On Tuesday evening, Apple presented a fabulous surprise to their fans and ordinary clients, as well as a headache for a few months to all competitors: in Cupertino updated the iMac line of candy bars, most affordable laptop the Macbook, most affordable Mac - Mini, and replaced, finally, the mighty mouse, introduced the "Magic Mouse» - Magic Mouse. But first things first.
Apple abandoned the production of old iMac models. Monoblocks the screen 20 and 24 inches can now be bought except that the dealers who had not managed to sell the stocks. In their place came two models with a display of 21.5 inches and two aimag with a screen of 27 inches.
Every iMac brand new screen with an aspect ratio of 16: 9 LED-backlit. The "junior" models display resolution of 1920 × 1080 (1080p), and 27-inch 2560 × 1440! Fantasy. Another interesting feature large aimag - is the availability of Mini DisplayPort. This will allow you to connect other devices to the computer, for example, a DVD-player. In addition, the 27-inch iMac can be used kachesvo external monitor to the laptop.
Apple also has equipped monoblock faster hardware. Computers now come with dual-core processors with 2.66GHz and, for the first time, a quad Intel Core i5 / i7. 21.5-inch aimags received video system integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, as well as in the more expensive models - discrete ATI Radeon HD 4670 card with 256 MB. A top 27-inch aimag offer users a ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card with 512MB. This model in the states would cost $ 1,999 dollars. The price of junior aimag set at $ 1199.
Built-in Blu-ray drive and does not appear, but at least you can connect an external player. Another new aimags criticized for a glossy screen.
Also worth noting is that the iMac got a SD-slot, the ability to install 16 GB of memory and update your Apple Remote (sold it for an additional fee).
In our view, update received excellent, and the 27-inch iMac - just a dream.