a new iMac Pro would be in the pipeline. In any case, this is what Mark Gurman, Bloomberg journalist, indicates in his latest newsletter, relayed by our colleagues at MacRumours.

In the question/answer section, the journalist explains why he believes that Apple is still developing an iMac with a larger screen and targeting professionals. He said the combination of a Mac Studio or Mac mini with a Studio Display wouldn't satisfy many business users who want a larger screen.

Thus, Gurman predicts that this new iMac Pro should use a variant of the future M3 chip, such as the M3 Pro or the M3 Max, and thus have performance comparable to that of a MacBook Pro.

But of course, as usual, this kind of rumor should be considered with a certain reservation.

Macs, a new priority for Apple

If the iPhone is Apple's flagship product, Mark Gurman suggests in his newsletter that recently, when it comes to chip development, the Cupertino company has prioritized Macs. Apple has already released five different chips for its computers and more are reportedly in development.

This is of course good news for Macs, but the journalist wonders if this has not affected the development of chips for other products. Indeed, it is possible that Apple has directed its resources towards the development of these Apple Silicon chips for Mac, to the detriment of other product categories.

For example, regarding the Apple Watch 8, which should be released this year, the performance would be more or less equivalent to that of the Apple Watch 7 and the Apple Watch 6. And on the iPhone side, rumors suggest that the iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Max should use the same A15 chip as the iPhone 13, and that only the iPhone 14 Pro and the iPhone 14 Pro Max would benefit from a new chip called A16.

And the journalist even suggests that this prioritization of Mac chips may also have affected the development of Apple's 5G modems. As a reminder, the Cupertino company currently equips its iPhones with modems manufactured by Qualcomm (with which Apple made peace in return for a payment of several billion dollars).

However, Apple is already trying to get rid of this supplier by developing its own 5G modems, via a division of Intel bought for $1 billion. The problem is that according to recent rumors, the development of these modems is stalling and as a result, Apple should still depend on Qualcomm for the next few years.