Apple has announced the 24-inch iMac with M6, an all-in-one with a 4.5K Retina display, Wi-Fi 7, and a color-matched keyboard and mouse, in seven finishes. It starts at PHP 109,990 for the 10-core model with 16GB of memory and a 256GB SSD, and PHP 124,990 for the same configuration on the 12-core version, with education pricing at PHP 105,990 and PHP 117,990.
Performance, display, and connectivity
The 24-inch iMac comes in 10-core and 12-core versions, each with Neural Accelerators in every GPU core and a Dual 16-core Neural Engine. Apple puts the new iMac at up to 2.5x faster than an iMac with M1 in apps like Excel and up to 1.5x faster than M4, with graphics up to 3.3x faster than M1 and up to 2x faster than M4. On-device AI reaches up to 12x the M1 machine and up to 5x the M4 in LM Studio prompt processing, ray-traced gaming runs up to 2x faster than M4, and Intel-based upgraders get up to 18x faster performance than the most popular Intel-based iMac.
The 4.5K Retina display measures 23.5 inches diagonally, delivers 500 nits of brightness, covers the P3 wide color gamut with more than a billion colors, and offers a nano-texture option on the 12-core model. For connectivity, you get Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and 2.5Gb Ethernet that runs up to 2.5x faster than the previous generation, plus SSD read and write speeds up to twice as fast.
As for ports, the 12-core iMac carries four Thunderbolt 4 ports and the 10-core model has two Thunderbolt ports, either of which can drive up to two 6K external displays. Other features include a 12MP Center Stage camera with Desk View, two pairs of force-cancelling woofers with two tweeters, Spatial Audio, and a color-matched Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad with USB-C ports; the 12-core model comes standard with Touch ID, and the 10-core can be configured with a Touch ID keyboard and numeric keypad. The 24-inch iMac runs macOS 27 and comes in green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, and silver.
Price and availability
The 24-inch iMac with the 10-core chip, 16GB of memory, and a 256GB SSD starts at PHP 109,990, or PHP 105,990 with education savings. The 12-core model with the same 16GB and 256GB starts at PHP 124,990, or PHP 117,990 with education savings. It will be available soon at apple.com/ph and Apple Authorized Resellers.
For more information, visit Apple’s iMac page.
Source: Apple Newsroom
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The 10-core model starts at PHP 109,990 for the 16GB + 256GB configuration, and the 12-core model at PHP 124,990 for the same configuration. Education pricing is PHP 105,990 and PHP 117,990.
The release says it will be available soon at apple.com/ph and Apple Authorized Resellers but gives no specific date.
Both start with 16GB of memory and a 256GB SSD. Apple’s store also lists 24GB of memory and 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB storage.
Green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, and silver.
Four Thunderbolt 4 ports on the 12-core model and two Thunderbolt ports on the 10-core model.
Emman Tortoza
Emman has been writing technical and feature articles since 2010. Prior to this, he became one of the instructors at Asia Pacific College in 2008, and eventually landed a job as Business Analyst and Technical Writer at Integrated Open Source Solutions for almost 3 years.
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