New Core i7 Apple iMac Is Blazing Fast

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When Apple launched the new iMac line it also included Core i7 and Core i5 CPU options. The Core i7 iMac did not ship right away. Now the first lucky people have gotten their hands on a Core i7 iMac and of course had nothing better todo than to run benchmark apps on it.
MacRumors highlights a benchmark comparison from Timon-Royer showing that the Core i7 iMac is quite a lot faster than the Core i5 model on Geekbench 2.
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Posted on Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

27-inch iMacs Having Issues?

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Apple's new 27” Macs are really gorgeous, powerful machines with a painfully high price tag. Most Mac customers consider that high price a worthy sacrifice for the quality and reliability that comes with Apple products. Unfortunately, if these reports filtering in from the Apple support forums are anything to go by, Apple's latest Mac could have some problems. Engadget states that most of the complaints are due to a bug that causes the new Mac's hard drive to spin down, issues with slow Flash playback, and a possible corrupted build of Snow Leopard.

There's been no official word from Apple about this yet, but new users continue to complain. This is far from an epidemic, but enough people have spoken up to make it noteworthy. There's even a video that shows the Flash issue occuring. Again, this could just be due to a few bad machines, or a few users blowing minor, isolated issues out of proportion.

Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:46:48 CDT | by Robert Evans

New 27-inch iMac and Magic Mouse Get The Teardown Treatment

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iFixit does what you should not do with your shiny new Apple gear, they take it apart. You most likely won't be able to put it back together. I assume the iFixit guys can as they are a repair shop.

iFixit goes inside the new 27-inch iMac and also the new Magic Mouse (teardown). Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Apple iMac Fall 2009 Reviews Start To Trickle In

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Apple unveiled the new iMac line for fall including the 21.5-inch and 27-inch models on Tuesday.
WSJ's Walt Mossberg keeps his new iMac review, published today, short and crisp. He can recommend the iMac and says that the iMac has spectacular screens. I was expecting to find more iMac reviews already yesterday, but as it looks the in-depth iMac reviews are still sparse.
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Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:33:10 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

The New 27-inch Core i7 Apple iMac Is Expensive But I Am In Love

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Apple unveiled yesterday the new line of Apple iMac All-In-One computers.
I mentioned several times in my iMac rumors coverage over the last weeks that a Core i7 iMac would give me weak knees and get my credit card number typed into the Apple Store checkout page at light speed.
Now Apple did announce a new iMac that can be had with Core i7, the fastest CPU Intel currently offers. The problem that stands between me and the 27-inch Core i7 iMac besides the November shipping date is the price.

Some say that 27-inch is too big, but I know it is just a matter of getting used to and then you are hooked. I currently work with a 26-inch Monitor and have a 19-inch as 2nd display next to it. The first 2 days I got seasick looking at the 26-inch screen, but now I can not work on smaller screens anymore. Therfore 27-inch just sounds very right to me.
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Posted on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New 27-inch iMac First Impressions Round-up

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Apple unveiled the new iMac line for Fall 2009 yesterday. The obvious highlight is the new 27-inch LED backlit screen in the top two lines of the new iMac line. The new 21.5-inch are for those who get overwhelmed by a large screen on their desktop.

Apple has sent out review samples of the new 27-inch Core-2 Duo iMac to a couple of sites and they wasted no time publishing some first impressions, and comparisons to the current 24-inch iMac. Full reviews are expected to be published today.
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Posted on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:28:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple Unveils New 27-inch iMac and 21.5-inch iMac With Core i7 And Core i5

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Apple unveiled an all new iMac line today featuring brilliant LED-backlit 21.5 and 27-inch widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure.

The new Apple iMac line, starting at $1,199, is the fastest ever with Intel Core 2 Duo processors starting at 3.06 GHz, and Core i5 and i7 quad-core processors for up to twice the performance. A Core i7 iMac is what I wanted.

Every new Apple iMac ships with a wireless keyboard and the all new wireless Magic Mouse, the world's first mouse with Multi-Touch technology pioneered by Apple on the iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpad.
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Posted on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:02:31 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Is It Time For the New Apple iMac To Get A Touchscreen?

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Rumors over the last days point towards Apple releasing a new Apple iMac today. John Gruber attributes the new iMac to be "impressive".
Up till now nothing really tangible about the new iMac Fall 2009 has been rumored. Blu-ray was in then out again. The design of the new iMac is supposed to be thinner and also an SD card slot is rumored, but is all that impressive?
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Posted on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Impressive Apple iMac, New Plastic MacBook, New Mac Mini Rumored For Today

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As reported over the weekend the Apple rumor mill points to a big hardware announcement today Tuesday 20th.
John Gruber on his Daring Fireball site posted a short post on what he heard Apple will unveil today. His list contains new Apple iMac, which he calls impressive. Well, I really hope they are. If the new iMac has Core i7 and SSD options, I think I will get weak. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:45:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

24 Hour I4U News Recap: iPhone 4G, Apple iMac, Droid

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The week started with hot technology news over the weekend involving the new Verizon Wireless and the new Motorola Droid Android 2.0 phone.
Even hotter than the Droid is the rumor about an alleged Apple iPhone 4G testing on the upcoming Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network.

