Apple has introduced an up to date iMac as a part of a sequence of Mac-focused bulletins over the course of this week. The primary announcement offers the corporate’s all-in-one desktop PC a shot within the arm within the type of an replace processor and new colours.
The brand new 2024 iMac is now constructed on the corporate’s newest Apple M4 chipset. This contains as much as a 10-core CPU (4P+6E), which is alleged to be 1.7x sooner than the M1 mannequin and 1.3x sooner than the earlier M3 mannequin in Excel. There’s additionally a brand new GPU with as much as 10-cores, which is 2x sooner than the M1 GPU and 1.1x sooner than the M3’s in gaming. The M4 additionally contains an improved Neural Engine, which is over 3x sooner than the M1 NPU.
Mixed with the sooner chip, the brand new iMac additionally will get 16GB system reminiscence as customary, with choices for 24GB and 32GB. Storage begins at 256GB and might be configured as much as 2TB.
The brand new iMac has the identical 24-inch 4.5K Retina show as earlier than however Apple now gives the choice of a nano-texture glass, which ought to enormously scale back glare in comparison with the default shiny possibility. This glass is a $200 additional and must be configured whereas buying. This selection shouldn’t be out there on the bottom mannequin.
The brand new chipset comes with upgraded connectivity. The premium mannequin get 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports with Ethernet help and may output to 2 6K 60Hz or one 8K 120Hz exterior shows. Nonetheless, the bottom mannequin will get solely two Thunderbolt 4 ports with no Ethernet (configurable individually for $30), and solely a single 6K 60Hz exterior show help.
The webcam on the entrance has been up to date with a brand new 12MP 1080p mannequin that helps Apple’s Heart Stage characteristic, which makes use of a wide-angle digicam to crop and transfer the body round relying upon the folks within the body. There’s additionally a Desk View characteristic, which may use the digicam’s ultrawide area of view to seize the contents of your desk beneath the iMac and apply perspective correction. The triple microphone and 6 speaker array are the identical as earlier than.
Apple has additionally up to date the Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and elective Magic Trackpad with USB-C ports, changing the older Lightning fashions. They’re additionally shade matched to the iMac, identical to earlier than.
Talking of colours, Apple claims to have a brand new set of colours, six of them to be exact together with the unique silver, which is unchanged. Nonetheless, it took some time to note the distinction in comparison with the earlier era fashions, since they’re all primarily the identical colours however barely tweaked. The blue is extra aqua and fewer navy, the purple is extra lavender and fewer violet, the pink is much less raspberry and extra bubblegum, the inexperienced is extra jade and fewer turquoise, the yellow is extra lemon sherbet and fewer pumpkin, and the orange is… half a shade lighter, I believe. Perhaps. Undecided. It is value noting that many of the shade change is on the again and the stand and entrance backside bezel have not modified a lot.
The 2024 iMac is priced at $1299 for the bottom mannequin with 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16GB RAM, 256GB storage and two USB ports. The mannequin with 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 4 ports and choice to get nano-texture glass begins at $1499.
