At the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2016, the company did not make any announcement about their hardware lineups. However, the internet is already filled with the purported features and specs of the Apple products that are scheduled to be launched in 2016, including the iMac.
Apple is likely to use the AMD Polaris 10 chipset in its 2016 version of the iMac, according to MacWorld UK. It is being rumored that the company has already touched base with AMD for its graphics card and both Polaris 10 and Polaris 11 are expected to feature in all Apple notebooks and desktops. However, nothing has been confirmed by the tech giant as of now.
Having top of the notch, exquisite graphics processors is not a new thing for the iMac. The desktop is usually preferred for tasks that require heavy graphics work and therefore, it is supplied with top-tier graphics processors.
One of the other reasons for the fans to expect the inclusion of new graphics processing units from third-party partners this time is because Apple has not made any massive improvements in its desktop series since quite some time now.
The Cupertino-based company did introduce some changes back in 2015, however, the fans regarded the changes more as model-specific improvements, especially the introduction of retina-display models.
While industry followers are expecting massive changes to take place in the upcoming iMac, heavy upgrade and changes in terms of other specs are also expected to happen. For example, the tech giant may decide to include new Sky Lake processors or Kaby Lake versions for quick storage drives.
The company is also expected to provide VR support in its upcoming product. The 2016 version of the iMac is also expected to be released as an upgrade-ready desktop for macOS Sierra, which is already available for the developers, but would be released for the rest of the fans in autumn, according to The Mirror.
The 2016 Apple lineup is expected to be released later in 2016. However, the official release date has not been confirmed yet. It is rumored that the new iMac may come put as early as October 2016, along with other much-awaited Apple products such as iPad Mini 5, new iPad Air 3 and iPhone 7.
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