Oct 20

Apple closed their Apple Store for a while today. You can now check back at the Store and see a bunch of new great, amazing, remarkable, beautiful, easy to use, wonderful, very nice and incredible products. Apple introduced the new iMac with 21,5 inch and 27 inch screens and Quad-Core option. They also introduced the new Mac mini, a new white MacBook with 250 GB hard-drive, the much rumored Magic Mouse, and even a new Apple Remote.

Okay, the new iMac first:

iMac

The new iMacs now come with a 21,5 inch and 27 inch LED-based 16:9 wide screens. All models have a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure. The 21.5-inch model, which begins at $1,199 and carries a 1920×1080 display, offers Intel Core 2 Duo processor options running at 3.06 GHz or 3.33 GHz and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M or ATI Radeon 4670 graphics card options. Pricing on the 27-inch model begins, which carries a 2560×1440 display, begins at $1,699. In addition to the same processor options found on the smaller model, users can also select from a 2.66 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 or 2.8 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, although machines carrying those higher-end processors will not ship until November. All models also come with a SD-slot and wireless keyboard with the new Magic Mouse.

mac-miniApple today also announced that the Mac mini, the world’s most energy efficient desktop, is now faster, offers more storage and comes standard with double the memory. Starting at $599, the entry level Mac mini features a faster 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2GB of DDR3 1066 MHz memory, a 160GB hard drive, five USB 2.0 ports, FireWire 800, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics and a SuperDrive. The $799 Mac mini features a 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory and a larger 320GB hard drive. Apple now offers a $999 Mac mini that is specially configured with Mac OS® X Snow Leopard® Server. Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server features two 500GB hard drives for a total of 1TB of server storage in the tiny 6.5-inch square by 2-inch tall Mac mini enclosure.

magic-mouseAnother new product is the new Magic Mouse. It’s an all multi-touch mouse. Phillip Schiller said the following:

“Apple is the Multi-Touch leader, pioneering the use of this innovative technology in iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpads,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Apple’s Multi-Touch technology allows us to offer an easy to use mouse in a simple and elegant design.”

The new mouse comes standard with the new iMacs but can be ordered separately as well for $69 and is available as of today.

macbookLast but not least, Apple introduced a new MacBook. It has a new unibody enclosure and  a LED-based screen. It now also has a multi-touch trackpad made of glass and a not-changable Apple battery that lasts 7 hours when fully charged. The cheapest model costs $999 and is available as of today.

“The new MacBook includes many of the great features found on the innovative MacBook Pro, such as an LED-backlit display, glass Multi-Touch trackpad and built-in long-life battery,” said Philip Schiller. “With the only lineup of notebooks all featuring unibody enclosures, LED-backlit displays and long-life battery technology, there’s never been a better time to switch to a Mac.”

apple-remoteThere are a couple of smaller new products as well. You can now buy the new Time Capsules with 1 and 2 terabyte storage room. The models offer 50% better wireless performance, 25% better range and 60% faster Time Machine backups. Time Capsule 1TB costs $299 and the 2TB costs $499.

And the last new product is the Apple Remote. It now looks like a 5G iPod nano with buttons for Menu and Play and it is made of aluminum. It still costs $19 like the previous Apple Remote.

Links:

Apple announcement

Magic Mouse
New iMac
New white MacBook
New Mac mini

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