Mac Format - UK (2019-12)

STORE GUIDE Apple kit

98 | MACFORMAT | DECEMBER 2019

Your complete guide to the

best Apple hardware and

third-party accessories

EDITED BY ROB MEAD-GREEN

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Ever since the famous Bondi

Blue iMac debuted in August

1998, Apple’s all-in-one desktop

computer has been setting

standards in gorgeous design and

powerful performance. Apple’s

innovation was as clear back then as

it is today – the iMac was the first

Macintosh to drop the floppy drive

in favour of USB, and its colourful

aesthetic set it apart as a playful

option in a world of beige boxes.

The current entry-level 21.5in

iMac is unchanged from 2017. Intel

processors in the other models

range from a quad-core, eighth-gen

Core i3 up to a six-core, eighth-gen

i5 as standard. A six-core, ninth-gen

Core i5 comes as standard on the

top-end 27in iMac, and is available

as an option on the mid-range 27in

• it’s pricy, though.
  All but the entry-level iMac have
  a Retina 4K or 5K display with a
  wide P3 colour gamut, a fast and
  capacious Fusion Drive (which
  marries a traditional hard drive
  with a solid-state drive), and AMD

Radeon Pro graphics processors.

Optional AMD Radeon Pro Vega

upgrades are offered only on the

most costly 21.5 and 27in models.

iMac super power

If you love the iMac form factor, but

want even more oomph, the iMac

Pro (introduced in 2017) is an

impressive, if expensive, step up.

Prices start at £4,899 for a 27in

iMac Pro with a Retina 5K display,

eight-core Intel Xeon W processor

32GB of RAM, 1TB of solid-state

storage and AMD Radeon Pro Vega

graphics – and rise inexorably from

there, thanks to an extensive Build

to Order options list.

A fully kitted out iMac Pro –

equipped with an 18-core Intel Xeon

W CPU, 256GB of RAM, Radeon Pro

Vega 64X graphics and a 4TB SSD

will set you back a cool £13,449,

putting it well into Mac Pro territory.

The iMac Pro also gets four

Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports and

a unique Space Grey finish, with

matching keyboard and mouse.

iMac

Choose an iMac

MODEL KEY SPECIFICATIONS PRICE

21.5in

3.6GHz

quad-core

Intel Core i3

MEMORY 8GB of 2,400MHz DDR4

GRAPHICS AMD Radeon Pro 555X

STORAGE 1TB (5,400rpm) hard drive

DISPLAY Retina 4K (IPS, P3 gamut)

ALSO Magic Mouse 2, Magic Keyboard

£1,249

21.5in

3.0GHz

six-core

Intel Core i5

MEMORY 16GB of 2,666MHz DDR4

GRAPHICS AMD Radeon Pro 560X

STORAGE 1TB Fusion Drive

DISPLAY Retina 5K (IPS, P3 gamut)

ALSO Magic Mouse 2, Magic Keyboard

£1,629

27in 3.1GHz

six-core

Intel Core i5

MEMORY 16GB of 2,666MHz DDR4

GRAPHICS AMD Radeon Pro 575X

STORAGE 512GB SSD

DISPLAY Retina 5K (IPS, P3 gamut)

ALSO Magic Mouse 2, Magic Keyboard

£2,399

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From

£1,049

The iMac’s all-in-one design

combines power and poise –

especially in the higher-end

27in models.

UPDATED

MAR 2019

EXPECTED

2020