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Apple's new iMac comes with color-matched accessories, braided cords

Apple's new M1 iMac models come in bright new colors, and each ships with a matching set of colorful accessories and peripherals.

The 24-inch iMac, which Apple announced at its Tuesday "Spring Loaded" event, comes in Blue, Green, Pink, Silver, Orange, Yellow, and Purple.

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Each iMac model will come with a color-matched set of accessories, including a Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad with a colored aluminum base and a Magic Keyboard with a colored metal frame.

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Apple's attention to color detail even extends to the iMac power cord and adapter, and the USB-C to Lightning cable. Both cable accessories feature a braided design in a user's choice of color, and the power cord has a matching aluminum connector.

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The colorful accessories are currently exclusive to the iMac and are not sold separately. It's also worth noting that the higher-end iMac models come with a Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, while the lower-end models feature a Magic Keyboard without the biometric authentication system.

Apple's new Apple Silicon iMac starts at $1,299 and will become available to order on April 30.



19 Comments

entropys 13 Years · 4316 comments

I am disappointed in the power bricks:
1. It’s external.
2. proprietary
3. the cable is permanently connected to the brick. No swapping out for a longer/shorter cable, have to replace the lot if the cable breaks, or the brick come to that. Serious $.
4. If it had been thunderbolt, you could have a pretty nice hub built into the brick which the Ethernet setup suggests. I understand of course that a third tb port is not possible with an M1 chip. And with the proprietary cable/connector, third party options may not be possible. And I suppose Apple doesn’t want people using usb-c powerbricks/hubs.

5. Magnet is cool and all, but mostly these iMacs will back onto a wall. Peripheral benefit at the margin for a lot of cost. It’s too bulky to be used on a future MacBook.

As for the keyboards and mouses. Lightning ports for charging? Really? I mean, really?

and the pastel colours are of course why there is a prominent, white/grey bezel on the iMac. Black would look awful at that size alongside those colours. Sad though, that blue would match my iPhone mini otherwise.

macseeker 8 Years · 541 comments

Apple has gotten skimpy in the storage capacities.  These days 2 TB isn't enough.  8 TB is the right capacity.

wg45678 13 Years · 48 comments

As a stockholder and long time Apple product user—Underwhelming and disappointing. A repackaged M1 Mac Mini albeit with what seems to be a outstanding display.  Another step into the disposable computer e-waste problem from someone claiming to be ‘greener’. 

entropys 13 Years · 4316 comments

macseeker said:
Apple has gotten skimpy in the storage capacities.  These days 2 TB isn't enough.  8 TB is the right capacity.

Lol

charlesn 11 Years · 1193 comments

wg45678 said:
As a stockholder and long time Apple product user—Underwhelming and disappointing. A repackaged M1 Mac Mini albeit with what seems to be a outstanding display.  Another step into the disposable computer e-waste problem from someone claiming to be ‘greener’. 

The iMac has pretty much always been laptop-ish innards repackaged as a desktop with a large display. Nothing wrong with that. And honestly, what do you plan to do with an iMac that the M1 won't easily handle? As far as "disposable computer e-waste" -- I had my 2009 iMac until 2017, when it went on to its second life with another owner while I bought a new one. And if I was looking to buy one of these latest models, Apple would give me a pretty great trade-in price on my 2017. There's nothing "disposable" about an iMac.