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Apple today unveiled an all new iMac line featuring brilliant LED-backlit 21.5 and 27-inch widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure. The new iMac line, starting at $1,199, is the fastest ever with Intel Core 2 Duo processors starting at 3.06 GHz, and Core i5 and i7 quad-core processors for up to twice the performance. Every new iMac ships with a wireless keyboard and the all new wireless Magic Mouse, the world’s first mouse with Multi-Touch technology pioneered by Apple on the iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpad.

imac_watch_video_20091020“The iMac is widely praised as the best desktop computer in the world and today we are making it even better,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With brilliant LED displays and the revolutionary Magic Mouse, the new iMac delivers an amazing desktop experience that we think customers will love.”


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Wireless Magic Mouse.

Forget the mouse as you know it. Every iMac comes with the wireless Magic Mouse: the world’s first Multi-Touch mouse. Use it once and you’ll wonder how you ever used anything else. There’s no scroll ball, no clunky wheel, no cord, and no visible button.

Watch the Magic Mouse video. See Magic Mouse Multi-Touch gestures in action. Watch the video

iMac Graphics

21.5-inch

27-inch

Basic

Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

ATI Radeon HD 4670

Upgrade

ATI Radeon HD 4670

256MB of GDDR3 memory

Up to 4x faster performance than NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

Gives you better gaming performance and better responsiveness for video and photo editing.

ATI Radeon HD 4850

512MB of GDDR3 memory

Up to 1.8x faster performance than ATI Radeon HD 4670

Gives you the fastest, most responsive graphics for photo editing with Aperture, animation with Motion, and graphics-intensive 3D games like Call of Duty.


The new 21.5-inch 3.06 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,199 (US), includes:

* 21.5-inch 1920 x 1080 LED-backlit display;
* 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache;
* 4GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB;
* NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics;
* 500GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
* a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
* Mini DisplayPort for video output (adapters sold separately);
* built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
* built-in iSight video camera;
* Gigabit Ethernet port;
* four USB 2.0 ports;
* one FireWire 800 port;
* SD card slot;
* built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
* Wireless Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse.

The new 21.5-inch 3.06 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,499 (US), includes:

* 21.5-inch 1920 x 1080 LED-backlit display;
* 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache;
* 4GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB;
* ATI Radeon HD 4670 discrete graphics; with 256MB GDDR3;
* 1TB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
* a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
* Mini DisplayPort for video output (adapters sold separately);
* built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
* built-in iSight video camera;
* Gigabit Ethernet port;
* four USB 2.0 ports;
* one FireWire 800 port;
* SD card slot;
* built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
* Wireless Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse.

The new 27-inch 3.06 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,699 (US), includes:

* 27-inch 2560 x 1440 LED-backlit display;
* 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache;
* 4GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB;
* ATI Radeon HD 4670 discrete graphics; with 256MB GDDR3;
* 1TB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
* a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
* Mini DisplayPort for video input and output (adapters sold separately);
* built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
* built-in iSight video camera;
* Gigabit Ethernet port;
* four USB 2.0 ports;
* one FireWire 800 port;
* SD card slot;
* built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
* Wireless Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse.

The new 27-inch 2.66 GHz Core i5 iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,999 (US), includes:

* 27-inch 2560 x 1440 LED-backlit display;
* 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5 quad-core processor with 8MB shared L3 cache;
* 4GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB;
* ATI Radeon HD 4850 discrete graphics; with 512MB GDDR3;
* 1TB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
* a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
* Mini DisplayPort for video input and output (adapters sold separately);
* built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
* built-in iSight video camera;
* Gigabit Ethernet port;
* four USB 2.0 ports;
* one FireWire 800 port;
* SD card slot;
* built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
* Wireless Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse.

Images credits – Apple.Inc

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