Apple iMac 21.5inch - ME087HN-A (Core i5, 8GB, 1TB, 1GB Graphic Card)

A big, bold display. Fourth-generation Intel quad-core processors and the latest NVIDIA graphics. An advanced Fusion Drive option. And much more. No desktop has ever brought so much to the table.

Innovations you can see.
You won’t want anything to distract you from what you’re viewing on these big, beautiful 21.5- and 27-inch displays. And nothing will, thanks to an amazing display design that reduces reflection by 75 per cent. In addition, because the LCD sits right up against the glass, your content seems to leap off the screen.

IPS technology and LED backlighting.
The gorgeous iMac display looks great from any seat in the house. A technology called in-plane switching (IPS) gives you a bright picture with excellent colour from nearly any angle. And LED backlighting offers instant-on, uniform brightness with no waiting. So you’re always ready to share that holiday slideshow with the family.

Vivid, true-to-life colour. Every time.
Everything you see on the big, glossy display — from skin tones and dark shadows to bright blue skies and green fields — is rich and vibrant. And the colours are more true to life too. That’s because every iMac display is individually colour-calibrated using state-of-the-art spectroradiometers to match colour standards recognised around the world.

Fourth-generation Intel Core processors. Four cores, infinite possibilities.
Powered by fourth-generation Intel Core processors, this iMac is the fastest yet. Every model in the lineup comes as standard with a quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, starting at 2.7GHz and topping out at 3.4GHz.

New NVIDIA graphics. They’re flat-out faster.
iMac graphics are more powerful across the board. NVIDIA GeForce 700 series graphics processors are even faster than the previous generation and include double the video memory. So you’ll see more frames per second in 3D games, and you can edit HD home videos with more speed and responsiveness than ever before. And you can get discrete-level performance in the 2.7GHz iMac with integrated Intel Iris Pro graphics.

Faster Fusion Drive.
Fusion Drive is our breakthrough storage option that combines a high-capacity hard drive with high-performance flash storage. And now it’s up to 50 per cent faster than before.1 Fusion Drive automatically and intelligently manages your data so that frequently used apps, documents, photos and other files stay on the faster flash storage, while infrequently used items move to the hard drive. You’ll enjoy shorter boot times, and as the system learns how you work, you’ll experience faster application launches and quicker file access.

Up to 1TB of flash storage.
For maximum performance, you can configure iMac with up to 1TB of flash storage (up to 512GB on the 21.5-inch iMac) instead of a traditional hard drive.2 This flash storage is now up to 50 per cent faster than the previous generation3 and delivers up to five times the performance of a traditional drive4 — speed you’ll notice when you start up your iMac, launch an app or browse your photo library.

Up to a 3TB hard drive.
Go ahead and take all the photos, buy all the music and shoot all the video you want. A 1TB hard drive comes as standard, with the option to upgrade to a massive 3TB hard drive.

Faster 802.11ac Wi-Fi
iMac now supports ultra-fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi. When it’s connected to an 802.11ac base station — including the new AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule — wireless performance is up to three times faster than with the previous generation iMac.5 And your Wi-Fi range improves as well.

Thunderbolt
Ultra-fast and ultra-flexible, the tiny Thunderbolt port offers unprecedented transfer speeds and incredibly versatile expansion capabilities. Connect high-performance peripherals such as external drives, cameras, audio and video capture devices — even Mini DisplayPort displays — for more screen real estate. All iMac models include two Thunderbolt ports, so you can create the ultimate do-anything desktop.

USB 3
Bring on your printer, digital camera, mobile phone and external hard drive. Every iMac comes with four USB 3 ports — with speeds up to 10 times faster than USB 2 — so you’ll have plenty of peripheral possibilities, including your iPhone or iPod, printer, or Apple USB SuperDrive. And the USB 3 ports are fully compatible with your USB 2 devices.

Bluetooth
Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology is also built in, so you can use your favourite wireless accessories — such as the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse — straight out of the box.

Higher-fidelity sound and a larger soundstage.
Even though the iMac enclosure is thinner than ever, the built-in speakers deliver higher-fidelity sound than before. So when you’re listening to that new album, watching the latest flick or playing your favourite action game, you’ll get immersive sound and a surprisingly wide soundstage.

Dual mics. Be heard loud and clear.
iMac has two built-in microphones that work together to home in on your voice and filter out the sounds around you. That means more accuracy when you’re using Dictation and better clarity during FaceTime video calls.

FaceTime HD camera for high-resolution video calls.
Get everyone in the picture with crisp, widescreen HD video. The built-in 720p FaceTime HD camera lets you make video calls that are so clear, it seems like everyone’s in the same room. Make FaceTime calls from your iMac to any FaceTime-enabled Mac, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

Wireless Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad. Two ways to Multi-Touch.
Choose your perfect cable-free setup. Magic Mouse — which comes as standard with iMac — lets you perform simple gestures across its smooth, seamless top shell. Scroll in any direction with one finger, swipe through web pages and photos with two, and click and double-click anywhere. To take advantage of all the Multi-Touch gestures that make OS X Mountain Lion so easy and intuitive to use, choose the Magic Trackpad option when you buy from the Apple Online Store. Designed with a touch-friendly all-glass surface, it’s the largest Multi-Touch trackpad made by Apple. So there’s plenty of room for scrolling, swiping, pinching, rotating, and then some.