Check out the list of our most read tech stories from the last 24 hours to see if you have missed something.
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Posted on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:58:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Apple iMac Coming Tuesday?

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New Apple iMac All-in-One PCs have been rumored for a while. It is fairly certain that Apple will unveil new iMacs for the Holidays as we have seen for instance a new mouse and a new keyboard pass through the FCC.
New rumors from a German and a French site compiled by 9to5Mac now point towards Apple already unveiling the new iMacs Tuesday. Adding to that speculation is the long shipping dates published for iMacs on Amazon for some iMac models.
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Posted on Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:40:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Apple iMac Still Not Sporting Blu-ray

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Evidence of new Apple iMac computers are taking them beyond rumors already. Still, besides the facts that the Apple All-in-One computers will be thinner and come with a new Mouse and keyboard nothing is known.
Daring Fireball posted yesterday that the rumored Blu-ray support is still not happening for the iMac or any Apple computer for that matter.
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Posted on Mon, 5 Oct 2009 01:56:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Thinner iMac Leak Via Google Ads

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Google text ads in the Netherlands point towards new thinner Apple iMac computers, lighter and thinner plastic MacBooks, and more affordable Mac minis.
Apple Insider got screenshots of the top Google ads appearing on the Google search engine in the Netherlands. If authentic, than Apple is ramping up for a big push of new Apple computer hardware soon. This is also supported by Friday's appearance of a new Mac Keyboard and Mighty Mouse at the FCC. Read more

Posted on Sun, 4 Oct 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple Store Down and It Is Tuesday, New iMacs? [Update]

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The Apple Store is down. It was also down 9 days ago on a Sunday. But today is Tuesday, which can be taken as the basis for some hope that Apple is actually launching new products. On the other hand only the US Apple Store is down. The European stores are up.

Current rumors swirl around new updated Apple iMacs and new budget MacBooks. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:58:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Cooler iMac 2009 Already In Production

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That new Apple Computers are to be expected for the Holiday shopping season is 100% sure. AppleInsider has a new report that helps confirm that. They report that new updated iMac All-In-One Apple computers are already in production since two weeks in Taiwan.

The new updated iMac 2009 would have a cooler and thinner case design and possibly if we are lucky finally Blu-ray drive support. Read more

Posted on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:54:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Apple MacBook and iMac Computers Rumored

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Barron's reports that Research firm Wedge Partners sees Apple announcing new iMacs and new MacBooks in the next several weeks. Well, you can bet your house on Apple unveiling new Macs for the Holiday shopping season.
Apple unveiled the iMac 2009 back in March. The latest MacBook got unveiled in June with the 15 inch MacBook. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:35:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

AMD ATI 4800 Series Video Cards in iMac and Mac Pro Computers

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AMD has announced that its line of HD 4800 video cards is being used inside of some of Apple's iMac and Mac Pro computers. Apple has been using NVIDIA video cards and GPUs in many of its systems, but they GPUs have been failing in many of its computers.

AMD says that its GPUs complement Snow Leopard's fully OpenCL Verison 1.0 implementation. The specification is a key enabler of ATI Stream technology that allows developers to balance application workloads across the GPU and the CPU. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

A Backpack for Your iMac

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The coolest gadgets aren't necessarily the ones that pack the flashiest technology or come with the most apps. To be truly great, all a gadget has to do is innovate in an area that no one thought needed any innovation. Like, for example, the stem of an LCD monitor.

That's why the BackPack, available right now from the Apple Store, is a truly great gadget. It is an incredibly simple idea that serves a useful purpose; adding storage space to your Mac. You just clip the BackPack to the stem of your monitor and, voila, instant storage space without taking up desk space!

Posted on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:12:56 CDT | by Robert Evans

New iMacs and iMac Price Cuts rumored

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Apple updated the iMac All-in-One computer line with new graphic systems in March. AppleInsider reports about a rumor that Apple is still going to release new iMacs this fall.
Along with the introductions of new iMacs the prices are supposed to come down by 7-10% as well. Read more

Posted on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:35:59 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

17 inch Apple iMac for $899 leaks on Apple Site

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Apple unveiled new iMac All-in-One Computers with NVIDIA chipsets in early March. The screen sizes stayed the same at 20 and 24 inches.
Now Apple actually mentions a 17 inch iMac for $899 in an education market specific News email that is also published on the Apple site here.

It makes a lot of sense for Apple to offer a smaller "low-cost" iMac to cater to class rooms around the world and sell them in bulk. Read more

Posted on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:58:34 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Apple iMac 2009 Review

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Apple unveiled the new iMac 2009 this week. CNET already got their hands on a new 24 inch iMac with Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz and published a review with video.
Quote from the review: "We won't make too much of the fact that the iMac falls behind the more expensive Sony all-in-one and two $1,000 or so Windows desktops on some of our tests. We say this because the iMac's performance is acceptable all-around, and also because it dusted its competition on our multitasking test. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Mar 2009 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr