Apple 21.5-inch iMac (Mid-2014) reviews

Apple's all-in-one iMac starts at £899 but you might want to spend a little more to find the best iMac for you.

Apple sells three versions of its 21.5-inch all-in-one desktop iMac, differentiated by processor speed, hard drive capacity and graphics card. Here we speed test the Mid-2014 iMacs and look at which is best for you.

The iMac is, of course, a great example of Apple’s elegant industrial design. It houses everything – display, processor, graphics, storage, memory and so on – within its super slim case. It manages to pack everything into the thin case by use of advanced friction-stir welding, full-lamination display and micro engineering.

It comes with a wireless keyboard and wireless Magic Mouse (buy the £25 Apple Battery Charger), so all you need to add is a modem/router and you’re in business.

The LCD screen is big, glossy and vibrant – great for web browsing, editing, games and watching movies. If you want a bigger screen Apple offers huge 27-inch iMacs too. For more on the whole range, see 2014 iMac range review.

The resolution of the widescreen displays remain at 1,920-x-1,080 on the 21.5-inch iMac, compared to 2,560-x-1,440 on the 27-inch iMac.

Each of the 21.5-inch iMacs is powered by a quad-core Intel Core i5 (Haswell) processor, with a build-to-order option up to a 3.1GHz Core i7.

Every iMac comes with four USB 3 ports and two Thunderbolt ports for fast transfer speeds and expansion opportunities. The iMac supports ultra-fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi. Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology is also built in.

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