New Macs, displays, gesture-pads and a battery charger
[15:25 Tue,27.July 2010 by Rudi Schmidts]
The have long awaited update for Mac Pro and iMac have just been announced by Apple. The biggest surprise is presumably the small change compared to previous models. At the design or basic structure has neither the iMac nor the Mac Pro more done. Only the SD card slot is now SDXC capable. The biggest jump make the graphics options is: So now for all models now significantly more potent ATI 5xxx series available. Nvidia seems to be completely fallen out of favor with the new models. Even the Mac Pro Nvidia seems not even as a build-to-order option to be available. The installed processors have now been completely converted to Intel's Core (i3, i5 and i7) architecture. In the Mac Pro is in the basic configuration also continue to be supplied with either one or two quad processors. Six-and twelve-core versions are only available as expensive BTO option. Just as additional boot SSDs, which are also offered to washed extras. Unfortunately, still no USB 3.0 or Blu-ray available. Oh yes, for $ 999, there is also a new 27-inch Cinema display, which are very similar to the iMac display to appear. And with the new trackpad Magic (69 €) you can put next to his keyboard and a multi-touch trackpad on the desk. And last but not least, Apple has also its own rechargeable battery charger for standard AA NiMH rechargeable batteries announced (??). Well, just the latter is likely, many developers have committed capacity that Mac news just needed something to turn out small;) Comparing the Mac prices with the previous model so were the new Macs for almost across the board a little more expensive. Of course, you get this now more graphics performance, but months, prices of PC components in the corresponding last might like similarly. Here are the current configurations in detail: The new iMac 21.5 "3.06 GHz Intel Core iMac i3 for 1199 € has: - a 21.5 "1920 x 1080 widescreen display with LED backlight - a 3.06 GHz Intel Core processor with 4 MB shared i3 L3 cache - 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM, expandable to 16 GB; - an ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics chip with 256 MB GDDR3 SDRAM - a 500 GB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm) - an 8x SuperDrive (DVD ± R DL / DVD ± RW / CD-RW) optical drive with Double Layer with Support; - Mini DisplayPort for audio and video output (adapters sold separately) - built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, - a built-in iSight video camera; - Gigabit Ethernet - four USB 2.0 ports - one SDXC SD card slot - a FireWire 800 port - built-in stereo speakers and microphone, and - Wireless Apple Keyboard and Mouse Magic. As a build-to-Order option may be to 8GB of RAM in the 21.5 "3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 iMac to use. The new 21.5 "3.2 GHz Intel Core iMac for 1499 € i3 features on: - a 21.5" 1920 x 1080 widescreen display with LED backlight - a 3.20 GHz Intel Core processor with 4 MB shared i3 L3 cache; - 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM, expandable up to 16GB, - an ATI Radeon HD 5670 graphics chip with 512 MB GDDR3 - a 1TB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm) - an 8x SuperDrive (DVD ± R DL / DVD ± RW / CD-RW) optical drive with Double Layer Support - Mini DisplayPort for audio and video output (adapters sold separately) - built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, - a built-in iSight video camera; - Gigabit Ethernet - four USB 2.0 ports - one FireWire 800 port; - SDXC an SD card slot - built-in stereo speakers and microphone, and - Wireless Apple Keyboard and Mouse Magic. As a build-to-order option can also be a faster 3.6 GHz Core i5 processor, 2 TB hard drive and 8GB RAM for 21.5 "3.2 GHz Intel Core iMac i3 choose to. The new 27" iMac 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 for 1699 € including VAT has: - a 27 "2560 x 1440 widescreen display with LED backlight - a 3.20 GHz Intel Core processor with 4 MB shared i3 L3 cache - 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM, expandable up to 16GB, - an ATI Radeon HD 5670 graphics chip with 512 MB GDDR3 - a 1TB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm) - an 8x SuperDrive (DVD ± R DL / DVD ± RW / CD-RW) optical drive with Double Layer Support - Mini DisplayPort for audio and video inputs and output (Ad more infos at bei www.apple.com
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