{"id":352066,"date":"2025-12-17T23:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/352066\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:10:07","slug":"is-apple-making-new-imac-pro-with-m5-max-chip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/352066\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Apple making new iMac Pro with M5 Max chip?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s last release of the iMac Pro was <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/apple-imac-pro-who-is-this-for\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">all the way back<\/a> in 2017, a full three years before Apple started using its own silicon in its computers. <\/p>\n<p>The Intel Xeon-powered iMac was discontinued in 2021, and fans of the form factor have wondered if Apple would ever release another. Now, according to the rumor mill, that\u2019s precisely what Apple is doing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As first noted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/12\/16\/apple-developing-imac-with-m5-max\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">by MacRumors<\/a>, the rumor stems from kernel debug kit files often used by Apple engineers. The files, which have been circulating on Chinese websites like Weibo and BiliBili, sometimes reference unreleased Apple products. <\/p>\n<p>And the list on these particular debug files list suggest a new iMac Pro is in the works \u2014 one with an M5 Max chip. <\/p>\n<p>The software references an iMac with the \u201cJ833c\u201d identifier running on the \u201cH17C\u201d platform. The H17C is associated with the \u201cSotra C\u201d codename, which is related to the Apple M5 Max chip. <\/p>\n<p>\n            Mashable Light Speed\n        <\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are caveats. Internal testing files does not guarantee a public release. Apple often tests various configurations that do not make it to market. But this one seems more solid than most. Longtime Apple watchers including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/account\/newsletters\/power-on\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mingchikuo\/status\/1500507564148400128\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" rel=\"nofollow\">analyst Ming-Chi Kuo<\/a> believe Apple has been working on a new iMac for quite some time \u2014 and that it would use Apple&#8217;s own silicon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The debug files also show MacBook Pros coming with M6 Pro and M6 Max chips, MacBook Airs with the M5 chip, Mac Mini models with the M5 and M5 Pro chip, and a new Mac Studio with the M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips. <\/p>\n<p>There was also mention of a low-cost MacBook powered by an iPhone chip. Rumors of that particular budget machine already <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/macbook-iphone-chip\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">circulated<\/a> over the summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Should the M5 iMac Pro be announced, it would be placed above the <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/m4-imac-preorder-price-release-date\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">existing M4 iMac<\/a> in the Apple product hierarchy. The M4 is quite good, but lacks pro-level configurations. <\/p>\n<p>An iMac Pro with the M5 Max would shore up that pro level desktop experience that Apple currently lacks, and fans of the form factor would certainly enjoy having a refreshed model after all these years.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s last release of the iMac Pro was all the way back in 2017, a full three years&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-352066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}