Apple today unveiled an all-new iMac with a much more compact and remarkably thin design, enabled by the M1 chip.
The new iMac delivers powerful performance in a design that's just 11,5mm thick, with a striking side profile that practically disappears. Available in a variety of vibrant colors to match a user's personal style and brighten up any space, iMac features a 4.5-inch 24K Retina display with 11,3 million pixels, 500 nits of brightness and over 1 billion colors . Screen. Experience.
The new iMac also includes a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, studio-quality microphones and a six-speaker sound system - the best camera and audio ever seen on a Mac.
Plus, Touch ID comes to iMac for the first time, making it easier than ever to log in securely, make purchases with Apple Pay, or switch user profiles at the touch of a finger.
By combining the power and performance of M1 and macOS Big Sur, applications launch at blazing speed, daily tasks are blazingly fast and smooth, and demanding workloads like 4K video editing and working with huge images are more faster than ever.
The new iMac joins the incredible family of Mac models with M1 technology, including MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini, marking another step in Apple's transition to Apple silicon. The iMac is the most personal, powerful, capable, and funniest ever, and customers can order it starting Friday, April 30th. The iMac will be available in the second half of May.
Completely new design enabled by M1
Completely reinventing one of the world's most iconic computers, the new iMac features a slimmer, more compact design that is remarkable from every angle.
Thanks to the M1's system-on-chip architecture and incredible energy efficiency, the logic board and thermals are greatly consolidated and smaller than the previous generation, allowing the side profile of the iMac to virtually disappear.
The much more compact design reduces the volume of the iMac by 50 percent, 1 allowing it to take up less space and easily fit in more places.
With a variety of colors - green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue and silver - the new iMac design personalizes and elevates any space unlike any other computer. iMac features softer colors and thinner edges on the front to allow users to focus on their content, while the back appears in rich, saturated colors.
To complete the streamlined design, the iMac comes with a new magnetic plug-in power connector and 2 meter long cable in beautiful matching fabric.
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iMac has always had the best display in its class. The new iMac features a large 4.5-inch 24K Retina display2 with narrower edges and 11,3 million pixels. With a wide P3 color gamut and over 1 billion colors, plus 500 nits of brightness, images are more vivid and vibrant. This new display also features True Tone technology, which automatically adjusts the color temperature as the environment changes for a more natural viewing experience. Additionally, the new iMac's 4.5K Retina display has an industry-leading anti-reflective coating for comfort and readability.
The groundbreaking performance of the M1 comes to the iMac
With the power and performance of M1 and macOS Big Sur, the new iMac instantly wakes up from sleep, daily tasks are faster and smoother, and applications start at an astonishing speed.
In Safari, users can browse even faster and run hundreds of tabs at once, and in Photos, users can quickly review changes to their images. With Apple Arcade, they can enjoy exclusive games while on the large iMac screen, and users can also run a variety of iPhone and iPad applications directly on their iMac without interrupting their workflow.
macOS also offers powerful iCloud and Continuity features that allow users to work seamlessly on iMacs, iPhones, and other Apple devices.
The new iMac offers the best macOS Big Sur experience. Its refined design brings a new level of power and beauty to the Mac, allowing users to fully experience the spacious 4.5-inch 24K Retina display.
macOS Big Sur puts more controls at the user's fingertips and is packed with enhancements for key apps like Safari, Messages, and Maps.
- The powerful 8-core CPU in M1 features the fastest low-power silicon CPU core. 3 And the 8-core GPU offers the fastest integrated graphics in a personal computer. 4 Combined with its high-efficiency and high-efficiency architecture. Unified memory performance and the 16-core Apple Neural Engine, the new iMac delivers powerful performance over standard 21,5-inch iMac models, including:
- Up to 85% faster CPU performance, so users can export their favorite video project to iMovie faster than ever, easily work with huge 100 megapixel photos in Lightroom, and create new applications in Xcode in a fraction of the time .
- GPU performance up to twice as fast for some applications like Affinity Photo and Photoshop and up to 50% faster than the most powerful discrete graphics on the fastest 21,5-inch iMac, allowing users to render changes in time real or add complex filters to your photo in a snap.
