October 28, 2024
PRESS RELEASE
Apple unveils the brand new iMac with M4, supercharged by Apple Intelligence and accessible in contemporary colours
The world’s finest all-in-one desktop options much more efficiency, a nano-texture show choice, a 12MP Heart Stage digital camera, and Thunderbolt 4 connectivity — all in a strikingly skinny design
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple at present introduced the brand new iMac, that includes the highly effective M4 chip and Apple Intelligence, in its beautiful, ultra-thin design. With M4, iMac is as much as 1.7x quicker for day by day productiveness, and as much as 2.1x quicker for demanding workflows like photograph modifying and gaming, in comparison with iMac with M1.1 With the Neural Engine in M4, iMac is the world’s finest all-in-one for AI and is constructed for Apple Intelligence, the non-public intelligence system that transforms how customers work, talk, and categorical themselves, whereas defending their privateness. The brand new iMac is offered in an array of lovely new colours, and the 24-inch 4.5K Retina show presents a brand new nano-texture glass choice.2 iMac encompasses a new 12MP Heart Stage digital camera with Desk View, as much as 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports,3 and color-matched equipment that embody USB-C. Beginning at simply $1,299, now with 16GB of unified reminiscence, the brand new iMac is offered to pre-order at present, with availability starting Friday, November 8.
“iMac is beloved by hundreds of thousands of customers, from households at house to entrepreneurs exhausting at work. With the unimaginable options of Apple Intelligence and the highly effective efficiency of Apple silicon, the brand new iMac modifications the sport as soon as once more,” mentioned John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice chairman of {Hardware} Engineering. “With M4 and Apple Intelligence, beautiful new colours that pop in any house, a sophisticated 12MP Heart Stage digital camera, and a brand new nano-texture glass show choice, it’s a complete new period for iMac.”
Supercharged by M4
The M4 chip brings a lift in efficiency to iMac. That includes a extra succesful CPU with the world’s quickest CPU core,4 the brand new iMac is as much as 1.7x quicker than iMac with M1. Customers will really feel this efficiency throughout on a regular basis actions like multitasking between their favourite apps and looking webpages in Safari. And with an immensely highly effective GPU that includes Apple’s most superior graphics structure, iMac with M4 handles extra intense workloads like photograph modifying and gaming as much as 2.1x quicker than iMac with M1. This additionally allows a smoother gameplay expertise in titles just like the upcoming Civilization VII. The brand new iMac comes normal with 16GB of quicker unified reminiscence — configurable as much as 32GB. The Neural Engine in M4 is now over 3x quicker than on iMac with M1, making it the world’s finest all-in-one for AI, and accelerating the tempo at which customers can get issues finished.
M4 takes iMac efficiency even additional:
- Households, small companies, and entrepreneurs can fly by day by day productiveness duties with as much as 1.7x quicker efficiency1 in apps like Microsoft Excel, and as much as 1.5x quicker looking efficiency5 in Safari in comparison with iMac with M1.
- Avid gamers can get pleasure from extremely clean gameplay, with as much as 2x larger body charges5 than on iMac with M1.
- Content material creators can edit like by no means earlier than, with as much as 2.1x quicker photograph and video modifying efficiency when making use of complicated filters and results in apps like Adobe Photoshop1 and Adobe Premiere Professional5 in comparison with iMac with M1.
- In comparison with the preferred 24-inch all-in-one PC with the newest Intel Core 7 processor, the brand new iMac is as much as 4.5x quicker.1
- In comparison with the preferred Intel-based iMac mannequin, the brand new iMac is as much as 6x quicker.1
A New Period with Apple Intelligence on the Mac
Apple Intelligence ushers in a brand new period for the Mac, bringing private intelligence to the non-public laptop. Combining highly effective generative fashions with industry-first privateness protections, Apple Intelligence harnesses the ability of Apple silicon and the Neural Engine to unlock new methods for customers to work, talk, and categorical themselves on Mac. It’s accessible in U.S. English with macOS Sequoia 15.1. With systemwide Writing Instruments, customers can refine their phrases by rewriting, proofreading, and summarizing textual content almost all over the place they write. With the newly redesigned Siri, customers can transfer fluidly between spoken and typed requests to speed up duties all through their day, and Siri can reply hundreds of questions on Mac and different Apple merchandise. New Apple Intelligence options can be accessible in December, with extra capabilities rolling out within the coming months. Picture Playground provides customers a brand new approach to create enjoyable authentic photos, and Genmoji permits them to create customized emoji in seconds. Siri will turn out to be much more succesful, with the flexibility to take actions throughout the system and draw on a person’s private context to ship intelligence that’s tailor-made to them. In December, ChatGPT can be built-in into Siri and Writing Instruments, permitting customers to entry its experience while not having to leap between instruments.
