Yesterday, March 23, there was finally no Apple event as some analysts claimed, but there were new betas of operating systems that could be precisely one of the new launches of the company. In the beta 5 of macOS 11.3 for developers, references to two new iMac models have been found that, in the light of the current situation, we could classify as imminent at launch.
macOS 11.3 reveals two new iMac
It has been the 9to5Mac media that has revealed several references to two new Apple computers found in the latest beta of the Mac operating system. Specifically, they have been found in the code of this version, identifying the computers as “iMac 21,1 “and” iMac21,2 “, names that could be in code but referring to two different models of computers.
The arrival of new iMac has been rumored for several months and Mark Gurman, another of Apple’s expert analysts, even claimed that they already had another code name that was J456 and J457. And although the known names now end with a “21.1” and “21.2”, really the sizes would not be those, but would come to replace the current 21.5 and 27 inches.
Although in the beta no aspects have been found that relate these iMac to their characteristics, we remember that previously it had been commented that these computers would come with a new design in which the frames would be reduced and the appearance in general would be very reminiscent of the screens XDR Display of the Mac Pro or even the iPad Pro. It is also known that they will come with Apple Silicon after the M1 that already mount the Mac mini, MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro. Of course, it is unknown if in this case it will also be an M1, an improved version of this or a jump to a second generation with the M2.
Reason to believe they will be released soon
Normally we do not see this type of references in the macOS code until the product is close to launching, although we cannot ignore that already at the end of the year something was found in reference to a 16-inch MacBook Pro from 2020 that finally did not end up being made. reality. In any case, it seems that the new iMac are an open secret and this has not been the only information we have known about them, although the first unofficially by Apple itself.
At the end of last week the definitive withdrawal of the iMac Pro was confirmed, whose power could even be surpassed by the chips of the new computers. On the other hand, the 21.5-inch models are beginning to offer fewer storage configuration possibilities, another clear indication that they are close to being retired. Therefore, it would be the least strange that Apple were eliminating products from its catalog if it did not have the substitutes ready.
Who knows if these teams could be presented with the official launch of macOS 11.3, but it does not seem that they will go beyond the month of April. Whether it is at an event or through a press release is another story, but the truth is that we have never before been so close to this long-awaited renewal in one of Apple’s most forgotten computer ranges in recent years.
