It’s the kind of screen that makes my tweets look somehow more impressive by virtue of sheer, spectacular clarity. You look at it and you don’t want to look away. It’s the kind of screen you look at and your jaw drops. I just don’t mean that it’s very good - I mean it is genuinely awe-inspiring.

The 27-inch screen on the iMac with Retina display is, in a word, awesome. And it’s hard to really have a problem with that.īut let’s get back to that slab of glass. Apple clearly feels it’s figured out the designs for its Macs none have changed materially in a couple of years. As long as you have room for its 25.6 inches across and 20.3 inches tall, this machine will look good and fit right anywhere. Of course, none of that matters this is a desktop machine, made to be placed somewhere and left there. The iMac with Retina display weighs 21 pounds, and it’s eight inches deep including the base.

I like the layout and the clean design afforded by the port location, though it forever annoys me not having a more accessible headphone jack.Īpple didn't change the iMac's design, and it didn't really need to It’s powered by a single, brick-free cable, which threads through the round hole in the base. Everything is hidden here: there are two Thunderbolt 2 ports, four USB 3 slots, an SD card slot, a headphone jack, and an Ethernet port, all on the back-right side of the iMac.

The iMac with Retina display looks just like last year’s model, which looks just like the previous year’s model: its silver aluminum shell slims to 5mm thick on the edges, and bulges in the back to accommodate the many parts that make this machine go. It’s not quite there, of course, but it’s close. If Apple had its way, the iMac would just be a slab of glass you prop up on your desk.

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