The iMac line is going to get an update as announced at the WWDC 2017. You will have everything from faster processors and brighter displays to bigger memory on new iMac announced by Apple. So, getting curious about the new release? Here are some details that you really need to know about the latest iMac.
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- What’s New In Sizes
- Better Brightness
- What’s Inside Each Model
- Thunderbolt 3
- Pricing
- Magic Keyboard Having Numeric Keypad
- When New iMacs Are Hitting The Market?
What’s New In Sizes
As far as the size is concerned, the new iMac line from Apple remains the same. We’ll still have that 21.5” iMac, 21.5” iMac having 4K Retina display, and 27” iMac having 5K Retina display.
Better Brightness
Both the 21.5” 4K Retina display as well as 27” 5K Retina display models will now come with screens that can offer better brightness. According to Apple, the display in both these devices offers 500 nits brightness making them the brightest ever display to ever feature in a Mac. They say it will now have 43% more brightness compared to previous models of iMac.
What’s Inside Each Model
All the models of iMac have received an update in storage, processors and graphics. Here we have detailed these specs for each of them separately.
21.5” iMac
- Processor: 2.3 GHz dual core Intel Core i5 supporting Turbo Boost up to 3.6 GHz
- RAM: 8GB and 16GB available
- Hard Drive: 256 GB SSD, 1 TB with 5400-rpm, or 1 TB Fusion Drive
- Graphics: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 having 64 GB eDram
21.5” 4K Retina Display iMac
- Processor: 3.0 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 or 3.4 GHz Quad Core Intel Core i5 or 3.6 GHz Quad Core Intel Core i7 supporting Turbo Boost up to 4.2 GHz.
- RAM: 8GB/16GB/32Gb
- Hard Drive: 1 TB with 5400 rpm or 1 TB Fusion Drive. You can also have SSD Drive with 256GB or 512 GB or 1 TB storage space.
- Graphics: Radeon Pro 555 having 2GB VRAM and Radeon Pro 560 having 4GB VRAM, both options available to choose from.
27” 5K Retina Display iMac
- Processor: 3.4, 3.5 or 3.8 GHz Quad Core Intel Core i5 or 4.2 GHz Quad Core Intel Core i7 supporting Turbo Boost up to 4.5 GHz
- RAM: 8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB options available
- Hard Drive: Fusion Hard Disk Drive with 1TB/2TB/3TB capacity or SSC Hard Disk Drive with 256GB/512GB/1TB/2TB capacity
- Graphics: Radeon Pro 570 having 4GB VRAM or Radeon Pro 575 having 4GB VRAM or Radeon Pro 580 having 8GB VRAM
Thunderbolt 3
New iMacs are expected to feature Thunderbolt 3 ports – also known as USB-C – at their back instead of older Thunderbolt 2 that previous models used to have. Apparently, there will be a couple of Thunderbolt 3 ports that will be adjusted right beside USB-A ports towards the back of new iMacs.
Pricing
Willing to put your hands on the new iMac, here are the prices for all the three models.
- 5” iMac: Price starting $1099
- 5” 4K Retina Display iMac: Price starting $1299
- 27” 5K Retina Display iMac: Price starting $1799
Magic Keyboard Having Numeric Keypad
New iMac from Apple will be shipped with the latest Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse2. Apple released the latest Magic Keyboard having numeric keyboard at WWDC as well. The sleek and slim Magic Keyboard with additional full-size numeric keypad follows the same style as previous model but is bigger to adjust the number pad.
When New iMacs Are Hitting The Market?
When the new iMacs were announced at WWDC 2017, Apple said the shipping will be starting right away. So, they are already available and you can place your order right now!