new 24" imac

[dennisfcampbell]

Have some questions on the newly released 24 in imac that are unclear on the web...will external drives still operable ? which osx will be accepted other than big sur, if not are there any patches available....is there a selection of Ghz, and does someone have a link for all options available with the new machine..... Lastly, general insight about the the 24
thanks all is greatly appreciated
d

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hi,

Yes, you can still use external drives. Base model has two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports, more expensive models have two Thunderbolt / USB 4 and two USB 3 ports.

Only the version of macOS 11.x Big Sur that it ships with and later will be supported, no older versions of OS X/macOS.

There is no selection for different M1 processor versions/speeds like the Intel iMacs.

iMac 24" - Tech Specs

I can tell you, my M1 Mac mini (8-core CPU/8-core GPU/16GB unified memory/1TB SSD) is blazingly fast.

Later this year, there should be some M1X or M2 Macs, which will have more unified memory, CPU/GPU cores, and ports.

C