Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Apple announces iMac speed bump with super-sleek profile

Apple announces new iMac with 5mm thin profile - Jason O'Grady

Apple held a "little" media event?today at the California theatre in San Jose that turned out to be anything but "little" -- at least as far as hardware is concerned. Apple announced five (count 'em!) new hardware devices, including:

In this post I want to discuss the new?iMac (press release)?which was last updated in May 2011.

Easily the most surprising announcement of the day, the iPad 4 comes a short?seven months?after the iPad 3 which was announced on March 7, 2012

  • Thinner industrial design built from?aluminum and glass with up to 40 percent less volume
  • Upgraded display with reflection?reduced by 75%
  • Every iMac display is individually color calibrated using an advanced spectroradiometer
  • 2.7 - 3.2GHz?quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, or
  • 3.4GHz?Intel Core i7 processor
  • NVIDIA Kepler graphics architecture - up to 60 percent faster performance
  • NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, or
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX -?best graphics available in an all-in-one computer
  • 8 - 32GB of 1600 MHz memory
  • 1 - 3TB hard drive, or
  • up to 768GB SSD, or
  • Fusion Drive with 128GB of flash and a 1TB or 3TB hard drive
  • Two Thunderbolt
  • Four USB 3.0 ports

The new iMac isn't yet available for ordering, but Apple provided the following base prices:

  • 2.7GHz with 8GB and 1TB - starting at $1299 - available in November
  • 2.9GHz with 8GB and 1TB - starting at $1799 - available in December

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So, are you buying?

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/apple-announces-imac-speed-bump-with-super-sleek-profile-7000006263/

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