Because of their excellent performance and long battery life, Apple’s new M1 chips have been making headlines in every new product they have released. We’ve seen the M1 in gadgets like the MacBook Genius and, surprisingly, the iPad Master, which presently blows away any remaining “portable” gadgets in benchmarks. Therefore, Apple’s mainstream desktop immediately became interesting when this chip was incorporated into the iMac. And after a few months of using the M1 iMac, I can easily say that it is one of my favorite computers ever.
For an all-in-one computer, the M1 iMac has a design that is very different. With a thickness of just 11.5 millimeters, the screen assembly is extremely thin. The front is mostly made of glass, has white bezels, and has a chin where the logic board is. The top has Apple’s long-overdue 1080p HD FaceTime camera, which produces excellent video. The back has the connector for the non-removable stand, the power port, and 2 or 4 USB Type-C ports relying upon your rendition.
The M1 iMac is available in a few variants from Apple. The base model of the iMac has only one fan and a heatsink, a M1 with seven GPU cores, and two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports. Two fans, a heat pipe, two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports, and two USB 3 ports are included in the eight GPU core models. The M1 chip’s increased thermal headroom theoretically implies that the 8-core model will deliver superior CPU and GPU performance.
The iMac is available in seven colors: blue, pink, silver, yellow, orange, purple, and green. Additionally, every iMac comes with color-matched accessories. This indicates that the Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse/Trackpad on your blue iMac will be stylish blue. It is important to note that these are not yet available separately, so if you want an accessory that matches your outfit, you will need to order it at the same time. Even though all of the colors are stunning, I still prefer plain old silver.
The iMac’s display is excellent. It has a resolution of 4480 by 2520 pixels and is a 24-inch 4.5K LCD panel. Despite its peak brightness of 500 nits, it is still difficult to see in direct sunlight. Fortunately, it is a desktop. Simply avoid placing it in direct sunlight. The display has a 10-bit wide color gamut and can display up to one billion colors. HDR10+ and Dolby Vision are also supported by this 10-bit panel. Apple picked to incorporate Genuine Tone, which matches the white equilibrium of the screen to the lighting climate around you.
The iMac, a magnetic charger, a mouse, a keyboard, and the standard instructions are all included in the box from Apple. There is nothing new here. I’m going to nitpick here: Apple stickers that match the color of the iMac come with every model. For example, the blue iMac will have a dark blue and a light blue sticker. Tragically, the silver just accompanies a solitary silver Apple sticker rather than a silver and white like one could anticipate. Apple, I want my second sticker.
