Our quick take

Apple iMac 24-inch (2021) - 5.0 / 5

Design 

  • Colours available: Blue, Green, Pink, Silver, Yellow, Orange, Purple  Colour-coded Magic Keyboard (with Touch ID on top models) Magic Mouse included, Magic Trackpad (optional) Power cord with incorporated Ethernet Dimensions: 46.1 x 54.7 x 11.5mm Stand adds 14.7mm depth Weight: 4.48kg total

Display and media

  • 24-inch 4.5K Retina Display, 4480 x 2520 resolution (218ppi) 500 nits max brightness, Apple TrueTone, P3 wide colour Six-speaker system, triple microphones 1080p Full HD FaceTime camera

  • What is Apple’s True Tone display?

  • What is Apple Spatial Audio, how does it work, how do I get it?

Specs

  • Ports (standard model): 2x Thunderbolt/USB ports, 1x 3.5mm headphone jack Ports (top two models only): 2x USB-C, Gigabit Ethernet (in power brick) Wireless tech: 802.11ax Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 Memory: 8GB (configurable to 16GB) Storage: 256GB or 512GB (to 2TB)

  • What is Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 4? Features, speeds and future of USB-C port technology

Performance 

  • CPU & GPU: ARM-based Apple Apple M1 with 7- or 8-core graphics Operating system: macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) Many apps are now native to Apple Silicon Rosetta 2 emulation for those that aren’t

To recap

Apple has really pulled it out of the bag with this striking redesign of its venerable all-in-one, which performs at the high level we’ve come to expect from an M1-based Mac.