Budget Mac setup

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Every iMac comes in silver with a compact Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse 2. A Numeric Keypad keyboard adds $30. If you prefer the Magic Trackpad 2, with its wider range of macOS gestures, swap it for the mouse at an extra cost of $50.

iMAC

21.5–inch 3.6GHz $1,299

Specifications

3.6GHz quad–core Intel Core i3–8100 processor, 8GB RAM (max 32GB), 1TB 5400rpm hard disk, 2GB AMD Radeon Pro 555X graphics, 21.5–inch 4093x2304 P3 display, two 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 ports, four 10Gbps USB–A ports, Gigabit Ethernet, SDXC card slot

Configure your iMac 21.5–inch

THE iMAC 21.5–INCH is good value considering its built–in 4K screen, which supports the wider DCI–P3 color space as well as sRGB. For comparison, LG’s slightly bigger 23.7–inch 4K P3 monitor, available from the Apple Store, costs $699.95. All configurations include a dedicated graphics card from AMD’s Radeon 5 series.

Even the base i3–8100 processor is quad–core and will handle a