Apple revealed the updated 24-inch iMac with an M3 processor and identical colors during its Scary Fast event.
The 24-inch iMac was originally released in 2021 as one of the first Macs with an M1 processor. Its thin and light chassis with flashy colors made it stand out, but it hadn’t been updated since.
Apple finally revealed the updated iMac on Monday night, but not much changed. The M3 processor was announced alongside the iMac, but the desktop’s design and color scheme remain untouched.
The 24-inch LED-backlit 4.5K Retina display with a 4,480 by 2,520 resolution returns. It also has 500 nits of brightness, Wide Color (P3) coverage, True Tone, and a 1080p FaceTime HD camera at the top.
The M3 processor follows the iPhone 15 Pro‘s A17 Pro as the second Apple Silicon chipset built on the 3nm process. It features 8 CPU coresplus a 10-core GPU.
Another feature of M3 that appeared in M2, but not M1, is the Media Engine, which provides dedicated hardware-accelerated video encoding and decoding elements. That will mean a boost to video editing and similar workflows.
Apple also included a faster Neural Engine and the capability for hardware ray tracing. Users can play games like Resident Evil 4 with ray tracking enabled on the 24-inch iMac, similar to how it works on the iPhone 15 Pro family.
The six-speaker system with force-cancelling woofers is also back, as well as a three-mic array with directional beamforming.
Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 support are also improvements on the previous generation. Physical connectivity extends to two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports and two USB 3 connections, depending on the model, while the Gigabit Ethernet connection is again located in the power brick for a cleaner desk appearance.
The updated 24-inch iMac is priced identically, starting at $1,299. The base model has two Thunderbolt 4 ports, while higher configurations have two Thunderbolt 4 ports and two USB 3 ports.
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This story originally appeared on Appleinsider
