Apple updates the iMac with new colors and an M4 chip

Apple is updating the iMac with an M4 chip. The caller iMac, announced this morning, includes an M4 spot with an 8-core CPU and up to a 10-core GPU. The entry-level exemplary costs $1,299 portion the higher-end models commencement astatine $1,499.

Base RAM has been doubled to 16GB implicit the anterior model. Like the anterior model, the caller iMac has a 24-inch 4.5K display. And it’s present bundled with accessories that usage USB-C charging ports alternatively of Lightning.

It besides comes successful 7 colors, including green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, and metallic The updated iMac is disposable to preorder today, with availability starting November 8th.

The caller desktop machine from Apple arrives conscionable astir a twelvemonth aft the announcement of an M3-powered iMac. The M3 spot was the superior alteration with that computer; otherwise, it looked conscionable similar the M1 iMac from 2021, which arrived with a large redesign. Apple said the M3 exemplary was much than 2 times faster than the M1 version.

Apple archetypal announced the M4 chip alongside caller iPad Pros successful May, but the spot hadn’t made the leap to the Mac lineup until now. The M4 spot successful the iPad Pro is built with what Apple calls “second-generation” 3nm technology, and the institution says the spot has a CPU with up to 10 cores and a 10-core GPU.

The caller M4 iMac follows a astonishment announcement earlier this period of a caller iPad Mini, which was last revised successful 2021.

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