Many users were expecting a new iMac to feature a radical redesign, but for this revision Apple decided to stick with the tried and tested balance between appearance functionality that the company first adopted with the “Slim Unibody” iMac in 2012. A planet with better designers!” cementing the foundation of Jobs’ close collaboration with British designer Sir Jonathan Ive.Īll of which brings us to the latest model: a new 27-inch iMac, which Apple announced on 4th August 2020 (two months to the day after releasing what will likely be the last Intel-based 13-inch MacBook Pro, reviewed back in the November 2020 issue).

Indeed, the iMac was undoubtedly born from the late CEO’s passion for design, and at the product’s unveiling in 1998 Jobs crowed that the iMac “looks like it’s from another planet.

Given its place in the company’s history, therefore, the iMac is arguably the most prominent - dare I say iconic - member of Apple’s Mac family and it’s the only Mac to remain a significant part of Apple’s product line throughout the company’s modern era, which began when co-founder Steve Jobs returned to the company in 1997. And whether one remembers the original Bondi Blue translucency, the genial Anglepoise-esque design with a flat-panel display, the less fondly remembered white polycarbonate enclosure, or the sleek, modern aluminium evolutions, the iMac marked the revival of both the all-in-one nature of the original Macintosh and Apple itself. The first iMac was released by Apple over two decades ago, on 15th August 1998. Apple iMac 27-inch 2020 model in all its glory.īONUS WEB EXTRA REVIEW! Could Apple’s latest 27-inch iMac be the perfect all-in-one at the right price for musicians and audio engineers?

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