8.5
Apple iMac M3 (2023)
Like
Beautiful design
Incredible performance
Excellent display and speakers
Don’t like
Only USB-C/Thunderbolt for ports
Configurations, pricing a little confusing
Can’t be upgraded post-purchase
The 2023 Apple iMac is identical to the 2021 iMac, in appearance and, really, most of its features, too. This is great because it’s an overall fantastic design, built around a lovely high-resolution 24-inch display and available in up to seven colors with matching accessories. The big difference is what’s powering its performance: Apple’s M3 silicon. And a big difference it is.Â
This year’s iMac is the second generation to have Apple’s M-series chips, bringing Intel inside to an end. The 2021 model had an M1, and Apple jumped over its M2 chips to the new M3 silicon introduced in this iMac alongside updated 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops. The performance is without a doubt impressive on all counts.Â
Apple iMac M3 configuration tested
Price as reviewed | $2,299 |
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Display | 24-inch 4,480×2,520-resolution Retina |
Processor | M3 8-core (4P, 4E) |
Graphics | M3 10-core |
Memory | 24GB |
Storage | 1TB SSD |
Wireless | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.3 |
Connections | USB-C Thunderbolt/USB 4 (x2), USB-C 3.0 (x2), 3.5 mm headphone jack, Gigabit Ethernet (on power supply) |
Operating system | macOS Sonoma |
The base model M3 iMac is $1,299 (£1,399, AU$2,199) with an eight-core CPU and eight-core GPU, 8GB of unified memory and a 256GB SSD for storage. The version I tested was a $2,299 configuration with a 10-core GPU, and its memory maxed out to 24GB (up from a max of 16GB on the M1 iMacs), as well as more storage.Â
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