Apple unveils its most powerful iMac

SAN JOSE, California: Apple yesterday updated its iMac line with up to three times more powerful graphics, faster processors, Thunderbolt 3, faster storage options and brighter Retina displays, and added a Retina 4K display and discrete graphics to the US$1,299 (RM5,533) 21.5-inch iMac.
With its incredibly thin and seamless enclosure, fast processors and storage and stunning Retina display, iMac is said to set the standard for desktops. iMac delivers powerful performance for 3D graphics, video editing and gaming, and with macOS High Sierra coming this fall, iMac becomes a great platform for virtual reality content creation.
Apple also yesterday updated MacBook and MacBook Pro with faster processors, added faster SSDs to MacBook and introduced a new US$1,299 13-inch MacBook Pro.
The 15-inch MacBook Pro now comes with more powerful discrete graphics in its standard configuration.
"With major updates to iMac, and a refresh of our MacBook and MacBook Pro lines, the Mac is stronger than ever," said John Ternus, Apple's vice-president of Hardware Engineering.
"Today iMac gets a huge graphics performance increase, faster CPU performance, Thunderbolt 3 and a brighter Retina display with support for 1 billion colours. We're also increasing CPU and SSD speed on MacBook, adding faster processors and making faster graphics standard on our 15-inch MacBook Pro and introducing a new US$1,299 13-inch MacBook Pro."

iMac
The updated iMac with Retina 5K display features more powerful graphics, faster processors, Thunderbolt 3 and a brighter display.
The updated iMac features faster Kaby Lake processors up to 4.2 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 4.5 GHz and supports up to twice the memory as the previous generation. Fusion Drive is now standard on all 27-inch configurations and the top-end 21.5-inch iMac. SSD storage options are now up to 50% faster, and iMac comes with Thunderbolt 3, the most powerful and versatile port ever.
With incredibly thin and seamless enclosures, stunning displays and fast processors and storage, iMac sets the gold standard for desktops.
Graphics on iMac are much more powerful across the line with the new Radeon Pro 500-series graphics with up to 8GB of vRAM. The 21.5-inch model delivers up to three times faster performance and the 27-inch model is up to 50% faster.
iMac also comes with the best Mac display ever, now 43% brighter at 500 nits and with support for 1 billion colors, delivering an even more vivid and true-to-life viewing experience.
MacBook and MacBook Pro
Mac notebooks deliver the world's best portable computing experience.
With thin and light designs, powerful performance, amazing displays and all-day battery life, Mac notebooks is said to deliver the world's best portable computing experience.1 MacBook now features faster Kaby Lake processors up to 1.3 GHz Core i7 with Turbo Boost up to 3.6 GHz and up to 50% faster SSD, and supports up to twice the memory. Weighing just two pounds and measuring 13.1mm thin, MacBook is the thinnest and lightest notebook for all-day, on-the-go computing.
MacBook Pro, with the revolutionary Touch Bar, delivers pro performance in a portable design.
The updated 13-inch MacBook Pro features Kaby Lake processors up to 3.5 GHz Core i7 with Turbo Boost up to 4.0 GHz, and the 15-inch MacBook Pro goes up to 3.1 GHz Core i7 with Turbo Boost up to 4.1 GHz.
The 15-inch MacBook Pro now comes standard with more powerful discrete graphics with more video memory, and the 13-inch MacBook Pro adds a new US$1,299 configuration. With the revolutionary Touch Bar with Touch ID, gorgeous 500-nit Retina display, Thunderbolt 3 and incredible performance in a portable design, MacBook Pro is the best pro notebook Apple has ever made.
Apple also updated the 13-inch MacBook Air with a 1.8 GHz processor.
Availability
The updated iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air are available to order on apple.com, and available to buy in Apple Stores starting tomorrow.