The 27-inch iMac (Mid 2010) with a 2.8GHz Core i5 helped show how far the iMac had moved beyond its consumer roots, pairing Apple’s aluminum all-in-one design with a large 2560×1440 display and a quad-core Intel processor at a time when that kind of performance was still notable in an all-in-one desktop. It stands as part of the period when the iMac became a serious machine for photo, video, and creative work, not just a stylish family computer, and it also represents the mature end of the large Intel iMac before Apple’s later redesigns and, eventually, the shift away from Intel altogether.
