Apple introduced the first iMac more than a decade ago. And the design philosophy remains the same: an all-in-one computer that’s as powerful as it is beautiful. A display that turns your desk into a destination. More power than ever before. The world’s first Multi-Touch mouse. The new iMac truly is as good as it looks.

A Mac is designed to give you the best computer experience possible. Because Apple makes both the hardware and the software, everything just works. Like a computer should. So whether you’re accessing a Wi-Fi network, organising your photos by faces or video chatting, everything is surprisingly simple.


Design

Big, beautiful displays.
21.5-inch and 27-inch displays.
Today’s iMac has come a long way from the first 15-inch iMac. Take one look and you’ll see just how far. A 21.5-inch or 27-inch display with edge-to-edge glass covers nearly the entire front of the enclosure. When all you see is the display, nothing gets between you and what’s onscreen. Videos
, websites, photos — everything looks stunning on the 16:9 widescreen iMac display.

LED backlighting.
When a display has more pixels, you need to push more light through them to achieve the best picture possible. LED backlighting in iMac does exactly that, with remarkable brightness and efficiency. Because the LED backlight doesn’t take up much space, the iMac enclosure stays thin — even with all the high-performance components inside.

High resolution.
The 21.5-inch iMac features 1920x1080 HD resolution. Apple engineers could simply have stretched that resolution up and out for the 27-inch iMac. Instead, they took the display well beyond HD with 2560x1440 resolution. That’s 78 per cent more pixels than the 21.5-inch iMac.

IPS technology.
The iMac display is designed to look great from almost any angle. A technology called in-plane switching (IPS) makes this possible. Whether you’re sitting in front of the display or standing off to the side, you’ll get a great picture with superb colour.

All-in-one simplicity.

Evolution of iMac.
It was a great idea then, and it’s a great idea now. The all-in-one design of the first flat-panel iMac cleaned up the desktop. It put everything you need — display, processor, graphics card, hard drive, optical drive, memory and more — inside one simple enclosure. New technology on the inside makes the new iMac a worthy addition to the all-in-one dynasty.

Seamless enclosure.
While you’ll find a collection of ports on the back of iMac, you won’t find much else. A seamless, precision-forged enclosure makes the back one continuous aluminium surface. And there’s only one lead: the power lead.

A tidier desktop.
iMac embodies simple design that eliminates desktop clutter. So naturally, it comes as standard with the Apple Wireless Keyboard and the wireless Magic Mouse. You can also add the new Magic Trackpad.

Magic Mouse with Multi-Touch.
Magic Mouse is designed to do all the things a mouse should do — pointing, clicking and scrolling — but with no scroll wheel, no trackball and no visible button. Magic Mouse uses Multi-Touch technology to let you click, scroll or swipe anywhere on its perfectly smooth, seamless top shell. But the real magic of Magic Mouse is how it knows what you want to do. A chip inside Magic Mouse acts as a brain, detecting the difference between a resting hand, a scrolling finger, a two-finger swipe and a simple click. It’s the smartest mouse we’ve ever made.

Features:

LED backlighting. One bright idea.
Full brightness with no waiting. That’s the big advantage of the LED-backlit iMac display. Unlike most displays that take time to warm up before they reach maximum brightness, an LED-backlit display is instantly on and uniformly bright. LED backlighting also gives you greater control over screen brightness. So you can finely tune the iMac display to suit the ambient light in even the dimmest room.

More pixels. Better picture.
iMac offers some prime pixel real estate. The 21.5-inch, 1920x1080 display has 17 per cent more pixels than the previous 20-inch iMac. The 27-inch, 2560x1440 display has a whopping 78 per cent more pixels than the 21.5-inch iMac. And a 1000:1 contrast ratio gives you more vibrant colours and blacker blacks. All that in a widescreen display with a 16:9 aspect ratio — the same as an HD TV.

Stunning from every angle.
The iMac display looks great from any seat in the house, thanks to a premium display technology called in-plane switching (IPS). IPS gives you a bright picture with excellent colour — even if you’re viewing the display from the side.

