Review: Apple iMac with 4K Retina display (21.5-inch, Late 2015)

By Kane Fulton

Introduction, design and display

Fans of compact all-in-one desktops rejoice: Apple has finally upgraded its 21.5-inch iMac with a 4K Retina display. If you’ve owned one of the company’s non-Retina iMacs in the past and grimaced at its jagged fonts and wonky lines, an upgrade to the newest, sharpest, most eyeball-pleasing iMac on the block might be just what you need.

Apple’s 27-inch iMac has received not one, but two upgrades since 2014. The first introduced a 5K Retina display, while the most recent refresh brought Intel’s sixth-generation Skylake processors into the mix.

The 21.5-inch iMac with 4K Retina display features a screen that’s equally as impressive as the one on the 5K iMac – only more compact. However, on the inside it’s only seen an upgrade to Intel’s fifth-generation Broadwell processor.

Design

Just as the 5K iMac was pretty much the only affordable option if you wanted a 5K display in 2014, Apple’s 21.5-inch 4K iMac stands out from the crowd for several reasons.

First off, it’s the smallest 4K monitor around. Most Ultra HD panels are 24-, 27- or 28 inches in size. AOC markets its 23.6-inch U2477PWQ as a “space-saving” 4K monitor, which gives you some idea …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac