21.5-inch iMac is officially dead

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21.5-inch iMac is officially dead

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Apple brought its M1 chips to the all-in-ane desktop with the 24-inch iMac earlier this year, with that model replacing the 21.five-inch iMacs that relied on Intel processors. Despite the name, though, the 24-inch iMac wasn't that much bigger than its 21.five inch counterpart, thanks to smaller bezels and other tricks.

And now, the 21.five-inch iMac has truly been eased out of Apple's lineup after lingering in the Apple online shop if you knew where to look.

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The 21-inch iMac had been tucked away on Apple's site, not given the prominence of the new, colorful 24-inch model, but it was still available to buy as recently every bit last Thursday. Now, every bit first spotted by the YouTuber Tech God on Twitter, the toggle on the cached page linked above has vanished, and only 27-inch models remain.

With the final $1,099 Intel iMac off the virtual shelf, that leaves the base $1,299 Apple M1 24-inch iMac as the least expensive all-in-one computer on Apple tree's site. (If yous provide your own monitor, the Mac mini starts at $699.)

That extra $200 is certainly well spent though: the 21.five-inch model hadn't received a refresh since 2019, and the model left on the virtual shelf wasn't hugely appealing in tardily 2021, with its 2.3GHz dual-core seventh-generation Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD. Unsurprisingly, the older Intel model had no hopes of keeping upwards with even the entry-level 24-inch iMac.

Indeed, our senior editor Alex Wawro was extremely positive in his 24-inch iMac review, giving it a well deserved four-and-a-half stars, and a place in our list of the all-time all-in-i computers yous can purchase. Describing the M1-powered iMac as a "breath of fresh air for the aging iMac line," he was especially impressed with the new panel and built-in speakers. "The screen merely looks so darn good, and when you lot play movies or games on it the speakers brand those experiences sound bully," he wrote.

The old-school 27-inch iMac remains available for those who must have an Intel fix, but it may not be that long for this globe in its own right, every bit Apple volition reportedly requite the big-screen iMac the M1 treatment at some point in 2022. For now, though, the current 21-inch iMac remains available to purchase, with prices starting at $1,799.

And then again, if money is no object, and you want to feel the power of Apple'due south new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips today, the 2021 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at $i,999.

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Freelance contributor Alan has been writing about tech for over a decade, covering phones, drones and everything in betwixt. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are found all over the web and in the occasional magazine likewise. When not weighing up the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, you'll probably observe him tackling his ever-growing games backlog. Or, more than likely, playing Spelunky for the millionth time.

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