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iMac M6 Malaysia from RM6,499: what RM1,000 more adds

Education pricing saves RM200 to RM400; units arrive from 6 November 2026.

Xiao Hai · HiGo Corner JournalTrendingLast checked 29 October 20264 min read

The cover is built on Apple's official iMac product image: coloured 24-inch iMacs on a light grey background. Text: large type on two lines, “iMac M6 Malaysia” and “from RM6,499”, with a line below reading “The RM1,000 model adds two Thunderbolt ports”.
Cover image: Apple.
Last checked29 October 2026

If you're shopping for a desktop, the iMac M6 starts from RM6,499, and paying RM1,000 more gets you a 12-core chip and two extra Thunderbolt ports.

Apple Malaysia takes pre-orders for the new 24-inch iMac with M6 from 29 October 2026: the 10-core model from RM6,499 and the 12-core model from RM7,499, with education pricing from RM6,299 and RM7,099 for the two models; units start arriving on 6 November 2026. Apple Malaysia press release

On a light grey background, seven 24-inch iMacs are fanned out. From left to right the backs are green, yellow, orange, pink, purple and blue; the front one is silver and faces forward, its screen showing a silver-and-purple abstract striped wallpaper with a black camera dot at the top centre. Below, seven paler matching chins (stands) are lined up, the one on the far right silver. There is no text in the image.
The seven colours of the iMac M6. Image: Apple.Image: Apple

What it means for you

Both models share the same 24-inch 4.5K Retina display and the same starting configuration: 16GB memory and 256GB storage. Both come in all seven colours: blue, green, pink, yellow, purple, orange and silver.

The model that costs RM1,000 more adds:

  • A 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU, against 10 cores each on the cheaper model.
  • Four Thunderbolt ports, against two.
  • Touch ID as standard on the keyboard; on the cheaper model you have to pick the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID yourself when configuring.

Two extras are not included, and you can only add them on this model: Nano-texture glass, which reduces reflections and glare in bright light, and a 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet port.

Which one? For a shared family computer, homework or a small business doing accounts and video calls, the screen, keyboard and everyday software do most of the work, and the two-port model is likely enough. If you plug in an external drive and other gear at once, or your desk sits by a bright window and you want the anti-glare glass, that is when the extra RM1,000 pays off.

Memory comes in 16GB, 24GB or 32GB, and storage from 256GB to 2TB.

Apple says the new iMac is up to 18 times faster than the most popular Intel-based iMac. That is Apple's own comparison, not an independent test.

What it costs and where to buy

  • 10-core model (two Thunderbolt ports): from RM6,499; education pricing from RM6,299, saving RM200. The starting configuration is RM270.79 a month over 24 months.
  • 12-core model (four Thunderbolt ports): from RM7,499; education pricing from RM7,099, saving RM400. The starting configuration is RM312.46 a month over 24 months.

You can pre-order from 29 October 2026 on apple.com/my/store and in the Apple Store app. From Friday 6 November 2026, units start arriving in Apple Stores and at Apple Authorised Resellers.

If you want to see or buy one in person, Apple Malaysia's store list shows just one retail store: The Exchange TRX, L1.40 (Persiaran TRX, Tun Razak Exchange, 55188 Kuala Lumpur).

To trade in an old computer, get an estimate at apple.com/my/shop/trade-in.

A top-down view on a light grey background: at the top, the lower half of a purple iMac, its screen showing purple abstract stripes above a purple chin and stand; below it, a Magic Keyboard with a purple frame and white keycaps, a function row F1–F12 and a round Touch ID key at the top right, beside a white Magic Mouse with a grey Apple logo. Text: the keycap legends on the keyboard, such as esc, F1–F12, the letter and number keys, control, option and command.
The Magic Keyboard in the same colour as the machine; the mouse is white. Image: Apple.Image: Apple

Still open

  • What time pre-orders open, and which Apple Authorised Resellers start selling on 6 November 2026 and at what price.
  • What extra memory, extra storage, the 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet port and Nano-texture glass cost.
  • How much an old machine is worth on trade-in.

Places nearby

If you go to The Exchange TRX to see or buy the iMac, there are a few errands you can run in the same mall. Here are four picked from HiGo's merchant listings, each within 500 m of the mall in a straight line, rated 4.6 or above with 200 reviews or more, last checked on 4 September 2026:

Ratings and review counts come from Google's public data, as recorded by HiGo on 4 September 2026. They are not a HiGo ranking or recommendation.

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