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Sixth OS X El Capitan Beta Includes More Hints to 4K 21.5-Inch Retina iMac

Apple's sixth OS X 10.11 El Capitan beta, released on Monday (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/08/03/os-x-el-capitan-beta-6/), includes a few lines of code that yet again reference the possibility of a forthcoming 4K 21.5-inch Retina iMac, as discovered by Consomac (http://consomac.fr/news-3651-el-capitan-beta-6-trois-nouveaux-imac.html) [Google Translate (https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fconsomac.fr%2Fnews-3651-el-capitan-beta-6-trois-nouveaux-imac.html&edit-text=)]. A similar occurance happened back in June (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/06/25/os-x-el-capitan-code-hints-at-21-5-inch-imac/), when some code in the second OS X El Capitan beta referenced a 4K 21.5-inch iMac screen, but, as yet, Apple hasn't given any word on the veracity of the rumors.
 
 Consomac's research into the code of the new OS X beta found three new files, two of which include screen resolutions that hint at the possible arrival of new 5K 27-inch iMacs, and the other with a 4096×2304 resolution. Like the second El Capitan beta (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/06/23/os-x-10-11-el-capitan-beta-2/), this code could potentially refer to a 21.5-inch Retina iMac display with 4K resolution coming down the line. Although, as Consomac discovered, an image accompanying the three files points to a design that will largely "remain unchanged" for the new line-up.
 
 <img src="(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2015/08/imac-display-code-800x569.jpg)" alt="imac display code" width="800" height="569" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-459344" />
 Beginning last October (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/16/apple-announces-imac-with-retina-display/), Apple launched a few updates for the 27-inch iMac with Retina Display (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/19/apple-releases-new-15-inch-macbook-pro/), but the rest of the iMac line-up hasn't seen a proper upgrade since September 2013. The major reasoning behind the stalled upgrade cycle is the company waiting for Intel's various desktop components -- including the Broadwell and Skylake processors (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/07/24/intel-skylake-processors-leaked-slides/) -- to be available for a more substantial update to Apple's smaller-sized desktop computer line-up.
 
 An update to the 21.5-inch iMac line has been hinted at for a while now, including a rumor just yesterday from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo that pointed to the iMac line gaining a significant boost this quarter (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/08/03/imacs-faster-processors-improved-displays-kgi/). Kuo points to display improvements with greater color saturation thanks to a few new processors, but never references directly the arrival of a retina display for the 21.5-inch iMac line. Still, the timing with back-to-school shopping swinging into gear, and the lengthy update cycle of the 21.5-inch line-up, definitely suggests an impending update for the model sometime soon.
 
 
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Source: Sixth OS X El Capitan Beta Includes More Hints to 4K 21.5-Inch Retina iMac (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/08/04/el-capitan-beta-hints-to-4k-imac/)