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March 3, 2009
Apple has updated its iMac and Mac Mini desktop lines, including a 24-inch iMac that is priced more
affordably and a Mac Mini with powerful new integrated graphics. For the same $1,499 price as the previous generation 20-inch iMac, the new 24-inch iMac delivers a
30 percent larger display, twice the RAM and twice the disk storage capacity.
Delivering up to five times better graphics performance, Apple claims that its updated Mac Mini now
features the same ground-breaking NVIDIA GeForce integrated graphics elements introduced with the aluminum
unibody MacBook family.
Apple claims that its new Mac Mini draws less than 13 watts of power when idle. All iMac and Mac Mini
systems come with Mac OS X Leopard, an advanced operating system, and iLife, Apple’s suite of consumer
applications for managing and organizing photos, making movies and creating and learning to play music.
Tim Cook, Apple’s COO said “Apple's flagship 24-inch iMac with twice the memory and twice the storage is now
available for just $1,499. The Mac Mini is not only our most affordable Mac, it’s also the world’s most
energy efficient desktop computer.”
Every iMac features a glossy display with a built-in iSight video camera, mic and speakers in a thin
aluminum and glass design. The new iMac also includes a Mini Display Port connector for a pure digital
signal to Apple’s new 24-inch LED Cinema Display with adapters available for DisplayPort, VGA, DVI and Dual-Link
DVI displays.
iMac includes built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi networking, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, Gigabit Ethernet,
a total of six USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire 800 port.
The elegant, full-featured iMac line starts with the 20-inch iMac for only $1,199 with a 2.66 GHz Intel
Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 memory, a 320 GB Serial ATA hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
integrated graphics.
The 24-inch iMac features a beautiful 1920-by-1200 pixel widescreen display that offers 30 percent more
screen real estate than the 20-inch model, and starts at just $1,499.
The 24-inch iMac includes up to a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 memory, a 640GB or 1TB Serial ATA hard drive, and a variety
of graphics technology from NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 or ATI Radeon
HD 4850 discrete graphics for ultimate performance.
Starting at $599, the Mac mini is an innovative, tiny desktop measuring only 6.5 by 2 inches. Available in
two models, the Mac Mini features a 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, up to 4GB of DDR3 1066 MHz memory, up to
320GB Serial ATA hard drive, five USB 2.0 ports, FireWire 800 and a SuperDrive®. The Mac mini features NVIDIA
GeForce 9400M integrated graphics for up to five times better graphics performance than before.
Both the iMac and the Mac Mini use PVC-free internal components and cables and contain no brominated
flame retardants. Both iMac and Mac mini feature material-efficient system and packaging designs and use
highly recyclable materials.
Every Mac comes with Apple’s innovative iLife suite of applications for managing photos, making movies
and creating and learning to play music. iLife ’09 features iPhoto, which introduces Faces and Places
as breakthrough new ways to easily organize and manage your photos.
It also includes iMovie with powerful easy-to-use new features such as Precision Editor, video stabilization
and advanced drag and drop, and GarageBand which introduces a whole new way to help you learn to play piano
and guitar.
Every Mac also includes Leopard, the world’s most advanced operating system which features Time Machine™,
an effortless way to automatically back up everything on a Mac, a redesigned Finder™ that lets users quickly
browse and share files between multiple Macs, Quick Look, the best way to instantly see files without opening an
application.
It also has Spaces®, an intuitive feature used to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them,
Mail with easy setup and elegant, personalized stationery, and iChat®, an advanced video chat according to Apple.
Source: Apple.
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