The only serviceable part is the RAM, which can be increased up to 32GB. User upgradability is not a strength of Apple products. Apple iMac 27 inch - late 2013 model (production 2015) - intel i5 3. But Thunderbolt can also be used to connect additional monitors, as well as cameras, audio and video recording devices. With a maximum I/O speed of 10Gbps (theoretically twice the speed of USB 3.0) the Thunderbolt ports are designed to transfer large images and videos. The iMac includes two Thunderbolt ports, connectivity interface PC vendors have been slow to adopt. We would have liked to see the Fusion drive included as standard.Īpple has squeezed in four USB 3.0 ports, an SD card reader and Gigabit Ethernet onto the slim-line chassis. This is the same as the 2012 models and we expected more, especially considering the 1600 price point.Īpple's Fusion drive, which combines the conventional hard drive with a 128GB solid-state module is only available as a build-to-order option adding 160. OWC's step-by-step video of how to install memory in the Apple iMac 27-Inch (Late 2012-2013) with Model ID: iMac13,2 or iMac14,2View memory upgrades for all. Both models ship with 8GB of memory and 1TB hard drive.

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