Apple on Monday unveiled the brand new iMac. The design of the iMac hasn’t modified, however the firm has upgraded the chip, added extra unified reminiscence, up to date the colours, and altered the enter gadgets to USB-C.
On the coronary heart of the brand new iMac is an M4 chip, which was launched this previous spring within the iPad Professional and replaces the M3 that was launched within the iMac a 12 months in the past. Apple has elevated the bottom customary configuration of unified reminiscence from 8GB to 16GB. One other change is that within the $1,499 and $1,699 fashions, Apple now consists of 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports; the M3 mannequin on the similar costs got here with two Thunderbolt 4 ports and two USB-C ports. The $1,299 mannequin nonetheless consists of two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports. Listed here are the specs for the usual configurations of the M4 iMac:
- $1,299/£1,299: 8-core M4 chip (4 efficiency cores, 4 effectivity cores), 8-core GPU, 16GB unified reminiscence, 256GB SSD, two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports, Magic Keyboard
- $1,499/£1,499: 10-core M4 chip (4 efficiency cores, six effectivity cores), 8-core GPU, 16GB unified reminiscence, 256GB SSD, 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports, gigabit ethernet, Magic Keyboard with Contact ID
- $1,699/£1,699: 10-core M4 chip (4 efficiency cores, six effectivity cores), 8-core GPU, 16GB unified reminiscence, 512GB SSD, 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports, gigabit ethernet, Magic Keyboard with Contact ID
- $1,899/£1,899: 10-core M4 chip (4 efficiency cores, six effectivity cores), 8-core GPU, 24GB unified reminiscence, 512GB SSD, 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports, gigabit ethernet, Magic Keyboard with Contact ID
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Apple provides the M4 iMac in blue, inexperienced, orange, pink, purple, silver, and yellow, and all colours can be found on all fashions; beforehand, the M1 and M3 iMacs supplied expanded coloration selections for the $1,499 and $1,699 fashions. The M4 iMacs embody a color-matching Magic Keyboard and the selection of a Magic Mouse or a Magic Trackpad ($50 additional). As anticipated, the Magic gadgets now include USB-C ports as an alternative of Lightning however in any other case, they’re the identical as earlier than.
Apple ditched the 1080p FaceTime digital camera within the earlier iMac and upgraded it to a 12MP Middle Stage digital camera with help for Desk View. The digital camera additionally helps 1080p HD video recording.
A brand new possibility for the M4 iMac is a nano-texture glass for the show, which provides a matte-like end as an alternative of the usual shiny glass. The nano-texture glass is a $200 possibility. The show is similar 24-inch, 4.5K retina show with 500 nits of brightness and help for the P3 coloration gamut and True Tone.
The M4 iMac is on the market for pre-order with shipments beginning on November 8.