Summary: At a special event Apple today
announced a substantially thinner iMac with an entirely new industrial
design in the same 21.5 and 27-inch screen sizes (and four other new
pieces of hardware.)
Apple held a "little" media event today
at the California theatre in San Jose that turned out to be anything
but "little" -- at least as far as hardware is concerned. Apple
announced five (count 'em!) new hardware devices, including:
- Mac mini
- iPad with Retina Display (fourth generation)
- iMac
- MacBook Pro 13 with Retina Display
- iPad mini
In this post I want to discuss the new iMac (press release) which was last updated in May 2011.
The new model features:
- Thinner industrial design built from aluminum and glass with up to 40 percent less volume
- Upgraded display with reflection reduced by 75%
- Every iMac display is individually color calibrated using an advanced spectroradiometer
- 2.7 - 3.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, or
- 3.4GHz Intel Core i7 processor
- NVIDIA Kepler graphics architecture - up to 60 percent faster performance
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, or
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX - best graphics available in an all-in-one computer
- 8 - 32GB of 1600 MHz memory
- 1 - 3TB hard drive, or
- Up to 768GB SSD, or
- Fusion Drive with 128GB of flash and a 1TB or 3TB hard drive
- Two Thunderbolt
- Four USB 3.0 ports
The new iMac isn't yet available for ordering, but Apple provided the following base prices:
- 2.7GHz with 8GB and 1TB - starting at $1299 - available in November
- 2.9GHz with 8GB and 1TB - starting at $1799 - available in December
