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M6 iMac Sticks With Its Five-Year-Old Color Lineup

The new M6 iMac models come in the same color options as the 2024 model, despite reports suggesting we could see new shades. You can buy the M6 iMac in green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, and silver. Those are the seven colors that Apple used for the original 2021 ‌iMac‌ design. Apple tweaked the colors in 2024 to make the back of the ‌iMac‌ a more vibrant shade in…

M6 iMac Sticks With Its Five-Year-Old Color Lineup

Apple has decided to stick with the same color options for its M6 iMac models as the 2024 model, despite rumors of new shades. The available colors are green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, and silver, which were also used for the original 2021 iMac design. Apple updated the colors in 2024 to make the back of the iMac more vibrant, but no further changes were made this year.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported in August that new color options were planned, but the company has not followed through. The new iMac features the M6 chip, a faster SSD, and an N1 networking chip with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6. It starts at $1,499. Apple includes color-matched accessories and cables with the iMac, making color choice more significant than with other Mac purchases.

Pre-orders for the M6 iMac begin on October 28 at 10:10 a.m. Pacific Time, and the device launches on November 6.

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