Being an Apple fan boy and owning pretty much everything Apple branded, it came as a shock when I read on TechRadar that Apple have released their new range of iMac computers, with the largest being an incredible 27″ beast! I was so excited I bought one within 20 minutes of hearing about it.
The New Apple iMac range
Good points at a glance
- It’s Massive! Choose between a 21.5-inch or 27-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen (16:9)
- Wireless keyboard and mouse as standard
- Faster processors – 3.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor in 21.5-inch models and up to 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processors in 27-inch models
- Environmentally friendly – as much as it can be, making you tree huggers out there a bit happier
- Built-in iSight camera as previous models
- Lots more…
Bad points at a glance
- The price – as usual Apple products aren’t cheap with the base 21.5-inch iMac model starting at £949.00 and the top end 27″ model coming in at £1,599.00. Add on top of this any upgrades like RAM, software and it really starts to add up
- No Blu-ray – Apple dropped ‘bag of hurt‘ Blu-ray unfortunately
- The size – unfortunately the 27″ super brilliant screen ‘may’ cause eye strain, due to it’s super massive size gurthness! You may find yourself shaking your head from side to side like your watching a Wimbledon tennis match – well I had to find atleast three bad points
“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.”
…what sorry did you say something? Sorry sorry I must of been somewhere else, like in the world of beautiful 27″ iMacs, fluffy clouds and red bank statements. Thanks again Apple for plunging me deep into my overdraft again.
