Do you think its time for Apple to redesign the iMac? We do! Here’s what we want to see and what we expect from the 2020 iMac – including the Pro Display XDR features that could arrive on the iMac
In 2020 the iMac will turn 22 years old. In that time it’s had various different looks, from the original colourful plastic CRT that arrived back in 1998, to the flat-screened ‘angle-poised lamp’-style iMac of 2002, and the white plastic all-in-one of 2004 that eventually evolved into the aluminium iMac we know today.
That aluminium iMac design is now looking dated. First introduced in 2007, before changes to the construction bought about the unibody wide-screened design in 2009, which was then slimmed down in 2012, the design hasn’t changed much in over a decade. The only other visual change has related to screen quality, with the arrival of the Retina display in 2014.
Obviously the iMac has evolved over the years, with faster processors, better graphics and RAM improvements, but the boosts awarded by these updates are no longer enough to excuse the imitations of the design – and there are disadvantages to the iMac’s design.
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