

You can opt for a 1TB Fusion drive, which melds the same notebook disk to a separate 128GB solid-state drive using OS X’s Core Storage technology.Īpple’s hybrid Fusion Drive gives most of the benefits of faster access, with plenty of storage space too. If you think you’ll ever want to expand either memory or storage in the future, you’d best do it at time of purchase. Neither storage nor memory is designed to be user replaceable, as they’re locked away behind a screen that’s literally glued in place.

Both use 1TB hard drives – necessarily small laptop-sized 2.5in disks to squeeze inside – along with 8GB of memory. Two models of 21.5-inch iMac are offered ready to go. So Apple hasn’t taken the iMac line to Retina-class display just yet, although the pixel-per-inch count is still a little higher than most regular screens. It’s pixel resolution is still 1920 x 1080, which amounts to a pixel density of around 102 ppi. The smallest and most affordable version of the Apple iMac features a widescreen display that measures 21.5 inches on the diagonal, a comfortable size for desktop productivity.
