The iMac has been
kitted out with new Intel quad-core processors as well as faster flash storage.
It also boasts fourth generation wifi – three times quicker than the previous
generation according to Apple, which describes the iMac as "the world's
leading all-in-one desktop".
Philip Schiller,
Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, said: "iMac
continues to be the example that proves how beautiful, fast and fun a desktop
computer can be."
Apple's iMac
launched last November and was seen as a radical departure of past versions by
some reviewers who praised the flat screen which is as thin as 5mm in places.
“There were gasps
in the auditorium when people saw how thin the new iMac is. “It's astonishingly
thin at the edges – 5mm, though it does bulge a little at the back.”
The desktop will
still has 8GB of memory and a 1TB hard drive. The updated 21.5-inch iMac is
retailing at £1,149 inc VAT, rising to £1,749 for larger models.
The updated iMac's
release today comes on the back of a busy week for Apple innovation. Last Wednesday
the company's new operating system, iOS 7, went live and soon drew complaints
from users struggling to download the software.
Some people
complained of waits of more than 24 hours, while analysis from one company
suggested one in three
tweets about the launch mentioned download problems.
Last Friday
Apple's newest smartphones – the iPhone 5s, which comes with fingerprint
technology, and the iPhone 5c, which comes in a range of colours – went on
sale. More than nine million were sold over the weekend, a record for the
company.
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