Apple announced that it is updating the iMac line with Intel’s Kaby Lake processors and will provide upgrades to displays, memory, storage, and I/O ports.
The new displays are 43 percent brighter than previous ones, with 500 nits and 10-bit dithering and the capability to reproduce 1 billion colors. New iMacs will be upgradeable to 64GB of RAM on 27-inch configurations and 32GB RAM on the 21.5-inch models.
Fusion drives—which include both SSD and spinning disk—will be standard on all new 27-inch configurations, and the SSD will be up to 50 percent faster, Apple said. The I/O upgrade involves two USB-C connectors that support Thunderbolt 3.
The 21.5-inch model will have Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 for a graphics speed boost of up to 80 percent. The iMac Retina 4K 21.5-inch, meanwhile, will have a Radeon Pro 555 or 560 and up to 4GB VRAM.
The iMac Retina 5K 27-inch will have a Radeon Pro 570, 575, or 580 and up to 8GB VRAM.
Prices will start at $1,099 for the base 21.5-inch model, at $1,299 for the 4K 21.5-inch model, and at $1,799 for the iMac Retina 5K 27-inch model.