- The ability to edit up to five 4K movie sequences or an 8K movie sequence, 5 without dropping a frame in Final Cut Pro.
- Machine learning up to 3x faster in applications that leverage the 16-core neural engine in M1.6
The best camera, microphones and speakers on a Mac
iMac is equipped with a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, the best on a Mac, which offers high-quality video and great low-light performance. iMac also leverages the on-chip image signal processor and neural engine of the M1 chip, improving camera image quality with better noise reduction, greater dynamic range, and better auto exposure and white balance. So whether you're in touch with family or on a video call while working from home, users will always be at their best.
To complement the camera, the new iMac features an array of three studio-quality microphones for clearer voice calls and recordings - best on a Mac. The microphones are positioned to reduce feedback from the rest of the system, while beamforming directional allows them to better ignore background noise and focus on the user's voice. As a result, conversations are more natural and recordings are crystal clear.
The new iMac also boasts the best sound system ever on a Mac. It features two pairs of force-canceling woofers placed next to each other for impressive bass response while reducing unwanted vibrations. Each pair is balanced with a high performance tweeter. The result is a six-speaker sound system that produces a huge soundstage with strong, articulate bass and crisp mids and highs. All these speaker innovations, along with advanced algorithms, allow the iMac to support spatial audio when playing video with Dolby Atmos. Together with its beautiful 4.5K Retina display, iMac transforms any space into an incredible movie-watching experience.
Thousands of universal apps now available
Thousands of popular and powerful universal apps are now available that make the most of M1 and macOS Big Sur, including Photoshop, Twitter, Microsoft Office, Quicken, Slack, Affinity Publisher, Zappos, 1Password, and DaVinci Resolve, with more arriving every week. . With the power of M1 and macOS Big Sur and thousands of universal apps, iMac can transform an office into a cinema, a living room in a classroom, a kitchen into a conference room, or shine as the centerpiece of a commercial space.
Touch ID arrives on iMac, along with matching accessories
Customers can choose from three Magic Keyboard models with beautiful aluminum casings that match the color of the iMac. And for the first time ever, Touch ID arrives on iMac.7 Wirelessly deployed on Magic Keyboard, uses a dedicated security component on the keyboard that communicates directly with the Secure Enclave on M1, creating an encrypted channel to secure end-to-end end users fingerprint data. the final.
Whether it's unlocking their Mac or making a purchase with Apple Pay, users enjoy a fast, easy, and secure experience. Plus, Touch ID works with Fast User Switching, so customers can switch to a different user profile with the push of a finger.
Customers can also choose the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and numeric keypad, as well as the color-matched Magic Mouse and the best Magic Trackpad in the industry.
State-of-the-art connectivity for data and devices
Each iMac features dual Thunderbolt ports for ultra-fast data transfers, giving customers high-performance options to connect to multiple devices, including support for up to a 6K display, such as Apple Pro Display XDR and Wi-Fi 6. offers wireless faster performance.
The 8-core iMac configuration offers two additional USB-C ports and also features a 1Gbps Ethernet port on the power supply, allowing for a less cluttered desktop.
iMac joins the M1 family
Each Mac M1 - the new iMac, MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini - transforms into a completely different class of products, redefining what each of them can do. Combined with macOS Big Sur, M1 delivers amazing battery life and groundbreaking performance for Macs. Whether customers prioritize portability, power, or capacity, there's a Mac for everyone. Learn more about the Mac family at apple.com/us/mac.
Price and availability
The new 24-inch iMac is available for order starting Friday, April 30 on apple.com and in the Apple Store app. It will begin reaching customers and will be available at select Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Resellers beginning in the second half of May.
iMac with 7-core GPU starts at $ 1.449 and even less for education, and is available in green, pink, blue and silver. It has an 8-core CPU, 8GB of unified memory, 256GB SSD, two Thunderbolt ports, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Mouse.
iMac with an 8-core GPU starts at $ 1.669 and even less for education, and is available in green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, and silver. It features an 8-core CPU, 8GB of unified memory, 256GB SSD, two Thunderbolt ports, two additional USB 3 ports, Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, Magic Mouse and Ethernet.
Additional technical specifications, configuration options on request and accessories are available at apple.com/uk/mac.
