Well the rumors that date all the way back to May were true - today Apple announced a redesigned, cheaper iMac and the loss of the 17-inch model. Let us all take a moment of silence for our fallen comrade.
Now that that's over, let's get to the good stuff. The new iMac tosses aside the old 'n busted plastic and LCD design for two of Apple's increasingly favorite materials: aluminum and glass (Exhibit A: the iPhone). Steve says customers absolutely love the glass and glossy displays, so the new iMac now continues the trend. With the loss of the 17-inch, however, the lineup has been slimmed down to two primary model sizes: a 20-inch now starting at $1199, and a 24-inch at $1799. For their respective sizes, this is a price drop of $200 across the board, but this now means that the barrier to entry for the iMac lineup has actually risen by $200.
The new models, their features and prices are as follows:
- 20-inch introductory iMac: 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB RAM, 250 GB SATA Hard Drive, 8x SuperDrive, ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT video card - $1199
- 20-inch mid-level iMac: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB RAM, 320 GB SATA Hard Drive, 8x SuperDrive, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro video card - $1499
- 24-inch top line iMac: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB RAM, 320 GB SATA Hard Drive, 8x SuperDrive, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro video card - $1799
All new iMacs feature that fancy, 0.33-inch keyboard that was leaked not long ago, and all models are available and shipping immediately. Ladies and gentlemen, you may now let the credit cards fly!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
8-07-2007 @ 2:43PM
Justin said...
The education store is still down.
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8-07-2007 @ 2:44PM
Luigi193 said...
NOT TRUE!!! The apple store keeps failing, but I did get in and saw a top top of teh line imac, 2.8gz, 2 gigs ram, 500gb HDD.
2200
check your facts TUAW!!!!
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8-07-2007 @ 2:46PM
James C. said...
OK...im extremely confused! The keyboard that was showed in the presentation had no numeric keypad on the side of the keyboard. However, the one in the commercial has the keypad. WHICH IS IT? I feel like that is something important.
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8-07-2007 @ 2:48PM
Eric said...
Yeah, he's right.
24inch: 2.8 GHz
2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme
2GB memory
500GB hard drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory
I am no liar, I saw this myself. If it doesn't show up later, it must be a mistake on Apple's part.
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8-07-2007 @ 2:49PM
David Chartier said...
Guys I'll update the post right now, but I wrote these stats based on Engadget's screenshot *from the press show floor.* Calm down, I'll update and everything will be fine.
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8-07-2007 @ 2:49PM
joemc72 said...
James C. The new wired keyboard has a num pad, the wireless one does not.
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8-07-2007 @ 2:49PM
Moose said...
Them's some ugly computers. Glad I told my friend to buy one last month.
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8-07-2007 @ 2:50PM
David Chartier said...
Link to Engadget's picture FWIW:
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/08/dsc_1322.jpg
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8-07-2007 @ 2:51PM
Luigi193 said...
Sorry david, just thought it was cool, excited not angry!!
I still love you.
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8-07-2007 @ 2:51PM
Michael B. said...
WAIT?!?! How can the f12 serve as a volume function?!?!?!?!? What about dashboard??????????
What was wrong with the order of the function keys anyway?
And what is the price higher???
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8-07-2007 @ 2:52PM
Brad Proctor said...
Why oh why did they change the expose keys! If you notice the icons on the keyboard reference to a change in the function keys that correlate with expose and dashboard!
Don't change something is not broken!
F3 - expose all windows
F4 - Dashboard
and notice no fn key meaning the other f keys are useless besides the pre-mapped functions.
And of course there is not an Apple logo on the command key - but that will help the strange confusion of the command key vs. apple key
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8-07-2007 @ 2:55PM
JJ said...
the 2.8GHz model is a build-to-order option ONLY.
also, i'm REALLY disappointed about the glossy-only screens. aren't these horrible to use for anyone who has color-critical work? (like print, animation, design, etc.) or can you compensate for it using the correct ColorSync(?) profile?.......
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8-07-2007 @ 2:57PM
Luigi193 said...
they listed it as a seperate item...
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8-07-2007 @ 2:57PM
jamminman said...
lol does anyone know what the song in the new imac commercial is?
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8-07-2007 @ 2:59PM
Scott said...
I've been waiting since February to buy a new iMac. These look great! If they threw in a coupon for a free upgrade to Leopard in October, I'd be buying one today. As it is, I'll wait it out a couple of months.
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8-07-2007 @ 3:00PM
David Chartier said...
@Luigi: No worries. The numbers and news are flying faster than you can say... well just about anything. :)
Also: I think we killed the Apple Store. It was up for a second, but now it's dead.
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8-07-2007 @ 3:03PM
Luigi193 said...
I shot the Applestore BUT I DIDN'T KILL THE STEVEY JOBS!!!!
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8-07-2007 @ 3:17PM
Surreal said...
I really want one of these but I'm so disappointed they still don't offer "video in": I would love to be able to use them as a standalone monitor and plug my xbox 360 (or even my laptop) to them.
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8-07-2007 @ 3:41PM
jonas said...
eeewwww.. those GPUs are horrible!
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8-07-2007 @ 3:42PM
Frodo Larik said...
top of the line: 24", 2.8GHz, 4gb ram and 1tb serial ata (seen at the dutch shop: http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/nlstore/
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