A desktop experience that draws you in and keeps you there. This is the idea behind today’s iMac. And now that idea is more powerful than ever.
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The new iMac is packed with all-new processors, the latest graphics technologies, innovative storage, and higher-bandwidth connectivity. And it all comes to life on the brightest and most colorful Retina display iMac has ever seen. So you get an even more immersive experience — and a scintillating new way to take it all in. 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K display Now starting at $1299.
Graphics that render you speechless. IMac features powerful new Radeon Pro 500 series graphics that make a spectacle of everything you see.
The 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display is loaded with up to 8GB of dedicated VRAM. And the 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K display ignites with up to 4GB. Both deliver visual effects and 3D graphics that exhibit raw power in its most polished form.
On top of that, you get advanced video editing capabilities. Now you can edit multicam projects in Final Cut Pro X with up to five streams of full-resolution 4K video. Storage that’s lightning fast. Storage is about space. But it’s also about speed. A Fusion Drive gives you the best of both worlds. The apps and files you use the most are automatically stored on fast flash storage, while everything else moves to a high-capacity hard drive.
From booting up to launching apps to importing photos, it’s faster and more efficient to do it all with Fusion Drive. And it’s now standard on all 27-inch models, and on the 21.5-inch model available at just $1499. Double the speed and bandwidth of the previous generation.
Two Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports come standard on all iMac models, each delivering up to 40Gb/s data transfer for external drives and cameras and twice the bandwidth for video and display connectivity. Four USB 3 ports give you plenty of options for connecting peripherals, including your printer, iPhone, thumb drive, and more. And with ultrafast three-stream Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth 4.2 wireless technology, you’re instantly connected to all your favorite content. Personal Setup We'll show you how to get the most out of your new Mac, online or in store. Testing conducted by Apple in May 2017 using preproduction 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5-based 21.5-inch iMac systems with Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640, 16GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD, and shipping 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5-based 21.5-inch iMac units with Intel HD Graphics 6000, 16GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.3.4 tested using a 4096x2160 30p project. Total War: WARHAMMER v1.6.0 tested using the built-in benchmark, at 1920x1080 resolution, with low quality settings.
Autodesk Maya 2017 tested using a 658MB scene. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac.
Testing conducted by Apple in May 2017 using preproduction 3.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-based 21.5-inch iMac systems with Radeon Pro 560 graphics, 4GB graphics memory, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD, and shipping 3.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-based 21.5-inch iMac units with Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. F1 2016 v1.0 tested using the built-in benchmark, at 2048x1152 resolution, with high quality settings. Autodesk Maya 2017 tested using a 1.9GB scene.
Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.3.4 tested using a 4096x2160 30p project. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac. Testing conducted by Apple in May 2017 using preproduction 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-based 27-inch iMac systems with Radeon Pro 580 graphics, 8GB graphics memory, 64GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD, and shipping 4.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-based 27-inch iMac units with AMD Radeon R9 M395X graphics, 4GB graphics memory, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. F1 2016 v1.0 tested using the built-in benchmark, at 2560x1440 resolution, with ultra high quality settings. Autodesk Maya 2017 tested using a 3.81GB scene. Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.3.4 tested using a 4096x2160 30p project. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac.
Testing conducted by Apple in May 2017 using preproduction 4.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-based 27-inch iMac systems with 64GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD, and shipping 4.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-based 27-inch iMac units with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. Tested with FIO-2.17, 1024KB request size, 150GB test file and IO depth=8. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of iMac. 1 TB = 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. Requires macOS High Sierra 10.13.
27-inch iMac with Radeon Pro 580 graphics recommended for 3D VR content creation and 360° video editing. Final Cut Pro X will add support for 360° video editing later this year. Content is sold separately. Title availability is subject to change.
Macs have never had the best reputation for gaming. Whether because Apple preferred to market them as creative computing powerhouses or because their alumnium shells could cook eggs after a heavy graphics session, the lowly Mac spent much of its youth in the gaming outhouse, suffering with years-behind releases and sub-par ports. Mercifully for Mac owners, things have changed.
Sure, the mega-releases still hit mainstream platforms some way before Apple's (if ever), but there is a growing and substantial crop of computing capers that you can beam to your Mac through the App Store and Steam - which can more than hold a candle to PC alternatives. Few are unique to Mac, but a number are redesigned, remastered and retuned for the MacOS interface, with slicker moves and better integration - so there's absolutely no excuse not to spend your weekend putting all of our recommendations to the test. Here are 25 of the best games you can grab right now for your Mac. Additional words by Chris Rowlands. Yes, the original is the one that everybody raves about, and even a decade after release, it's still absolutely brilliant and well worth circling back on.
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But the sequel is even larger, even nuttier, and arguably just as compelling of an experience even if it wasn't quite as impactful overall. Portal 2 keeps the first-person puzzle-solving approach of Valve's iconic original, but there's more than just teleportation at play here: you'll also fuss with lasers, light bridges, and slippery goo to make your way through these challenging lab stages.
And in addition to the hilarious solo campaign, there's also a separate co-op campaign that demands a buddy. Find one for it. You can play Fortnite: Battle Royale from pretty much anywhere: from your console, smartphone, tablet and yes, even your Mac.
And sure, the Mac crowd probably provides the smallest percentage of that tally, but that doesn't matter. Everyone's connected together.
They're also all shooting at each other, as Fortnite's massively popular approach drops 100 players into a battle to the death within an ever-tightening area. Luckily, it's all fun and games: Fortnite's colourful aesthetic and compelling quick-building mechanics give Epic's smash a unique feel and flow – one that's being enjoyed by millions upon millions of people daily. Is the world's most popular MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) game, while Valve's is the most hardcore of the bunch – but Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm is the friendliest of that top trio, plus it stars loads of familiar characters from classic game. Like those other MOBAs, Heroes of the Storm is a five-on-five battle for map domination, as you team up to bash down the enemy's turrets before taking down their base. Unless they do it to you first. It's loaded with StarCraft, Diablo, Warcraft, and Overwatch characters and is a lot more streamlined than the others, making it the perfect first genre entry. And besides, all these MOBAs are free-to-play, so there's no harm in giving them all a shot.
After creating FTL: Faster Than Light, one of the most brilliant strategic time sinks of the last several years, Subset Games is back with Into the Breach – and it's equally worth obsessing over. Into the Breach is a turn-based tactics game that's akin to a Final Fantasy Tactics or Tactics Ogre, albeit with futuristic mech suits instead of wizards and warriors. And there are twists: the aliens you're battling telegraph their moves in advance, which means your success is all about planning and executing the perfect response. If you blow it, then your mech pilots must travel back in time and start over again.
How's that for motivation?
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