New iMac with M6

notfried 323 points 398 comments October 27, 2026
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cyberpunk

24” and 60hz…

Xeoncross

We're getting close to local AI being really useful. Before the M1 is dead we might have already seen a huge shift. In my mind, there are two types of macs: those that have the bandwidth to run local models (Max & Ultra) and those that don't (Base & Pro chips). The generation doesn't mater as much to me as the memory bandwidth. When that day comes, I'd rather have a M1 Max 64GB over a M5 Pro 64GB.

wombat-man

I wish they would put these colors on laptops.

HelloUsername

I'll wait for the M7 iMac with OLED and then never buy it

ex1fm3ta

I still think those expensive Apple monitors (which even had RAM) were intended to be 'iMac Pros,' but due to stagnant growth in the all-in-one market, they never saw the light of day.

phgn

The title text animation is really cute, props to whoever made this!

ale

I wonder why the iMac still has that chin design and small panel. They’ve been producing displays for long enough that the iMac and Studio Display should have the same form factor.

synchrone

They are _still_ featuring magic mouse on the promo photos for the iMac https://www.apple.com/shop/product/mxk53am/a/magic-mouse-usb...

everdrive

The panel is incredibly thin, but the base is a few inches, and the amount of space it will take up due to tilting the display is also a couple of inches. After a certain point, thinness is a meaningless aesthetic choice that serves no function whatsoever.

stirlo

Still 24 inch screen in 2026. You can get a 27 inch panel for far less than a stick of ram these days. Why not give us a decent sized screen!

bitexploder

Waiting for 512 GB Mac Studio M5 Ultra still. I guess they are rolling things out now, it has been expected for late October.

geff82

Waited for it so long but.... still no memory option for more than 32GB. It would be nice to have some kind of a pro model.

jmull

I love these things. Never going to buy one. But I love what they are doing with them.

sharts

Do people still actually buy iMacs?

tempodox

The maximum of 32 GB RAM has to be a joke. My Linux laptop has more RAM, more SSD, more CPU at the same price, and it can run games on top of that. Hard pass, even if I were to tolerate the OS.

wiether

Why can't we buy the colored magic keyboard as standalone product? I would love to have a pink one for my MBP!

etchalon

I want one and I don't know what I'd do with it

SenHeng

The colours are a nice touch though I wish they’d bring back a little more whimsy into the designs. These things are obviously more display piece than workhorses now with all that flamboyant colouring, so go all out? Maybe give it a larger border radius, or made the rear end rounder. Oh heck, make the entire screen round even! Bring back the puck mouse and make a puck keyboard!

tbirdny

The problem with getting a new Mac is then you're stuck with macOS 27 with Liquid Glass.

Stevvo

Looks like they it still comes with a "magic mouse", of course the only thing "magic" about it is having a worse sensor than a $5 Logitech.

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