Apple Intelligence does all this whereas defending customers’ privateness at each step. At its core is on-device processing, and for extra complicated duties, Non-public Cloud Compute provides customers entry to Apple’s even bigger, server-based fashions and presents groundbreaking protections for private data. As well as, customers can entry ChatGPT without spending a dime with out creating an account, and privateness protections are inbuilt — their IP addresses are obscured and OpenAI received’t retailer requests. For individuals who select to attach their account, OpenAI’s data-use insurance policies apply.
Array of Beautiful New Colours
The brand new iMac is available in seven vibrant colours, bringing contemporary shades of inexperienced, yellow, orange, pink, purple, and blue, alongside silver. The again of iMac options daring colours designed to face out, whereas the entrance expresses refined shades of the brand new palette so customers can give attention to doing their finest work. Each iMac comes with a color-matched Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse or optionally available Magic Trackpad, all of which now characteristic a USB-C port, so customers can cost their favourite units with a single cable.
New Nano-Texture Show Choice
The expansive 24-inch 4.5K Retina show on iMac is its highest-rated characteristic, and for the primary time, it’s accessible with a nano-texture glass choice that drastically reduces reflections and glare, whereas sustaining excellent picture high quality.2 With nano-texture glass, customers can place iMac in much more areas, reminiscent of a sun-drenched front room or shiny storefront.
Enhanced Video Calls with 12MP Heart Stage Digicam
A brand new 12MP Heart Stage digital camera with help for Desk View makes video calls much more partaking. Heart Stage retains everybody completely centered on a video name — nice for households gathered on FaceTime. Desk View makes use of the wide-angle lens to concurrently present the person and a top-down view of their desk, which is beneficial for educators presenting a lesson to college students, or creators exhibiting off their newest DIY mission. Rounding out the unmatched audio and video expertise is the beloved studio-quality three-microphone array with beamforming and an immersive six-speaker sound system.
Superior Connectivity
On the brand new iMac, all 4 USB-C ports help Thunderbolt 4 for superfast information transfers, so customers can join much more equipment like exterior storage, docks, and as much as two 6K exterior shows, creating an enormous canvas with greater than 50M pixels for customers to unfold out their work.3 iMac additionally helps each Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3. And with the superior safety of Contact ID, customers can simply and securely unlock their laptop, make on-line purchases with Apple Pay, and obtain apps.6 Moreover, Contact ID works with Quick Person Switching, so clients can change between completely different person profiles with simply the press of a finger.
An Unequalled Expertise with macOS Sequoia
macOS Sequoia completes the brand new iMac expertise with a bunch of thrilling options, together with iPhone Mirroring, permitting customers to wirelessly work together with their iPhone, its apps, and its notifications immediately from their Mac.7 Safari, the world’s quickest browser,8 now presents Highlights, which rapidly pulls up related data from a web site; a wiser, redesigned Reader with a desk of contents and high-level abstract; and a brand new Video Viewer to observe movies with out distractions. With Distraction Management, customers can conceal objects on a webpage that they could discover disruptive to their looking. Gaming will get much more immersive with options like Personalised Spatial Audio and enhancements to Recreation Mode, together with a breadth of thrilling titles, together with the upcoming Murderer’s Creed Shadows. Simpler window tiling means customers can keep organized with a home windows format that works finest for them. The all-new Passwords app provides handy entry to passwords, passkeys, and different credentials, all saved in a single place. And customers can apply stunning new built-in backgrounds for video calls, together with quite a lot of coloration gradients and system wallpapers, or add their very own images.
