New iMacs 25 percent faster than previous generation

I received my 27" 3.4 ghz quad core i7 imac yesterday. As soon as i removed it from the box i dropped in 16 gb of RAM from OWC and let me tell you, this thing is amazing. With Handbrake taking advantage of all 8 virtual cores, it takes 8-10 minutes to convert a full length movie using the H2.64 codec.

cant wait to throw windows 7 on here and play crysis with the 2gb graphics card

Don't get your hopes up. There is virtually no chance the New Yorker will be $19.99 a year. That price is for the monthlies.

If the do an annual price for TNY at all and it comes in under $50, I'd be shocked.

That is good to see. Certainly will be faster than my late 2009 model i7. Now hurry up Apple. I placed my order on Tuesday and it still has not been built or shipped and all I did was change the video card.

Yet Flash video still performs badly on Macs, whatever processor you have. For real world use beyond the Mac enclave, users will not see a major difference.

I gave in and got one today, the base 21.5" model, with no frills. To my utter disbelief, it's running more smoothly than my 2010 MacBook Pro with a Vertex 2 SSD.

I'd love to see a comparison to my late 2007 2.4Ghz model. That might prompt me to upgrade.

Isn't that just a CPU benchmark, so the new, way faster GPU isn't taken into account at all? I think the big gap between i5 and i7 is mostly due to hyperthreading. This might be realistic for very well threaded applications like video encoding, but I guess in day to day work you won't notice it as much as the numbers might suggest.

The numbers to the right are like horsepower to cars right?

But by horses I mean wizards.

My 2006 MBP is still chugging, and I won't go with another Apple laptop. An iPad is much cheaper and suits my needs in a mobile "computer" about the same as an insanely priced MBP (that is bound to be dropped...).

I've been waiting for this. I find out about my new job by the end of the month, then the 27' is mine!