The last few months have been a whirlwind of releases from Apple.  They started in July with updated MacBook Pros and followed that up with 3 new iPhones, a new Apple Watch, new iPad Pros, an updated MacBook Air, and new Mac Minis. Almost the entire line has been touched this year – except the iMac.  

You’d have to figure that Apple might be saving an updated iMac for the new year.  Hopefully, it won’t take too long to get the new iMac, and I’d love it if they updated more than just the internals.  Here are 4 things I’d like to see in a new iMac

Bezels

One of the four changes I’d like to see on the next iMac would be a reduction of the bezels.  When I last went to an Apple Store and played around on an iMac and iMac Pro one of the things that really turned me off of it were the thick black borders around the screen.  

Now, I’m fine with the chin but since I’ve had an iPhone X, XS Max, 11 inch iPad Pro, and I tested the MacBook Air, I’ve developed a hatred for bezels.  It feels like computing has really moved on from thick borders like that.  

So I’d really like my next iMac to feel sleek and modern.  So Apple needs to shrink the bezels and make the screen larger.

It would probably never actually happen, but I wouldn’t mind the iMac getting thicker as long as we got slimmer bezels.  

Apple’s war on bezels will continue into the years to come, until the bezel is gone.  I think they are planning on getting rid of as much of the bezel as they possibly can on the iMac, I just hope they aren’t waiting too long to do it. 

There are already monitors out that have much slimmer bezels, so I would think that Apple should be able to pull it off.  

Screen size

With the reduced bezels, I hope that Apple increases the size of the screen on the next iMac.  It doesn’t have to be too large, but I would like to see Apple expand on the space of the machine, especially on the smaller version.  

While I haven’t had an iMac for a few years now, the iMac that I bought in 2009 was 27-inches.  Apple still sells that same size ten years later.

I know Apple tests all different sizes, but I think it’s time to increase the size to maybe 32-inches.  The more room, the better.  In the monitor market, you can get much bigger and curved screens.  I’m not sure that I’d want that, but I’d also give it a shot.

If Apple reduced the bezels and could get rid of the chin on the iMac but keep the same size of the device I think they could give the user a great experience.  They have done it on the iPhone and iPad Pro to great success.  I’d love to see it on the Mac now.

Pro Motion

Finally, the last thing I’d really want on the iMac would be Pro Motion.  I’ve mentioned in my iPad Pro review how different Pro Motion has made the experience of using the iPad.  

I can only imagine how smooth and amazing the experience would be on a screen the size of my imagined iMac, but running in Pro Motion.  The great thing about the iMac is that you don’t have to configure the device for battery since it’s always plugged in.

I know that Apple only added Pro Motion to the iPad Pro for Apple Pencil support, but really it is an amazing experience.  For the record, I wouldn’t want a touchscreen Mac, nor would I want to use the Apple Pencil on a Mac, so I’m not asking for that.

But Pro Motion on a Mac would be outstanding.  

FaceID

I’m not sure the Mac is ready for FaceID, but I’d like to think that the iMac might be the system to bring it in.  The MacBooks started to intrigrate TouchID into the system now for a few years, but that has been confined to the MacBook Pro and now the MacBook Air.  

To provide a biometric security system on the iMac, you’d need to put the TouchID sensor somewhere on the keyboard most likely. Since the keyboard isn’t attached to the iMac itself, you’d have to worry about that information escaping.  

If Apple were to work FaceID onto the iMac though, this would be a great first place to put it.  The Sensor could go at the top of the screen and it could monitor who is using it.  I’d love a system that could log in me or my wife depending on who is sitting down, all without us having to push a single button.

I think FaceID could really make the Mac more efficient as well.  You’d get to stop worrying about passwords or having to break your workflow to authenticate something.  

Of course, we’d probably have to have a new T-series chip to keep it all secured and locked down.

Wrap up

These are the 4 main upgrades that I’d like to see in a new iMac redesign.  Of course, I’d want under-the-hood upgrades as well – like the newest and fastest intel chips and ram, but I feel like those are a given. 

I know some want to see a touchscreen Mac, but I just don’t really think it would make for the best experience.  However, Microsofts Surface Studio is a pretty intriguing device.  I’d rather see a large iPad blown up with a stand than see the Mac get a touch interface myself.  But that’s for another article.

What do you want to see on the next iMac?  Would you like the redesign? Would you be okay with a FaceID system on your Mac?

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