Higher for the Surroundings
The brand new iMac with M4 is designed with the surroundings in thoughts, with 100% recycled aluminum within the stand, and 100% recycled gold plating, tin soldering, and copper in a number of printed circuit boards. iMac meets Apple’s excessive requirements for power effectivity, and is freed from mercury, brominated flame retardants, and PVC. New this yr, the packaging of iMac is totally fiber-based, bringing Apple nearer to its objective to take away plastic from its packaging by 2025.
At present, Apple is carbon impartial for international company operations and, as a part of its formidable Apple 2030 objective, plans to be carbon impartial throughout its complete carbon footprint by the top of this decade.
Pricing and Availability
- Prospects can pre-order the brand new iMac with M4 beginning at present, October 28, on apple.com/retailer and within the Apple Retailer app in 28 international locations and areas, together with the U.S. It is going to start arriving to clients, and can be in Apple Retailer areas and Apple Licensed Resellers, starting Friday, November 8.
- iMac begins at $1,299 (U.S.) and $1,249 (U.S.) for training, and is offered in inexperienced, yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, and silver. It options an 8-core CPU, an 8-core GPU, 16GB of unified reminiscence configurable as much as 24GB, 256GB SSD configurable as much as 1TB, two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad.
- iMac with a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU begins at $1,499 (U.S.) and $1,399 (U.S.) for training, and is offered in inexperienced, yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, and silver. It options 16GB of unified reminiscence configurable as much as 32GB, 256GB SSD configurable as much as 2TB, 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports, Magic Keyboard with Contact ID, and Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad.
- Further technical specs — together with the nano-texture show choice, configure-to-order choices, and equipment — can be found at apple.com/mac.
- With Apple Commerce In, clients can commerce of their present laptop and get credit score towards a brand new Mac. Prospects can go to apple.com/store/trade-in to see what their gadget is price.
- Apple Intelligence is offered now as a free software program replace for Mac with M1 and later, and might be accessed in most areas all over the world when the gadget and Siri language are set to U.S. English. The primary set of options is in beta and accessible with macOS Sequoia 15.1, with extra options rolling out within the months to return.
- Apple Intelligence is rapidly including help for extra languages. In December, Apple Intelligence will add help for localized English in Australia, Canada, Eire, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.Okay., and in April, a software program replace will ship expanded language help, with extra coming all year long. Chinese language, English (India), English (Singapore), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, and different languages can be supported.
- AppleCare+ for Mac supplies unparalleled service and help. This consists of limitless incidents of unintentional harm, battery service protection, and 24/7 help from the individuals who know Mac finest.
- Each buyer who buys immediately from Apple Retail will get entry to Private Setup. In these guided on-line periods, a Specialist can stroll them by setup, or give attention to options that assist them profit from their new gadget. Prospects also can be taught extra about getting began with their new gadget with a At present at Apple session at their nearest Apple Retailer.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized private expertise with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. At present, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple’s six software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple units and empower individuals with breakthrough providers together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV+. Apple’s greater than 150,000 staff are devoted to creating the very best merchandise on earth and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.
- Testing was performed by Apple in September and October 2024. See apple.com/imac for extra data.
- Precise diagonal display screen measurement is 23.5 inches. Nano-texture show is an choice on fashions with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU.
- All 4 USB-C ports help Thunderbolt 4 on fashions with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU.
- Testing was performed by Apple in October 2024 utilizing transport aggressive methods and choose industry-standard benchmarks.
- Outcomes are in comparison with previous-generation 24-inch iMac methods with Apple M1, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16GB of RAM, and 2TB SSD.
- iMac with 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU can configure to Magic Keyboard with Contact ID and Numeric Keypad, and iMac with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU comes normal with Contact ID.
- Out there on Mac computer systems with Apple silicon and Intel-based Mac computer systems with a T2 Safety Chip. Requires that the person’s iPhone and Mac are signed in with the identical Apple Account utilizing two-factor authentication, their iPhone and Mac are close to one another and have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned on, and their Mac just isn’t utilizing AirPlay or Sidecar. Some iPhone options (e.g., digital camera and microphone) are usually not suitable with iPhone Mirroring.
- Testing was performed by Apple in August 2024. See apple.com/safari for extra data.
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