{"id":815627,"date":"2026-10-27T16:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815627\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:44:11","slug":"apple-refreshes-the-imac-with-m6-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815627\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple refreshes the iMac with M6 chips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple is updating the iMac with M6 chips. The new iMac generation was introduced today, giving Apple\u2019s all-in-one desktop computer a performance boost via the same chipset Apple launched with the Mac Mini in August<\/a>. Prices start from $1,499, and the design otherwise appears largely unchanged. The update was announced ahead of Apple\u2019s \u201cPro and Tell\u201d event<\/a> that\u2019s scheduled to take place on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

This refresh comes two years after Apple gave the iMac an overhaul with M4 chips<\/a>, meaning we\u2019re skipping the M5 series entirely on this hardware. That should make this upgrade more meaningful. The M6<\/a> is Apple\u2019s first 2nm chip and includes a dual 16-core Neural Engine that can boost performance when running on-device AI tasks. According to Apple\u2019s press release, the M6-powered iMac \u201cdelivers up to 5x faster on-device AI performance\u201d compared to the M4 model.<\/p>\n

The M6 configurations start from a 10-core CPU and a 10-core GPU for $1,499, which is the same price as the 8-core CPU-equipped M4 iMac. There\u2019s also a 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU starting at $1,699. Preorders will launch at 1:10PM ET on October 28th, and it\u2019ll be fully available starting November 6th.<\/p>\n

Besides the chip upgrade, the new iMac isn\u2019t getting much in the way of a hardware refresh. It now has Apple\u2019s N1 wireless networking chip, alongside Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 on the base model instead of just the higher-spec variant. It still carries over the same Thunderbolt limitations as the M4 iMac, however \u2014 you only get two ports on the 10-core version, and four on the 12-core upgrade.<\/p>\n

There are also some new restrictions and fees included in the configuration options. If you want to customize the iMac with a Magic Trackpad instead of a Magic Mouse, it\u2019ll cost you an extra $50, despite this being a free switch on the previous iMac. Ethernet has been upgraded from 1 gigabit to 2.5 gigabit, but thats now a $30 premium upgrade compared to sticking with a Wi-Fi only configuration. Apple also won\u2019t let you configure the M6 iMac with a Magic Keyboard that has Touch ID but not a numeric keypad \u2014 despite showing an image of that on the new iMac announcement page.<\/p>\n

If you were hoping for some new color options then, hard luck. Apple is offering the exact same color variants as it did with the M4, to the point where it\u2019s just reused some of the marketing imagery and updated them to display more up-to-date content. The M6 chip provides a nice performance boost, but otherwise this is a small spec bump for Apple\u2019s colorful all-in-one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple is updating the iMac with M6 chips. The new iMac generation was introduced today, giving Apple\u2019s all-in-one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[304,185820,59,50,227,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-815627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-apple-event-2026","tag-gb","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}