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Macworld Reviews 20- and 24-inch Aluminum iMacs
24-inch iMac Performance (August 2007)
iMacs Should Satisfy All But Gamers
Meet the New Macs, A Little Faster Than the Old Macs
Macworld Reviews 20- and 24-inch Aluminum iMacs
Macworld's Jonathan Seff reviews the new iMacs, and especially likes the new Apple aluminum keyboard. Jonathan reports:
Let's face it—the iMac, Apple's flagship consumer desktop model, was long overdue for a facelift. The thin-display-on-a-solid-foot design first arrived on the scene in August 2004 as the iMac G5, and survived through the Intel transition (the iMac was Apple's first Intel-based system) in January 2006. Sure, Apple has made some major improvements inside, but it's been three years since the iMac has gotten any cosmetic enhancements. That's definitely changed with the latest round of iMac updates....
Apple says the silver and black look appeals to professional users, who are opting for iMacs more and more, but also to consumers looking for something a little more, well, mainstream. The overall look resembles an LCD television you might have in your living room.
Interestingly, Apple decided to keep the gray power cord, white mouse, and white cables for the mouse and keyboard. Also, the keyboard (more on that shortly) retains its gleaming white keys—a design decision, Apple tells us, because it looked better than having black keys. ...
Until now, all iMacs have had matte screens. The current lineup features a piece of glass covering the front of the display, which gives it a much more reflective quality...
The glass makes the display look bright and crisp. Colors pop, the blacks look rich, and images are very pleasing. I've come to enjoy the glossy displays on Apple's laptop models, but it can be potentially problematic on this larger model under certain conditions.....
....The new keyboard uses the same type of keys (with identical spacing) as the MacBook, but placed atop a thin piece of aluminum that matches the iMac's body.
As a MacBook owner, I've come to enjoy—in very short order, I should add—these new keys. And they carry over well to the iMac's keyboard too....
In some ways, I think the keyboard design is more of a triumph than the iMac itself (and for $49, you can add it to an existing Mac as well), and I highly suggest giving it a chance before writing it off as being too different.....
For the full review visit here:
http://www.macworld.com/2007/08/reviews/aluminumimac/index.php
24-inch iMac Performance (August 2007)
Primate Labs Blog reports:
I thought I'd compare the performance of the latest 24-inch iMac against the previous generation of 24-inch iMacs using Geekbench 2. While I don't have any results for the 24-inch iMac with the Core 2 Extreme processor right now, I'll update this article once I receive results for the Core 2 Extreme processor. I've updated the article to include results for the 24-inch iMac with the Core 2 Extreme.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.primatelabs.ca/blog/2007/08/24-inch-imac-performance-august-2007/
iMacs Should Satisfy All But Gamers
australianit.news.com's David Frith reports:
Apple is clearly hoping to tempt more Windows users to make the switch to Macintosh with its classy new line of all-in-one iMacs, decked out in glass and aluminium cases.
The new is fast and clicks easily into a mixed network
The svelte iMacs look terrific, take up very little space on a desktop, and have faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors than their predecessors.
Since they will run Windows programs as well as Mac OS X, they will appeal to many PC users who have become fed up with the vagaries and insecurities of the Microsoft system.
They're ostensibly aimed at the consumer market, but Doubleclick can see them being slipped into many style-conscious offices.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22237274-5013038,00.html
Meet the New Macs, A Little Faster Than the Old Macs
TUAW's Chris Ullrich reports:
Personally, I crave speed. No, not the kind that can often be purchased on some local street corner in that part of town on the wrong side of the tracks. No, I'm referring to processors, front side buses, RAM and other factors that go into calculating the raw, unbridled, number-crunching power of the latest and greatest Macs.
No doubt you are aware that Apple recently released an updated version of its flagship prosumer desktop iMac as well as an updated Mac Mini too. The new iMacs feature changes both external and internal with increases to the clock speed of its Intel Core Duo 2 processors as well as a switch to the faster Santa Rosa chipset. Yes, that all sounds great but what does it mean in terms of the new iMac's ability to crunch those numbers?
For the full report visit here:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/13/meet-the-new-macs-a-little-faster-than-the-old-macs/
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