WWDC 2017: Apple updates entire iMac and MacBook Pro lines with latest processors, SSDs

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Jose, Ca - iMac and MacBook fans got some great news at WWDC earlier today as Apple announced that it has updated the entire line of Mac desktops and notebooks with the latest Intel Kaby Lake processors, 50 per cent faster SSDs and improved performance.

iMacs, in particular, got a lot of love today with improved graphics and displays, even more options for adding storage and RAM. 

iMac also comes with the best Mac display ever, now 43 percent brighter at 500 nits and with support for 1 billion colours, delivering an even more vivid and true-to-life viewing experience.

The updated iMac features faster Kaby Lake processors up to 4.2 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 4.5 GHz and supports up to twice the memory as the previous generation. Fusion Drive is now standard on all 27-inch configurations and the top-end 21.5-inch iMac. SSD storage options are now up to 50 percent faster, and iMac comes with Thunderbolt 3, the most powerful and versatile port ever.

“With major updates to iMac, and a refresh of our MacBook and MacBook Pro lines, the Mac is stronger than ever,” said John Ternus, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering. “Today iMac gets a huge graphics performance increase, faster CPU performance, Thunderbolt 3 and a brighter Retina display with support for 1 billion colours. We're also increasing CPU and SSD speed on MacBook, adding faster processors and making faster graphics standard on our 15-inch MacBook Pro and introducing a new $1,729 (CAD) 13-inch MacBook Pro.”