Apple announces colorful new iMac with stunning redesign
What you need to know
- Apple has unveiled a completely redesigned iMac at its April event.
- The new iMacs come in seven different colors.
At its ‘Spring loaded’ event, Apple announced a completely redesigned iMac in a ton of new colors: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Purple, Orange, and White.
The new iMac is incredibly thin with a single sheet of glass covering the front display and thinner bezels than the last generation. Apple says that, while the front of the iMac is meant to be toned down for your content, the back is meant to celebrate color.
The new iMac comes packed with Apple’s M1 processor, the same chip that currently powers the other Apple silicon computers that were unveiled in the fall of 2020. The chip enables the new iMac to use reduced thermals due to its power efficiency which means that it will be very quiet and cool to the touch.
The updated iMac is also incredibly thin. Coming in at just 11.5mm thin at its thinnest point, it’s the thinnest iMac Apple has ever released. Apple has also upgraded the size of the display to 24″ in a footprint that is also slightly larger than the last generation of the 21.5-inch iMac. The new 4.5k display features 11.3 million pixels, 1 billion colors, and 500 nits of brightness. It also features TrueTone to adjust its brightness and color temperature to match your environment, creating a more natural viewing experience. It also has a low-reflective coating to ensure that glare doesn’t wash out your display.
One thing that everyone will celebrate is a new FaceTime camera! The new camera is 1080p, finally leaving behind that 720p camera that users have complained about for years. The new camera features double the resolution and a larger sensor for better performance in low light. It also works with the neural engine built into the M1 chip to use smarts to create the best picture possible.
In addition to a new camera, Apple has added three studio-quality microphones into the new iMac that will work to reduce background noise and focus on your voice. The speakers have also received an upgrade, with two force-canceling woofers to reduce vibration when you turn things up to higher volumes. It also includes high-performance tweeters, totaling out to a new six-speaker system.
Apple also noted that there are now thousands of universal apps that support Apple silicon, so you’ll be able to get the most out of the new iMac.
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