Earlier this year, Apple brought the M1 chip to the all-in-one desktop with the 24-inch iMac, replacing the 21.5-inch iMac, which relied on Intel processors. Despite its name, however, the 24-inch iMac was not much larger than the 21.5-inch iMac, thanks to smaller bezels and other innovations.

And now the 21.5-inch iMac has disappeared from Apple's lineup, even though it remained in Apple's online store.

The 21-inch iMac was still available for purchase as of last Thursday, although it was quietly placed on Apple's site instead of being a prominent part of the new colorful 24-inch model. Now, as YouTuber Tech God first discovered on Twitter, the toggle on the cache page linked above is gone, leaving only the 27-inch model.

With the last $1,099 Intel iMac gone from the virtual shelves, the base $1,299 Apple M1 24-inch iMac remains the least expensive all-in-one computer on Apple's site. (The 21.5-inch model hasn't been refreshed since 2019, and the model left on the virtual shelf was less attractive in late 2021, with a 2.3GHz dual-core 7th generation Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM, and 256GB SSD. Not surprisingly, this older Intel model had no chance of keeping up with even the entry-level 24-inch iMac.

In fact, our senior editor, Alex Wawro, was so favorable in his review of the 24-inch iMac that he gave it four and five stars and included it on his list of the best all-in-one computers you can buy, calling the M1-powered iMac "an aging He was especially impressed with the new panel and built-in speakers. He writes, "The screen is so beautiful, and when you play a movie or game on it, the speakers make the experience sound great."

The old 27-inch iMac remains available for those in need of an Intel fix, but it may not be around much longer itself, as Apple will reportedly give the large-screen iMac the M1 treatment sometime in 2022. For now, the current 21-inch iMac is available starting at $1,799.

And if money is no object and you want to feel the power of Apple's new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips right now, the 2021 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at $1,999.