New Intel Core processors
across the line.
All iMac models now include processors from the blazing-fast Intel Core series, featuring an advanced processor architecture that helps set new performance benchmarks for iMac. The 21.5-inch models and one 27-inch model come as standard with a dual-core Intel Core i3 processor starting at 3.06GHz. For even more performance, choose the top-of-the-line 27-inch iMac with a quad-core Intel Core i5 at 2.8GHz or optional Intel Core i7 at 2.93GHz. Four cores make just about everything you do faster: managing your photos, editing HD video, even playing graphics-intensive 3D games. And since Mac OS X Snow Leopard is designed to take full advantage of Intel dual- and quad-core architectures, you get the fastest performance possible.

Revved-up graphics.
Every iMac comes with high-performance discrete graphics processors from AMD that make games run smoother, photos load faster and pro applications work better.

Plenty of memory and storage.
The new iMac has 4GB of DDR3 memory as standard — now running even faster at 1333MHz — with room in its four SO-DIMM slots for up to 16GB, so you can use more applications simultaneously. And with a Serial ATA hard drive up to 2TB,1 feel free to load up on photos, videos and music.

Add an ultra-fast solid-state drive.
To give your iMac a real performance boost, configure your 27-inch iMac on the Apple Online Store with an optional 256GB solid-state drive. You can choose it as your only drive or have it installed in addition to the built-in hard drive, allowing you to store the operating system, critical applications and important files on the solid-state drive, and your other files on the hard drive. Because solid-state drives have no moving parts, the computer can access data at over twice the speed of hard drives. Which makes starting up your iMac and launching applications faster than you ever thought possible.

Why you will love a Mac?

It’s better at the things you do every day.
The things you do most often on a computer, like browsing the web, checking email and working with Microsoft Office files, are some of the things a Mac does best.

Perfect for everyday everything.
A Mac comes with everything you need for your email, calendar, contacts, browsing the Internet and more. It’s all part of the Mac operating system: Mac OS X Snow Leopard. And if your daily routine includes watching videos, iMac brings entertainment to your desktop with a brilliant 16:9 widescreen display.
Hardware and software made to work together.

Apple makes the Mac, the software that comes with it and the operating system that powers it. That makes features like the wireless Magic Mouse possible. Snow Leopard enables Multi-Touch gestures, so you can scroll with one finger or swipe with two.

Works with Windows.
The Mac also opens and works with Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel and even runs Windows — so it’s compatible with the PC world.¹ That includes sharing documents with people who use PCs, printing to just about any printer and working over Windows networks.

It comes as standard with the most advanced technology.
Intel dual-core and quad-core processors. Engineering innovations years ahead of their time. And an operating system tailor-made to get the most from it all.

Mac OS X includes graphics technologies that enable 3D animation, HD video and more.

Intel dual-core or quad-core processors are standard on every Mac, so applications fly. Powerful graphics bring the latest 3D games to life. And an iSight camera, Bluetooth wireless technology and many other features are all built in.

Features you won’t find on a PC.
On a Mac, innovation extends to features you might not expect. Like a desktop computer with only one cord — the power cord. iMac reduces desktop clutter by including the Apple Wireless Keyboard and wireless Magic Mouse as standard. So out of the box, you get the most streamlined computer experience possible.

The world’s most advanced operating system.
Every Mac comes with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, an operating system custom-made for the advanced technology inside. Built on a rock-solid UNIX foundation and designed to be simple and intuitive, it’s what makes the Mac innovative, highly secure, compatible and easy to use.

It’s highly secure and reliable.
The built-in defences on a Mac help keep you safe from viruses and malware without the hassle of constant alerts and sweeps.

Don’t worry about viruses.
Designed with security in mind, Mac OS X Snow Leopard isn’t plagued by constant attacks from PC viruses and malware. Every Mac is highly secure straight out of the box, so you can safely go about your work — or play — without interruption.
On guard.

