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TAB – Apple Updates the New iMac: Big Screen, Small Dollars

In General on Tuesday, 3 March 2009 at 16:07

In marked contrast to the disappointing Mac mini update today, the iMac’s upgrades make great strides in keeping the value proposition for this excellent desktop system.

All the Basics

First, we get all the stuff we expected:

  • Newer Core 2 Duo processors w/ 6MB L2 cache
  • Front-side bus speed of 1066MHz
  • Fast DDR3 memory
  • NVIDIA 9400M graphics

Even the Mac mini updates included the above. These were obvious and well-known. Where Apple departed from the Mac mini updates, however, was in the rest of the package…

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Apple’s iMac and New Nano: Separated at Birth?

In General on Wednesday, 10 September 2008 at 14:07

OK, with all the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the likes of Thurrott, Enderle, and analyst Shaw Wu about yesterday’s Apple announcements (I think these guys are wrong), I thought I’d lighten things up a bit with something that struck me about the new nano design. 

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Another Day, Another iMac Wannabe.

In General on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 at 22:04

There’s a new iMac competitor in town from Averatec. It’s name is incredibly bad if not descriptive: All-In-One PC. 

Regarding other iMac wannabes, Gateway’s One was rather unimpressive in the specs department, but Dell’s One (yes, the same name as the Gateway) seemed to be a worthwhile machine. I wrote up the Dell here, but as you can see in that post’s subsequent updates it turned out to be a bit of a bust. 

So let’s look at this latest entrant in the iMac ring…

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Apple iMac Graphics Firmware Update for ATI HD 2600? Maybe Not.

In General on Monday, 28 April 2008 at 22:49

So Apple releases a firmware update for iMacs with ATI Radeon HD Graphics.

OK, I run Software Updater but it doesn’t register. No biggie, maybe they just haven’t rolled it to the auto-updater yet. I’ll check it out and download directly instead.

The Release Notes are pretty clear:

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Updated Apple iMac is Interesting in More Ways Than Just the Speed Bump.

In General on Monday, 28 April 2008 at 13:34

[UPDATE:] Read this. It’s true Apple has chosen a processor that generates more heat, but they may not have gone all the way to the desktop line. 

A quick summary:

  • That they broke the 3GHz barrier is nice. 
  • That they now have a 512MB graphics card option is very nice. 
  • That the prices remained the same, and you get much more value, is even nicer still. 

But, to me, the biggest thing is that they made the switch from the mobile to the desktop processor line. 

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The Updated Mac Pro: Great Value With Four Cores!

In Uncategorized on Thursday, 10 January 2008 at 0:02
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With all the talk about the updated Mac Pros coming with 8 cores standard, I think one thing has been understated: There’s still a 4-core version.

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Dell’s New All-In-One PC vs. Apple’s iMac.

In Uncategorized on Friday, 16 November 2007 at 22:09
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While technically not available until Monday, 11/19, you can actually pre-order Dell’s new XPS ONE PC now for shipping later this month. Gateway’s latest AIO machine is also called the One, so I wonder why Dell used the same name. Will Gateway sue? Can they? Would they even care? I didn’t write up Gateway’s machine because, frankly, it’s unimpressive. Only a 19” screen, weaker processors by iMac standards and too expensive for what you get.

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More Proof of New iMac Speed Gains.

In General on Tuesday, 28 August 2007 at 14:11
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As I mentioned in a previous post, the overall performance of the latest iMac is amazing given what was considered top of the line just two years ago. A MacNN article points out how the iMac 2.8 GHz Extreme falls just shy of a current Xserve Quad-Core Xeon 2.0GHz. Pretty impressive stuff. Further, the article states:

“the top-end Mid-2007 iMac is faster than the Power Mac G5 (Late 2005) with two dual-core G5 processors at 2.5 GHz”

As in my previous article, this thing is easily besting a Quad-Core 2.5GHz PowerMac from less than two years ago! Wow.

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My first post from the new iMac.

In General on Friday, 17 August 2007 at 0:41

To be honest, I’ve been so busy with the new iMac (it arrived a day early) that I have nothing to post.

I’m primarily posting to ensure I will have no problems using Firefox Mac with Blogger (Safari doesn’t work with Blogger at all, on the Mac or PC).

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Wow! Apple really lowered the price for a high-end iMac.

In General on Tuesday, 7 August 2007 at 12:33

The new iMac has arrived, as expected. It’s thinner and, in my opinion, much better looking.

I always felt the white frame around the screen was a bit of a distraction, but now the chassis is aluminum, and there’s a beautiful black border around the screen. This not only looks great but also hides the built-in camera and microphone for an even smoother, cleaner finish.

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I’m back. A quick look at some events this past week.

In General on Saturday, 4 August 2007 at 8:27

Well, I’m back from the “out of town” portion of my vacation. I still have a few days off and some projects planned at home, but I’ll get to blogging as well. For my first post since coming back I’ll highlight some of the stuff that went on while I was gone. This is stuff I may have written complete posts about had I been here.

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