{"id":33640,"date":"2015-10-13T20:52:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T01:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=33640"},"modified":"2019-10-18T10:07:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:07:58","slug":"owc-tears-down-21-5-inch-imac-retina-4k-confirms-memory-is-soldered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/33640-owc-tears-down-21-5-inch-imac-retina-4k-confirms-memory-is-soldered\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC Tears Down 21.5-inch iMac Retina 4K, Confirms Memory Is Soldered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33688 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/iMac21inch-4k-late2015-48.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/iMac21inch-4k-late2015-48.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/iMac21inch-4k-late2015-48-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/iMac21inch-4k-late2015-48-284x213.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/iMac21inch-4k-late2015-48-190x143.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/iMac21inch-4k-late2015-48-160x120@2x.jpg 320w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/iMac21inch-4k-late2015-48-284x213@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/iMac21inch-4k-late2015-48-190x143@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<strong>Update 04\/04\/17:]&nbsp;<\/strong><a title=\"Apple Talks New iMac for \u2018This Year\u2019, Hints at Mac mini\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/40449-apple-talks-new-imac-for-this-year-hints-at-mac-mini\" rel=\"bookmark\">Apple Talks New iMac for \u2018This Year\u2019, Hints at Mac mini<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Along with the newly released <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/33572-owc-unboxes-tears-down-the-late-2015-27-inch-imac-retina-5k\">27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display<\/a> released by Apple today, we also got our hands on the brand new 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K display.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the gallery below to see what we found when tearing down the Late 2015 21.5-inch iMac.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some noteworthy observations from the teardown:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Model name: iMac (same model name as 27\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>Model ID: iMac16,2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memory is soldered in<\/strong>. OWC recommends buying as much memory as you can at the time of purchase to increase the longevity and usefulness of your iMac.<\/li>\n<li>CPU is soldered in.<\/li>\n<li>New keyboard is interesting. A lot of things have changed size-wise. 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And be sure to check out our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/Thunderbolt\/\">Thunderbolt Central<\/a>&nbsp;page for high performance Thunderbolt solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Update 04\/04\/17:]&nbsp;Apple Talks New iMac for \u2018This Year\u2019, Hints at Mac mini Along with the newly released 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display released by Apple today, we also got our hands on the brand new 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K display. 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