Innocent-looking files downloaded over the Internet may contain dangerous malware in disguise. That’s why files you download using Safari, Mail and iChat are screened to determine if they contain applications. If they do, Mac OS X Snow Leopard alerts you, then warns you the first time you open one.

Always up to date.
When a potential security threat arises, Apple responds quickly by providing software updates and security enhancements that can be downloaded automatically and installed with a click.

Technical Specifications

Size and weight
21.5-inch iMac
Height: 45.1 cm (17.75 inches)
Width: 52.8 cm (20.8 inches)
Depth: 18.85 cm (7.42 inches)
Weight: 9.3 kg (20.5 pounds)

27-inch iMac
Height: 51.7 cm (20.4 inches)
Width: 65.0 cm (25.6 inches)
Depth: 20.7 cm (8.15 inches)
Weight: 13.8 kg (30.5 pounds)

Display
21.5-inch iMac
Built-in 21.5-inch (viewable) LED-backlit glossy widescreen TFT active-matrix liquid crystal display with IPS technology
Resolution: 1920x1080 pixels
Typical brightness: 330 cd/m

27-inch iMac
Built-in 27-inch (viewable) LED-backlit glossy widescreen TFT active-matrix liquid crystal display with IPS technology
Resolution: 2560x1440 pixels
Typical brightness: 375 cd/m2
Can be attached to a wall mount, articulating arm or other VESA-compliant mounting solution using the optional VESA Mount Adapter Kit

All models
Millions of colours at all resolutions
Typical viewing angle: 178° horizontal; 178° vertical
16:9 aspect ratio

Graphics and video support
21.5-inch models, one of the following:
ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
ATI Radeon HD 5670 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
27-inch model with dual-core processor:
ATI Radeon HD 5670 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory

27-inch model with quad-core processor:
ATI Radeon HD 5750 graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
iSight camera
Mini DisplayPort output with support for DVI, VGA and dual-link DVI (adapters sold separately); 27-inch models also support input from external DisplayPort sources (adapters sold separately)
Support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to a 30-inch display (2560x1600 pixels) on an external display

Connections and expansion
One FireWire 800 port; 7 watts
Four USB 2.0 ports
SDXC card slot

Communications
AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking; IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) wireless technology
10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)

Audio
Built-in stereo speakers
Two internal 17-watt high-efficiency amplifiers
Headphone / optical digital audio output (mini-jack)
Audio line in / optical digital audio input (mini-jack)
Built-in microphone
Support for Apple iPhone headset with microphone

Processor and memory
21.5-inch models, one of the following:
3.06GHz Intel Core i3 processor with 4MB level 3 cache; supports Hyper-Threading
3.2GHz Intel Core i3 processor with 4MB level 3 cache; supports Hyper-Threading
3.6GHz Intel Core i5 processor with 4MB level 3 cache; supports Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost

27-inch models, one of the following:
3.2GHz Intel Core i3 processor with 4MB level 3 cache; supports Hyper-Threading
3.6GHz Intel Core i5 processor with 4MB level 3 cache; supports Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost
2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 processor with 8MB level 3 cache; supports Turbo Boost
2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 processor with 8MB level 3 cache; supports Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost
4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM; four SO-DIMM slots support up to 16GB

Storage
21.5-inch models:
500GB or 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
Optional 2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive

27-inch models:
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
Optional 2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
Optional 256GB solid-state drive

Optical drive
Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 4x speed
Writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed
Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed and DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed
Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed
Writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed
Writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed
Reads CDs at up to 24x speed

Electrical and operating requirements
Line voltage: 100-240V AC
Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, single phase
Maximum continuous power: 241W (21.5-inch models); 365W (27-inch models)
Operating temperature: 10° to 35° C (50° to 95° F)
Storage temperature: -20° to 47° C (-4° to 116° F)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
Maximum altitude: 3,000m (10,000 feet)
Typical acoustical performance
Sound pressure level (operator position): 18 dBA at idle

What’s included

In the box:
iMac
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Cleaning cloth
Power lead
Install/restore DVDs
Printed and electronic documentation

Warranty: 1 year manufacturer.