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Apple unveils new iMac with M6

Apple today announced the new iMac featuring the superfast M6, delivering even more performance and powerful AI capabilities.
A product dashboard in Bigin by Zoho, an inventory tracker in Microsoft Excel, and a catalog PDF are displayed on iMac with M6 in pink. The Messages app is displayed alongside Safari on iMac with M6 in blue. Plans for a family reunion are displayed in Freeform alongside the Notes and FaceTime apps on iMac with M6 in orange. Up to 2.5x faster performance in apps like Microsoft Excel, compared to iMac with M1,1 and up to 1.5x faster performance than M4, so families, aspiring creators, and small businesses can fly through daily productivity tasks.3 Up to 3.3x faster graphics performance for tasks including photo editing in Affinity, compared to iMac with M1,1 and up to 2x faster performance than M4, so content creators can edit like never before.3 Up to 12x faster on-device AI performance for prompt processing in LM Studio, compared to iMac with M1, and up to 5x faster performance than M4, so users can run powerful AI models, all while keeping their data private.1 Up to 2x higher gaming performance with ray tracing compared to M4.3 A project in Blender is displayed on iMac with M6 in purple. A project in Final Cut Pro is displayed…
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