Rating
4.5/5
For
- Fantastic new screen
- USB 3.0 ports
- 8GB memory standard
- Fusion Drive option
- Excellent new processors
Against
- No optical drive
- Can't upgrade memory later
- Slower standard hard drives
- No FireWire 800 port
Review
The iMac is Apple's flagship desktop Mac. Since it was first introduced in 1998, this all-in-one computer has gone through eight significant redesigns, taking it from an egg-shaped, CRT-based machine in a polycarbonate casing to this third-generation thin aluminium-bodied computer.
Since 2004, the iMac's processor, graphics, storage, memory and other electronics have been housed behind the screen, and this year's release is no exception.
Where the 2012 iMac makes a radical departure from its predecessors is in its size. It retains the screen dimensions used in the previous generation, with the options of a 27-inch or 21.5-inch iMac, as reviewed here.

There's a bulge in the centre to house the electronics, of course, but the enclosure is so well designed you hardly notice it unless you're looking at it in profile. It really does look impossibly thin from any other angle.

The Toshiba LX830-10F houses its components behind the display like the iMac, but lacks the style of Apple's desktop. Perhaps the Dell XPS One 27 Touch is the new iMac's closest rival, though it's certainly not as trim or svelte.

The new late 2012 iMac makes the move to Intel's new third-generation Ivy Bridge processors, with quad core Intel Core i5 chips used as standard throughout the range.

The processor has been beefed up to a quad core 3.1GHz Intel Core i7, and the memory has been increased to 16GB of 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM, the maximum available on the 21.5-inch iMac.

This upgraded package is priced at £1,768.99/AU$2,478/US$2,149.

Source : Tech Radar
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