iMac line refreshed by Apple

After some early morning downtime, Apple's store is now back and featuring new iMac configurations. Full details are on the iMac technical specifications page. The new systems offer Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors (no more Core 2 Duo!) with improved graphics and new Magic Trackpad support.

The refreshed machines include dual core processors from 3.06 GHz up to 3.6 GHz, and quad core processors from 2.8 GHz up to 2.93 GHz. Hard drives go up to 2TB and the iMac also supports a drool-worthy 256 GB solid state drive option. Standard RAM includes 4GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM with four SO-DIMM slots, allowing up to 16GB. The 21.5" model maxes out with a 3.6GHz Core i5 chip, and the 27" tops out with a 2.93GHz quad-core i7 chip.

Graphic options on the new machines include the ATI Radeon HD 5750. The new machines add support for the SDXC memory card format as well. The 27-inch model also supports dual hard drives as a BTO option.

Apple's press release covers the new models' speedy goodness.

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Source: http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html

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Chad Ayers

I love my iMac! I'll never go back to a windows machine.

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http://zap21.com/iMac

August 02 2010 at 4:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ideafarm

Any idea if the Broadcom chipset has changed so that the iMacs can support Jumbo Frames?

cf. http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2236017

July 28 2010 at 5:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

matejay

Well I'm not sure what's wrong with your systems but I have one 27" i7 at home and one 27" i5 at work and both work absolutely fabulous and are much faster than the other 24" older iMac around here.

July 27 2010 at 8:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

R. Cabell

Apple's specs page (both apple.com and store.apple.com) indicate that the 3.2GHz Core i3 processor has Turbo Boost.

I'm pretty sure that only the Nehalems (i5/i7) have Turbo -- is Apple using some super-secret version of the i3 that only they have access to?

July 27 2010 at 5:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

joshandbrooke

Apple care is upgrading me to this model, only a month left on the warranty. I am really excited for this.

July 27 2010 at 4:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Mattkmason

How did you pull that off?

July 27 2010 at 5:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

joshandbrooke

have had the superdrive replaced at least 8 times, all the fans, the speakers, thermal sensors... And on the most recent repair to replace the microphone they just gave in and offered a new one after sending the wrong repair cable. Long time past due if you ask me... I never asked for a replacement though. This all happened yesterday, I confirmed the now old iMac 27", then got an email this morning explaining that I would be getting the newest model. Been a pretty lucky past 24 hours for me.

July 27 2010 at 5:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Sam

Would it make sense to upgrade if I'm still rockin a Late 2006 iMac 24 inch?

July 27 2010 at 2:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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R. Cabell

Yes - if for no other reason that being able to use more then 3GB of RAM. With 10.6 and most modern software, 4GB is pretty much the barely usable minimum these days.

July 27 2010 at 5:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

rogerruthberg

I like that it also has an SD card reader built in now, right under the CD/DVD loading slot. That'll come in handy!

July 27 2010 at 12:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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ion

The previous generation had a SD slot also.

July 27 2010 at 12:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

rogerruthberg

You're right, Ion, my bad. I wasn't precise enough. I meant that it now added the SDXC support.

July 27 2010 at 12:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Lisa Malloju