OS X Mavericks. The world’s most advanced desktop operating system.
OS X is what makes your Mac so intuitive and easy to use. It’s built specifically for the Mac, so you get a fully integrated system in which everything works together perfectly. OS X takes full advantage of the powerful technologies in every Mac. It includes an amazing collection of apps for browsing the web, viewing maps, sending messages and so much more.

And thanks to iCloud, OS X makes your Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch work wonderfully together.

Great built-in apps. All the things you need to do all the things you want.
iMac comes loaded with great creativity apps: iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, Pages, Numbers and Keynote. So you can do more with your photos, videos, music, documents, spreadsheets and presentations. You also get apps for sending email, managing your schedule and automatically backing up your Mac. There’s even an app for shopping for new apps at the Mac App Store.

iCloud. Your content. On all your devices.
iCloud stores your content and lets you access your music, photos, calendars, contacts, documents and more from whatever device you’re on. So if you take a picture with your iPhone or make changes to your meeting schedule on your iPad, iCloud makes sure everything appears on your Mac too.

We’ve gone to extraordinary lengths. And widths.
Sit down in front of an iMac and something incredible happens: the world around you seems to disappear, and you lose yourself in the big, beautiful display. To create an experience this immersive, we pushed every limit, rethought every detail and advanced iMac in the most astonishing ways.

The ultimate all-in-one. Honed to the cutting edge.
The first iMac was a revolution: an all-in-one computer that put everything — display, processor, graphics, storage, memory and more — inside one simple, stylish enclosure. Countless innovations later, we’ve raised the bar yet again. iMac includes the most advanced, most brilliant desktop display we’ve ever built, and it’s filled with the latest high-performance technologies. Yet it’s just 5mm thin at its edge with up to 40 per cent less volume than the previous generation. To do all that required unprecedented feats of engineering — and imagination. We invented new technologies, pioneered new manufacturing techniques and devised all-new ways to do more in less space.

Innovations at the molecular level.
One of the biggest challenges our engineers faced with this design was how to join the front to the back. The enclosure is so thin, it’s not possible to weld the pieces using traditional methods. So we searched far and wide for other ideas, and we found one in a process called friction-stir welding. It’s commonly used on airplane wings, rocket booster tanks and other parts that simply can’t fail. This process uses a combination of intense friction-generated heat and pressure to intermix the molecules of the two aluminium surfaces — creating a seamless, precise and super-strong join. You may not see it, but this iMac wouldn’t be possible without it.

Now you’re closer to the action.
The iMac display is not set behind the cover glass — it’s right up against it. The LCD itself is 5mm thinner than before, and we used an advanced process called full lamination to eliminate a 2-mm gap between the LCD and the glass, something that has never been done on a display this large. Although it may not seem like much, those few millimetres are enough to make images look as if they’re leaping off the glass.

75 per cent less reflection.
Full lamination has a second major benefit: it eliminates the reflection of light off the LCD panel and off the back of the display’s cover glass. But we also figured out how to reduce reflection off the front of the glass without compromising colour quality. Instead of applying an anti-reflective coating to the glass in a conventional way, we adapted a process used on smaller surfaces like camera lenses and fighter pilots’ helmets. It’s called plasma deposition, and it involves coating the glass with layers of silicon dioxide and niobium pentoxide so precise and so thin they’re measured in atoms. The result: an astounding 75 per cent reduction in reflectivity — and vibrant, accurate colours.

Individually calibrated for true-to-life colour.
None of these innovations would matter much if the iMac display didn’t deliver vivid, true-to-life colour. Which is why we put every single display through an exacting colour-calibration process using three state-of-the-art spectroradiometers: one to measure gamma, one to measure white point and one to check the work of the other two. This equipment is tuned to meet colour standards recognised around the world for precision and accuracy.

More energy efficient.
Not only does this iMac offer higher performance than any previous iMac, it’s also more energy efficient, using up to 50 per cent less energy in the idle state with the display on. And its hardware components work hand in hand with the operating system to conserve even more power.

Friendly to the environment.
The environmentally friendly iMac is free of many harmful toxins, including mercury, arsenic, BFRs and PVC. It’s also made from materials such as aluminium and glass, which are more likely to be recycled and reused.

Highly rated designs.
As a result of all our efforts, iMac meets the stringent low power requirements set by the US Environmental Protection Agency, giving it ENERGY STAR 5.2 qualification. And it has earned the highest rating of Gold from EPEAT, which evaluates the environmental impact of a product based on how recyclable it is, how much energy it uses and how it’s designed and manufactured

It has even more of an edge in power.
iMac is amazingly thin, yet it offers fourth-generation Intel Core processors, faster graphics, the advanced Fusion Drive and flash storage options, and ultra-fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi. So it’s powerful enough for a design studio, production house or science lab. And beautiful enough for any room in your home.

