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Apple Refreshes iMac Mac mini [Bigger, Faster Greener] |
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Written by wbg friend
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Wednesday, 04 March 2009 01:30 |
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Authors: Apple has refreshed its desktop offerings with a new, bigger 24in iMac all-in-one computer and a smaller and greener Mac mini. The 24in iMac joins the original 20in model but comes with twice the memory and storage at 4GB and 640GB, respectively. Under the hood are Intel chips ranging from 2.66GHz to 3.06GHz and a variety of integrated or dedicated nVidia graphics solutions. The 20in iMac has a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of memory, a 320GB Serial ATA hard drive and nVidia GeForce 9400M integrated graphics. The beefed-up 20in costs £949 and there are 3 24in models to choose from, costing £1,199, £1,499 and £1,799.Each iMac sports the iSight video camera, mic and speakers, alongside a Mini DisplayPort connector with adapters for DisplayPort, VGA, DVI and Dual-Link DVI displays. The new Mac mini measures in at 6.5 x 6.5 x 2in and is powered by a 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, with up to 4GB of DDR3 memory and a HDD up to 320GB. Apple's claiming a 5-fold boost in performance with the GeForce 9400M integrated graphics and says it's the greenest Mac mini to date, using less than 13W of power when idle. Apple claims that's 10 times less than a 'typical desktop', which can also be translated as 'will be crap for games' but, you will be saving the planet 1W at a time. There are two versions priced at £499 and £649. [Apple] apple pc
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