New iMac and Mac Mini officially unleashed
By Danny Mendez
Apple unleashed the new iMac today outfitted with iLife ‘08 and some impressive inside specs. The computer giant also refreshed the long neglected Mac Mini line.
Killing the 17″ model as indicated by previous rumors, the iMac will now come in 20″ (1680 x 1050) and 24″ (1920 x 1200) flavors.
Inside, the iMac can start with a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo, 250GB SATA hard drive, 1GB RAM, and an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB of GDDR3.
The iMac can max out at with a 2.8GHz Core 2 Extreme, 1TB SATA hard drive, 4GB RAM, and an ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB of GDDR3.
Covering all that inside goodness will be an aluminum enclosure and… glass? Apple is using glass on the new iMac’s screen and has been touting it as a big deal even though the idea isn’t unique or new. Regardless, the glass is supposed to make the display look (more) beautiful.
As if all that’s not enough, Apple unleashed a beautiful new peripheral, which will come packaged with the computer. It adds nothing functional to the mix, but Apple’s new keyboard sports MacBook style low profile keys, coming in bluetooth wireless and wired flavors.
The Mac Mini’s didn’t change much, but the small computers are now coming with Core 2 Duo processors.
To check out some pics of Apple’s new iMac and the new Apple Keyboard, look below, and to check out the new iMac commercial, which is pretty cool in my opinion, click here.
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August 17th, 2007
Hello Danny Mendez
I myself am considering a Mac.
I’m not sure whether I should get an iMac or the MacBook. Asking around at other forums, they suggest that I get the MacBook since one of my priorities is portability.
My other priorities include having a good graphics card since I will use a Mac mainly for photo and video editing. Question is, whether the extra bucks for a MacBook Pro is worth it.
I will continue considering the MacBook or MacBook Pro whilst doing my research.
Regards,
Rezdwan Hamid
August 17th, 2007
Hi Rezdwan,
Ideally, I would actually recommend you get both if you have the money, but if you had to choose just one, I’d recommend you buy the Macbook Pro but definitely not the Macbook.
I actually own one and it is amazing in my opinion. The Macbook Pro was recently updated with LED backlighting (which means a brighter screen and longer battery life), 2GB stock RAM, and some pretty nice Nvidia graphics card options. It is definitely worth the extra money, it’s portable, and they were designed for stuff like photo and video editing.
The new iMac, which I just bought but haven’t set up yet, is also an amzing machine as well. It’s obviously a cheaper offering but I would recommend you upgrade the RAM to at least 2GB if you’re going to use this for photo or video editing. The iMac’s graphics card option is a little on the weaker side but is enough for occasional gaming and definitely gets the job done for practically anything else (within reason).
In the end, I still recommend you go for the Macbook Pro as it was recently updated with some really nice options, it’s just about as powerful if not more powerful than the new iMac, and it’’s a portable machine. If you’d like a bigger monitor, I would suggest you buy yourself an external, extra monitor to give you some more room when you’re at home for that video and photo editing.
I hope that helps,
Danny Mendez
August 20th, 2007
Hello Danny Mendez
Thank you for your reply.
It seems to me that we almost cannot fault the MacBook Pro on anything (except maybe price). Tentatively, my next Mac will be a MacBook Pro.
I appreciate all your help.
Regards,
Rezdwan Hamid