New NVIDIA graphics. Next-generation speed.
iMac graphics have become even more powerful across the board. NVIDIA GeForce 700 series graphics processors are faster than the previous generation and include double the video memory. That translates into more frames per second, smoother animation and better responsiveness when you’re using graphics-intensive apps like 3D games, high-resolution photo and video editors, and more. If you choose the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M with 4GB of video memory on the 27-inch iMac, you get the best graphics performance available in an all-in-one computer. And if you go with the 2.7GHz iMac, it comes with integrated Intel Iris Pro, which delivers discrete graphics-level performance.

Core i5 and Core i7 processors.
The fourth-generation quad-core Intel Core i5 processor — based on the latest Haswell architecture — is standard on iMac. It’s available at a clock speed of up to 3.4GHz. Or configure iMac with a quad-core Intel Core i7 at up to 3.5GHz. Since OS X is designed to take advantage of each core, iMac captures every bit of performance from the processor. OS X also supports Hyper-Threading in the Core i7, allowing two threads to run simultaneously on each core — giving you eight virtual cores of processing power.

Turbo Boost 2.0.
Say you’re using a processor-intensive application like Aperture or Final Cut Pro that benefits from extra power. Turbo Boost 2.0 automatically increases the speed of the active cores, so the Core i7, for example, can offer up to 3.9GHz. And by shifting core frequency in small increments, Turbo Boost allows the processor to manage performance without sacrificing efficiency. All this takes place behind the scenes, so your work — and play — goes smoother and faster.

Available as a configurable option at the Apple Online Store, Fusion Drive is now up to 50 per cent faster.2 It’s a breakthrough concept that combines the high storage capacity of a traditional hard drive with the high performance of flash storage. With Fusion Drive in your iMac, disk-intensive tasks — from booting up to launching apps to importing photos — are faster and more efficient. That’s because frequently used items are kept at the ready on speedy flash storage, while infrequently accessed items go to the hard drive. The file transfers take place in the background, so you won’t even notice. As the system learns how you work, Fusion Drive makes your Mac experience even better.For maximum performance, you can also configure your iMac with up to 1TB of flash storage that’s now up to 50 per cent faster than the previous generation.

802.11ac Wi-fi. The new definition of fast.
With three-stream 802.11ac technology, iMac takes desktop Wi‑Fi speeds over the top. When it’s connected to an 802.11ac base station — including the new AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule — you can reach data rates of up to 1.3 Gbps.4 That’s triple the previous 802.11n standard, which means you’ll get up to three times faster Wi‑Fi.5 You also get double the channel bandwidth, with 80MHz‑wide channels providing more room for more data to flow faster than ever.

Thunderbolt I/O. It’s all about speed and versatility. And speed.
With one tiny port, you get super-fast data transfer speeds and huge expansion capabilities. Thunderbolt features two 10-Gbps data channels per port, which means data transfer is up to twice as fast as USB 3 and up to 12 times faster than FireWire 800. And don’t worry about a single drive or peripheral tying up a Thunderbolt port: you can daisy-chain as many as six devices plus a display. All iMac models include two Thunderbolt ports for even more expansion possibilities.

Technical Details

Model

Brand : Apple
Model : ME087HN-A

Specifications

Operating System : OS X Mavericks

Display
21.5-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 1920x1080 resolution with support for millions of colours

Processor
2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.2GHz) with 4MB L3 cache

Memory   
8GB (two 4GB) of 1600MHz DDR3 memory

Storage
1TB (5400-rpm) hard drive

Graphics   
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory

Video Support and Camera
 
FaceTime HD camera
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to a 30-inch display (2560x1600 pixels) on an external display
Support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes
Support for Target Display Mode via the Thunderbolt port using a Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt cable (sold separately)

Audio   
Stereo speakers
Dual microphones
Headphone port
Headphone/optical digital audio output (mini-jack)
Support for Apple iPhone headset with microphone

Connections and Expansion   
SDXC card slot
Four USB 3 ports (compatible with USB 2)
Two Thunderbolt ports
Mini DisplayPort output with support for DVI, VGA and dual-link DVI (adapters sold separately)
10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
Kensington lock slot

Input
 
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Full-size keyboard with 78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys (inverted “T” arrangement)

Magic Mouse
Smooth, seamless Multi-Touch surface with support for simple gestures (scrolling and swiping). Click and double-click anywhere. Ambidextrous construction accommodates left- and right-handed users.

Magic Trackpad
Glass Multi-Touch trackpad for precise cursor control; supports inertial scrolling, pinch and expand, swipe, three-finger swipe, four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, rotate, screen zoom, scroll, click and drag, click, drag and lock, secondary click A and B.

Wireless 
 
Wi-Fi
802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless networking;2 IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible

Bluetooth
Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology

Size and Weight
Height : 45.0 cm (17.7 inches)
Width : 52.8 cm (20.8 inches)
Stand depth : 17.5 cm (6.9 inches)
Weight : 5.68 kg (12.5 pounds)

Electrical and Operating Requirements   
Line voltage : 100-240V AC
Frequency : 50Hz to 60Hz, single phase
Operating temperature : 10° to 35° C (50° to 95° F)
Relative humidity : 5% to 95% non-condensing
Operating altitude : tested up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet)