Are you buying a new iMac? The 24-inch iMac is a sleek and powerful computer that can be used for gaming, as a workstation, or for casual use. If you’re wondering what comes in the box with your iMac purchase, this guide is for you. Read on to learn what the iMac features in the box.
What’s Included in the iMac Box?
The iMac box’s contents can vary depending on the model and the configuration you chose when purchasing the iMac. Here’s a general overview of what’s in the iMac box.
Of course, there is the iMac itself. However, there are also several iMac accessories that come with the iMac.
The first is the power adapter, which comes with all iMacs. If you bought a 24-inch iMac, it will have a 143W power adapter. You will also get the Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard.
What Is Included With the iMac’s Wireless Accessories?
Let’s take a deeper dive into what the iMac’s wireless accessories include.
If you bought an iMac with four ports, this power adapter will also have built-in Ethernet support. If you purchased the two-port iMac, you can decide whether to include Ethernet or not when purchasing the iMac.
The Magic Keyboard is the iMac’s wireless keyboard, which comes in several styles, depending on the iMac model and configuration you chose. It will either have a lock key or touch ID and may feature a numeric keyboard.
The Apple Magic Mouse is a wireless mouse that ships with your iMac. Both the Magic Keyboard and the Magic Mouse are paired with your iMac out of the box, so no additional configuration will be necessary.
iMac Specifications and Features
Let’s now discuss the 24-inch iMac’s specs.
First, the screen: It ships with a 24-inch (actual diagonal size is 23.5 inches) screen with a 4.5K Retina display.
It also features a 12 MP high definition camera for video calls. It also ships with a powerful M1 chip with an eight- or ten-core CPU and a 16-core neural engine.
The GPU is configurable: You can choose between eight or ten cores.
The iMac’s storage configuration options upon purchase are a 256 GB SSD or 512 GB SSD. Configurable RAM options include 16 GB or 24 GB of built-in memory.
Available colors are blue, green, pink, purple, orange, yellow, and silver.
iMac’s Graphics and Performance
The iMac has excellent graphics and performance. First of all, the 24-inch 4.5k Retina display has a powerful screen with a 4480 × 2520 resolution, with 218 pixels per inch, and 500 nits of brightness. It supports one billion colors and True Tone technology for enhanced graphics.
Modern Macs ship with the M4 chip created by Apple, which has a built-in graphics card for the iMac. You can choose between eight and 10 cores for the GPU.
The chip features a 120 GB/s memory bandwidth and hardware-accelerated ray tracing for advanced processing power. It comes with hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW media engines with video and ProRes decoding and encoding and AV1 decoding.
Meanwhile, it comes with Apple Intelligence, Apple’s built-in AI engine.
Thunderbolt 4 Ports on iMac
Modern iMacs come with either two or four Thunderbolt 4 ports, which also work with USB 4 technology. Both support bandwidth speeds of up to 40 Gb/s. However, they are also backwards compatible with USB 3.1, which supports speeds of up to 10 Gb/s.
Furthermore, it features a DisplayPort and a 3.5 audio jack port. As mentioned, it may support an Ethernet port on the power adapter, depending on which model and configuration you choose when purchasing it.
Configurations and Upgrades Available for iMac
You can choose between various iMac upgrade options when purchasing your Mac. For example, you can select the iMac RAM upgrade so you get 24 GB instead of 16 GB. You can also pick the 512 GB iMac storage upgrade instead of the 256 GB storage option.
However, although Apple doesn’t offer larger storage and memory options upon purchase, you can upgrade your Mac yourself later (or have a technician do it for you).
iMacs support up to 24 GB or 32 GB of total RAM, depending on the model and configuration you choose. They also support up to 512 GB, 1 TB, or 2 TB of storage, depending on the model and configuration. Make sure to double-check the upper limits of your model’s capabilities before buying if you think you will want to upgrade your RAM or storage later.
Conclusion
When you purchase an iMac, it comes with accessories such as a power adapter, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Mouse. When buying an iMac, you can also decide on which configuration options you want for your GPU, RAM, and storage.
