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Do iMacs come in different colors?

Last Updated: 18th January, 2020

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Computer models: iMac, AppleII,Macintosh

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Consequently, when did the colored iMacs come out?

August 1998: The Bondi-ColoredSavior The original iMac was introduced in 1998.Intypical Jobs style, the keynote was something tobehold.“iMac comes from the marriage of the excitementof theInternet with the simplicity of Macintosh,”hesaid.

Similarly, will there be a new iMac in 2020? New iMac: Release date But this clearly isn't what the company is doing.Weknow that Apple will be launching a new Mac Pro andanew standalone display before then end of 2019. As forthenext new iMac, we think we could be waiting untilJune2020 before we see it.

how long do iMacs last on average?

Relatively speaking, hardware-wise, you shouldbeable to get between 6-8 years of useful life out of a Mac. Inmycase, I pushed this to almost 10 years. That said, Apple tendstodecide to obsolete Macs within a 4-5 year range by limitingwhathardware will run their latestoperatingsystem.

Are iMacs good for gaming?

Applehasmoved the majority of the Mac range over to high-resolutionRetinadisplays, and these will look great for running yourgames.The non-Retina 21in iMac doesn't have adiscrete GPU, butthe Retina model would make a decent gamingmachine for mostpeople.

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