The iMac has been a core part of Apple’s Mac family for nearly 30 years, with the first model arriving in 1998. The newest iMac has arrived, powered by Apple’s latest chip, the M6.

Apple describes its new iMac, which sports the same thin, 24-inch design as the first Apple Silicon-powered iMac released in 2021, as “the world’s best all-in-one.”

Underpinning that claim is the move to M6, Apple’s first 2-nanometer chip, which it launched in August inside the new Mac mini . For those who like desktop computers but don’t want to fuss with an external display, the iMac has long been a compelling choice, one of the few options on the market, in fact.

As Apple explains, the M6 offers greatly improved performance across the board, thanks to Apple’s fastest CPU core to date, a more powerful GPU, and better memory performance. The new Dual 16-core Neural Engine also delivers up to twice as fast AI compute as the previous generation, ensuring better performance with AI models and LLMs.…