iMac 24-inch (2021)

£1,649 FROM Apple, apple.com/uk

FEATURES Apple M1 chip (8-core CPU, 8-core GPU), 512GB storage, 8GB of unified memory, 24-inch 4.5K Retina display (4480x2520 pixels), 2x Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports, 2x USB 3 ports, 1x Gigabit Ethernet port, Magic Keyboard with Touch ID

This is the Mac we’ve been waiting for. Measuring just 11.5mm thin and available in a choice of up to seven different colours, the 24-inch iMac feels instantly familiar and all-new at the same time. It clearly shares a familial familiarity with what’s gone before – an all-in-one computer with a gorgeous (now 4.5K) Retina display, perched on top of an aluminium stand with a tell-tale iMac chin.

The changes though are massive – gone is the slightly bulbous shape of old in favour of an 11.5mm thin body with squared-off edges, making the iMac look more like a big iPad on stilts than a computer. The front of the machine is now entirely glass – something that’s not all that clear from Apple’s photos – and then there are the two-tone colours, which are stronger and more vibrant on the backs and sides of the iMac than on the