For many who love the slimmed down, 24-inch expertise of an iMac sitting fairly on prime of your desk—no tower vital—it’s possible you’ll have to carry on protecting on with the present construct. A reputable analyst advised readers Sunday to sit down tight if they need any extra information on a brand new model of the iMac line.

Analyst Mark Gurman wrote in his Sunday Bloomberg Energy On e-newsletter that Apple is taking a sluggish and regular method to updating its iMac sequence. Apple was supposedly engaged on an M2-powered iMac as not too long ago as final April, in accordance with reviews from the time. Nonetheless, even at the moment, Gurman had stated an M3 chip was “already within the works” and advised readers to not count on something till the tip of 2023. The information did appear to suggest that the iPhone maker was planning to skip a complete chip era for the following iteration of its mainline all-in-one gadget.

The corporate has not launched an up to date iMac since 2021, when it got here out with the M1 processor. Apple does take longer to announce new iMacs in comparison with its different mainline tech, however the Cupertino firm has since saved mum on any new launch, even because it’s developed extra highly effective processors within the time since. With the 27-inch iMac and iMac professional discontinued, the 24-inch gadget has remained the final lingering desktop gadget that’s not a Mac Mini, Mac Studio, or Mac Professional.

When it was launched, the M1-powered 24-inch iMac was a light-weight, high quality machine that was the primary of its line to run on Apple’s proprietary chip. The bottom M2 chip, in the meantime, powers gadgets just like the MacBook Air and MacBook Professional, gadgets that nonetheless solely formally assist one exterior show. Current iterations on the M2 have seen that quantity develop, although.

Gurman stated the dearth of updates is partly to do with value, and he hasn’t “seen something to point there can be a brand new iMac” till the corporate lastly unveils its M3 chip, which isn’t anticipated till the tail finish of this 12 months and even 2024. Nonetheless, the M3 chips are anticipated to be fairly beefy, with rumors of 40 CPU cores and 4 dies in comparison with the M1 and M1 Max’s 10 cores.