Barely making it under the promised November deadline, Apple has started shipping the slim new iMacs first shown off at last month's iPad mini event -- but the 27-inch model may not arrive until Santa Claus does.
Apple is now selling its new 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMacs, which start at $1299 for the base 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 model. The 21.5-inch models are available to ship in one to three business days at this writing, but big-screen iMac fans won't be receiving theirs for two to three weeks.
All of the new iMacs come with a number of build-to-order options as well, with the base models capable of doubling RAM from 8GB to 16GB (or a Fusion Drive on the 27-inch model), while the faster, more expensive models of each can choose faster processors or Fusion Drive options.
Since the new iMac went on sale almost a full day ago in other parts of the world, MacRumors has posted the first known unboxing video as well as initial teardown photos from Japanese website Kodawarisan. We'd imagine the gang over at iFixit will be ripping one of the 21.5-inch models fairly soon, so stay tuned for that as well…
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Robert Fernandez
December 04, 2012 at 5:55am
I agree with you Abarb. It seems like Apple is trying to make everything slim. I am not happy with them removing the disc drive. Now you are going to have to buy another peripheral in order to watch movies that you may buy from the store.
I also want more memory and faster processors than the current line up.
abarb
December 03, 2012 at 6:50pm
I think it's absurd that the new, thin iMacs seem to be engineered for a "wow" factor for Apple, rather than any improvement in functionality for me. i'm looking at the front of my 2007 iMac, and it doesn't look thick or thin, because I'm LOOKING AT THE FRONT OF IT. I want to replace it because it's 5 years old, running Snow Leopard, and showing its age. I like having a disc drive because every now and then one needs to re-boot from a disc drive. I like being able to install RAM upgrades on my own because the prices of Apple memory are a standing, bad joke.
This is not the improvement that I was hoping for, that the iMac should look better from the side. I look at the front, and do my professional graphic arts work from the front. WTF?
