April 28, 2008
Upgraded iMacs sport faster processors and more memory
Posted Apr. 28, ’08, 6:12 AM PT by Aayush Arya
Category | Hardware » Intel Macs
Apple launched the upgraded range of iMacs today that feature no visual changes but have been bumped up to include faster processors and more memory as part of the standard configurations. The prices, for the most part, haven’t seen any changes.
The three models now ship with 2.4GHz, 2.66GHz and 2.8GHz processors, all of which sport 6MB shared L2 caches. The base model still has only 1GB of RAM, while the other two have been bumped up to 2GB each. The bus speeds for RAM modules have been ramped up to 800MHz across the board.
The default storage configuration remains the same but you can optionally configure your iMac to include up to a 1TB hard disk spinning at 7200 rpm. Other optional configurations include a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the much needed option of the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS in the graphics department.
At $1,199, $1,499, and $1,799, the prices remain the same for the three basic configurations, but the 3.06GHz configuration can now be had for $2,199 (which is a $50 discount). If you’d been waiting for an iMac refresh, like me, it’s time to break open that piggy bank you’d been hiding for the past few months.
In related news, with the launch of the updated iMacs today, Tuesday officially loses the exclusive rights to Apple product launches. It was seen wailing on the gates of the Apple Online Store, pleading to be let in on the fun again. We’ll know whether it met with any success or not tomorrow.
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Good news to me....I'm in the market for a new desktop. Will probably get the 24" model next month.
Question:
If I watch lots of HD(h.264) video .MP4 and .MKV type files, would I benefit from the nVidia GeForce 8800GS option or would the ATI be sufficient?
Cheers.
Aww, no new Mac Mini? Maybe Tuesday still has a shot?
To Lithium17: I use a 1.66GHz Mac Mini as media center. It handles video fine even with integrated graphics.
RAM is the limiting factor with this - my mini was showing occasional skips with higher quality video, but upgrading to 2GB fixed that. Of course, that's not a problem with the 2GB RAM in the 24" iMacs.
Did anyone else notice that the 4GB upgrade is much cheaper now? It's $200 instead of the $400+ it was before. That's not even 2x Crucial's 4GB kit, and is almost worth it to have the 4GB out of the box, especially if you don't want to throw yet another set of standard RAM thrown in a drawer.